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They are “one of the sharpest political minds in the country,” said the actor and comedian.

They are “one of the sharpest political minds in the country,” said the actor and comedian.

Mother Jones illustration; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/ZUMAOn Tuesday morning, a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, told Donald Trump to get lost. That is, it rejected his claim that as a former president he has total immunity for actions he took while in the White House. Trump had cooked up this argument to challenge the indictment filed…
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Watch CBS News By Kaia Hubbard, Aaron Navarro Updated on: February 7, 2024 / 12:28 AM EST / CBS News Washington — Nevada hosted its first-in-the-West presidential nominating contest on Tuesday. But the 2024 process features new twists with two GOP events this week — a primary and caucuses — creating an unusual scenario where…
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Senior Reporter, HuffPostWASHINGTON — Republicans led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) want Congress to declare former President Donald Trump innocent of engaging in insurrection. Gaetz and 62 House Republicans introduced a symbolic resolution simply stating that Trump “did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”It’s the latest effort by Republicans to whitewash…
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Trump Federal Election CaseAdvertisementSupported byNews AnalysisThe unanimous ruling, by a panel of appeals court judges appointed by presidents of both parties, systematically took apart the immunity claim.By Charlie SavageCharlie Savage has been writing about national security, presidential power and legal policy for more than two decades. He reported from Washington.Former President Donald J. Trump’s claim…
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Border and Ukraine BillAdvertisementPresident Biden accused the House GOP of thwarting legislation tightening immigration rules and providing aid to Ukraine and Israel out of fear of their 2024 front-runner, Donald Trump.By Peter Baker and Catie EdmondsonReporting from WashingtonPresident Biden took the border fight directly to former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday, blaming his predecessor…
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Left: Former President Donald Trump appears in a booking photo; Right: Jeffrey Clark appears in a booking photo. (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office)Former U.S. Department of Justice attorney Jeffrey Clark lost a bid to delay attorney disciplinary hearings over his efforts to help Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, an appellate court…
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Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the Morning Report newsletter Subscribe Conservatives, especially those eager to…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.FILE – Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021, that some blame for fueling the attack on the U.S. Capitol. On Thursday, Feb. 8, the nation’s highest court is scheduled to hear arguments in a case involving Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which…
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While polls once showed Trump and DeSantis tied in Texas, they now suggest the primary is all but over here. Trump leads Nikki Haley by a landslide. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Less than a year ago, Donald…
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Immigration concerns are threatening to tank Democrats’ chances at flipping the seat formerly held by ex-Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.). Republicans have sought to tie former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) to President Biden’s immigration policies ahead of the special election next week as members of Congress haggle over a bipartisan border security bill. The attacks underscore…
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Democrats are pressing President Biden to take on his third-party and independent opponents amid concerns they could seriously damage him in November. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Jill Stein have all sparked party-wide fears that they could earn enough votes to help former President Trump win back the Oval Office. So far, Biden has…
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A former attorney for the Trump White House predicts that the Supreme Court will rule unanimously against the 45th president on his claims to be immune from criminal prosecution. Ty Cobb, who was special counsel to the White House as Trump sought to fend off the investigation headed by Robert Mueller, was speaking after an…
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The former president’s arguments for absolute immunity were “dismembered,” said Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe. Others agreed.

The former president’s arguments for absolute immunity were “dismembered,” said Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe. Others agreed.

Trump plans to stay away from Supreme Court arguments after turning past court appearances into campaign stops  CNNsource

The judge in Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial sounds pretty angry about having to read in the New York Times that a defendant and key witness in his trial — ex-Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg — may be about to admit in another court that some of his testimony in front of him…
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A New York Times-Siena College poll from October revealed that 22% of Black voters in six battleground states would support Trump in a general election held at the time.

Appeals court says former president does not have immunity on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results.A United States appeals court has ruled that former President Donald Trump does not have immunity from federal charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat to President Joe Biden.“For the purpose of this criminal…
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Video: South Carolina voter says God ‘assigned’ Trump to be president  CNNsource

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.FILE – The Trump Organization’s former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg arrives at a New York courtroom, Nov. 15, 2022. Manhattan prosecutors are weighing a potential perjury charge against Weisselberg, Donald Trump’s former corporate finance chief, in connection with testimony he gave in October 2023 at the ex-president’s…
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Trump legal news brief: Even in unanimous appeals court defeat, Trump succeeds in delaying election interference trial  Yahoo Newssource

The former Missouri Democratic senator also explained why the former president is the “worst loser” America has ever seen.