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Forgot Your Password? New to The Nation? SubscribePrint subscriber? Activate your online accessThe former president made an appearance in court as his legal team made the case for his absolute immunity from prosecution.Donald Trump departs the Waldorf Astoria where he held a press conference on January 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C.Former president Donald Trump, banking…
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is stepping up his personal efforts to secure a deal on border reform and aid for Ukraine and Israel, which colleagues are characterizing as a major test of his leadership.   McConnell is the leading GOP advocate for supporting Ukraine and is under increased pressure with Ukraine’s troops running…
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Senate and House tax experts met Wednesday as they pushed to strike a tax deal that could reinstate business deductions in exchange for an enlargement of the child tax credit (CTC). After failing to emerge from the yearly tax extenders debate at the ends of 2023 and 2022, the potential deal is getting new life…
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Trump says he knows his VP pick, open to mending ties with rivals  Yahoo Newssource

Legal “He may not deliver a campaign speech,” the judge wrote after Trump asked to personally give closing arguments in his civil fraud trial. Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a recess in his civil fraud trial on Oct. 2, 2023. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images By Erica Orden 01/10/2024 05:08 PM…
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The “Late Night” comedian highlighted how conservatives have completely “abandoned” one particular viewpoint.

Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis could face additional punishments from Colorado’s attorney disciplinary board after she was already censured for her role in trying to overturn the 2020 election, as officials asked a state judge Tuesday to impose additional sanctions against the lawyer in response to her pleading guilty to crimes related to the 2020…
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The former president is on trial in New York for allegedly defrauding lenders.Closing arguments next week in Trump civil financial corruption caseFormer President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House.Trump,…
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The sprawling civil fraud trial putting at risk former President Trump’s business empire — which rocketed him to fame and the presidency — will reach its conclusion Thursday, when his legal team and state lawyers make closing arguments to the judge. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is asking Judge Arthur Engoron to bar Trump from…
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Former President Trump’s statement this week that if there’s an economic crash, he hopes it will be within the “next 12 months” is a risky move that has opened him to Democratic criticism. The former president said in an interview this week that he expects the U.S. economy to crash and hopes it does before…
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Republican senators are slapping down President Trump’s claim that people convicted of Jan. 6-related crimes are “hostages” who should be pardoned or set free by President Biden or a future president.  Three years after a mob of pro-Trump protestors invaded the Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election, GOP senators who witnessed…
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"You have to win elections," he said.Donald Trump on Wednesday weighed in again on abortion access when asked to clarify his stance on the issue, saying he was for exceptions to bans and that it was important in order to win elections."We're living in a time when there has to be a little bit of…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeDES MOINES, Iowa — A different kind of political speech is taking center stage at the rallies of former President Donald Trump: the opening prayer.The invocations have become their own political call to action, sometimes punctuated with applause lines and partisan language, invoking the…
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“He has no sense of proportion,” explained Tim O’Brien.

Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin described a frightening behind-the-scenes incident.

A judge nixed Donald Trump’s plan to deliver his own closing remarks in the courtroom.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James will have a final chance to make their cases Thursday in a civil fraud trial that could see Trump permanently banned from running a business in the state and on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars.If James prevails, he could…
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D. John Sauer, former solicitor general of Missouri, represented Donald Trump before an appeals court panel on Jan. 9, 2024. Sauer is pictured here testifying during a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on July 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump…
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LIVE COVERAGELast Updated:  Jan. 11, 2024 at 1:53 AM ESTNikki Haley and Ron DeSantis sparred on a range of issues in a contentious fifth Republican debate, days before the Iowa caucuses Monday and hours after Chris Christie suspended his campaign. Here’s what happened onstage: DeSantis and Haley accused each other of lying, with Haley touting…
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Who’s the Lawyer in Trump’s Georgia Case Accused of Romantic Relationship With Fani Willis?  The Wall Street Journalsource

The host of the “Late Show” can’t get over a wild courtroom claim made by the former president’s legal team.

The Republican 2024 front-runner also said he’s open to “mending fences” with his primary rivals during a Fox News town hall.

AdvertisementTrading attacks at a rapid clip, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis largely ignored the existence of the Republican front-runner, who basked in his solo event before a friendly crowd.By Shane Goldmacher, Lisa Lerer, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan SwanNikki Haley and Ron DeSantis traded attacks on a debate stage on Wednesday night as Donald J. Trump basked in…
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AdvertisementThe former president, at a town hall on Fox News on Wednesday, suggested he has made up his mind on a running mate, but then he declined to provide details.By Michael GoldFormer President Donald J. Trump, the front-runner in the Republican presidential primary, said on Wednesday that he knew who he would choose to be…
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“I know which I’m choosing,” said the 2016 Democratic candidate.