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Exclusive A number of California politicians rushed to fast-track efforts to deem Trump ineligible for the presidency after the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling. Gov. Gavin Newsom urged his fellow California Democrats not to get ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court. | Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images By Melanie Mason 12/22/2023 07:38 PM EST Link…
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Robin Vos, the state assembly speaker, worked hard to consolidate GOP power by all means, only to find himself under attack from his own partyIn early December, a rightwing Wisconsin organization called HOT Government sent out a breathless email: Mike Lindell, the pillow salesman turned election conspiracy theorist and staunch Donald Trump ally, had nominated…
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Trump legal news brief: Supreme Court rejects Jack Smith’s request for quick ruling on presidential immunity  Yahoo Newssource

Give by 12/31, so we can continue to deliver intelligent, in-depth, trustworthy journalism. Jill Colvin, Associated Press Jill Colvin, Associated Press Leave your feedbackNEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he is eager to debate President Joe Biden, even if the debates are sponsored by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. And he…
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The stalling of aid to Ukraine will most likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday shows. The Senate adjourned Wednesday without a deal on Ukraine funding at the end of a historically unproductive legislative session. GOP senators said earlier this week that there was not a possibility that a deal would happen before Christmas.…
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Video: Hear Conway’s prediction following SCOTUS rejecting bid to hear Trump’s immunity case  CNNsource

If you need a last-minute holiday gift, look no further than the 2024 presidential candidates. Many of the candidates vying for the White House have offered holiday-themed merchandise in an attempt to capitalize on Christmas cheer as primary season nears. Former President Trump has embraced the mug shot photo of him in Fulton County Jail…
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Defense The GOP frontrunner brought up Christopher Miller, who once said he couldn’t wait to leave DOD. Former President Donald Trump tapped Christopher Miller to be his acting defense secretary on Nov. 9, 2020. | Scott Olson/Getty Images; Pool photo by Joshua Roberts By Lara Seligman 12/22/2023 02:10 PM EST Link CopiedFormer President Donald Trump…
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Watch CBS News By Matthew Rodriguez December 22, 2023 / 9:31 PM PST / KCAL News California’s secretary of state issued a tepid response to the lieutenant governor’s call to strike Donald Trump’s name from the presidential ballot on Friday.“The former President’s conduct tainted and continues to sow the public’s mistrust in government and the…
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AdvertisementSupported bylettersTo the Editor:Re “The Secret of Trump’s Appeal Isn’t Authoritarianism,” by Matthew Schmitz (Opinion guest essay, nytimes.com, Dec. 18):According to Mr. Schmitz, the key to understanding Donald Trump’s electoral appeal is not his authoritarianism but his moderation. There may have been some truth to this eight years ago, when Mr. Trump’s policy views were…
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Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon argued Saturday that the Supreme Court will “have to” take up the expected appeal of the Colorado high court’s decision to disqualify former President Trump from the state’s primary ballot this week. Colorado is the first state to rule that Trump should not be on its primary ballot, arguing…
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Former president Donald Trump claimed Friday that he peacefully surrendered power at the end of his term in office, despite having urged a crowd of his supporters to converge on the U.S. Capitol, where some staged a deadly attack that interrupted Congress’s certification of Joe Biden’s election on Jan. 6, 2021.Trump’s comments came during an…
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Former attorney for Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, listing debts of nearly $500 million. Giuliani, 79, listed losses stemming from tax liabilities and money he owes his attorneys as deals with ongoing lawsuits, as well as millions owed in legal judgments.Giuliani’s bankruptcy filing came nearly one week after a…
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Former Attorney General Bill Barr warned that his successor in a possible second Trump administration would have to oppose the former president’s “abuse of government power.” Barr, who left Trump’s White House on poor terms in 2020, claimed members of the cabinet would struggle to act as guardrails for the president if he’s reelected in…
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Former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci claimed former President Trump’s remarks that drew comparisons to Adolf Hitler, “Mein Kampf” and Nazi Germany are “a total dog whistle.” Scaramucci, who served on the former president’s campaign team and just 11 days in the administration, said Trump “knows exactly what he’s doing” with his comments. He also…
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Donald Trump reportedly recorded on a phone call pressuring Michigan canvassers  CNNsource

MSNBC host and former White House press secretary Jen Psaki took aim at 2024 GOP presidential primary candidates Saturday, after the group lined up to defend Trump following Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that he be removed from the state’s primary ballot. The unprecedented determination argued Trump was responsible for the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, and…
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SEARCHThe new report about Trump’s attempt to interfere with my state’s election certification doesn’t surprise me. We must stay vigilant over the danger he’ll bring in 2024.In Nov. 2020, as Michigan’s chief election official I was very aware that then-President Donald Trump and his team actively sought to interfere in Michigan’s certification process. But this…
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Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (Minn.) made another case for his White House bid Friday, arguing there is not “one shred of evidence” that President Biden can win against former President Trump in the 2024 election. Phillips, in an interview with NewsNation’s Dan Abrams, said people aren’t taking his candidacy seriously because he isn’t…
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The former president hurled some unholy accusations at the Catholic incumbent in a Truth Social video.

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.FILE – Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. The Supreme Court said Friday, Dec. 22, that…
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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from Special Counsel Jack Smith to decide, without waiting for a federal appeals court to weigh in, whether former President Donald Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Smith had asked the justices to act quickly…
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Legal The court gave no explanation for declining to weigh in now. The decision is a blow to Jack Smith’s hopes to keep Donald Trump’s March 4, 2024 trial on track. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP By Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein 12/22/2023 02:40 PM EST Updated: 12/22/2023 05:54 PM EST Link CopiedThe Supreme Court has…
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview that if former President Trump were reelected, it could cause harm for climate goals. Trudeau expressed to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that Trump’s term in office caused “very difficult problems” when he expressed a “desire to move backwards on climate change.” “Yes, there’s concern —…
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