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The testimony of three elite university presidents at a House hearing on antisemitism has unleashed a firestorm of criticism from alumni, donors and lawmakers, demanding their removal. Elizabeth Magill of the University of Pennsylvania has already resigned.  While the hearing raised valid questions about the boundary between free speech and incitement, grandstanding by Republican representatives was disingenuous…
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Watch CBS News By Robert Legare, Robert Costa December 11, 2023 / 10:26 PM EST / CBS News Washington — Federal investigators have gained access to White House cellphone records — including a phone used by former President Donald Trump — and could use that information as evidence in the special counsel’s 2020 election-related trial, prosecutors revealed…
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E-EditionSign up for email newsletters Sign up for email newslettersE-Edition Trending: An effort is underway to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot in Massachusetts, according to documents reviewed by the Herald.Former candidate for attorney general and well-heeled labor lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan is apparently seeking litigants to join her effort to bump…
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Trump special counsel asks Supreme Court to decide presidential immunity question in election case  CNBCsource

The House Rules Committee is slated to meet Tuesday morning ahead of a potential vote on whether a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden can be launched. House Republicans, led by Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), are expected to take the official vote on authorizing the inquiry this week, as The Hill reported. The…
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Former president received 51% support despite facing 91 criminal charges and warnings of authoritarian threat he posesA little over a month before the Iowa caucus kicks off the Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump has expanded his “commanding” lead in the first-to-vote state, a new Des Moines Register/NBC News poll found.The 77-year-old former president faces 91…
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The question of Donald Trump’s criminal jeopardy could be headed to the Supreme Court sooner rather than later. That’s after special counsel Jack Smith on Monday requested that the court conduct an expedited review of Trump’s claims to “absolute” immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct in office. The court quickly signaled it will consider the…
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Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) went after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday, calling the former Speaker “sad” and “pathetic” for saying he’d be willing to serve in a second Trump administration. Her criticism follows McCarthy’s claim Sunday that he’d take a role “in the right position” and “if I’m the best person for the…
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Special counsel might use data from a phone Trump used on January 6 in election interference trial  CNNsource

Former President Trump would hold a slight edge over President Biden in the 2024 election if the pair rematched at the ballot box, according to a new poll. The Reuters/Ipsos poll, released Tuesday, found that Trump holds a two point lead on Biden nationally, 38 to 36 percent. But, as both candidates struggle in key…
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Watch CBS News By Robert Legare, Melissa Quinn Updated on: December 11, 2023 / 3:53 PM EST / CBS News Washington — Jury selection has been completed in the high-profile defamation lawsuit against former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, tied to his alleged efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. A jury…
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.FILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Hialeah, Fla., Nov. 8, 2023. Even before the 2024 presidential primary, the attention of many political journalists has shifted to Jan. 20, 2025. There’s been a flurry of recent stories about the implications of a second…
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WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump on federal charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat asked the Supreme Court on Monday to launch a fast-track review of the former president's claim he cannot be tried on those charges.The Supreme Court said it would quickly review Special Counsel…
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Even Donald Trump’s own legal team can’t predict his next moves.On Sunday, the former president announced that he actually will not be testifying in his civil fraud trial as planned on Monday. Trump’s decision was quite a departure from what his attorney Alina Habba said just two days earlier. “He is so firmly against what…
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Donald Trump’s “Dictator” Promise Is No Joke  Vanity Fair Watch Trump appear to double down on ‘dictator’ comment  CNN Trump defends dictator comments amid NYC soiree filled with MAGA diehards  POLITICO source

Chris Wallace is eager to dive back into the world of politics ahead of the 2024 election.   After nearly two decades at “Fox News Sunday,” the longtime broadcaster left the network in 2021 for a gig interviewing celebrities and entertainment figures for a show initially planned for CNN’s short-lived subscriber streaming service.   “David Zaslav called me this summer,…
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Former President Trump’s growing lead in Iowa is quickly closing the window for candidates like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley to catch up, less than six weeks from the state’s Republican caucuses. A new poll from NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom shows Trump at 51 percent support among likely Iowa…
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The former Fox News personality praised the ex-president as “charming,” “brave” and said he was “a total sucker” for him.

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie warned that a second Trump administration could be staffed with “a bunch of deranged sycophants” during a Monday morning appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show. The former governor of New Jersey made the comments in response to Hewitt asking whether “we ought to have more clarity on who’s coming in with…
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Special counsel goes directly to Supreme Court to resolve whether Trump has immunity from prosecution  CNN Special counsel Jack Smith calls on Supreme Court to rule on Trump immunity claim  Fox News Special Counsel Jack Smith Plans To Use Trump’s Cell Phone Data At Trial  HuffPost source

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inThe former president civil fraud trial is wrapping up in New York while his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is on trial for defamation in Washington DC Find your bookmarks in your Independent…
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Former Trump attorney and ex-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani could be on the hook for up to $43.5 million in damages when a defamation lawsuit filed against him by two Georgia election workers goes to trial Monday in Washington, D.C.The showdown between the financially strapped Giuliani and the two temporary poll workers he baselessly accused…
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