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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said Sunday he has decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial, posting on social media a day before his scheduled appearance that he “very successfully & conclusively” testified last month and saw no need to do so again.The former president, the leading contender for the 2024 Republican…
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Former president, who was expected to take the stand, announced on Truth Social on Sunday that he already testified to everythingDonald Trump announced he would not take the witness stand for a second time at his fraud trial in New York on Monday, the former US president’s last chance to make his case as he…
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A federal judge ruled the case could go forward, but the Republican ex-president signaled he would ask the federal appeals court in Washington to reverse that outcome.

Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up former President Trump’s federal 2020 election criminal case, urging the justices to immediately weigh in on Trump’s immunity defense to keep the trial schedule on track. Trump is attempting to toss the case by arguing he has presidential immunity from the four-count indictment, which accuses…
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With five weeks to go until the first Republican presidential nominating contest, a new poll shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley have yet to chip away at former president Donald Trump’s commanding — and growing — lead in Iowa.The latest NBC News-Des Moines Register-Mediacom Iowa poll shows Trump now…
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Daily News e-EditionEvening e-EditionSign up for email newsletters Sign up for email newslettersDaily News e-EditionEvening e-Edition Trending: Donald Trump has nixed his plans to testify Monday in his civil fraud trial in New York.He shared his change of heart in a rambling series of Sunday posts on his Truth Social platform.“I have very successfully & conclusively…
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Back in 1984, Ronald Reagan’s political advisers had a nickname for their candidate. No, it wasn’t “The Gipper,” a favorite Reagan moniker based on his starring role as George Gipp in the 1940 film “Knute Rockne: All American.” Instead, they liked to refer to Reagan as the “O and W” candidate, shorthand for the oldest…
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Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis on Sunday took aim at former President Trump for suggesting his choice to debate Hillary Clinton after the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape was released in 2016 was braver than soldiers’ experiences on the battlefield. “Trump denigrates military service by claiming it is ‘braver’ that he debated Hillary Clinton than what…
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NBC News is demanding former President Trump’s campaign take down a fake clip circulating on social media that altered a report from one of its coorespondents. The clip, shared by a top Trump adviser last month, shows NBC’s Garret Hake giving a report from the third GOP primary debate, which the network hosted. The first…
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SEARCHDonald Trump will have a number of opportunities to violate gag orders in the coming months. He may have just found a dangerous loophole.Political Investigations ReporterDonald Trump is, once again, outmaneuvering the American court system.No, his New York bank fraud trial is unlikely to end favorably for the former president. But that trial is quickly…
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Trump says he will not go back on witness stand in civil fraud lawsuit on Monday  NBC Newssource

“Bad policy we can overcome as a country we have in the past. Bad character is something which is very difficult to overcome,” the Utah Republican said.

Former President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday that he won’t testify in his $250 million civil fraud trial in New York on Monday.“I will not be testifying on Monday,” Trump wrote in an all-caps, multi-part post on Truth Social.Trump had previously been expected to return to the witness stand this…
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Less than two months out from the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump seems well on his way to securing a third consecutive Republican nomination for president.  And, with public polling increasingly showing Trump leading President Biden — including by 6 points (53 percent to 47 percent) per a recent Messenger/Harris X poll — the question…
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Former President Trump is leading President Biden in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia, according to new polling. The CNN polls released Monday found that Trump has a 10-point lead over Biden among Michigan voters despite the sitting president carrying the state in 2020. Fifty percent of Michigan voters said they would support Trump, 40 percent…
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.FILE – President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden exchange points during the first presidential debate Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. President Joe Biden is trying to focus the campaign on former President Donald Trump’s…
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He also repeated he wanted to be a "dictator" to build a border wall and drill.Former President Donald Trump spoke on Saturday night to some of his most staunch conservative supporters, filling a speech at the New York Young Republican Club's annual gala with praise for his political allies on the far right and doubling…
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Morning Rundown: New drug compounds opioid crisis, Argentina’s president warns of painful adjustment, and daughter of reality TV star ‘Mama June’ dies at 29 ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeIn an eleventh-hour reversal, former President Donald Trump announced Sunday he will not go back on the witness stand in…
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Former President Trump expanded his lead over the GOP field in Iowa just weeks before the caucuses with a new poll showing him topping Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by 32 points. The NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll released Monday found that 51 percent of likely Republican caucusgoers say their first-choice candidate is Trump — an 8-point jump from…
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It should be a busy week in the criminal and civil cases the 45th president is fighting in federal and state courts. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan is weighing whether to temporarily halt pretrial proceedings in Donald Trump’s D.C. criminal case while he appeals her ruling that he is not immune from prosecution, and…
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Full Sen. Mitt Romney: Trump’s campaign one of ‘retribution, anger and hate’  NBC Newssource

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeFormer President Donald Trump has expanded his lead over his GOP rivals with five weeks until the first Republican presidential nominating contest, now earning 51% first-choice support from likely Iowa caucusgoers, according to the latest NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll.Trump’s lead — the largest…
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Trump Changes Mind, Won’t Testify Again as New York Fraud Trial Nears End  The Wall Street Journalsource

Tristan Snell flipped the newly expelled GOP lawmaker’s personalized video message back on him via some clever editing.

SEARCHBlake Masters’ House run was built on a slate of Trump-aligned priorities including building additions to the southern border wall.Breaking News InternArizona House candidate Blake Masters for years served as a loyal foot soldier to former President Donald Trump, echoing his rampant election denialism and running one of the most Trump-aligned Senate races in recent…
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