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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsWASHINGTON — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in federal court set a trial date for March 4, a schedule that could have a crucial impact on the 2024 race for the White House.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan‘s decision sets the trial in the middle of the…
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“We will get through this and our democracy will be strengthened as a result,” said Ruth Ben-Ghiat.

Former President Trump took aim Monday at some Democrats’ arguments that he could be removed from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment. “Almost all legal scholars have voiced opinions that the 14th Amendment has no legal basis or standing relative to the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “Like…
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New clean car standards proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which are readily achievable, will help clean up our air, accelerate electric vehicle (EV) sales, protect consumers from oil-driven inflation and help fight climate change — the exact opposite of what is alleged by attacks from the oil industry, conservatives and car manufacturers.…
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One of the lost arts of the American polity is the constitutional amendment. Once upon a time, citizens saw amendments as a viable way to make big changes. Thus it was that we changed the Constitution 12 times in the last century, including six times between 1913 and 1933.  However, the last time Americans used…
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He faces charges of defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee.Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro will go to trial Tuesday on criminal charges that he defied a subpoena for testimony and documents issued in February 2022 by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.The House of…
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Amy Lee Copeland said she was “really surprised” that Trump’s co-defendant “took that big gamble.”

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 It’s a tale of two…
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The two oldest presidents ever elected both want to turn the page on the past.

AdvertisementSupported byIt remains unclear why the lawyer, Kenneth Chesebro, seemed to be with the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones outside the Capitol or how he came to be with Mr. Jones and his entourage.By Alan Feuer and Maggie HabermanPhotographs and videos reviewed by The New York Times suggest that Kenneth Chesebro, one of the legal architects…
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The last seditious conspiracy cases brought in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are coming to a close, with members of the right-wing extremist Proud Boys facing sentencings this week and last. But now, Justice Department prosecutors are preparing for another high-profile yet distinctly different conspiracy case linked to the riot…
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Legal Judge Beryl Howell lit into Twitter for taking steps to give Donald Trump advance notice about the search warrant. “Is this to make Donald Trump feel like he is a particularly welcomed new renewed user of Twitter?” U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell asked. | Seth Wenig/AP By Kyle Cheney 08/15/2023 10:19 PM EDT Link…
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David Jolly also highlighted a major difference between the former president and his successor.

AdvertisementMr. Trump is hiring Steve Sadow, a veteran criminal defense lawyer in Atlanta who has taken on a number of high-profile cases.By Richard Fausset, Maggie Haberman and Danny HakimJust before his visit to an Atlanta jail to be booked on 13 felony counts, Donald J. Trump has shaken up his Georgia legal defense team, adding Steve…
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WASHINGTON — Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu pinned the GOP’s underperformance in recent elections on former President Donald Trump, saying “the Trump brand just doesn’t work.”“It’s about the former president more than anything,” Sununu said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I’ve had school board members, Republican school board members, that have lost their seat…
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“That’s where a difference can be made,” said Susan Del Percio.

Biden jabs at Trump on Labor Day as he looks to shore up his union …  CNNsource

Last Wednesday, Donald Trump welcomed Tucker Carlson and his small team into a private room at Trump’s Bedminster, N.J., club for an interview.Before the cameras rolled, the former president told the former Fox News host that he had the room built by Amish workers years ago, according to two people familiar with the conversation. The…
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AdvertisementSupported byThe former White House chief of staff, a key witness to Donald J. Trump’s efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss, maneuvered to provide federal prosecutors only what he had to.By Jonathan Swan, Alan Feuer, Luke Broadwater and Maggie HabermanThis winter, after receiving a subpoena from a grand jury investigating former President Donald…
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Column | On Politics The Kentucky Republican is doing all he can to bolster Ukraine, preserve NATO and help his party maintain its Reaganite roots. From the Senate floor and Washington fundraisers to awards banquets and congressional delegation trips overseas, Mitch McConnell is on what could be his final political mission. | Francis Chung/POLITICO By…
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A showdown over Trump’s trial date reflects an irreconcilable clash …  CNNsource

Ex-Trump attorney to face attorney disciplinary proceedings for 2020 …  CNNsource

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Conservative attorney George Conway said Donald Trump should be locked away for good if he’s found guilty in the two federal cases currently pending against him.The former president has been charged in Washington for his attempts to cling to power after the 2020 election, and in Florida over his retention of classified documents.Conway shared a…
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Glenn Kirschner — a former U.S. Army prosecutor and current MSNBC legal analyst — warned of the threat Donald Trump poses to witnesses and jurors in his four ongoing indictments as he declared that the former president is a “danger.”“I am concerned that the judges have not yet stepped up to address the danger, the…
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