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Former President Trump, who is wildly popular in West Virginia, on Wednesday endorsed Gov. Jim Justice in the state’s Senate Republican primary.  Trump’s endorsement of Justice over Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), whom the former president endorsed in a House race last year, is a major political development in a key Senate battleground.   The winner…
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Former president planned a return to coincide with Michael Cohen’s testimony, which has been delayed until next weekFormer president Donald Trump returned to a New York court on Tuesday to watch and deplore the civil fraud trial that threatens to disrupt his real estate businesses, but he got no face-to-face encounter – for now –…
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Jim Jordan lacks enough support on first House speaker round: Next vote scheduled for Wednesday  NBC Newssource

Vinson comments on Haley, Trump rise in poll  Furman Newssource

Trump did his part in inciting the insurrection, but the nation’s law-enforcement institutions shouldn’t escape scrutiny for their missteps.Last summer, a few weeks after Cassidy Hutchinson’s public testimony about Donald Trump’s response to his 2020 election loss, staffers on the January 6 committee sat down in a conference room at the O’Neill House Office Building…
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A new poll finds President Biden beating former President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a three-way race for the presidency. Biden won 44 percent support in the new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll, compared with 37 percent for Trump and 16 percent for Kennedy. Three percent of those polled were undecided.  Biden’s 7 point advantage…
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[1/2]Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to supporters at the Club 47 USA event in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Donald Trump's decision to declassify evidence given by ex-British spy Christopher Steele over the former U.S. president's…
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SUBSCRIBE4¢ a day for 4 monthsBill Bachenberg, the owner of Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays who keeps a low profile, is alleged to have provided a $1 million line of credit trying to prove that the 2020 election was stolen.Bill Bachenberg isn’t a household name in Pennsylvania, but in the world of MAGA Republicans and 2020…
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Video: Judge Tanya Chutkan issues gag order on Donald Trump. See his response  CNN Donald Trump’s D.C. gag order: Your questions, answered  The Washington Post Trump Can’t Contain His Vile Eruptions  POLITICO source

Cher is vowing to exit the United States if former President Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. “I almost got an ulcer the last time,” the “Believe” singer said of Trump’s time in the White House, during an interview with The Guardian published Wednesday. “If he gets in, who knows?” Cher said. “This time I will leave…
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The New York attorney general is suing Donald Trump and his associates for allegedly lying about his net worth to financial institutions, something he also did for years when speaking with reporters. Why would someone so rich care that much about what people thought he was worth? “It was good for financing,” Trump said in…
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Social media influencer Douglass Mackey was sentenced Wednesday to seven months in prison for interfering with the 2016 election.  The Justice Department announced Wednesday that Mackey, who went by the name “Ricky Vaughn” on social media, was handed a seven-month prison sentence after being convicted at trial for conspiracy against rights. Mackey, who was a supporter of…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is backing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in the GOP Speakership fight, while criticizing the Republican chaos in the lower chamber of Congress. “I was hoping that Jim would get — Jim Jordan would get elected,” DeSantis, also a 2024 GOP presidential primary candidate, said in an interview with Blake Burman, moderator…
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Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Leave your feedbackNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump returned Tuesday to the civil fraud trial that…
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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is steadily preparing to campaign for the White House in 2024 from the most unique set of venues in U.S. political history: courthouses.Trump addressed reporters from a New York City courthouse on Tuesday, as he faces a civil trial where lawyers are trying to to determine how much Trump…
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Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf said Scotland is willing to take Gaza refugees amid the war between Hamas and Israel. Yousaf noted in a recent speech that his wife, Nadia El-Nakla, is Scottish-Palestinian and has family living in Gaza. “So, many of them don’t want to leave and neither they should have to leave but…
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This live blog has now closed. Read our latest US politics stories here:Jim Jordan has told CNN that he will force a floor vote tomorrow at noon for House speaker.The Ohio representative previously walked back a stance that he would only call a vote if he reached the necessary 217 votes.Jordan told CNN that his…
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Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump cheer for Rep. Lauren Boebert at the Save America Rally in Mendon, Illinois, U.S. June 25, 2022. REUTERS/Kate Munsch/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith has withdrawn a subpoena seeking records about fundraising by the political action committee Save America, which…
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Officials said the negotiations took three years.The Biden administration and the American Civil Liberties Union have reached a proposed settlement agreement that, if approved, would provide benefits for thousands of migrant families separated under the Trump administration's controversial "zero tolerance" policy to deter illegal southern border crossings.Under the proposed agreement, the Justice Department says, new…
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The federal judge in former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case in Washington, D.C., said that “a court is entitled to draw restrictions” after attorneys for Trump accused the government of censorship Monday in a hearing on the special counsel’s request for a limited gag order in the case.Special counsel Jack Smith’s team is…
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The former president, who is under a gag order in his New York financial fraud trial, appeared to contribute to the doxxing of the state attorney general.

The Symbiotic, Democracy-Eroding Relationship Between Donald …  The New Yorkersource

Trump RICO case in Atlanta attracts army of defense attorneys   The Atlanta Journal Constitutionsource

Donald Trump was back in court Tuesday for the civil case alleging a widespread business conspiracy. He watched as witnesses gave evidence of ways his company lied about the value of its properties. Copyright 2023 NPR source