Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in Texas, fulfilling one of his campaign’s main targets ahead of November. Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, turned in 245,572 signatures to the Texas Secretary of State’s office on Monday, more than double the…
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Among famous poems featured in every high school literature class, one stands out: “To a Louse, On Seeing One on a Lady’s Bonnet at Church,” by Scottish poet Robert Burns. Burns delights telling of sitting in church behind a woman who’s sporting a fancy new hat, not realizing there’s a louse crawling all over it.…
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Some of the women who have publicly accused Trump of kissing or touching them inappropriately — sometimes alleging assault — are watching his campaign to return to public office with alarm.Amy Dorris tried not to watch too much news last week as Stormy Daniels gave her courtroom account of sex with Donald Trump. But little…
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Trump Hush-Money TrialAdvertisementMr. Vance’s appearance in court could signal a new frontier in the auditions to become Donald J. Trump’s running mate.By Michael C. BenderReporting from WashingtonSenator J.D. Vance, an Ohio Republican, joined Donald J. Trump’s entourage in court on Monday as the prosecution’s star witness, Michael D. Cohen, the former president’s fixer-turned-nemesis, took the…
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On Monday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY National Political Correspondent David Jackson explains how former President Donald Trump is bracing voters for a guilty verdict. Israel continues its strikes on Rafah, while U.S. officials speak out about civilian deaths in Gaza and weapons to Israel. Some student protesters held walkouts at commencement ceremonies over the weekend. USA TODAY…
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The GOP operative tried to claim a photo of a Rod Stewart concert in Rio de Janeiro was taken in New Jersey this past weekend.
Trump’s former personal attorney was responsible for carrying out the hush money payment to a porn actor at the center of the case.
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria admits prosecutors would never have filed hush money charges against anyone ‘whose name was not Trump’ New York Post source
It’s unclear if the former president has actually been sleeping, and he vehemently denies it. But Democrats and late-night hosts have seized on the reports anyway.“Don Snoreleone.” “Donnie Nappleseed.” “Sleepy Don.”In addition to the actual testimony from Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial on charges of falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment to…
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George Conway, the attorney and political pundit, said Monday that former President Trump is benefiting politically from the hush money trial in New York — in part by taking attention away from his rallies. “Actually if you look at it politically in my judgement, this is helping him politically … it is keeping him from…
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Today in People v. Trump: Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer who is now the star witness against him, will take the … POLITICOsource
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he will decide on a potential 2028 presidential run “down the road,” but for now he is focused on backing former President Trump. Cruz was asked in an interview with Fox News Digital about whether he would consider running for president again in the future. “Well, listen, that, that’s a…
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In 2020, I wrote an op-ed for the National Catholic Reporter titled “A Catholic Case for Joe Biden.” In it, I quoted Jesus’s command to “love one another.” During Donald Trump’s first term in office, he had deliberately violated that commandment by inflaming the political discourse and exacerbating hatred. For example, after white nationalists marched in Charlottesville and killed counterprotestor Heather Heyer, Trump…
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Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden The New York Timessource
A $25 million campaign by American Bridge in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania over the next three weeks is just the beginning of the super PAC’s efforts.A Democratic super PAC will launch a $25 million, three-week ad blitz against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on Monday, with spots airing in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania that use…
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Trump bizarrely called “the late, great” Hannibal Lecter a “wonderful man” at a rally Saturday.
Michael Cohen once boasted he’d take a bullet for his then-boss Donald Trump. Now, the longtime Trump lawyer and fixer will be a key witness in the New York hush-money trial that could send the former president to prison.Cohen is expected to testify this week that Trump directed him to engineer payments to two women…
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Donald Trump Jr. said Peter Navarro is in “good spirits” after visiting him at a federal prison in Miami, ABC News reported Monday. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison in January after being found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress. The former Trump campaign adviser ignored a subpoena issued by the…
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Irony Meters Explode Over Donald Trump Attorney Alina Habba’s Latest Trial Spin Yahoo! Voicessource
Former President Donald Trump is entering the final stretch in his vice presidential selection process.There are now less than six months until Election Day. Republican delegates, including Trump’s family, will gather in Milwaukee in just over two months to formally hand him his third straight GOP presidential nomination.Even if he wins in November, Trump will…
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CNN commentator Van Jones went after politicians on former President Trump’s vice president shortlist on Monday, after they dodged questions over whether they would accept the results of the 2024 election. Multiple candidates believed to be finalists for Trump’s presidential ticket — including Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), and Rep. Elise Stefanik…
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In an open letter to President Minouche Shafik, 13 Trump-appointed federal judges have announced that they will not hire graduates of Columbia University because the campus has become “ground zero for the explosion of student disruptions, antisemitism, and hatred for diverse viewpoints.” The boycott, including undergraduates and law students, is irrational, self-defeating and unethical — with no…
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Alvin Bragg ‘Counting On’ Michael Cohen Lying During Trump Trial—Attorney Newsweeksource
Reporter, HuffPostFormer Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ contempt for his onetime boss Donald Trump is laid bare in a new book.Mattis tried to stay away from the White House as much as possible during his time serving in the Trump administration, according to an excerpt from ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos’ upcoming “The Situation Room: The…
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