Orbán meeting offers preview of Trump’s 2nd-term strongman idealizations CNNsource
State of the Union 2024 highlights: Biden talks Trump, democracy and abortion in energetic speech NBC Newssource
Trump is trying to delay covering half a billion dollars in various judgments.A New York judge on Thursday denied Donald Trump's request for a temporary delay of the penalties in E. Jean Carroll's defamation case, leaving the former president three days to pay or post a bond for the entire $83.3 million judgment.Judge Lewis Kaplan…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has secured a $91.6 million bond sufficient to cover the money he owes to writer E. Jean Carroll in a defamation lawsuit while he appeals the jury’s verdict, the former president’s lawyer told a court on Friday.Attorney Alina Habba filed papers with the New York judge to show that…
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Trump in cash crunch as he pays huge bond after losing ‘lies’ case MSNBCsource
Trump Released a Sneaker Line. Here’s How to Wear Them. POLITICOsource
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace noted the recent election of former President Trump’s daughter-in-law as Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Friday. “Now we’ve got nepo-RNC,” Wallace quipped on “Deadline: White House” Friday. The RNC voted to make Michael Whatley, who has previously been the chair of the North Carolina GOP and Lara Trump, the wife of…
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Trump held ‘friendly’ meeting with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago and then took autocrat to a concert CNNsource
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) expressed his distaste for President Biden’s recent State of the Union Address Friday. “He wasn’t speaking to the nation, what he was really doing is speaking to his party,” McCarthy said in an interview on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” Friday, highlighted by Mediaite. “This was more about a…
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Trump must cover Christopher Steele’s legal fees after unsuccessfully suing him.Former President Donald Trump's escalating legal penalties are a little larger after a judge in the United Kingdom ordered him to pay more than $380,000 to a firm run by Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy who penned the infamous 2016 dossier accusing Trump of harboring…
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Trump attorneys post $92 million bond to support jury award to E. Jean Carroll in defamation suit WV Newssource
Donald Trump secured a $91.6 million bond from insurer Chubb in order to allow the former president to appeal an $83.3 million verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case.The surety bond contract with Chubb’s Federal Insurance Co. was signed by Trump earlier this week. Though it prevents writer Carroll from immediately collecting…
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President Biden slammed former President Trump for meeting with Hungarian premier Viktor Orban, highlighting his major campaign platform that he is running to preserve democracy. “You know who he’s meeting with today down at Mar-a-Lago?” Biden said at a campaign event in Pennsylvania. “Orban of Hungary, who stated flatly he doesn’t think democracy works, he’s…
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Donald Trump posts $91.6mn bond as he appeals defamation verdict Financial Timessource
State of the UnionAdvertisementVerbal swings at Donald Trump, though not by name. A spirited back-and-forth with G.O.P. lawmakers. And a loud and feisty delivery.By Michael D. Shear and Shane GoldmacherPresident Biden delivered an energetic and impassioned speech that was as much a campaign kickoff as it was a State of the Union, leveraging what is…
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President Biden’s campaign released an ad Saturday that will air in major battleground states connecting the president’s age with his ability to get things done during his first term, seeking to draw a contrast with former President Trump’s record. “Look, I’m not a young guy. That’s no secret,” Biden says in the new ad, titled…
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RNC officially installs Trump allies in leadership roles Axiossource
Former President Donald Trump has posted a bond that will stop E. Jean Carroll from being able to collect $83.3 million from a defamation judgment against him.The bond — totaling $91.63 million to reflect mandatory interest and fees — allows Trump a measure of relief as he appeals the case and continues to pursue the…
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Trump tightens Republican grip, daughter-in-law takes key party post Reuterssource
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In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to hear former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity appeal in late April, legal experts disagree on whether the scheduling is a gift for the Republican frontrunner — and whether it signals the justices may be sympathetic to his argument or desired timeline.Scheduling oral arguments for two months…
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday did not rule out accepting a position from former President Trump in a second administration, if he’s reelected in November.Asked by Fox News’s Neil Cavuto if he would consider working under Trump again, Pompeo said it was “flattering” to hear that his name has come up. He…
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A trio of major political action committees representing Asian American, Black and Latino voters are set to endorse President Biden’s reelection bid Saturday and commit $30 million to mobilizing communities of color. The president and first lady Jill Biden are set to attend a rally in Atlanta, where the AAPI Victory Fund, The Collective PAC…
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Former President Donald Trump has met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a conservative populist whose crackdowns in Hungary have sparked criticism that he’s eroding that country’s democracyFormer President Donald Trump met Friday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, as the likely Republican presidential nominee continued his embrace of autocratic leaders who are part of…
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SE Cupp: Want Trump to win? Keep laughing about the migrant crisis CNNsource