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A majority of Americans in a new survey say they would support the Supreme Court either disqualifying former President Trump from presidential ballots across the country or letting states decide whether to include him on their ballots. Nearly one-third — 30 percent — of respondents in the ABC News/Ipsos survey said they think the justices…
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) came out swinging against Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley Friday with the launch of a “Never Nikki” website. “I have been watching the GOP Primary closely for a while now, and I like various aspects of several candidates,” Paul said in a statement included on the website, noting GOP hopefuls former…
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‘Thinking Isn’t His Strength’: Critics Scorch Donald Trump Jr.’s Wild COVID Claim  Yahoo Newssource

Jump to Donald Trump says his businesses received payments from foreign governments because he was “doing services” for them.Trump was at a Fox News town hall on Wednesday, commenting on a recent report from Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee. The report, published on January 4, said Trump’s businesses had received at least $7.8…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump still seized an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks in a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge.Trump spoke as the judge was trying to…
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The former president broke the judge’s rules but walked away scot-free.Donald Trump walked into the courtroom of his $370 million civil fraud trial Thursday and did exactly what he hoped to do: break all the rules established by the judge in order to deliver a brief closing statement.Then he walked out scot-free.The former president's surprise…
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Watch CBS News By Hunter Woodall January 12, 2024 / 7:00 AM EST / CBS News The leading super PAC supporting former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley‘s run for president is attempting in a new advertisement to portray one of her main 2024 rivals as a “suck up” to former President Donald Trump. The ad, shared…
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The Appeals Court hearing Tuesday on ex-president Donald Trump’s claim of “absolute immunity” from prosecution for anything he did while in the White House led to a remarkable discussion of the president’s supposed power to order the assassination of political and business rivals, or foreigners targeted by the vast US military-intelligence apparatus.Trump’s own lawyer John…
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) went after former President Trump on Friday, demanding in a letter that he return about $7.8 million Trump’s companies received from foreign governments while he was in office. House Oversight and Accountability Committee Democrats first made the allegation in a report last week, claiming Trump’s companies accepted money from foreign entities…
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To listen to the two leading candidates for the White House tell it, there’s much more on the line in November’s election than control of the executive branch.President Biden has warned democracy, truth and the character of the nation is at stake in 2024. He has told donors a victory this November could very well…
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Forecasters are warning that “life-threatening” blizzard conditions are heading toward Iowa this weekend ahead of the caucuses on Monday. A blizzard warning has been issued over much of the state of Iowa for Friday into Saturday, with several areas under a winter storm warning, as well, the National Weather Service (NWS) advised. NWS predicts that…
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Former President Obama’s senior adviser David Axelrod said it is unhelpful to dismiss concerns about President Biden’s poor marks in major polls, defending his recent criticism of the president’s reelection campaign. Axelrod said in an interview with Politico that he finds it “aggravating” that people who air their concerns about the Biden campaign’s strategy are called “bedwetters.”…
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The focus on Trump’s very real foreign government payments comes as Republicans push evidence-free claims that Joe Biden received similar payments.

Donald Trump ignored warnings from the judge in his New York civil fraud trial Thursday and turned closing arguments into an election campaign attack, claiming that prosecutors are out to stop his political comeback. Issued on: 12/01/2024 – 05:03Modified: 12/01/2024 – 05:05Prosecutors are demanding $370 million from Trump over fraud allegations — and to bar…
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Tim Parlatore said it doesn’t seem like “anybody was really at the wheel.”

The Elusive Promise of a Real 2024 Republican Race Against Donald Trump  The New Yorkersource

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said he would vote for President Biden instead of former President Trump “in a heartbeat.” Kinzinger, an outspoken critic of Trump, was asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins who he was going to support now that his preferred GOP candidate, Chris Christie, has dropped out of the race. He said he…
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Former President Trump said former GOP presidential primary candidate Chris Christie is “desperately searching for a TV job” after he dropped out of the 2024 race earlier this week. “Chris Christie is ‘kaput,’ strangely deciding to drop out prior to New Hampshire, where he has put in so much time, effort, and money,” Trump posted…
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Live updates: Closing arguments in Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York  CNNsource

Help keep Salon independentFormer President Donald Trump defended his businesses accepting payments from foreign governments during a Fox News town hall on Wednesday. The comments came in response to a Jan. 4 report from House Oversight Committee Democrats finding that the former president had received at least $7.8 million in payments from foreign governments, including China…
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Appearing in court in New York at the end of the civil fraud case against the Trump Organization on Thursday, Donald Trump insisted on having his say.The judge had previously said the former president would not be able to speak in the courtroom but eventually relented and gave him a few minutes.He used that platform…
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Legal It’s a new piece of rhetoric that Trump hopes will help him win immunity from his criminal charges. It will be up to judges to determine whether Donald Trump was in fact operating as president or candidate during that fateful stretch of 2020. | Scott Olson/Getty Images By Kyle Cheney and Betsy Woodruff Swan…
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The CNN anchor questioned New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu after he said he’d back Trump as the Republican nominee, even if he were convicted.

Jump to Donald Trump’s five-minute closing statement was certainly the most surprising courtroom moment on Thursday, as his civil fraud trial neared its end in Manhattan.But arguably the day’s weirdest moment was the point in defense lawyer Alina Habba’s own closing arguments when she mocked, in open court, state Attorney General Letitia James’ feet.It was…
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Video: Maggie Haberman says this Trump town hall moment shows his change in strategy  CNNsource