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The leading Republican presidential contender predicted “bedlam in the country,” and declined to condemn political violence.

What to watch for in Trump’s federal immunity appeals hearing in Washington, DC  CNNsource

SEARCHWhile journalists hem and haw over how best to cover Trump’s threats to democracy, there’s another question that needs asking: Is anyone even paying attention?Listen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.Exhaustion with the near-constant flood of headlines about Donald Trump is leading many to simply tune…
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Subscribe Now! Get features likeWhile supporters of Donald Trump celebrated that the MAGA leader was hardly mentioned in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents, a new report released by the Business Insider claimed that the former US President checks all the boxes for “Doe 174”.The court documents had identified Doe 174 as a person whose…
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The Eurasia Group placed “the United States vs. itself” atop its list of top risks for 2024.

Trump lawyers spar with judges over presidential immunity claim  BBCsource

Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are set to go head-to-head Wednesday in the next Republican presidential primary debate, just days before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.   Former President Trump, the party frontrunner, is skipping the events, leaving just two candidates to square up in Des Moines at the event hosted by CNN. …
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Jump to Former President Donald Trump hopes the US economy will crash within the 12 months so he doesn’t get the blame for a downturn if he wins a second term.In a televised interview on Monday, he also said the economy is fragile and “running off of the fumes” of his accomplishments in his first…
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House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) warned U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland that if he doesn’t hold Hunter Biden, the president’s son, to the same level as Republicans who were held in contempt of Congress, he could face impeachment. “With respect to Merrick Garland, look, we know how he’s treated two Republicans…
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The good news for Nikki Haley in New Hampshire: She has made major gains in narrowing the gap with former President Donald Trump in the nation’s crucial first primary, now two weeks away.The bad news: She still has so much ground to close.In an exclusive USA TODAY/Boston Globe/Suffolk University Poll, Trump leads Haley in New…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.FILE – E. Jean Carroll leaves Manhattan federal court, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. A judge late Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, said former President Donald Trump’s lawyers can’t present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages at a defamation trial this month on a jury’s conclusion…
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LIVE UPDATESTrump is seeking the dismissal of his federal election interference case.Arguments in Trump immunity hearing wrap upA three-judge panel on the Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals is weighing arguments presented at today’s hearing on former President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismiss his federal election interference case based on his claim of presidential immunity.Trump, who…
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In a  brief  before the Georgia Court, one of Trump’s parade of dubiously competent attorneys has asked the court to dismiss all charges against him by claiming absolute immunity for anything he did as president.   “Trump’s counsel argued in a new motion that the actions alleged in the indictment, which accuses the former president and 18…
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Republican polling leader Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened unrest if the criminal charges against him cause him to lose the 2024 election.Speaking to reporters after an appeals court hearing in which Trump’s lawyers said he should be immune from prosecution for trying to overturn the 2020 election, Trump claimed without evidence that he was being…
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Politics The president does not have to show up in court this week. He’s doing so anyways, which says a lot about this campaign. Donald Trump has often treated court like an extension of his campaign. | Scott Olson/Getty Images By Meridith McGraw and Erica Orden 01/09/2024 05:00 AM EST Link CopiedThis week in Iowa,…
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NewsNation Tom Dempsey, Taylor Delandro WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump returned to Washington to attend a federal appeals court hearing focused on whether he is immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.The outcome of the arguments carries enormous ramifications both for the landmark criminal case…
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Trump argues that his coup attempt is immune from prosecution because it was an “official” act — but the election lie could run afoul of legal ethics.

AdvertisementNewsletterA case before an appeals court in Washington could influence how the former president’s trials will play out this year. By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad PhilbrickDonald Trump’s four criminal trials can seem dizzying, including both federal and state cases, across Florida, Georgia, New York and Washington. But it’s worth remembering that the cases have…
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President Biden’s reelection campaign bashed former President Trump on Tuesday after he said he hoped the U.S. economy crashed in the next 12 months, arguing he doesn’t care about people. “Donald Trump should just say he doesn’t give a damn about people, because that’s exactly what he’s telling the American people when he says he hopes the…
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As the former president tries to dismiss his federal election interference trial on the grounds of “presidential immunity,” a D.C. judge pressed Trump’s attorney on how far that exemption really extends.

Three appeals court judges appeared ready to reject Trump’s argument that presidents cannot be prosecuted for ordering the murder of their political opponents.

Former President Trump is leaving the campaign trail to appear in a Washington, D.C., federal court Tuesday, a move certain to bring his legal travails into the limelight just a week before the Iowa caucuses. Trump’s legal troubles only appear to have helped him in his fight for the GOP presidential nomination so far, and there’s…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied in favorability with the American people, but each is viewed less well than when the two faced off in 2020.Biden is viewed favorably by 41% of U.S. adults, eight percentage points below his 49% favorable rating in October 2020. Mirroring the trend…
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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blasted former President Trump for saying he hopes the economy crashes within the next 12 months, comments that have sparked widespread criticism from Democrats. “He calls himself the messiah,” Pelosi said on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” on Monday night. “I guess he doesn’t know much about the messiah.” The…
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December was a really bad month for Joe Biden on immigration. The 300,000 estimated southern border crossings and attempted crossings set an all-time record for a single month. His approval rating on the issue of immigration dropped by 8 points, putting him at 38 percent to Donald Trump’s 60 percent on an issue that voters rank as most important…
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