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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsNew Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan on Wednesday addressed the challenges to former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on state ballots, saying, “In a situation where some states permit a name to appear on the ballot and other states disqualify it, there’s going to be chaos, confusion, anger and…
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2024 election: Biden, Trump in a statistical tie in latest Quinnipiac poll CNBCsource
Donald Trump to campaign in Summerville on September 25 WCBD News 2source
Former First Lady Melania Trump’s disappearing act—which began shortly after departing the White House in 2021—continued this week when she was noticeably absent when her husband flew to Georgia to surrender to authorities after a fourth indictment, keeping her public appearances and statements to just more than a handful in over two years.Melania has kept…
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Video: Hear what Putin thinks about the charges Donald Trump is facing CNN Putin criticizes Trump arrest, trial: ‘Shows the rottenness of the American system’ Fox News Donald Trump will “never” support Putin, says Volodymyr Zelensky The Economist source
Former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned about the importance of the upcoming presidential election, saying that another four years under a Trump administration would mean disaster for the country. “I think nothing less is at stake than our democracy in this election,” Pelosi said in a CNN interview Wednesday. “You hear that in…
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It’s a cliché that young people reject their parents’ ideas. But as 2024 approaches, that goes for political candidates too.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has found favor with younger Republican voters across the country, even as former President Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in the field of GOP White House hopefuls. Conservatives in their teens, 20s…
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Mitt Romney is leaving the Senate. The depths of cynicism and hypocrisy inside his own party drove the decision, McKay Coppins reports.In an exclusive excerpt from my forthcoming biography of the senator, Romney: A Reckoning, he reveals what drove him to retire.For most of his life, Mitt Romney has nursed a morbid fascination with his…
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Trump wants a judge to recuse from the Jan. 6 case. It’s a dangerous attempt to thwart a conviction. Slate Trump asks Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself from federal 2020 election subversion case CNN Trump Seeks Recusal of Judge in Federal Elections Case The New York Times source
ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsA judge on Tuesday denied former President Donald Trump‘s request to move a Colorado case aimed at removing him from the state’s 2024 ballot to federal court.In a four-page order, Chief U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer sent the lawsuit back to a state court in Denver County, where it was filed last…
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Trump wanted to be able to discuss classified documents at his golf resort in Florida.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on Wednesday that he wishes President Biden and former President Trump would stand aside and allow both political parties to choose new leadership for the 2024 presidential contest. Romney, 76, made the comment while talking to reporters in his office following his retirement announcement earlier in the day. “I think…
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Republicans prominent in move to accelerate long-shot bid say they have been in close touch with twice-impeached ex-presidentDonald Trump has been in discussions with influential House Republicans over the party’s long-shot attempt to impeach Joe Biden over unproven corruption allegations relating to his son Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings.Trump was in contact with Elise Stefanik,…
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Alex Brandon/APIf only the Republicans could get rid of Donald Trump, it could return to normal. This is a common refrain they you often hear from pundits and members of the political class, or maybe from a relative or friend. Trump, in this view, is a dangerous aberration, and all that is needed to de-Trumpify…
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Lawsuits filed in the state aimed to bar the former president from appearing on 2024 presidential ballots there.
President Biden holds a slim one-point lead over former President Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup ahead of the 2024 presidential election. In a Quinnipiac University poll published Wednesday, 47 percent of registered respondents said they would vote for Biden, while 46 percent of respondents said they would cast their vote for Trump. By age…
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AdvertisementSupported byThe party’s big donors have made clear their distaste for the former president. Now, as he barrels toward the nomination, they are reacting with a mix of hand-wringing, calls to arms and fatalism.By Rebecca Davis O’BrienOn Labor Day, Eric Levine, a New York lawyer and Republican fund-raiser, sent an email to roughly 1,500 donors,…
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced his plans Tuesday to launch an impeachment inquiry, saying it was the “logical next step” after months of probing by House Republicans into the Biden family. The investigations have so far yet to turn up evidence that the president violated the law. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily…
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Support for former President Trump has ticked up in a new GOP primary poll, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s support has dipped. The new Quinnipiac University poll found that support for the former president stood at 62 percent among Republican-aligned voters, up from the 57 percent he garnered in August. DeSantis received 12 percent, continuing a decline…
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My record as a political forecaster is creditable, but I admit to one complete aberration. In 1996, I thought that, despite the incumbent’s overwhelming advantage in political skills, Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas would narrowly defeat President Bill Clinton. (Clinton won 379 to 159 in the Electoral College. I was not even close.) My rationale…
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Roughly 6 in 10 American voters in a new Quinnipiac University poll support an age cap as an eligibility requirement for presidential candidates. The poll found 61 percent of voters support a maximum age limit to be eligible to run for president, while 34 percent of voters do not back the idea. The results come…
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The New Hampshire Secretary of State on Wednesday said there are no legal grounds to not allow Donald Trump on the primary ballot in the state. “There is no mention in New Hampshire state statute that a candidate in a New Hampshire presidential primary can be disqualified using the 14th Amendment of the United States…
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The policymaking body of the federal courts indicated Tuesday that it hasn’t considered a change in rules to allow livestreaming of criminal trials such as those of former President Donald Trump.Judge Lavenski Smith, chair of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference, told reporters that while the conference met and changed rules for broadcasts of…
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A presidential candidate was photographed and fingerprinted at a jail in Atlanta while his campaign hawked merchandise featuring the candidate’s prison photo. The candidate vowed to pardon himself if elected, and his supporters promised to vote for him no matter what. The year was 1920, and perennial Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs was…
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