Help keep Salon independentDonald Trump, who predicted in a 2020 debate that stock markets would crash under President Joe Biden, griped Sunday that stock markets reaching record highs were just making "rich people richer." The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to a record high last week, hitting 37,000 and surpassing the previous record set in…
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The “Late Show” host hit Donald Trump’s former attorney with a blast from the past.
2024 Presidential ElectionAdvertisementSupported byApplause LinesThough the former president often draws attention for his more extreme policy proposals and rhetoric, a set of core conservative issues appear to resonate even more with his supporters.By Michael GoldMichael Gold has been reporting on Donald J. Trump’s political events since August.Former President Donald J. Trump has consistently generated headlines…
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Trump makes long-shot bid to toss gag order in D.C. election case CNBCsource
Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inFormer Trump chief of staff attempted to move his election interference to federal court in the hope that it would benefit his case Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under…
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elections “You’re reading the wrong polls,” Biden told reporters Sunday. Three times now in a little over a month, Biden has dismissed polls that show him trailing Trump. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images By Kierra Frazier 12/18/2023 09:20 AM EST Link CopiedPresident Joe Biden’s poll numbers have been getting worse in recent months, often showing him…
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal decries ‘horrific’ language after ex-president says immigrants ‘poisoning the blood of our country’A leading American progressive said Donald Trump was using “horrific … dehumanising and fascist rhetoric”, after the former president told supporters immigrants were invading the US and “poisoning the blood of our country”.“This is horrific,” said Pramila Jayapal, a Washington…
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said voters should take former President Trump “for his word,” regarding his recent comments about being a dictator for a day if reelected in 2024. Clinton was writing in response to Sen. Brian Schatz’s (D-Hawaii) post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, reading, “Trump is…
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Trump asks federal appeals court to reconsider its decision largely upholding gag order CNNsource
AdvertisementSupported byMr. Cohen, the onetime fixer for former President Donald J. Trump, went to prison after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations. He wants the court to end his supervised release. By Benjamin WeiserMichael D. Cohen, the onetime fixer for former President Donald J. Trump who went to prison after pleading guilty to campaign finance…
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Opinion: The Trump family’s hypocrisy on immigration CNNsource
Watchdog groups called for former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis’s disbarment in a letter Friday.“We, together with the additional signatories below, write to urge the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel (OARC) to promptly commence a formal disciplinary proceeding against Jenna Ellis seeking her disbarment in light of her recent guilty plea to a felony in Georgia,”…
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is facing calls from a growing number of Democrats who say he should recuse himself from a case examining former president Donald Trump’s presidential immunity, with more members of Congress raising concerns about the justice’s ability to remain impartial given his wife’s involvement in the movement to overturn the 2020…
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Several House Democrats have signed onto a letter amping up calls for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case reviewing whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution over charges of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.“[W]e strongly implore you to exercise your discretion and recuse yourself from this…
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FILE – Trump campaign attorney Jim Troupis speaks during a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process, Dec. 16, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Liberals are calling for former President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin lawyer Troupis to step down from a state judicial ethics panel,…
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Former President Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba revealed how she pushes forward despite being “afraid” of the country’s future. Habba spoke at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest on Sunday. She reiterated the impact Trump’s fraud case in New York could have on others. New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking $250 million from Trump in…
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Trump defends former influencer convicted of election interference who has racist, antisemitic past CNNsource
Jump to The testimony’s over, but the acrimony lingers on at Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York.Sarcasm and frustration practically drip from the latest filing in the case by the New York attorney general’s office, which complains about the Trump team’s “antics,” “maneuvers,” and “sound bites.”“The most ineffective team of experts that Defendants’…
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Reporter, HuffPostFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a single-word response to former President Donald Trump’s quoting of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a 2024 presidential campaign rally in Durham, New Hampshire, on Saturday.Clinton, Trump’s defeated Democratic rival in the 2016 election, shared on X (formerly Twitter) a Washington Post report on Trump’s widely condemned…
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Donald Trump is pushing his supporters to deliver a blowout win in the Iowa caucuses one month away. His campaign hopes a decisive win in January will cement his status as the presumptive nominee. (Dec. 15)FILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event, July 8,…
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Watch CBS News By Melissa Quinn December 18, 2023 / 11:23 AM EST / CBS News Washington — A group of House Democrats is calling on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from the case pending before the Supreme Court involving whether former President Donald Trump is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for alleged crimes…
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Trump Georgia Election CaseAdvertisementSupported bySteven Sadow’s minimalist approach in the racketeering case against his client has created some dramatic tension, but his silence may be coming to an end.By Richard FaussetReporting from AtlantaSteven H. Sadow, the lead lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump in his Georgia criminal case, has been praised by the Atlanta…
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Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) cautioned that former President Trump would appoint lawyers who will help him “blow through” the Constitution if elected to the White House again. “I think that, you know, we know what he will do. He’s already done it. We saw what he did after the 2020 election. Obviously, what he…
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Watch CBS News By Jacob Rosen, Kathryn Watson, Olivia Rinaldi Updated on: December 18, 2023 / 7:43 PM EST / CBS News At campaign stops over the weekend, former President Donald Trump, the Republican primary frontrunner, renewed attacks on immigrants with rhetoric that has prompted opponents to compare his rhetoric to that of Nazi leader…
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Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) urged viewers of Fox News on Monday to support any candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential primary other than former President Trump. “What I would say to Fox viewers, and I worked here for many years as you know,” Cheney said during an interview with Fox anchor Bret Baier. “The…
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