In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place. Former US president confuses his illiberal leaders.Former U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to confuse the leaders of Turkey and Hungary in a campaign speech in New Hampshire on Monday.“There’s a man, Viktor Orbán, did anyone ever hear of him?” Trump said,…
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President Biden saw his lowest favorability and job approval numbers among New York voters since taking office, a new poll revealed Tuesday. In the latest Siena College Poll — conducted Oct. 15-19 among 1,225 registered New York voters — Biden’s favorability rating dropped to 45 percent, down 5 points from his 50 percent favorability rating…
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Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the 12:30 Report newsletter Subscribe <!– {beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. “Hurry! You will only have these [two] weeks to wear jackets that do nothing,” @AmberMRuffin posted on X, formerly known…
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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called the idea of withdrawing the United States from NATO “reasonable” in a brief statement Monday. “It’s a reasonable idea that I have considered,” Ramaswamy told Politico when asked about a Rolling Stone story earlier Monday detailing former President Trump’s openness to withdrawing from the alliance. “I am also open…
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Former President Trump’s legal team is asking a judge to toss his prosecution in his federal election interference case, arguing that it’s a vindictive prosecution that violates his free speech while seeking to distance Trump from the attack on the Capitol. In a series of late Monday motions filed minutes before a midnight deadline, Trump’s…
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Women Achievers of Arizona Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//October 17, 2023// Trump’s attorney says bid to keep him off ballot should be tossedFormer President Trump speaks at a Save America rally, where he stumped for Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, on July 22, 2022 in Prescott. An attorney for Trump now says a bid to…
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Judge Arthur Engoron is seen in the courtroom before the start of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial at the State Supreme Court building in New York, U.S. October 4, 2023. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) – A judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial pounded…
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DERRY, N.H. – “Vote for Trump, solve your problems.”That’s the message former President Donald Trump wrote on a commemorative poster Monday as he filed to appear on New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Republican primary ballot, joining eight other GOP candidates who’ve signed up.For Trump supporters waiting 29 miles away at the New England Sports Center in Derry,…
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Jenna Ellis reached a plea agreement with prosecutors in the Georgia 2020 election interference case Tuesday, becoming the third former Trump campaign attorney to do so. Ellis, who once described herself as part of an “elite strike force team” of attorneys pursuing unfounded claims of election fraud, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and…
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Oct 23, 2023In the game of poker that is the 2024 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, Gov. Jim Justice was finally able to play his Trump card, literally.The Trump card I speak of is the man himself, former Republican president Donald Trump, who announced on his own social media platform last week that he endorses…
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Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie has met the criteria for the third GOP primary debate, his campaign has reportedly said. Christie’s campaign told Politico that he’s met the polling and donor thresholds to get on the party’s third debate stage in Miami next month. Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, shared the Politico piece…
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Former President Trump appeared to confuse the leaders of Hungary and Turkey during a campaign speech Monday evening in Derry, N.H. “I was very honored — there’s a man, Viktor Orbán, anybody ever hear of him? He’s probably like, one of the strongest leaders anywhere in the world,” he said. “He’s the leader of Turkey.”…
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Cher Threatens to Leave the Country If Donald Trump is Re-Elected: ‘I Almost Got an Ulcer the Last time’ Billboardsource
Former President Trump on Monday commended his formal rival Perry Johnson for making a “valiant effort” in the 2024 presidential race, calling his endorsement a “great honor.” “After a valiant effort, he is now leaving the Race for President to do other things, which I have no doubt he will be very successful,” Trump wrote…
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Plea deals with Georgia prosecutors in the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump ensure the cooperation of two witnesses who could presumably offer insider accounts of the desperate scheming to help him remain in officeATLANTA — ATLANTA (AP) — Sidney Powell was present for a now-infamous December 2020 meeting at the White House…
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The closer we get to 2024, the harder it is for Republicans to make the case for why they should regain political power. One by one, all the arguments they planned to run on have run out of gas. They certainly can’t run on former President Trump. In fact, most Republican candidates want to talk…
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The Republican presidential race is a one-sided affair according to polls, a reality not missed by the Donald Trump campaign.In its regular “Sunday note” email, Team Trump is calling attention to the latest Harvard-Harris survey, noting the General Election side and the Primary side of the survey.Regarding the General Election side, they note the poll…
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Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the Morning Report newsletter Subscribe House Republicans will try again…
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Michael Cohen is poised to testify against his old boss as a key witness at the civil fraud trial that threatens to upend the former president’s wealthy image.
Former President Trump’s appeal of a gag order in his election interference case will put under a microscope limitations on his speech he sees as a danger to his candidacy, but legal experts say they stand a good chance of surviving. Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed Friday to pause her order from taking effect while Trump…
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Neal Katyal predicted what’s next in Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case, and it’s likely not good news for the former president.
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