Donald Trump is calling for protests and warning of “death and destruction” as his arraignment in a Manhattan criminal case looms. But for all the ominous hints of mass violence, so far the former president’s most extreme supporters aren’t taking the bait. One reason why: There’s no central narrative or …
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Donald Trump is asking for a plan to wage war in Mexico, and the Republican Party is eager to give it to him. As he campaigns for a second White House term, Trump has been asking policy advisers for a range of military options aimed at taking on Mexican drug …
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Fox News struggled in real time to process the first criminal charges ever brought against a president on Thursday night, as the network recoiled from the news that a Manhattan Grand Jury has voted to indict former president Donald Trump. Gasps could be heard around the set of The Five …
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As Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg moved toward an indictment of Donald Trump, two predictable camps have formed: His critics are hungry for justice for a lawless operator, and his supporters are furious at what they see as rank political persecution. But there’s a third faction: people who hate everything …
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Donald Trump’s strategy has long been to never apologize for anything, but after posting an image of himself standing next to Manhattan District attorney Alvin Bragg and holding a weapon, even he appears to be having some second thoughts. In the days since Trump fired off the now-deleted Truth Social …
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It’s hard out there for a right-wing drag queen. When a 6’2”, 190 pound man entered the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center outside Washington, D.C. — decked out in a fabulous blond wig, a crown of flowers, and a floor-length red-white-and-blue dress — he was not there to protest …
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A T THE EDGE of the Okavango Delta in northern Namibia, the land is so flat that I could see the top of ReconAfrica’s drill rig when we were about a mile away. ReconAfrica is a small Canadian oil-and-gas-exploration company that claimed to have discovered an oil-and-gas basin rivaling anything …
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Trump and his inner orbit are already drawing up ways to take revenge on Alvin Bragg, aiming to punish the Manhattan district attorney for his investigation into the former president, according to two sources familiar with the matter and two other people close to Trump. For months, Trump and several …
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Blown-out hair, full glam, and a studio set in the background. If you’re one of the more than 150 million Americans with a TikTok account, you may have come across videos of live-shot-ready reporters delivering quick explainers of the day’s news. Maybe a friend has relayed a tidbit of this …
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Every day, Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, who represents 6th District in the Nebraska state legislature, carpools to work with her younger brother, John, who represents the 9th District. It’s a 55-minute drive from Omaha, where they live, to Lincoln, where the state Capitol is. Usually, they talk shop about whatever is …
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