As former President Donald Trump openly condemns the Senate’s border legislation, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told colleagues Saturday he won’t consider a border deal anytime soon. But does that mean Trump is calling the shots? “Of course not. He’s not calling the shots. I am calling the shots …
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Republican governors have made a show of deploying National Guard troops to the southern border to block the Biden administration from removing razor wire that Texas has laid out to repel and harm migrants — in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling. On Sunday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) …
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In the middle of last year, several of Donald Trump’s closest advisers, including some of his 2024 campaign’s senior staff, started noticing an ominous trend in independent polling and in internal Republican survey data: A significant share of swing voters in key states — even some Republicans — say they …
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The day after Donald Trump was indicted on charges related to his alleged post-presidency mishandling of classified documents, the former president revealed that his longtime aide and valet, Walt Nauta, had also been charged by the Justice Department. In a Truth Social post, Trump described Nauta as a “wonderful man” …
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Donald Trump recently claimed that he’s more popular than Taylor Swift, but several late-night TV hosts would beg to differ. Last night, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and more took aim at Trump with some poignant reminders that Swift is exceptionally popular. On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel told Republicans to “enjoy …
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Robert Kennedy Jr. and a super PAC backing his 2024 presidential campaign have raised $50 million, according to new federal election records released Wednesday. Half of that staggering cash haul has come from two people. Timothy Mellon, a Republican megadonor who has also backed former President Donald Trump, has donated …
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Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift hasn’t even endorsed President Joe Biden for reelection yet. That hasn’t stopped members of MAGAland’s upper crust from plotting to declare — as one source close to Donald Trump calls it — a “holy war” on the pop megastar, especially if she ends up publicly backing the …
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Donald Trump’s PACs spent a staggering $50 million on the former president’s legal defense in 2023, according to a report from The New York Times. According to two sources who spoke to the Times, the former president’s massive legal bills were paid out through funds from the Save America PAC …
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Maryanne Trump Barry, the sister of former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, died on the morning of Nov. 13, 2023. That evening, Trump held a lavish “Gala VIP Dinner” for people who bought at least $4,700 worth of “Trump Cards” — an NFT collection of digital trading cards …
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This month, Donald Trump’s lawyers have argued in a federal appeals court that he, as a former American president, is “absolutely” immune from criminal prosecution, possibly even if he were to order the assassination of his political enemies. But the arguments that Trump’s lawyers are currently litigating in public are …
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