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Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he's running for president again in 2024. Trump's 2024 campaign comes as he faces escalating federal and state criminal investigations. Trump cast himself as the lone panacea to a long list of ills on a "quest to save our country." Supporters wait for the arrival of former President Donald Trump during an event at his Mar-a-Lago resort on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. Grover Cleveland, of the National Democratic Party, was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in the White House.

☆ We identified the 125 people and institutions most responsible for Donald Trump's rise to power and his norm-busting behavior that tested the boundaries of the US government and its institutions
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-26 | by ( Darren Samuelsohn | Tom Lobianco | Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Insider compiled this database of the 125 people and institutions essential to Donald Trump's rise to power and his norm-busting presidential behavior. Listed are friends, family, lawyers, business partners, donors, staff, media executives, and social-media influencers. Sort the list by their relationships with Trump, as well as when and where they entered the 45th president's orbit. It was a whirlwind unlike anything in US history, hence our attempt to build a searchable database to better understand the people and organizations that helped make Trump Trump. Insider sought comments from those included about what it meant to them that their personal legacy would forever be connected to Trump.

☆ Visa's PAC gave politicians $139,000 in March after vowing to pause contributions because of the Capitol insurrection
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-07 | by ( Kayla Epstein | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Visa's PAC has resumed political donations after announcing a pause following the January 6 Capitol attack. On March 24, Visa gave a total of $139,000 to candidate and political committees on both sides of the aisle. None of the lawmakers voted to object to the certification of the 2020 election results. Visa also filled coffers of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, giving each one $15,000. On January 12, less than a week after the attack, Visa's PAC "temporarily suspended all political donations as we review our candidate contribution guidelines," the company told the Washington Post.

☆ Matt Gaetz's Florida sex game included a 'Harry Potter' challenge and 'extra points' for sleeping in sorority houses, a female Republican tells Insider
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( Robin Bravender | Kayla Epstein | Tina Sfondeles | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Rep. Matt Gaetz is accused of playing a sex "game" with a "Harry Potter" theme. People got points if they had sex with married colleagues or did sorority overnights, a source said. The sex competition even involved the "Harry Potter" book series, the GOP source told Insider. Anyone who had sex with a certain conservative woman "won the whole game regardless of points," she said. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images'I'm not a monk'During Gaetz's Tallahassee days, about two dozen male lawmakers participated in the sex competition, the GOP insider said.

☆ How Trump's Senate trial could end with a vote to ban him from ever holding federal office again and kill any chances of a 2024 run
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-09 | by ( Kayla Epstein | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

It's unlikely Republicans would join Democrats to vote to convict Trump who's mulled a 2024 run. But the Constitution allows the Senate to bar an official that lawmakers have convicted in an impeachment trial from holding federal office again. It's also not certain if enough Republicans will vote to convict Trump and trigger the vote to ban him from holding public office again. It's not impossible, but the odds of 67 senators voting to convict Trump are long. Jolly at the time said the House need not worry about what the Senate would do with the impeachment vote.

☆ Could Trump mass-pardon his supporters who rioted at the Capitol? Constitutional-law experts weigh in.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Dave Levinthal | Kayla Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The January 6th attack by a mob of his supporters on the Capitol raises the question of whether Trump could pardon them. Trump has the power to broadly pardon the rioters for federal crimes, even before they are charged, experts told Insider. He has repeatedly wielded them to help his political allies who have been charged or convicted of federal crimes. Trump supporters inside the Capitol after shattering doors and windows to get in. That's where Pelosi went with a question about Trump's pardon powers during a 60 Minutes interview broadcast on Sunday.

After helping Joe Biden win a grueling election, progressives want a say in key policies, like environmental protections, social justice, and immigration reform. Still, there are plenty of progressives — such as Sunrise Movement founder Varshini Prakash — who are ready to keep the pressure on the Biden administration from the outside. Against that backdrop, progressive lawmakers, media heavyweights and outside groups involved in everything from the environment to criminal justice reform say they will be watching Biden's every move. New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given her stamp of approval to Biden's climate appointees: "I think Biden's climate appointments actually represent progress — real progress," she said. Here's Insider's list of 32 of the top progressives primed to help the Biden administration — or cause it headaches.

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