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☆ It's not too late for Dems to choose another candidate. Here's how it would work.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Joshua Zitser | Sarah Gray | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewCan the Democrats replace President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket? In 1968, when President Lyndon B. Johnson dropped out of the race, his vice president, Hubert Humphrey, entered the Democratic primary, but he was too late to get on some states' ballots. Delegates eventually voted to name Humphrey the nominee, but he ultimately lost the election to former Vice President Richard Nixon. AdvertisementTypically, the vice president is the go-to individual, but Gift said Vice President Kamala Harris's approval ratings are too low for her to be a serious contender.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Lyndon B, Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Humphrey, Robert F, Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Martin Luther King Jr, John F, Richard Nixon, Biden, Mitch Robertson, Robertson, Thomas Gift, Kamala Harris's, Mark Shanahan, Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Shanahan, Harris, Kamala Harris, Iwan Morgan, Morgan, John Owens, it's, Owens Organizations: Service, Democratic, Business, Convention, Delegates, University College London, Democrats, UCL's Center, University of Surrey, Transportation, Trump, UCL's Institute of, Labor, American University's Center, Congressional, Presidential Studies Locations: Chicago, Vietnam, Los Angeles, Americas

☆ Dysfunctional Week Exposes the Fissures, Fractures and Fault Lines Across the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Lauren Camera | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +8 min

“The Republican Party is not really a conservative party anymore – it’s a populist party,” he says. “What are the incentives for conservatives to take these positions?” asks Joshua Huder, senior fellow at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. “This Republican Party is spiraling out of control. Last week, the RNC reported its lowest fundraising totals in 10 years, entering 2024 with just $8 million in cash on hand. Prosecutors are seeking $370 million – a loss that has the potential to ruin him financially ahead of the November election.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, Trump, ”, David Barker, –, Mike Johnson, Alejandro Mayorkas, Johnson couldn’t, Joshua Huder, Georgetown University’s, Johnson, Sen, Chris Murphy, it's Donald Trump –, who’s, Mitch McConnell’s, – Sen, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee of Utah, Ron Johnson of, Mitch ” trended, intraparty, Mitch McConnell, ” Huder, I’m, Ronna McDaniel, isn’t, Joe Biden Organizations: Republican National Committee, Republican, Republican Party, American University, Center, Congressional, Presidential, Republicans, Homeland, Israel, Georgetown, Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public, Senate, Connecticut Democrat, RNC, South Carolina, U.S ., Trump, Capitol, Prosecutors Locations: Connecticut, Ted Cruz of Texas, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, underperformed, Washington, Manhattan

Since the trial began in late September, Trump has been fined twice by Judge Arthur Engoron for breaking a gag order that bars him from making public comments about the judge’s staff, stormed out of the courtroom and been made to watch as two of his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, testified this week. His daughter Ivanka Trump is slated to testify on Tuesday. Both sons held the title of executive vice president after their father was elected president. Eric Trump, who maintained more direct involvement in the company, provided more detailed testimony and was at times chippy in his responses to prosecutors who sought to tease out his specific role. During testimony on Friday, he acknowledged he was aware of the Trump Organization's statements of financial condition as far back as 2013 after repeatedly denying knowledge of them.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Letitia James, James, –, ”, Barbara Perry, ” Perry, “, Judge Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, he’s, Donald Trump's, “ It's, He’s, Allen Weisselberg, Donald Bender Organizations: Trump, New York, University of Virginia’s Miller Center Locations: Manhattan, New York

☆ Trump’s High Court Hail Mary
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Lauren Camera | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +13 min

Half a century ago, the Supreme Court ruled in the United States v. Nixon that executive privilege is not absolute. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court in 1974 rejected Nixon’s argument – a ruling that marked the end of his presidency. But would the Supreme Court half a century later say the same? “It wouldn't shock me to find that the Supreme Court tries to avoid a showdown,” Geyh says. “One could see certain issues developing through the course of litigation that do present the type of constitutional question that the Supreme Court would take,” Geyh says.

Persons: Nixon, Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, Trump, it’s, ”, Barbara Perry, –, Gerald Ford’s, Georgia –, John Lauro, Lauro, Tonya Chutkan –, Jack Smith’s, Chutkan, “, Obama, ” Trump, Charles Geyh, ” Geyh, Geyh, Ronald Reagan, he’s, Trump’s, ” Perry, James D, Louis XIV, Clair, Brett Kavanaugh, ” Kavanaugh, “ Nixon, Kavanaugh, Marbury, Brown Organizations: Court, University of Virginia’s Miller Center, Trump, Supreme, Donald Trump View, Capitol, “, Press, GOP, Washington , D.C, National, Biden White, Indiana University, Washington Lawyer Locations: United States, Washington, Georgia, U.S, Washington ,, Clair, ” St, Youngstown

☆ Just 4 of Donald Trump's 44 former cabinet members have publicly endorsed his 2024 run
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Very few members of Trump's former cabinet have endorsed his 2024 re-election campaign. NBC News reached out to over 40 former cabinet members, finding just 4 publicly endorsed Trump. Other former cabinet members burned by Trump are advocating against him. Only four of Trump's former cabinet members openly endorsed his re-election run, according to NBC News. "They're not friends; they're not hanging on forever," Barbara Perry, the director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia, told NBC.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump's, Matthew Whitaker, Mark Meadows, Russell Vought, Richard Grenell, Bill Barr, he's, Barr, Joe Biden, NBC he'd, Mick Mulvaney, Mulvaney, They're, they're, Barbara Perry, Mike Pence, Pence Organizations: NBC, Trump, Service, NBC News, Republican, University of Virginia Locations: Wall, Silicon

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