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☆ DeSantis says he has 'respect' for Trump's 3 Supreme Court appointees but they're no Thomas or Alito: 'We'll do better than that'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump appointed 3 conservative judges to the Supreme Court, leading to the overturning of Roe v. WadeDeSantis said he has 'respect' for those picks, but he could do better. "I mean, I respect the three appointees he did, but none of those three are at the same level of Justices Thomas and Justice Alito. He added, "And in Florida, I inherited a very liberal state supreme court, maybe the most liberal in the country, very activist. But I was able to replace three of the four liberals my first month in office with conservative justices. So we now have the most conservative state supreme court in the country.

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☆ Trump uses Matt Damon dialogue from Michael Jordan biopic 'Air' in campaign video
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Air" is director Ben Affleck's ode to Nike and the creation of the Air Jordan. Matt Damon's character gives an emotional speech convincing Michael Jordan to sign with Nike. The Trump campaign used the monologue in its own campaign video, posted to Truth Social. "Air" is director Ben Affleck's ode to then-corporate underdogs Nike and their pursuit of Michael Jordan for an endorsement deal that would lead to the creation of the iconic Air Jordan shoe. The Trump version of the clip, distributed on Truth Social, includes a link to donate to his campaign.

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☆ Actually Trump was indicted on 37 counts, not 7
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Taylor Berman | John Cook | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Initial reports from most major publications — including Insider — said Trump faced 7 counts from the Department of Justice. But the actual indictment, unsealed Friday afternoon, reveals he's actually facing 37 counts. Maybe Trusty's fax machine was running out of ink, and the "3" in the 37 counts was obscured. According to the unsealed indictment, Trump privately praised the lawyer who deleted Hillary Clinton's emails and stored classified documents in one of Mar-a-Lago's shower. Read the full unsealed indictment against Trump here.

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☆ Trump actually said 'Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this' on a recording that confirms he kept classified documents after leaving the White House: Report
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

CNN obtained a transcript of a recording of Donald Trump talking about a classified document he kept after leaving the White House. Look, look at this. Trump was discussing a classified Pentagon document about attacking Iran, per CNN. Look, look at this," Trump actually said on the recording. Trump was indicted by the Department of Justice Thursday night on seven counts related to his mishandling of classified documents.

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☆ Yes, Trump has to show up in court again. Here's what happens now that federal prosecutors indicted him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Taylor Berman | Insider Staff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Donald Trump was indicted by federal prosecutors and has to show up in court. Trump posted on Truth Social that he'll appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday afternoon, where he'll appear before a judge. That's what happened in Trump's Manhattan case, where the district attorney's office chose not to take one. Trump's Manhattan case happened in state court, where photography is allowed at the judge's discretion. And he also has a civil trial over his involvement in an alleged multi-level marketing scheme scheduled for trial in Manhattan federal court in January.

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The Department of Justice indicted former President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago records case. With the indictment, Trump became the first current or former president in American history to face federal criminal charges. Prior to Trump's indictment, federal prosecutors told his attorneys in early June that he was a target of the investigation. In September, he said there would be "problems" like "we've never seen" before in the event of his criminal indictment. Editor's note: Portions of this article were prepared in the weeks preceding Trump's indictment.

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☆ Trump says on Truth Social that he has been indicted in classified documents investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Sarah Gray | Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump is claiming on Truth Social that he has been indicted. Trump claims it is in relation to the DOJ's investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents. "I have been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM," Trump wrote on Truth Social. ABC and CNN report the former president has been indicted on 7 charges in relation to the investigation into his mishandling of classified documents. Trump was indicted by New York prosecutors earlier this year over hush money payments paid to the adult entertainer Stormy Daniels.

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☆ No one cares about Mike Pence
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pence hopes to position himself as a more traditional conservative, pushing for family values, fiscal conservatism, and an aggressive military presence abroad. He stuck with Mr. Trump through numerous controversies including the leak of the "Access Hollywood" tape, in which Mr. Trump boasted about grabbing women's genitalia. He vouched for Mr. Trump's character with skeptical evangelicals with whom Mr. Trump ultimately forged his own relationship. Portraying himself as a traditional conservative could also lead to a return to conservative media for Pence. For a time after leaving office as vice president, the Pences were homeless and appeared to be couch-surfing their way through Indiana.

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☆ Trump correctly predicted the LIV-PGA Tour merger in 2022: 'If you don't take the money now, you will get nothing after the merger takes place'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The sports world was shocked today LIV Golf and the PGA Tour announced a merger. Trump correctly predicted the merger in the summer of 2022. "Golfers that remain 'loyal' to the very disloyal PGA will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes," he wrote. Nearly 11 months later, the merger was announced, catching many PGA players — who were not consulted ahead of time as a group — off guard. For his part, Trump took to Truth Social to celebrate the merger, writing: "GREAT NEWS FROM LIV GOLF.

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☆ CNN CEO Chris Licht apologizes to staff over disastrous Atlantic magazine profile: 'I should not be in the news unless it's taking arrows for you'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

CNN CEO Chris Licht has apologized to his staff over a disastrous profile published by The Atlantic on Friday. Three days after The Atlantic published a bombshell profile about him, CNN CEO Chris Licht has apologized to his staff in an editorial call. The Atlantic profile, written by Tim Alberta, described Licht as aloof from staff, in contrast to his well-liked predecessor Jeff Zucker. Puck's Dylan Byers reports Licht told staffers on the call that he will move his office back to the newsroom. Insiders at CNN have also shared their theories on how the article became such an spectacular and ill-timed mess for Licht and CNN.

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☆ Lauren Boebert now says her failure to vote on the debt limit was 'a protest.' But video from that night shows her frantically running up the Capitol steps trying to make it inside in time.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lauren Boebert on Wednesday failed to vote on a major bill that raised the federal debt ceiling. But video from Wednesday shows her frantically trying to make it inside the Capitol on time. A video from a CNN producer on Wednesday night shows the congresswoman frantically running up the steps of the Capitol trying to make it inside before the vote. In her video, Boebert called the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 a "crap sandwich." Watch the video of Boebert trying to rush inside the Capitol the night of the vote below.

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☆ Casey DeSantis wore a leather 'Where Woke Goes to Die' jacket in 85-degree weather in Iowa
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ron and Casey DeSantis made an appearance Saturday in Des Moines, where temperatures hit the mid-80s. Casey wore a leather jacket that said "Where Woke Goes to Die" over an illustration of Florida and an alligator. Trump and DeSantis have sparred over the use of the term "woke." "I don't like the term 'woke,' because I hear the term 'woke woke woke' — it's just a term they use. It's no surprise Casey DeSantis would take such a visible role in promoting her husband's message on the campaign trail.

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☆ CNN's new CEO mostly ignored his staff at a holiday party and read critical coverage about himself on his phone instead: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Angry staffers and low ratings have plagued CNN CEO Chris Licht's first year on the job. At a holiday party, Licht mostly kept to himself and read bad publicity about himself instead of interacting with his staff. That anecdote is from a revealing new profile about Licht in The Atlantic. CNN CEO Chris Licht has been on the job for just over a year. Later in the profile, Licht explained some of his views on diversity to Alberta.

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☆ CNN disputes Don Lemon's claim he was fired without a chance to talk it over with management
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Don Lemon announced he'd been fired by CNN on Monday and said he found out from his agent. CNN later said he'd been offered the chance to speak to management "but instead released a statement on Twitter." Forty-five minutes later, CNN tweeted a statement of its own that called Lemon's inaccurate. In its initial statement, CNN said Lemon "will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years." Lemon later apologized for the remarks.

☆ Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Taylor Berman | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Fox News' star host Tucker Carlson is gone, the media network announced Monday. Tucker Carlson and Fox News have "agreed to part ways," the cable news giant announced on Monday. Carlson's last episode of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" was Friday, Fox News said, though he didn't make any reference to his impending exit on the program. "We want to thank Tucker Carlson for his service to the network," Faulkner said. Carlson leaves Fox News less than a week after Fox settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million over the cable company's promotion of lies about the 2020 election.

☆ Hillary and Chelsea Clinton took in a Broadway show — and then someone pooped near them, per report
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Somone pooped near Hillary and Chelsea Clinton during a Broadway play last week, Page Six reports. "The house crew dealt with it very appropriately and quickly, and Hillary and Chelsea remained in the theater for the second act," one source told Page Six. A second source disputed the serial pooping claim and said it was a one-off accident. Both Clintons stayed for the second act of the play at the Shubert Theater, per one of Page Six's sources. Spokespeople for Hillary Clinton and the Shubert Theater did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

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