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Joe Tacopina, Attorney for former President Donald Trump, leaves Federal Court after the civil trial against former President Donald Trump at Manhattan on May 09, 2023 in New York City. A trial in that case ended with a Manhattan federal court jury finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her. On Monday, Tacopina filed a notice with the appeals court seeking the withdrawal of his law firm from the case. Also Monday, Tacopina filed a notice withdrawing from the Manhattan Supreme Court case where he was defending Trump on criminal charges of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to the porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump, who denies having sex with Daniels, reimbursed Cohen for the payment and other related costs, which were recorded by the Trump Organization as legal expenses.

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☆ Trump’s avalanche of dishonesty: Fact-checking 102 of his false claims from this fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +111 min

Below is a fact check of 102 of Trump’s false claims from the 12 speeches. But contrary to Trump’s claim, it’s not true that people had been attempting for decades to create such an initiative. Trump’s aid to farmersIn speech after speech, Trump claimed that he had given US farmers $28 billion from China. Even if the poll result is off, it’s clear that Trump’s claim that “nobody wants them” is not true. He said he was an airline pilot.”Facts First: Trump made a false claim while mocking Biden for making false claims.

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☆ Facing Rematch With Biden, Trump Stays Focused – on Obama
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Susan Milligan | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

For former President Donald Trump, all political signs point to a rematch with President Joe Biden, who defeated Trump in 2020 and increasingly has targeted Trump in his campaign ads. "They were interviewing [Orban] two weeks ago, and they said: 'What would you advise President Obama? He should immediately resign and they should replace him with President Trump, who kept the world safe,'" Trump said, implying that his predecessor was still in office. Editorial Cartoons on Donald Trump View All 695 Images"We did it with Obama,” Trump claimed during a speech in Washington, D.C., referring to his winning 2016 campaign against Clinton. You know Obama and Biden,” Trump said, trying to recover.

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☆ Haley and DeSantis still can’t solve their Trump problem as time runs short in GOP race
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —A weekend of ferocious political exchanges laid out the tumultuous reality of the 2024 White House campaign less than a year from Election Day. The fight for the GOP nomination is about far more than a horse race between candidates. Time is quickly ebbing for one of his distant Republican rivals to recast the race less than two months before voting begins. No lawyer, White House staffer, campaign adviser, political party or institution has ever been able to curb Trump’s impulses. “We are turning up the heat and brightening the spotlight on exactly what it would look like if he’s allowed back in the White House,” a Biden campaign official told CNN’s Arlette Saenz of Trump.

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☆ Georgia DA seeks Aug. 5 trial for Trump in election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A prosecutor asked a judge to Friday to schedule the Georgia election interference criminal trial of former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants to begin on Aug. 5 — exactly three months before the 2024 presidential Election Day. "The State clearly retains the logistical and prosecutorial capabilities to try all of the remaining Defendants together," Willis said in her motion. Trump's campaign spokesman said, "Radical Democrat Fani Willis has again proven that her case is purely political, designed to interfere with President Trump's re-election by demanding a trial date in the most vital time in President Trump's winning campaign." "Crooked Joe Biden knows he can't beat President Trump and this corrupt step by Fani Willis is just further proof of that fact," the spokesman said. The Manhattan Supreme Court judge in that case has said he will willing to re-schedule it to avoid a conflict with Trump's trial earlier that same month in Washington.

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☆ Trump’s efforts to overshadow DeSantis in Florida take center stage
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Steve Contorno | Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —A Florida Republican lawmaker, after flipping his support to former President Donald Trump, is now publicly questioning Gov. Ron DeSantis’ support for the Jewish community. In the tug of war for home-state supremacy, Trump has gained the upper hand in part by exploiting rifts between DeSantis and Florida Republicans. Upstaging the governorThe personal vendettas help explain the lengths that Trump and his allies have traveled to upstage the Florida governor. “I think Ron DeSantis has been a good governor of Florida,” he told CNN.

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The recent missteps have created an unwelcome wrinkle for Trump, his campaign team and the larger Republican political apparatus. Republicans have questioned whether Biden is able to serve as commander-in-chief, pointing to his age and mental fitness. And, during a rally in South Carolina in September, Trump confused former Florida Gov. “President Trump continues to dominate in primary polls and is winning against Crooked Joe Biden in the general election,” Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement. Instead of attacking Biden directly over his age, Trump instead tries to paint Biden as “incompetent,” and “cognitively impaired,” which he argues is not solely about the president’s age.

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☆ Biden's campaign team just joined Truth Social, and it already has more followers than Trump's campaign team
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Biden's campaign team has more followers on Truth Social than the Trump team. The Biden campaign said it joined Truth Social "because we thought it would be very funny." AdvertisementAdvertisementPresident Joe Biden's campaign team account on Truth Social has more followers than Donald Trump's team does. The Biden campaign said on Monday that it had joined Truth Social "mostly because we thought it would be very funny." As of press time, Biden's campaign account had about 27,900 followers.

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☆ Trump probably can't say special counsel Jack Smith 'looks like a crackhead' anymore after a federal judge imposed a limited gag order
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump is now facing a limited gag order after a federal judge's ruling on Monday. Judge Tanya Chutkan's order will limit Trump's attacks on potential witnesses, prosecutors, and court staff. Trump has repeatedly criticized special counsel Jack Smith, including saying he "looks like a crackhead." AdvertisementAdvertisementFederal judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday imposed a limited gag order that if it stands would force the end of former President Donald Trump's social media barrages against special counsel Jack Smith and his team. The former president's attorneys had argued that imposing such a restriction would unfairly limit Trump's First Amendment rights, an argument Chutkan strongly rejected.

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☆ Trump is furious at Forbes after the publication dropped him from its 400 wealthiest Americans list
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump is angry that Forbes kicked him off of its list of wealthiest Americans. Forbes says Trump just isn't worth enough money, especially because his social media play fizzled. AdvertisementAdvertisementDonald Trump on Monday lashed out at Forbes after the financial publication recently dropped the former president from its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans that includes the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett. One of the main reasons was that Truth Social, the very social media platform where Trump lashed out at Forbes, has lost significant value. A spokesperson for Forbes pointed Insider to the publication's own story, which included a statement that defended Forbes' view of Trump's net worth.

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☆ Trump claims to be pro-worker. His record says he’s anti-union
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Donald Trump arrives in Michigan Wednesday with a lot more support among blue collar union members than a lot of Republican presidential candidates before him. The Trump Supreme Court also issued a devasting ruling against public sector unions, which represent almost as many union members as found at private businesses. The state gained 1,800 auto jobs from February 2021, Biden’s first month in office, through February of this year. And Trump urged UAW members to stop paying their union dues. They’re predominantly anti-abortion,” said Brian Pannebecker, a staunch Trump supporter and president of Auto Workers for Trump.

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☆ UAW leader condemns Trump ahead of Michigan visit during union strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

United Auto Workers (UAW) President, Shawn Fain addresses picketing UAW members at a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan, on September 26, 2023, as US President Joe Biden joined the workers. "President Trump will be in Michigan talking with union workers and ensuring American jobs are protected. "Our focus right now is 100% on getting a great agreement for our members," Fain told CNN. Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a rally in Warren, Michigan, U.S., October 1, 2022. But UAW members have previously attended and participated in Trump's events in Michigan.

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[1/2] U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 20, 2023. The House of Representatives voted 216-212 against beginning debate on an $886 billion defense appropriations bill amid opposition from a small group of hardline conservative Republicans. As the vote failed, McCarthy told reporters that he will pursue the "same strategy I had from January: just keep working; never give up." Then a vote to open floor debate on the defense appropriations bill failed. It was not clear how much support the CR or the 2024 top line would draw from House Republicans.

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☆ Trump urges government shutdown in unlikely bid to 'defund' his criminal prosecutions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a 2024 presidential campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. September 20, 2023. "Republicans in Congress can and must defund all aspects of Crooked Joe Biden’s weaponized Government," Trump wrote on his Truth Social media site late on Wednesday, calling it "the last chance to defund these political prosecutions against me and other Patriots." New York and Georgia are also prosecuting him and a federal shutdown would not affect those cases. Republicans and Democrats seized on Trump's plea, with Trump ally, U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz, posting on X, formerly known as Twitter: "Trump Opposes the Continuing Resolution. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X: "Trump ordered House Republicans to shutdown the government.

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☆ Trump, who led the longest government shutdown in US history, calls on Republicans to let it happen again in 9 days so they can 'defund these political prosecutions against me'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump called on Republicans to let that happen if it means refusing to cave on spending cuts. Former President Donald Trump, who led a 35-day shutdown in 2019, is suggesting Republicans should let it happen again. On Wednesday night, Trump took to his social media site Truth Social to offer advice to Republican lawmakers. Trump, who was responsible for the longest government shutdown in US history, urged Republicans to make the most of the "very important deadline" to keep the government funded. "This is also the last chance to defund these political prosecutions against me and other Patriots.

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☆ Biden warns that Trump and MAGA Republicans are 'determined to destroy democracy'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans are "determined to destroy democracy." Biden blasted former president Trump at a fundraiser in New York City on Monday night. "Let there be no question: Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans are determined to destroy American democracy," Biden said. "Crooked Joe Biden is the one who has weaponized his Justice Department to go after his main political opponent — President Trump," Cheung said. "He has directed these illegal witch-hunts to interfere in an election where President Trump is leading him in the polls."

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☆ What are Republican U.S. presidential candidates saying about the UAW strike?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, walks the picket line with striking United Auto Workers members outside the Ford Motor Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan U.S., September 17, 2023. REMEMBER, BIDEN IS A CROOK WHO HAS BEEN PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY CHINA, & OTHERS. On Friday, he wrote: "The all Electric Car is a disaster for both the United Auto Workers and the American Consumer. If this happens, the United Auto workers will be wiped out, along with all other auto workers in the United States. So I understand the frustration, but I think union bosses may be directing that ire in the wrong direction when it belongs at the feet of our current government."

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☆ Trump, who called Biden 'cognitively impaired,' mocked for saying the president would lead the US into 'World War II' in a gaffe-strewn speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump is being mocked on social media after he said Biden would lead the US into "World War II." Different polls show voters are concerned about the age of both 2024 candidates, Trump and Biden. He then said, "We would be in World War II." World War II took place between 1939 and 1945. "Last night, Donald Trump said he's leading "Obama" in the polls — and claimed if elected he will stop "World War Two."

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One of those cases, a civil trial in New York, threatens to cripple the former president's company, the Trump Organization . James is seeking $250 million in damages in the civil case. In July, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a nearly three-year effort to protect Trump from civil liability in the suit. In May, three of Trump's children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump, were dismissed as defendants from the case after Kaplan proposed that move. The payments were made shortly before the 2016 presidential election, in which Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

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☆ McCarthy starts to plot Biden impeachment strategy while GOP skeptics remain
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“I don’t believe that a vote of the House is required to open an impeachment inquiry,” GOP Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who supports a Biden impeachment and sits on the House Judiciary Committee, told CNN. Another factor that could complicate the fall timeline for an impeachment inquiry: Government funding expires at the end of September. Officially moving ahead with an impeachment inquiry could help keep angry conservatives off McCarthy’s back. During the call, one skeptical committee member pressed Jordan on the purpose of an impeachment inquiry, according to a source on the call. “The Republicans in Congress, though well meaning, keep talking about an Impeachment ‘Inquiry’ on Crooked Joe Biden.

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☆ US House Republicans launch probe of Atlanta DA in Trump election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"The federal government has a substantial interest in the welfare of former presidents," Jordan wrote in a five-page letter to Willis. "And because this former president is a current candidate for that office, the indictment implicates another core federal interest: a presidential election," Jordan said. The House investigation was disclosed three days after Trump accused Willis on his social media platform of "continuing to campaign, and raise money on, this WITCH HUNT. In the case brought by Willis, Trump was accused of unlawfully pressuring Georgia state officials to reverse his 2020 election loss to Biden in the state. House Republicans have sought to defend Trump in the four cases by alleging that the U.S. justice system has been "weaponized" against him by Biden.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Elijah Nouvelage, Jim Jordan, Trump, Willis, Jack Smith, Jordan, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Bragg, Smith, Joe Biden, Biden, HUNT, Joe Biden's, David Morgan, Will Dunham, John Stonestreet Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, . House, U.S . Justice Department, Attorney, Trump, Republican, Democrat, Justice Department, Joe Biden's DOJ, Biden, House Republicans, Thomson Locations: Fulton County, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Georgia's Fulton County, Manhattan, Atlanta, Georgia

☆ To Trump, Foreign Business Is Scandalous, Unless It’s His Own
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After his fourth indictment, bringing his total count of felony charges to 91, former President Donald J. Trump last week posted a video online accusing President Biden and his family of being criminals. “The Biden crime family,” he claimed, had received millions of dollars from foreign countries. “I believe we have a compromised president,” Mr. Trump said, adding: “He’s a Manchurian candidate. That’s why Crooked Joe is letting other countries walk all over the United States.”For Mr. Trump, outrage is a selective commodity when it comes to presidential families taking millions of dollars from foreign countries. Unlike other modern presidents, Mr. Trump never gave up control of his sprawling business with its interests in multiple countries, nor did he forswear foreign business even as president.

Persons: Donald J, Biden, “, ”, ” Mr, Trump, Joe, Hunter Biden Organizations: Trump, Manchurian, White Locations: United States, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain

☆ These new photos of Trump looking hella grumpy on a golf course just days before being indicted in Georgia are really something
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Trump National Golf Club Bedminster was hosting the LIV Golf Invitational series tournament. The former President looked gloomy and tense while he was at his golf club last week. Trump hitting his shot from the first fairway during the pro-am prior to the LIV Golf Invitational series tournament on August 10. Trump was seen standing on the course ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational series tournament at his New Jersey golf club on August 9. Trump looking on at the 18th green during day three of the LIV Golf Invitational series tournament on August 13.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, Kyle Mazza, LIV, Mike Stobe, Getty Images Trump, Timothy A, Clary, Crooked Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Mark Meadows Organizations: Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, LIV, Service, Trump National Golf Club, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Getty Images, Trump, New York, White House Locations: Georgia, Wall, Silicon, Bedminster, Bedminster , New Jersey, New Jersey

☆ Donald Trump: A stunning possible fourth indictment looms over the former president and the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Trump believes he will be among them and is already fundraising off of the possibility of more criminal charges, casting them as Democratic efforts to interfere in the 2024 election. But there will be key differences between the potential case in Georgia and Trump’s previous indictments. Investigators have long suspected the breach was not an organic effort sprung from sympathetic Trump supporters in the Republican stronghold. Smith, for example, has asked a judge to open a trial into the election interference charges in January – just two weeks before the Iowa caucuses. It’s too early to speculate how headlines about these cases could weigh on Trump or Biden in November 2024.

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☆ Reactions to appointment of a special counsel in Hunter Biden case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Weiss said Hunter Biden may be headed for trial on criminal charges after talks on a potential plea deal reached an impasse. If Weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal that couldn’t get approved, how can he be trusted as a Special Counsel? Garland appointing Weiss as a sham special counsel on Hunter is a way to block info from Congress while claiming they're investigating. The Biden Justice Department is trying to stonewall congressional oversight as we have presented evidence to the American people about the Biden family's corruption." REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN BOEBERT ON X:"Merrick Garland just announced that he will appoint US Attorney Weiss as Special Counsel to look into Hunter Biden's matters.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Jonathan Ernst, General Merrick Garland's, David Weiss, Joe Biden's, Weiss, KEVIN MCCARTHY, Biden, couldn’t, DICK DURBIN, Garland, Biden’s, Trump, Trump’s, STEVE SCALISE, Hunter, STEVEN CHEUNG, DONALD TRUMP, RUSSELL, JIM JORDAN, David Weiss can’t, JAMES COMER, General Garland, Biden's, LINDSEY GRAHAM, you've, BYRON DONALDS, LAUREN BOEBERT, Merrick Garland, I'm, NIKKI HALEY, Moira Warburton, David Morgan, Josephine Walker, Jasper Ward, Howard Goller Organizations: REUTERS, TWITTER, DOJ, Republicans, DEMOCRATIC, Justice Department, U.S, Justice Department’s, Biden, REPUBLICAN, Biden Justice Department, FOX, Biden Fam, US, Department of Justice, Thomson Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, U.S, Delaware, Washington

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