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What a judge's gag order on Trump means in his hush money case
A gag order bars Trump from commenting publicly on witnesses, jurors and some others connected to the matter. The New York judge already has found that Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, repeatedly violated the order, fined him $9,000 and warning that jail could follow if he doesn't comply. As he fights the felony charges against him while running for president, Trump has at times stirred confusion about what he can and can't do in the case.
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We are 6 months from the 2024 presidential election. Here's where things stand.
Biden and Trump remain locked in a tight race ahead of November, when they're set to compete in an epic rematch of their 2020 contest.
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Who could replace Mike Johnson? What to know about possible House speaker successors.
As some House Republicans call for Speaker Mike Johnson's ousting, here's a look at who could be next to take the gavel.
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Ex-US Capitol cop, Jan. 6 rioter's runs for Congress illustrate a divided America
A former U.S. Capitol police officer who defended lawmakers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and a man who served time in prison for joining the mob, could both be headed to Congress next year if they succeed in primaries later this month. Their campaigns for respective Democratic and Republican nominations present a split-screen look into a divided nation more than three years after the siege by Donald Trump supporters trying to overturn his election defeat. The pair -- Democrat Harry Dunn in
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Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens
The student protest movement disrupting university campuses, classes and graduation ceremonies over the war in Gaza is also roiling Senate contests across the nation as Democrats tread cautiously over an internal divide and Republicans play up their rivals' disagreements. The political impact of the protests on the White House campaign has drawn considerable attention, with opposition to President Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war reverberating from Columbia to UCLA. The fast-evolvi
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Trump, RNC raise over $76 million in April, half from small donors
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign and the Republican National Committee said on Saturday that they raised more than $76 million in April, over half of it from small donors. The monthly fundraising haul exceeded the $65.6 million raised in March by Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, and the RNC.
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Biden isn't embracing campus protests. It's not just because he's staunchly pro-Israel.
It's not just that Biden remains pro-Israel. Polling shows these protests aren't popular, and he's historically been skeptical of protest movements.
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In a private audition with GOP donors, Trump's minority VP prospects downplay race
Sen. Tim Scott, who is Black, and Sen. Marco Rubio, who is Hispanic, both are on Trump's list of possible running mates, but are downplaying race.
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Biden called Japan, India 'xenophobic'; Trump mixes up leaders: Do candidate gaffes matter?
George W. Bush, once condemned the “unjustified and brutal” invasion of Iraq. While media dwells on candidate gaffes, do they influence campaigns?
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Missouri and South Dakota Move Toward Abortion Rights Ballot Questions
Two more states with near-total abortion bans are poised to have citizen-sponsored measures on the ballot this year that would allow voters to reverse those bans by establishing a right to abortion in their state constitutions. On Friday, a coalition of abortion rights groups in Missouri turned in 380,159 signatures to put the amendment on the ballot, more than double the 172,000 signatures required by law. The Missouri organizers’ announcement followed a petition drive in South Dakota that anno
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Would cameras in the courtroom change Donald Trump's New York hush money trial?
Most states allow cameras in court, but not New York, where Donald Trump is on trial. If they were, Trump and lawyers would grandstand, experts say.
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A rising Republican lost her seat in the Trump era. Now she's trying a comeback.
In 2016, Kelly Ayotte was a rising GOP star. In 2017, she was a former senator. Now, she's attempting a comeback with a run for governor of New Hampshire.
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Trump accuses Biden of running 'Gestapo administration'
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Democratic rival President Joe Biden of running a "Gestapo administration" in a private address to donors in which he also attacked prosecutors involved in his criminal indictments, according to a recording heard by U.S. media outlets. Trump, whose own rhetoric has drawn accusations of fascist tendencies from civil rights groups and other critics, made the comparison with the Nazi police in Germany's World War Two regime at a donor retreat
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Trump accuses Biden of ‘running a Gestapo administration’ during private donor retreat
The former president railed against prosecutors and Biden at an event in Palm Beach, Florida.
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What happens if a US presidential candidate dies?
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are the two oldest candidates in US history. If either needs to be replaced, what next?
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Gallows Humor and Talk of Escape: Trump’s Possible Return Rattles Capital
WASHINGTON — It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens? Portugal, says a former member of Congress. Australia, says a former agency director. Canada, says a Biden administration official. France, says a liberal columnist. Poland, says a former investigator. They’re joking. Sort of. At least in most cases. It’s a gallows humor with a dark edge. Much of official Washington is bracing for the possibility that former Pr
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RNC Chair Michael Whatley urges party unity amid GOP turmoil in the House
Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley urged party unity when asked about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's threat to force a vote to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson
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As States Resist Federal Gender Rules, Schools Are Caught in the Middle
New civil rights regulations released last month by the Biden administration presented school districts across the nation with a clear choice: Either adopt policies that allow transgender students to use the bathrooms, wear the uniforms and be called by the pronouns that correspond with their gender identity, or risk losing federal funding. But several Republican-led states have responded with an equally clear message for their schools: Steer clear of such policies. The clashing state and federa
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It’s six months until the US election. Do pollsters know where their candidates are?
Depending on the expert, either Biden or Trump is likely to pull ahead, but nothing about this election – especially events – is predictable
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The Democrats lost the White House in 1968 amid anti-war protests. What will 2024 bring?
Biden’s call for order after on-campus clashes and mass arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters further threatens the youth vote
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Antiwar protesters are ready to hunker down past graduation
Protests are almost certain to continue dividing Democrats and serve as fodder for former President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers.
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Pro-Palestianian protesters are backed by a surprising source: Biden's biggest donors
Some of the most outspoken groups against Biden and Israel get funding from foundations attached to some of the biggest names in Democratic circles.
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A driver dies after crashing into a security barrier around the White House complex, authorities say
A driver died after a vehicle crashed into an outer perimeter gate of the White House complex, and the incident late Saturday was being investigated as a traffic crash, police said. President Joe Biden was spending the weekend in Delaware, and the Secret Service said there was no threat to the White House. The male driver, who was not immediately identified, was found dead in the vehicle following the crash shortly before 10:30 p.m., according to a Secret Service statement.
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At a private donor event, Trump likens the Biden administration to the 'Gestapo'
Donald Trump compared President Joe Biden’s administration to the secret police force of Nazi Germany in remarks at a private, closed-door donor retreat on Saturday afternoon.
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RNC lawyer Charlie Spies to step down just 2 months after taking the job
Republican National Committee chief counsel Charlie Spies is parting ways with the party apparatus just months after stepping into the role.
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At a private donor retreat, Trump team says Minnesota and Virginia are in play
Top officials for former President Donald Trump’s campaign believe they can flip Democratic strongholds Minnesota and Virginia into his column in November, they told donors behind closed doors at a Republican National Committee retreat Saturday.
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Dozens arrested in weekend of protests on US campuses
(Reuters) -Police on Saturday arrested at least 25 pro-Palestinian protesters and cleared an encampment at the University of Virginia, the university said in a statement, as U.S. campuses braced for more turmoil during graduation celebrations. Tensions flared at UVA's campus in Charlottesville, where protests had been largely peaceful until Saturday morning, when police officers in riot gear were seen in a video moving on an encampment on the campus' lawn, cuffing some demonstrators with zip-ti
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Politics Without Trump? His Youngest Fans Barely Remember It.
When Donald Trump held a rally in Rome, Georgia, in March, his audience included a second-generation supporter and first-time rallygoer named Luke Harris. “My parents were always supporters of him — especially when he was going against Hillary,” recalled Harris, who was in sixth grade in Cartersville, Georgia, when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016 to win the presidency. Harris, now a 19-year-old student at Kennesaw State University, “just grew up looking at him, listening, watching him,” h
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Speaker Mike Johnson could look to another GOP speaker who took on rebels in his own party
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is facing a threat a few of his Republican predecessors can relate to: members of his own party vowing to oust him from power.
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A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them
It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia’s top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online. “It’s still the right thing to do,” Sterling told a gathering the following day, stressing the importance of Republican officials speaking up to defend elections. Sterling, the chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, is part of an effort begun after the last presidential election
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Biden's general election strategy: Less is more
WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden ramps up his re-election effort, his campaign is also scaling back how much he says on the trail, part of a larger new strategy to hone a sharper message he’ll take into the general election, according to Biden aides.
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With 6-week abortion ban in place, Florida eyes ‘Safe Haven’ expansion
Once one of the few anti-abortion legislative options for the Florida GOP, the bill passed with bipartisan support during the 2024 legislative session.
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Analysis-Trump vows to fight 'anti-white feeling' in US. His allies have a plan
Donald Trump's pledge to fight what he calls "anti-white feeling" in the U.S. will likely embolden allies who seek to dismantle government and corporate programs created to battle racism and boost diversity in American life. Some high-profile supporters of the former president, now the 2024 Republican presidential candidate, say policies for safeguarding people of color in classrooms, workplaces and charities should be repurposed to protect the rights of white people as well. "I think there is
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Taiwan will have Trump's support if he wins, ex-appointee says
A former U.S. ambassador appointed by Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed the former president would again support Taiwan if he wins back the White House. Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory despite Taipei's objections, received strong backing from Trump's 2017-2021 administration, including arms sales, which have continued under the government of President Joe Biden. Trump spoke to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in 2016 shortly after he won the election, prompting anger in Beij
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Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas vows to continue his bid for an 11th term despite bribery indictment
For two decades, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar has stood out as a moderate Democrat along the Texas-Mexico border, bucking his party at times over guns and immigration while seldom facing a tough reelection. Cuellar, 68, and his wife, Imelda, 67, were taken into custody Friday in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the couple's ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
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Republican group in Colorado cancels Kristi Noem fundraiser due to 'death threats' amid backlash over her memoir
A county Republican group in Colorado said that it was cancelling a fundraiser featuring South Dakota governor and potential Republican vice presidential contender Kristi Noem after she reportedly described killing her young dog in her forthcoming book.
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Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between two presidents
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. The onward march of regulation and incentives to restrain climate change, or a slow walk if not an about-face. A commitment to stand with Ukraine or let go.
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Hope Hicks, a top former Trump aide, takes the stand in his hush money trial
Former White House communications director Hope Hicks took the stand Friday in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial, a tense reunion for the former president and a woman who was once one of his closest aides.
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Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman
Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly this week when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black student in a raucous gathering that was endorsed by a far-right congressman from Georgia. “Ole Miss taking care of business,” Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins wrote Friday on the social platform X with a with a link to the video showing the racist jeers. The Associated Press left voicemail messages for Collins on Friday at his
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Democratic lawmakers tell Biden evidence shows Israel is restricting Gaza aid
Scores of lawmakers from U.S. President Joe Biden's Democratic Party told him on Friday that they believe there is sufficient evidence to show that Israel has violated U.S. law by restricting humanitarian aid flows into war-stricken Gaza. A letter to Biden signed by 86 House of Representatives Democrats said Israel's aid restrictions "call into question" its assurances that it was complying with a U.S. Foreign Assistance Act provision requiring recipients of U.S.-funded arms to uphold internati
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Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day
The Republican National Committee on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as the state's law currently permits. The law, passed by Democrats in 2021, permits the tallying of mail ballots received up to four days after Election Day, provided the envelopes are postmarked before the end of the day. The lawsuit says the provision also assumes that envelopes received three days after Election Day that don't have a postmark
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Hope Hicks broke down in tears on the witness stand during Trump-damaging testimony at hush-money trial
Hope Hicks, who was one of Donald Trump's most trusted advisors, took the witness stand on Friday in his Manhattan criminal trial.
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Biden’s allies move to sink RFK Jr.
The effort reflects a level of concern among Democrats about Kennedy — but also an opportunity they see to wound Donald Trump.
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Trump trial updates: Hope Hicks testifies about Trump’s reaction to 'Access Hollywood' tape, affair allegations
Former President Donald Trump’s former campaign aide and White House communications director Hope Hicks testified Friday about her efforts to knock down negative stories about her boss during the 2016 campaign.
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Hope Hicks Breaks Down In Tears During Trump Hush Money Trial
The former Donald Trump spokesperson testified in Trump's criminal trial Friday.
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Trump hush-money trial: Here’s what’s happened so far
Catch up on the latest news from Donald Trump’s criminal trial
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Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, one of the largest gang intervention programs in L.A. County, is expected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden.
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Congressman Henry Cuellar in court accused of receiving $600,000 in bribes
Texas Democrat says he and his also accused wife are innocent amid claims they took money from Azerbaijan and Mexican bank
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When Failure Is the Only Senate Option
WASHINGTON — Sen. Eric Schmitt, a freshman Republican from Missouri, is new to the Senate but has already figured out that the so-called upper chamber is not always on the up and up. “The only time you to get to offer an amendment in this place,” he declared in a recent mini-rant on the Senate floor, “is if it is sure to fail.” Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times Schmitt might have exaggerated slightly. But it is true that on some of the most significant recent pieces of l
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Biden vetoes bid to repeal US labor board rule on contract, franchise workers
President Joe Biden followed through on Friday on his vow to veto a Republican-backed measure that would have repealed a U.S. labor board rule treating companies as the employers of many of their contract and franchise workers and requiring them to bargain with those workers' unions. The proposal to repeal the National Labor Relations Board rule passed Congress narrowly and it is unlikely Republicans can muster the two-thirds majority to override the veto by Biden, a Democrat. In a memo to law
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