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Trump says Republicans in Congress should ‘defund’ Justice Department, FBI: A wholesale “defunding” of federal law enforcement agencies is unrealistic in a ...
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Trump says Republicans in Congress should ‘defund’ Justice Department, FBI
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Trump, newly charged, urges defunding Justice Department and FBI: Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to ...
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Trump, newly charged, urges defunding Justice Department and FBI
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Day after arraignment, Donald Trump calls for defunding justice department, FBI: Donald Trump took aim at federal law enforcement authorities even though the ...
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Trump says Republicans in Congress should ‘defund’ Justice Department, FBI: A wholesale “defunding” of federal law enforcement agencies is unrealistic in a ...
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Trump says Republicans in Congress should ‘defund’ Justice Department, FBI
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Trump, newly charged, urges defunding Justice Department and FBI: Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to ...
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Trump, newly charged, urges defunding Justice Department and FBI
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Day after arraignment, Donald Trump calls for defunding justice department, FBI: Donald Trump took aim at federal law enforcement authorities even though the ...
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Trump Calls for Lawmakers to ‘Defund the DOJ and FBI’ After Felony Charges: The former president said funding should stop until they “come to their senses.”
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Trump Calls for Lawmakers to ‘Defund the DOJ and FBI’ After Felony Charges
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Trump Calls to Defund FBI and DOJ After Arrest: Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that Republicans should defund the DOJ and the FBI "until they come to ...
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Trump Calls to Defund FBI and DOJ After Arrest
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Jim Jordan Vows to Defund the Police Over Donald Trump Indictment: Calls to defund the DOJ and the FBI are growing among Republicans as Trump faces criminal ...
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Jim Jordan Vows to Defund the Police Over Donald Trump Indictment
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Trump, facing criminal charges, calls for defunding the FBI: Former President Donald Trump called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the ...
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Trump, facing criminal charges, calls for defunding the FBI
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Jim Jordan Wants to Defund the FBI and Dept. of Justice: Rep. Jim Jordan said Republicans should "limit the funds" appropriated to the FBI and ...
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Jim Jordan Wants to Defund the FBI and Dept. of Justice
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Punish the FBI to avenge my arrest, Donald Trump tells party: Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans to defund the US justice department and the FBI yesterday ...
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Punish the FBI to avenge my arrest, Donald Trump tells party
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Biden passes Trump to become the betting favorite among UK oddsmakers: Trump's odds have been downgraded over the last month while Biden's have surged.
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Biden passes Trump to become the betting favorite among UK oddsmakers
Quick Glance: Trump Narrows Gap with Young Voters, Biden's Lead Shrinks - Survey Results
  • A new poll shows that former President Donald Trump continues to reduce his deficit with young voters compared to President Joe Biden.

  • In the Harvard Youth Poll released on Thursday, Biden leads among 18- to 29-year-olds with 45 percent compared to 37 percent for Trump, while 16 percent are undecided.

  • Biden holds a significant lead among likely voters who are non-white or female. He outperforms Trump by 47 points among college graduates and by 23 points among students.

  • The survey also indicates that Trump's younger supporters are much more enthusiastic about the former president than their peers who support Biden, and that Biden's approval rating among young adults is only at 31 percent.
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Trump asks why Europe isn’t giving Ukraine more aid as Johnson presses forward: Former President Trump questioned why European nations weren’t providing more ...
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Trump asks why Europe isn’t giving Ukraine more aid as Johnson presses ...
Quick Glance: Biden's Backing of House Aid Package for Israel and Ukraine
  • President Joe Biden endorses an aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

  • Crucial bipartisan support emerges for the approval of $95 billion in funding for U.S. allies.

  • The package includes economic assistance for Kyiv in the form of forgivable loans and enhanced monitoring of military funds.

  • Democrats and progressives oppose aspects of the package, while some Republicans reject House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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Poland’s president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return
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Quick Glance: Trump to Meet Polish President Duda as NATO Leaders Push for Ukraine Support
  • Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump plans to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda to discuss support for Ukraine.

  • European leaders are concerned about Trump's critical stance towards NATO, especially after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

  • Poland hopes Duda can leverage his friendly ties with Trump to garner more support for Ukraine.

  • The relationship between Poland and the Biden administration, along with GOP criticism of Ukraine aid, are also topics of discussion.
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Trump campaign asks for portion of fundraising from candidates who use his name or image
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Quick Glance: Trump campaign seeks share of candidates' donations
  • The Trump campaign asks Republican candidates using his name and image in fundraising appeals to give at least 5 percent of the proceeds to the campaign.

  • The purpose of the 5 percent request is to prevent 'scammers' from misusing Trump's brand and affecting his fundraising efforts.

  • Trump is struggling to catch up to Biden's fundraising and aims to boost his campaign account with the help of donors.

  • The campaign warns of consequences for vendors and requests compliance with guidelines to avoid suspension of business relationships.
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Kennedys endorse Biden in rebuke of RFK Jr. bid: More than a dozen members of the Kennedy family endorsed President Biden for reelection on Thursday ...
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Kennedys endorse Biden in rebuke of RFK Jr. bid
Quick Glance: Kennedy Family Backs Biden Over RFK Jr.
  • President Joe Biden will accept endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop in Philadelphia to undermine former President Donald Trump and marginalize the candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

  • The decision to highlight the Kennedy family endorsement more than six months from Election Day is an indication of how seriously Biden's team is taking the threat of the long shot bid potentially using his last name’s lingering Democratic magic to siphon off support from the president.

  • The Kennedy family's support was expected, given the known political differences with Robert Kennedy Jr., who originally challenged Biden in the Democratic Party and is now running as an Independent.

  • Following the official endorsement, Biden and Kennedy family members intended to engage with supporters at a campaign event and were planning outreach efforts on behalf of Biden.
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Biden seeks to make Trump the face of anti-abortion movement: The Biden campaign is seeking to make former President Trump the face of the anti-abortion movement ...
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Biden seeks to make Trump the face of anti-abortion movement
Quick Glance: Arizona Republicans foil another effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban
  • Arizona House Republicans once again thwarted an attempt on Wednesday to repeal the state's nearly complete abortion ban from 1864, leaving Democrats without a vote on their repeal bill for the second consecutive week.

  • Despite facing pressure from influential conservatives, such as former President Trump and Senate hopeful Kari Lake, urging GOP leaders to lift the ban, the Republicans blocked the repeal.

  • State House Democrats made a procedural maneuver to attempt to suspend House rules and bring the repeal bill to the floor for discussion. However, this action was rejected by the GOP majority, with only one Republican, Representative Matt Gress, crossing party lines to support bringing up the repeal bill.

  • A similar endeavor to repeal the ban was obstructed by Republicans last week. Following persistent criticism of the law by Democrats both within and outside the state throughout the week, prominent figures like Trump and Lake recognized the political risks and advocated for a change in direction within the Legislature.
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Trump’s Trial Now Has 12 Jurors—and One Angry Man: But the slog is far from over, as prosecutors and defense lawyers must now screen dozens of other jurors to ...
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Trump’s Trial Now Has 12 Jurors—and One Angry Man
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Bill Barr, frequent Trump critic, says he will support the ‘Republican ticket’ in November
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Dismissed juror says Trump ‘looked less orange’ in person: One of the potential jurors who was dismissed from former President Trump’s hush money trial in New ...
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Dismissed juror says Trump ‘looked less orange’ in person
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In rebuke to RFK Jr, Biden wins Kennedy family endorsement: Fifteen members of the storied Kennedy political family endorsed U.S. President Joe Biden at a ...
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In rebuke to RFK Jr, Biden wins Kennedy family endorsement
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Toobin: Trump social media post ‘clearly’ violated gag order: Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Wednesday that former President Trump’s recent social media post ...
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Toobin: Trump social media post ‘clearly’ violated gag order
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Dismissed Trump Juror Says Former President Not As 'Orange' As Expected: A juror identified only as "Kat" told MSNBC, "You know, he looked less orange ...
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Dismissed Trump Juror Says Former President Not As 'Orange' As Expected
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Trump Faces More Legal Trouble: Civil Lawsuits Over Jan. 6 Riot Can Advance, Judge Rules
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Trump Faces More Legal Trouble: Civil Lawsuits Over Jan. 6 Riot Can ...
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Live updates: 12 jurors seated in Trump hush money trial as more alternates sought
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Cohen: Trump complaints about son’s graduation ‘comical’: Michael Cohen called former President Trump’s complaints about potentially missing his son’s high ...
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Cohen: Trump complaints about son’s graduation ‘comical’
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Comer, Raskin get into shouting match: ‘Somebody needs therapy here’ : Reps. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) got into a heated shouting match during ...
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Comer, Raskin get into shouting match: ‘Somebody needs therapy here’ 
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Trump leads Biden in latest national poll: Former President Trump is leading President Biden among potential voters in the upcoming presidential election ...
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Trump leads Biden in latest national poll
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Kevin O’Leary Rages That Donald Trump’s ‘Porn Star Case’ Is Hurting the ‘American Brand’
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Kevin O’Leary Rages That Donald Trump’s ‘Porn Star Case’ Is Hurting the ...
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Trump's hush-money trial: What we know about the chosen jurors: Twelve jurors were chosen in the hush-money trial of Donald Trump, capping three days of efforts ...
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Trump's hush-money trial: What we know about the chosen jurors
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Joe Biden a big government liar. Donald Trump defender of good over evil.: Letters to the editor: If you are tired of evil vote Trump. Huffman better not pipe up ...
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Joe Biden a big government liar. Donald Trump defender of good over evil.
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As Trump Stands Trial, Biden Sees Campaign Opening: The president has made small gains in polls and is set to receive endorsement from members of the Kennedy ...
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As Trump Stands Trial, Biden Sees Campaign Opening
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Kennedy family brushes off RFK Jr.’s campaign as they endorse Biden: President Joe Biden received the formal endorsement of more than a dozen members of the ...
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Kennedy family brushes off RFK Jr.’s campaign as they endorse Biden
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They didn’t want Trump. But they’ll live with the Republican nominee.: Some conservatives would simply rather have a Republican in office — even a ‘consummate ...
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They didn’t want Trump. But they’ll live with the Republican nominee.
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Frustration for a Judge as Trump Jury Selection Stumbles Ahead: Two seated jurors were sent home, and Justice Juan M. Merchan warned against identifying people ...
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Frustration for a Judge as Trump Jury Selection Stumbles Ahead
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Trump Media stock price rebounds 35% after brutal post-IPO sell-off: Trump Media successfully tested its rising 200-day moving average on Wednesday ...
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Trump Media stock price rebounds 35% after brutal post-IPO sell-off
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Pompeo puts support behind Johnson in pushing aid for Ukraine: Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has come out in support of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s ...
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Pompeo puts support behind Johnson in pushing aid for Ukraine
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Portraying Trump as the Fascist He Is Could Save US Democracy: It comes down to Democratic framing, a truth-telling media, and the independent judiciary to ...
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Portraying Trump as the Fascist He Is Could Save US Democracy
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Dismissed Juror: Donald Trump ‘Looked Less Orange’ Than I Expected: “I think he looks bored,” the juror told MSNBC.
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Dismissed Juror: Donald Trump ‘Looked Less Orange’ Than I Expected
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Quick Glance: Senate's Decision on Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas
  • The Senate rejected the impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, halting the House Republicans' effort to impeach the Cabinet secretary over his management of the US-Mexico border.

  • With Democrats contending that the articles were unconstitutional, senators voted to dismiss both impeachment charges and conclude the trial.

  • Senate Republicans had called for a full impeachment trial after the House narrowly voted in February to impeach Mayorkas for his border actions.

  • Republicans argued that President Joe Biden was ineffective at the border, while Democrats suggested accepting a bipartisan Senate compromise instead of impeaching Mayorkas to reduce illegal immigrants.
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Biden chokes up while talking about Beau and Trump's remarks on service members: “That man doesn’t deserve to have been the commander in chief for my son ...
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Biden chokes up while talking about Beau and Trump's remarks on service ...
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Judge rejects Trump effort to pause Jan. 6 civil lawsuits while criminal case is ongoing
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Judge rejects Trump effort to pause Jan. 6 civil lawsuits while criminal ...
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Donald Trump’s Harlem Bodega Visit Should Scare the Heck Out of Democrats: Yes, there were jeers—but also cheers.
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Donald Trump’s Harlem Bodega Visit Should Scare the Heck Out of Democrats
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Trump Wants Money From Candidates Who Use His Name to Fundraise: Campaigns that use the big guy’s brand to raise money are expected to tithe at least 5 percent ...
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Trump Wants Money From Candidates Who Use His Name to Fundraise
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Trump hush-money trial: Court sketch artists capture the ex-president: Courtroom sketch artists have been able to offer the public glimpses of Donald Trump at ...
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Trump hush-money trial: Court sketch artists capture the ex-president
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Why Trump ‘hates Ukraine’: The once and possibly future U.S. president blames the country for his political woes.
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Why Trump ‘hates Ukraine’
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Election 2024 latest news: Biden campaigns in Philadelphia with members of Kennedy family
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 Election 2024 latest news: Biden campaigns in Philadelphia with members ...
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Prominent AfD figure stands trial for using Nazi slogan: Björn Höcke, 52, claims the banned phrase he used was simply an English translation of Donald ...
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Prominent AfD figure stands trial for using Nazi slogan
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Republicans can't follow Trump's lead on abortion. He flip-flops too much.: Trump and other Republicans are actively giving in to the opposition on abortion bans ...
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Republicans can't follow Trump's lead on abortion. He flip-flops too much.
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Trump Media tells shareholders how to block their DJT stock being loaned to short sellers
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Trump Media tells shareholders how to block their DJT stock being loaned ...
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Christopher Wray says FBI on alert for threats against Jews ahead of Passover: He said the bureau is "particularly concerned" that lone actors could ...
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Christopher Wray says FBI on alert for threats against Jews ahead of ...
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Two candidates out again: The twelve jurors in the Trump trial have been chosen: In the end, twelve jurors will deliver the verdict in the hush money trial ...
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Two candidates out again: The twelve jurors in the Trump trial have been ...
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With one letter, Trump turned the Republican Party into an extortion racket: I'd like to congratulate Donald Trump on the speed with which he's turned the ...
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With one letter, Trump turned the Republican Party into an extortion ...
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Trump to GOP campaigns: If you use my name to raise money, give me 5%: Plenty of Republicans use Trump's name and likeness to get supporters to pony up money ...
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Trump to GOP campaigns: If you use my name to raise money, give me 5%
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Biden should be on the ballot. Alabama gets it — Why don't Ohio Republicans?: Opinion: Keeping Joe Biden off the ballot would be an embarrassing betrayal of Ohio ...
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Biden should be on the ballot. Alabama gets it — Why don't Ohio ...
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Trump Eyes Social Security Cuts By Slashing Payroll Tax: "He is dusting off the old Republican playbook and bringing back the strategy known informally as ...
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Trump Eyes Social Security Cuts By Slashing Payroll Tax
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Will months-long blockade end?: US Congress to vote on Ukraine aid this week: The US aid package for Ukraine has been stuck in Congress for months ...
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Will months-long blockade end?: US Congress to vote on Ukraine aid this ...
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Complaint Asks the FBI to Probe Trump Claims on a $50 Million Loan: A government watchdog group is filing a complaint about a $50 million loan that Trump claimed ...
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Complaint Asks the FBI to Probe Trump Claims on a $50 Million Loan
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Trump special counsel, Carroll listed among Time’s most influential: Two important figures in former President Trump’s legal struggles have made it onto this ...
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Trump special counsel, Carroll listed among Time’s most influential
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Biden camp decides not to take the bait on Trump’s stormy trial: The president and his team plan a judicious approach to the courtroom drama engulfing their ...
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Biden camp decides not to take the bait on Trump’s stormy trial