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Trump calls on supporters to ‘guard the vote’ in Democratic-run U.S. cities
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a caucus event, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette via AP)
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Lawsuits against Trump over Jan. 6 riot can move forward, appeals court rules
FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to Texas state troopers and guardsmen at the South Texas International Airport, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in Edinburg, Texas. A federal appeals court is hearing arguments Monday, Nov. 20, on whether to reinstate a gag order against Donald Trump in the federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Joe Manchin and the enticing but fraught hopes of a third party in the U.S.
FILE — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 7, 2023. If current polling holds, it’s not running an alternative to Biden that seems most likely to put Trump back in the presidency, Ross Douthat writes. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)
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Donald Trump is telling the world who he is. We need to listen
The Editorial Board
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Judge denies Trump’s request for a mistrial in his New York civil fraud case
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 25, 2023. Dave Sanders/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Time is running out to avert Donald Trump’s ‘revenge’ presidency
Konrad Yakabuski
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New York judge lifts gag order that barred Donald Trump from maligning court staff in fraud trial
FILE Ñ Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after testifying in his civil fraud trial at the State Supreme Court building in Manhattan, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. A New York appeals court judge on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, paused gag orders on Trump and his lawyers that had prevented them from commenting on court staff in the civil fraud trial of the former president. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times)
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Hunter Biden wants Trump documents subpoenaed to investigate any political pressure on criminal case
FILE - President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, leaves after a court appearance, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. House Republicans issued subpoenas Wednesday to members of President Joe Biden's family, taking their most aggressive step yet in an impeachment inquiry bitterly opposed by Democrats that is testing the reach of congressional oversight powers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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Trump asks for mistrial in New York civil fraud case but faces high bar
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 25, 2023. Dave Sanders/Pool via REUTERS//File Photo
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Donald Trump’s older sister Maryanne Trump Barry dies at the age of 86
FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump (L) gestures as he stands next to his sister Maryanne Trump Barry, during a break in proceedings of the Aberdeenshire Council inquiry into his plans for a golf resort, Aberdeen, northeast Scotland June 10, 2008. REUTERS/David Moir/File Photo
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Donald Trump Jr. testifies for second time in father’s civil fraud trial
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's son and co-defendant, Donald Trump Jr., attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Pool
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Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial will go on after lawyers seek early verdict ending case
FILE - Former President Donald Trump waits to take the witness stand during his civil fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in New York. A judge in Michigan is expected to hear arguments as to whether or not Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has the authority to keep Trump’s name off any state ballot for president. Activists are suing Benson in the Michigan Court of Claims to force her to keep Trump’s name off ballots.(Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)
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Ivanka Trump testifies she wasn’t involved in documents central to her father’s civil fraud trial
Ivanka Trump arrives at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. It's Ivanka Trump's turn to face questioning in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into the family business. Ex-President Donald Trump's eldest daughter, who has been in his inner circle in both business and politics, is due on the stand Wednesday, after trying unsuccessfully to block her testimony. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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Nobel peace laureate Ales Bialiatski put in solitary confinement in Belarus, wife says
FILE - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Vyasna rights group, sits in a defendants' cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 5, 2023. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski has been transferred to a notoriously brutal prison in Belarus and hasn't been heard from in a month, his wife said Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Trump lashes out from witness stand at judge, New York Attorney-General as he testifies in fraud trial
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, lawyers Alina Habba and Christopher Kise attend the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Pool
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Appeals courts temporarily lifts Trump’s gag order as he fights the restrictions on his speech
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the hall way as he attends his Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, U.S., October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Eric Trump testifies in civil fraud trial he relied on accountants for financial statements accuracy
Eric Trump steps out of the courtroom during a break in proceedings at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Donald Trump Jr. takes the witness stand in New York trial of fraud suit against his father
Eric Trump listens as his father, former president Donald Trump, speaks to the media in the hallway outside the New York City courtroom where his civil business fraud case is underway on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. Eric Trump, along with the former president's other son, Donald Trump Jr. and daughter Ivanka Trump, are expected to testify on the witness stand in the trial. Donald Trump is set to testify on November 6 in the case that threatens to disrupt their family's real estate empire. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
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Lawyers argue whether Constitution’s ‘insurrection’ clause blocks Trump from 2024 ballot
Former President Donald Trump dances on stage during a commit to caucus rally, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Donald Trump’s testimony set Nov. 6 in civil fraud trial as judge says Ivanka also must testify
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 04, 2021, US President Donald Trump (C), Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. (L) arrive to board Air Force One before departing from Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia - Donald Trump's deposition in New York's civil probe into alleged fraud at his family business has been postponed following the death of his first wife and mother of Ivanka and Donald Jr., Ivana Trump, a justice official said on July 15, 2022. Trump and his eldest children had been due to start testifying under oath in New York Attorney General Letitia James's probe on Friday. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. judge orders new congressional map in Georgia, citing harm to Black voters
Steve C. Jones, United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, gives the commencement address at the University of Georgia's fall commencement in Athens, Ga., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
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Donald Trump fined $10,000 for violating civil fraud case gag order
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump attend the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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Michael Cohen says he was told to boost Trump’s asset values ‘arbitrarily’
Former President Donald Trump attends his civil business fraud trial at the New York Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in New York. (Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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Judge fines Donald Trump $5,000 after post maligning court staffer is found on campaign website
Former President Donald Trump speaks as he returns to the courtroom after the lunch break of his civil business fraud trial, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at New York Supreme Court in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. Here’s who gets hurt by his work
FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is broadcast on a large screen as he speaks during an anti-vaccine rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Woman arrested after trying to get close to Donald Trump at New York civil fraud trial
Former President Donald Trump comments to the media during a break of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Trump seeks appeal of partial gag order in 2020 federal election case
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he attends a Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, U.S., October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan
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Trump claims New York civil fraud trial is affecting his 2024 presidential campaign
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 17: Former President Donald Trump speaks as the court takes a lunch break during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on October 17, 2023 in New York City. Former President Trump may be forced to sell off his properties after Justice Arthur Engoron canceled his business certificates after ruling that he committed fraud for years while building his real estate empire after being sued by Attorney General Letitia James, who is seeking $250 million in damages. The trial will determine how much he and his companies will be penalized for the fraud. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Donald Trump wants to give evidence in London court over ‘Steele dossier’
FILE - This Tuesday, March 7, 2017 file photo shows Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who set up Orbis Business Intelligence and compiled a dossier on Donald Trump, in London. No one has painted a more vivid or lurid portrait of a purported alliance between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia than Steele. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
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Trump has narrow gag order imposed on him by federal judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case
FILE - Former President Donald Trump arrives at a commit to caucus rally, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Donald Trump will argue in court Monday, Oct. 16, over a proposed gag order aimed at reining in the former president's diatribes against likely witnesses and others in his 2020 election interference case in Washington. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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Joe Biden, Democrats report raising more than $71 million for his 2024 presidential run
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's economic agenda during an event at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Md., Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Biden and the Democratic National Committee raised more than $71 million for his reelection in the three months ending Sept. 30, a strong indication that party donors remain united behind him going into a 2024 race that may feature a rematch with Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial resumes with ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg on witness stand
From left, Christopher Kise, Clifford Robert, and Alina Habba attorneys representing the Trump Organization, sit in New York Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief is set to testify as the former president’s civil trial enters its second week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Trump is inserting himself into the messy race for the next U.S. House speaker with an endorsement. Will it matter?
FILE - Former President Donald Trump welcomes Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to the stage at a campaign rally in support of the campaign of Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance at Wright Bros. Aero Inc. at Dayton International Airport on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Vandalia, Ohio. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
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Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
Former President Donald Trump listens during his civil fraud trial at the State Supreme Court building in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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Trump files to dismiss $500-million lawsuit against his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen
FILE - Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen speaks to reporters after a second day of testimony before a grand jury investigating hush money payments he arranged and made on the former president's behalf on March 15, 2023, in New York. Donald Trump’s company and Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen’s claims that he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president. Lawyers for the two sides told the judge they had reached a settlement during a court hearing Friday, July 21, in Manhattan, just as Cohen’s 2019 lawsuit was slated to go to trial Monday in a Manhattan state court. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)