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John Nichols Last week, the Pennsylvania representative voted against unconditional military aid for Israel. This week, she won what was supposed to be a tough primary by an overwhelming margin.
Conventional political wisdom suggests the first criminal trial of Donald Trump, which got underway in Manhattan last week, will have a minimal effect on the 2024 election. Many political observers see the allegations — covering up hush money payments ahead of the 2016 election — as relatively trifling, and certainly not comparable to the other three indictments Trump faces in Florida, Georgia and Washington, D.C. Even a guilty verdict in the trial would “be unlikely to have a big influence come...
'He's doing really good job under tough circumstances,' the former president said at Mar-a-Lago. The presser focused on election legislation to keep illegal immigrants from voting. It's already against the law for them to vote
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If convicted, what next? (First column, 5th story, link) Related stories:Grand jury indicts 18 in alleged Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect TrumpGiuliani, Meadows hit againPresident took part in Michigan plot but not charged: OfficialAmid battle for Don's 'absolute immunity,' question resurfaces about assassinating rivalsMichael Cohen says he's reformed. Will America buy it?
The first-ever criminal trial of a current or former American president is underway in Manhattan, renewing questions over what a potential conviction would mean for former President Trump as he campaigns for the White House. A conviction in the New York case, where Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, wouldn’t bar him []
The first-ever criminal trial of a current or former American president is underway in Manhattan, renewing questions over what a potential conviction would mean for former President Trump as he campaigns for the White House. A conviction in the New York case, where Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, wouldn’t bar him []
[Editor’s note: This is a recap of Fallout episode five. The recap of episode six publishes April 17.] War never changes. It’s the first line of almost every Fallout video game, a weary reminder—voiced, more often than not, by the great Ron Perlman—that while the circumstances of annihilation might change, the impulses driving humanity toward it probably won’t. It’s an idea Fallout the TV show has mostly only danced around so far, illustrating self-destructive impulses on the part of the...
As Donald Trump the candidate overlaps with Donald Trump the defendant, new polling finds that many crucial independent voters consider his trial to be a serious issue. NBC News' Hallie Jackson reports.
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He’s losing cash reserves and legal gambits, and his eponymous stock – DJT – took an embarrassing tumble this weekDonald Trump is doing his best Wizard of Oz imitation. These days, Trump is not looking like the “winner” he needs voters to believe him to be. Like the title character in L Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s fantasy and the 1939 movie, there is less there than meets the eye. The 45th president’s lead in the polls evaporates while his cash stash shrinks.His upcoming felony fraud trial in...