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Sen. John Barrasso dodges when asked if Trump should maintain DOJ's independence

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., on Sunday dodged when asked if President-elect Donald Trump should seek to preserve the Department of Justice’s independence from the White House, telling moderator ...

Politics - NBC News - 4 days ago

Leaders urge stronger action to defend Europe after Trump’s re-election

EPC talks in Budapest call for unity on continent as former US president’s return to White House brings uncertainty. European leaders have called for stronger action to defend their continent and ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Trump's lawyers ask for delay in election interference case

The judge in former President Donald Trump's election interference case could unseal more evidence before the 2024 election. Trump's lawyers are requesting U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan delay ...

Trump Asked for Power. Voters Said Yes.

This was a conquering of the nation not by force but with a permission slip. Now, America stands on the precipice of an authoritarian style of governance never before seen in its 248-year history.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 6

Smith asks for pause in Trump Florida document case

Special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to pause proceedings in an appeal launched in President-elect Trump’s Florida documents case. The filing comes as the ...

Politics - The Hill - 18 hours ago

Harris maintains lead over Trump among Black swing state voters – poll

Howard University poll shows 84% of Black likely voters in seven swing states say they plan to vote for Harris. US politics live – latest updates A new poll has revealed that Kamala Harris ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

Harris maintains double-digit lead over Trump with youth voters in Harvard survey

Vice President Harris has a 2-to-1 advantage among voters aged 18 to 29 over former President Trump, but that advantage shrinks to only a 9-point lead in battleground states, according to the last ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

Trump's win maintains his hold on the GOP. It also kicks off plans for a succession.

Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has done something no political opponent could: put an end date on his time atop the Republican Party.

Why are people leaving Trump rallies early? We asked them

Kamala Harris says ‘exhaustion and boredom’ lead his audience to slip away. Among the hundreds who quit a rally in Georgia this week were a variety of reasons. The line to get into the Donald Trump ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Georgia prosecutor asks appeals court to reinstate 6 charges in Trump case

Lawyers for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said a judge "erred" when he dismissed the charges in March.

Asked if He Thinks Trump Lost in 2020, Vance Finally Gives an Answer: No

Senator JD Vance, former President Donald J. Trump’s running mate, had spent weeks dodging questions about Mr. Trump’s false claims he won the 2020 election.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 16

Fani Willis asks appeals court to reinstate charges against Trump

Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has asked a Georgia appeals court to reinstate six charges in her 2020 election subversion prosecution of former President Trump and several of ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Harris asks if Trump is "fit to do the job," highlighting health questions

"If he's exhausted being on the campaign trail, is he fit to do the job?" Harris asked as Trump refuses to release detailed medical records.

Asked about differences between Harris and Biden, Gov. Shapiro focuses on Trump

Kristen Welker asks Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) to name one policy difference between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris after Harris said her admin would not be a “continuation” of Biden’s ...

Politics - NBC News - October 20

Harris when asked if she thinks Trump is a fascist: ‘Yes I do’

Vice President Harris on Wednesday agreed that she believes former President Trump is a "fascist" but again avoided using that word to label her political rival directly. Anderson Cooper during a ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Trump asks for dismissal of Jan. 6 case over Jack Smith’s appointment

Attorneys for former President Trump on Thursday asked a judge to toss out his federal election subversion case by arguing that special counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutionally appointed. The new ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Trump's lawyers again ask to dismiss federal election interference case

The filing argues that special counsel Jack Smith was illegally appointed and that funding for his office should be cut off.

Sanders asks whether Trump would be working for Musk in hypothetical second term

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) expressed concern about the potential extent to which tech billionaire Elon Musk could influence the government and its policy if former President Trump is elected to a ...

Politics - The Hill - October 27

Trump snaps at reporter when asked about abortion: 'Stop talking about that'

Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida’s abortion measure and he's getting testy about it

Health - ABC News - November 5

Elon Musk Is Already Asking Trump for Payback After Supporting His Campaign

The billionaire CEO reportedly began lobbying Trump to hire SpaceX employees for top Defense Department roles to help with government contracts and derail regulators.

Business - Inc. - 6 days ago

Fed Chair says he won't resign if Trump asks him to

Fed Chair Jay Powell said Thursday that he would not resign if president-elect Donald Trump asked him to.

Macron asks if Europe is prepared to defend its interests after Trump's win

France’s president Emmanuel Macron said Europe should not reflect on whether President-elect Trump’s victory is “good,” but instead consider how it will impact the continent's priorities. “I think ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

Trump asks arch protectionist Lighthizer to run US trade policy

Tariff hawk’s potential reappointment to top economy role likely to alarm trading partners

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Judge grants Jack Smith's request to pause Trump Jan. 6 case

A federal judge granted a request from special counsel Jack Smith on Friday to suspend deadlines in President-elect Trump’s election interference case. The move comes after Smith begun discussions ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

Judge pauses upcoming deadlines in Trump's election interference case

The judge in Donald Trump's federal election interference case has paused all upcoming deadlines in the case, after special counsel Jack Smith requested the pause.

Trump 2.0 Officially Makes Crypto Mainstream. Just Ask Investors

Bitcoin’s post-election rally has fueled stock-market winners like MicroStrategy and Coinbase.

Business - Inc. - Yesterday

Barbados PM asks Donald Trump for face-to-face meeting on climate

Exclusive: Mia Mottley, who has championed climate action, says she would seek common ground with US president-elect. Mia Mottley, the climate-championing prime minister of Barbados, has invited ...

World - The Guardian - 23 hours ago

Trump’s Win Leaves Democrats Asking: Where Are Our Bro Whisperers?

Democrats have widely acknowledged that they have no answer for the online ecosystem of conservative influencers popular with Gen Z men. Some have argued for a rethink of media strategy.

Top stories - The New York Times - 16 hours ago

2024 election updates: Trump asks JD Vance, 'How brilliant is Donald J. Trump?'

Most polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump mostly neck-and-neck in key states with less than two weeks to go to Election Day.

Trump calls in to Vance town hall on NewsNation, asks ‘How brilliant is Donald J. Trump?’

Former President Trump phoned in to NewsNation's town hall featuring his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), on Thursday night to ask what he called "quite an interesting" question. "The answer ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

Military officials reportedly discuss how to handle illegal orders from Trump – live

Pentagon officials discuss what to do if Trump were to attempt to deploy the military domestically, CNN reports. Nancy Pelosi says Biden’s delay in exiting race blew Democrats’ chances ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Republicans maintain their grip on state capitals

Republicans broke up ruling trifectas in Michigan and Minnesota, while limiting their losses in Wisconsin.

Politics - Politico - November 6

Republicans projected to maintain control of House

CBS News projected Wednesday that Republicans will keep their majority in the House, which along with control of the Senate, will make it easier for President-elect Donald Trump to fill his Cabinet ...

Fulton County DA asks court to reinstate several election charges against Trump

Fulton County DA Fani Willis has asked a court to reinstate a number of charges against Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case.

Fulton County DA Fani Willis asks appeals court to reinstate six charges in Trump election case

The district attorney requested the Georgia Court of Appeals restore charges, including three against Trump, that she said were wrongly discarded in the 2020 election case.

Politics - NBC News - October 16

Judge in Trump's Jan. 6 case rules additional evidence will be unsealed Friday

The judge in Donald Trump's election interference case has ordered that a filing containing additional evidence gathered by the special counsel be released on Friday.

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