Trump
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US
Trump’s Dire Words Raise New Fears About His Authoritarian Bent
The former president is focusing his most vicious attacks on domestic political opponents, setting off fresh worries among autocracy experts.
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Newyork
What to Know About Trump’s Civil Fraud Trial
The short Thanksgiving week will see the parade of expert witnesses continue as the defense argues that the valuations of assets were within normal boundaries.
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US
A Jan. 6 Defendant Pleads His Case to the Son Who Turned Him In
The trial was over and the verdict was in, but Brian Mock, 44, kept going back through the evidence, trying to make his case to the one person whose opinion he valued most. He sat at his kitchen table in rural Wisconsin next to his son, 21-year-old A ...
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US
Pardon Recipients Seek to Sell Trump on His Own Sentencing Law
The Republican front-runner has a history of making racist statements, but some advisers think highlighting his signature law could help increase support among Black voters and potentially swing the election.
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Newyork
The Axe Is Sharp
David Axelrod is not a prick. Truly. I’ve known him since 2007 and if I had to pick a noun to describe him, it would be mensch. So when President Biden privately employs that epithet for Axelrod, according to Politico’s Jonathan Martin, it’s bad for ...
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Newyork
Can Nikki Haley Beat Trump?
It’s time to admit that I underestimated Nikki Haley. When she began her presidential campaign, she seemed caught betwixt and between: too much of a throwback to pre-Trump conservatism to challenge Ron DeSantis for the leadership of a Trumpified ...
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Newyork
Trump Attends His Sister’s Funeral, but Does Not Speak
The former president went unmentioned during the memorial service for Maryanne Trump Barry, seemingly in accordance with her wishes.
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World
Trump and Bolsonaro Claimed Fraud. Now an Argentine Candidate Is, Too.
Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian economist, could be elected Argentina’s president on Sunday. If he is not, he has already pointed to fraud.
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US
Why Georgia Republicans Are Protecting the D.A. Who Indicted Trump
G.O.P. leaders, including Gov. Brian Kemp, are shielding Fani T. Willis from political threats, not so much to protect her, as to protect the image of the state.
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US
Prosecutors Seek to Revoke Bond for Defendant in Trump Election Case in Georgia
The defendant, Harrison Floyd, who once led a group called Black Voices for Trump, has been accused of intimidating co-defendants and witnesses.