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Trump's campaign plays up masculinity to make 2024 election 'men vs. women': report
Donald Trump's campaign is "playing up" issues like crime to appeal to more male voters and turn the 2024 election into a "men vs. women" contest, an Axios reporter claimed Wednesday. Speaking to MSNBC, Axios co-founder Jim Vandehei said that with ballot initiatives for reproductive health in states around the country, Trump's campaign has given up attempting to appeal to female voters and opted for appearing more "manly" instead. "If you look at the last off-year election, if you look at...
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Trump privately fumes that top lawyer 'doesn’t share same contempt for law': report
When he's in front of the cameras, former President Donald Trump condemns his ongoing criminal trial proceedings with authority and confidence, with lawyer Todd Blanche at his side. But behind closed doors, Trump is reportedly enraged at his lead attorney for not attacking the judge and prosecution with the same level of ferocity that he does.That's according to New Republic staff writer Greg Sargent, who wrote that the ex-president's social media posts of Fox News personalities lauding his...
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Trump woos anti-government group as race against Biden tightens
As the 2024 presidential campaign tightens and the number of undecided voters dwindles, Donald Trump appears to be trying to woo a new audience — members of the Libertarian Party. Semafor's David Weigel reported Wednesday that Trump will speak at the national convention on May 23 in Washington, D.C. If his trial hasn't finished in Manhattan, Trump would need to be in court earlier that day and then fly to Washington for the speech. The Libertarian Party released a statement on Tuesday calling...
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Ten dead, 21 missing after heavy rains in Brazil
At least 10 people have died in floods caused by heavy rains in Brazil's south, authorities said Wednesday, as rescuers searched for nearly two dozen individuals reported missing.The deluges in the state of Rio Grande do Sul have displaced some 1,400 people in more than 100 municipalities, most of whom have been moved to shelters."We continue to work hard to locate the missing and to ensure the safety of at-risk areas," the state's governor, Eduardo Leite said on social media."Unfortunately,...
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'Shooting his mouth off': Michael Cohen warned he could be slapped with his own gag order
Michael Cohen may join his old boss Donald Trump under a gag order in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial.The former president was found in contempt of court and fined $9,000 for violating the order imposed by New York Justice Juan Merchan in the case, but a pair of legal experts agreed Trump's former attorney and fixer could also get slapped with a gag order to prevent him from discussing the case, reported Newsweek."Witnesses need to keep their mouths shut until they are in the courtroom,"...
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'In Jesus' name': Trump rally speaker demands God punish 'those subverting justice'
A speaker at Donald Trump's Wednesday rally in Wisconsin prayed for Jesus to punish people responsible for prosecuting the former president.Before Trump could take the stage in Waukesha, a speaker invited the crowd to pray with her."And so, we call on you today and ask you to grant President Trump wisdom and discernment, strength and resolve to lead the return of our magnificent country to be that shining city on a hill," the woman asked God. "O Lord, raise up among us men and women who will...
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'Solid use of public funds': Republican mocked for flying to NY to 'stand with Trump'
Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday morning that he was supporting his friend, Donald Trump, during his hush money trial in New York.The Texas leader wrote via X (formerly Twitter), "With President Trump in NYC to sit through this sham of a trial. This trial is a travesty of justice. I stand with Trump."Last May, CNN published an article by longtime Texas political journalist James Moore, who reported:The impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over...
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'Irreparable breakdown': Trump campaign law firm suddenly retreats from years-long case
A longstanding legal firm serving former President Donald Trump's campaign and businesses is seeking to withdraw from a lengthy case because of “irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship,” according to a new report and court records.The firm LaRocca, Hornik, Greenberg, Rosen, Kittridge, Carlin and McPartland on Friday requested to remove itself from a lawsuit filed by a campaign surrogate who said the campaign sidelined her in 2016 after she revealed she was pregnant, the New...
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'Big deal': Ex-prosecutor says Trump just made criminal court history in hush money trial
Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin Tuesday took a harsh view of the contempt order handed down by Manhattan criminal court judge Juan Merchan to former President Donald Trump. "I think it is historic and I think we need to pause and recognize what a big deal this," Toobin told a CNN panel Tuesday night. "This is a finding of criminal contempt that had to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and that's what the judge did."Trump has not been convicted in his criminal hush money case and...
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'Glad you said sketchy': Experts say Trump hush money witness just pulled back the curtain
A witness who appeared Tuesday in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial just pulled back the curtain on a world that, according to legal analyst Lisa Rubin, can only be described with a single word: Sketchy. MSNBC host Chris Hayes and Rubin smiled as they discussed the salacious details shared by Keith Davidson, an attorney who said he bartered catch-and-kill deals with National Enquirer for clients Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, despite hesitations from the tabloid....
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'I will murder you': Stormy Daniels bodyguard says threats mount as hush money trial looms
Adult film star Stormy Daniels' bodyguard says his client has been hit with a wave of death threats as her court date in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial looms. Travis Miller appeared on CNN Tuesday night to share the threats Daniels faces as she prepares to testify about the affair she contends she had with the former president, and the money Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says she was paid to keep quiet. "She's worried," Miller told Erin Burnett. "The...
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Trump blames hush money lawyers for 'guilty as hell' optics: 'Art of the Deal' writer
Former President Donald Trump is lashing out at the lawyers over his less-than-innocent optic in his Manhattan hush money criminal trial, "The Art of the Deal" writer Tony Schwartz argued Tuesday. Schwartz appeared on MSNBC to discuss with anchor Joy Reid Trump's reported habit of throwing his lawyers under the bus — and what it might mean for the first of four criminal court cases he faces. "There's reporting [Trump is] unhappy with Todd Blanche, his attorney, who, when I saw him in court, he...