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Trump gambles on finding strength in indictments instead of debate
The former president and his team were happy with the decision not to participate in the first Republican debate in Milwaukee.
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Vivek Ramaswamy won the online attention contest in the GOP debate
Well, except for Donald Trump.
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The winners and losers from the first Republican debate
Donald Trump was the big winner. Ron DeSantis and the Republican Party’s political pride didn’t fare so well.
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Fifty years of investigations on Trump, visualized
Donald Trump has been investigated in every decade of his adult life by federal and state agencies, among others. A timeline of investigations since 1972.
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Fact-checking the first Republican primary debate
Here’s our roundup of fishy claims in the first GOP debate of the 2024 election cycle.
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Highlights, analysis from the first Republican presidential debate
Republican presidential candidates faced off in their first debate.
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Wondering who’s best to challenge Trump? Good luck getting past the interruptions and insults.
If voters were looking for clarity on who might be best equipped to challenge Trump, they were hard-pressed to get past the interruptions and insults Wednesday.
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Trump suggests in Carlson interview that U.S. could see more political violence
The former president also again defended the mob of his supporters that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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In photos: The scene at the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee
Eight Republican presidential contenders — minus the front-runner, former president Donald Trump — converged in Milwaukee for their first debate.
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An Atlanta bail bondsman explains how he would handle Trump
Among the revelations: Trump’s $200,000 bond is in the “upper tier” of bonds in the area.
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South Carolina’s highest court upholds strict abortion ban
South Carolina’s Supreme Court upheld a new law banning most abortions after roughly six weeks. The 4-1 decision is a reversal from when the court struck a similar law saying it violated the state constitution.
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Doug Burgum suffers leg injury, but will still participate in GOP presidential debate
The North Dakota governor launched a long-shot presidential campaign in June.
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One in 8 Republicans think winning is more important than election rules
Another 3 in 8 apparently think Trump adheres to those rules.
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Defendant in Trump Georgia case was earlier charged with attacking FBI agent
Harrison William Prescott Floyd is accused of assaulting an agent serving him a subpoena in the Justice Deptartment’s probe of efforts to obstruct the 2020 election.
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Americans aren’t sold on a Biden impeachment inquiry
They are skeptical of Hunter Biden and the handling of his case. But most don’t connect his problems to the president, and support for an inquiry is lower than it was for Trump’s impeachments.
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Manipulated video portrays a ‘sleepy’ Biden at Maui wildfire event
The actual video shows President Biden didn’t fall asleep,.
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Biden may soon face impeachment for [reason TBD]
In an interview on Fox Business Network, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) pledged to launch an impeachment inquiry centered on … well, it wasn’t really clear.
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What to watch and who is participating in the first Republican debate
Eight candidates have qualified for the first GOP presidential debate. Here’s what’s at stake for each candidate.
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Lawyers paid by Trump work for Trump
A new legal filing alleges a Mar-a-Lago staffer’s testimony changed after dropping his lawyer, who was paid by Trump’s PAC.
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Who is Vivek Ramaswamy, on center stage at Republican debate?
Ramaswamy, a biotechnology entrepreneur, is polling at about 9 percent, behind former president Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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