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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump vows to appeal after judge set federal election trial for March 4, 2024 — A federal judge set a March 4, 2024, trial date in former President Donald Trump's criminal election interference case. — Judge Tanya Chutkan delivered that ruling after rejecting two wildly different …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Sets Trial Date in March for Trump's Federal Election Case — Judge Tanya S. Chutkan rejected efforts by the former president's legal team to postpone the trial until 2026. — The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump's prosecution on charges of conspiring …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump's federal trial for subverting election is scheduled for March — “Mr. Trump, like any defendant, will have to make the trial date work regardless of his schedule,” the judge said as she set the trial for March 4, one day before Super Tuesday. — Donald Trump will go to trial in Washington …
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Politico:
Mark Meadows takes stand in bid to derail Georgia criminal charges — The former top Trump aide testified that he viewed nearly everything as part of his official duties — an argument he hopes will give him immunity. — ATLANTA — Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows took …
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The Guardian:
Mark Meadows defends involvement in Georgia elections as he testifies in federal court - live
Mark Meadows defends involvement in Georgia elections as he testifies in federal court - live
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Federal judge sets March trial date in Trump's election interference case
Federal judge sets March trial date in Trump's election interference case
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Republican aims to defund Trump prosecutions until 2024 election
House Republican aims to defund Trump prosecutions until 2024 election
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
‘Joe The Plumber,’ who rose to fame after confronting Barack Obama on the 2008 campaign trail, dead at 49 — Joe Wurzelbacher, a plumber by trade, became a key part of Republican John McCain's presidential campaign — Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who became known as “Joe the Plumber” …
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Samuel Wurzelbacher, Celebrated as ‘Joe the Plumber,’ Dies at 49 — For Republicans in 2008, he briefly became a symbol of Middle America when he questioned the presidential candidate Barack Obama in an impromptu televised encounter. — Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who briefly became …
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Doha Madani / NBC News:
‘Joe The Plumber,’ thrust into spotlight for confronting Obama, dies at 49
‘Joe The Plumber,’ thrust into spotlight for confronting Obama, dies at 49
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Kaitlin McKinley Becker / NBC Boston:
GOP activist, lawyer stabbed to death in his Durham, NH, home — A suspicious death investigation that was underway this weekend in Durham, New Hampshire, has been ruled a homicide after an autopsy was completed on the victim. — The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said in a statement Sunday …
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Killing of ‘Staunch’ GOP Activist in New Hampshire Under Investigation — A colleague called Alexander Talcott “an exceptionally skilled champion for the rule of law and the importance of fair and honest elections.” — A Republican Party activist and lawyer died after he was fatally stabbed …
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NH Department of Justice, New York Post and WWLP-TV
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
DeSantis booed at vigil for victims of racist shooting in Florida — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a GOP presidential candidate, was met with boos while speaking late Sunday at a vigil held for the three victims of a racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims
Ron DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims
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The Hill:
Trump, co-defendants to be arraigned in Georgia on Sept. 6 — Former President Trump will be arraigned next Wednesday in Georgia over charges he and 18 co-defendants sought to overturn the state's election results. — Trump's arraignment has been set for Sept. 6 at 9:30 a.m. …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
August 2023 National Poll: Trump Debate Snub May Open Door for Other Candidates — Home Polls August 2023 National Poll: Trump Debate Snub May Open Door for Other Candidates — Hunter Biden Legal Issues Offsetting Trump Indictments for Independents — A new Emerson College Polling survey …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump support ‘softening,’ possible opening for challengers
Trump support ‘softening,’ possible opening for challengers
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Associated Press:
Biden is widely seen as too old for office, an AP-NORC poll finds. Trump has problems of his own — Americans actually agree on something in this time of raw discord: Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president in a second term. Only a few years his junior, Donald Trump raises strikingly less concern about his age.
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Brandon Morse / RedState:
Riley Gaines Wrecks Nebraska Democrat for Tone-Deaf Statement About Women's Sports — For a party that claims to be the women looking out for women, the Democrats sure are doing a lot to erase them in favor of some transgender agenda. — While you can see a demonstration a day …
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Martha Stoddard / Lincoln Journal Star:
Swimmer brings crusade against trans athletes in women's sports to Nebraska
Swimmer brings crusade against trans athletes in women's sports to Nebraska
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
“We call that kind of love a cult”: Experts on the latest disturbing poll of Trump supporters — New poll reveals that members of the MAGA cult trust Trump most: He “provides the kind of love they crave” — As I have previously explored in a series of conversations with cult …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Sadistic California Cops Bragged About ‘Violating Civil Rights’ — Feds allege officers collected photos of K-9 attacks and crafted an American flag with spent munitions … But what happens when these same police become agents of wanton violence? A new federal indictment pulls …