Donald Trump, who was impeached for inciting his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn his 2020 electoral loss, warned on Saturday that there will be a “bloodbath” for the auto industry if he doesn’t win the election this November. In his first campaign appearance since officially becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the former president headlined a rally in Ohio to whip up support for Bernie Moreno ahead of Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary…. Source link
Read More »Why Trump won — and what it means for November
Former President Donald Trump swept nearly all of this year’s Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, routing his last major rival for the Republican presidential nomination, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley announced Wednesday morning that she is suspending her campaign, clearing the way for Trump’s rematch with President Biden, the Democrat who beat him in 2020. Biden also won lopsided victories on Tuesday across 15 states. Trump, who gained several hundred delegates with major… Source link
Read More »Trump takes early wins over Haley, while Biden scores victories in multiple states
President Biden and former President Donald Trump each notched a string of resounding victories on Super Tuesday that brought them even closer to a 2024 rematch of their fierce battle in 2020 for the White House. Biden notched early wins in Iowa, North Carolina, Virginia, Vermont, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Maine, Arkansas, Alabama and Texas according to the Associated Press, while former President Donald Trump scored victories over former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in… Source link
Read More »Supreme Court rules Trump cannot be kicked off Colorado primary ballot
Former President Donald Trump was handed a major victory on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he cannot be excluded from Colorado’s primary election ballot over his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. “BIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media platform, shortly after the ruling was handed down. Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Trump said he hoped the ruling would “unify” the country in allowing him… Source link
Read More »Trump sweeps trio of caucuses in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho
Former President Donald Trump swept a trio of states Saturday, inching his way closer to a formal grasp of the party’s nomination for president. Trump notched victories in Missouri and Idaho, and picked up more delegates at the party convention in Michigan. But none of these three state elections were primaries. All were caucuses, which limit turnout by requiring participants to arrive at a specific time and usually to stay for a certain period to participate in a more formal process. Caucus… Source link
Read More »Biden and Trump are making dueling trips to the Mexico border in Texas on Thursday, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling trips to the Mexican border in Texas on Thursday after congressional talks on a deal to rein in illegal migration collapsed. The visits underscore immigration’s central importance in the 2024 presidential race and how much both Biden and Trump are seeking to use the nation’s broken system to their political advantage. Biden will travel to Brownsville, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, an area that… Source link
Read More »Trump to address supporters after $355 million fraud ruling
By Nathan Layne and Gram Slattery MT. PLEASANT, Mich./COLUMBIA, SC. (Reuters) –Donald Trump will address supporters at a campaign rally on Saturday for the first time since a New York judge ruled he must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders. The former president, set to appear at an election rally in Michigan, was scheduled to speak at the same time as Nikki Haley, his last remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, who was… Source link
Read More »Trump avoids ‘corporate death penalty’ in civil fraud case, but his business will still get slammed
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump won’t face the corporate death penalty after all. A New York judge on Friday spared the ex-president that worst case punishment as he ruled in a civil case alleging Trump fraudulently misrepresented financial figures to get cheaper loans and other benefits. Still, Trump got slammed hard, facing big cash penalties, outside supervision of his companies and restrictions on his borrowing. In a pretrial ruling last year, the same judge threatened to shut down much of… Source link
Read More »House GOP Impeaches DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — Just To Help Trump
House Republicans voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ― not for any legitimate reason, but because they really want to help Donald Trump look tough on immigration issues ahead of the November presidential election. The final vote was 214 to 213. A handful of Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing the effort: Reps. Ken Buck (Colo.), Tom McClintock (Calif.) and Mike Gallagher (Wis.). The only other time Congress has impeached a cabinet secretary was in… Source link
Read More »Nancy Pelosi Brutally Shades Trump Without Even Using His Name
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) put Donald Trump on blast on Monday ― and at one point found a dismissive way to refer to the former president without even using his name. “I’ll just use this word that is really lacking on the Republican side, both in the Congress and with what’s-his-name who used to be president,” the former House speaker said on CNN. “Respect.” The moment came during a discussion with Anderson Cooper about current House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who lost two… Source link
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