Former President Trump has a problem with women. Specifically, he faces new struggles with female voters who are about to be reminded — perhaps daily, for months on end — of his alleged extramarital dalliances. That's a perilous prospect for a politician whose quest to return to the White House requires him to get a bigger share of the female vote than he did when he fell to defeat to President Biden in 2020. |
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The woman whose hush money payment sparked the Manhattan District Attorney's investigation into former President Donald Trump called his indictment "poetic" but "bittersweet" in her first comments since the district attorney's office announced the decision Thursday. Stormy Daniels, an adult film actress, alleges she had an affair with Trump in 2006. While Trump denies the alleged affair, he paid her $130,000 through his lawyer for her silence before the 2016 election. A leading theory is that charges could be because the payment was improperly filed and constitutes a campaign expense. |
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House Democrats reacted with mixed emotions this week to the historic indictment of former President Trump, with some cheering the move with bald jubilation and others approaching much more cautiously ahead of Trump's expected arraignment on Tuesday. While both camps are united behind the central premise that no one in America is above the law, the tonal contrast highlights both the toxic nature of Trump's relationship with his congressional rivals and the Democrats' deep-seeded anxiety that the indictment will only invigorate his conservative base and make him a more formidable force in the race for the White House next year. |
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| Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) went after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Saturday following the indictment against former President Trump, claiming that the law has been "weaponized" to go after Trump. DeSantis spoke as the keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, a conservative event held near the state capital of Harrisburg. He alleged that Bragg was being hypocritical in pushing for the indictment against Trump over the hush-money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels while pursuing lighter charges against other offenders in certain cases. |
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Erick Trump said the Manhattan grand jury's unprecedented indictment of his father, former President Trump, slammed the decision on Saturday, saying it makes "a mockery" of the legal system. He said that his family has been "attacked from moment number one." Trump claimed the Manhattan district attorney office's "priority" for six years has been going after the former president and "didn't find a damn thing" in the documents they reviewed. |
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After news broke on Thursday of former President Trump's indictment over a 2016 hush money payment, Republicans and Democrats alike rushed to offer their two cents on the history-making decision to charge a former president. While Democrats largely celebrated the indictment as a win for justice, most Republicans denounced the charges as an "unprecedented abuse of power" and a "politically-motivated prosecution." However, several prominent figures have remained notably silent on the indictment. |
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Former President Trump still maintains a strong lead in a hypothetical Republican primary poll over his other current and potential Republican challengers following his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury. A Yahoo News-YouGov poll taken after the grand jury approved the indictment against Trump found the former president holding a 31-point lead over his next closest potential GOP rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,with 52 percent of the vote. DeSantis came in second with 21 percent, followed by former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley with 5 percent and former Vice President Mike Pence with 3 percent. |
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A pair of Republican representatives have sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, requesting that the suspect in the Nashville school shooting be charged with hate crimes. Three students and three staff were killed at Covenant Christian School in Nashville on Wednesday. The shooter was also killed by police. Reps. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) and Lance Gooden (R-Texas) believe that the shooter targeted the Covenant Christian School, which is part of a church building, because it is a religious institution. |
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The Food and Drug Administration's move to make a version of naloxone available without a prescription marks a major milestone in the fight against opioid addiction, and anti-addiction advocates hope it will break down barriers and help expand access to the drug. The agency approved Narcan, the brand-name nasal spray manufactured by Emergent BioSolutions. But the company did not say how much it will charge, and there is concern that unless it is priced affordably, over-the-counter Narcan will likely have little impact on the people who need it most. |
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The Russian offensive that began in the late winter has largely stalled after failing to make any significant gains in eastern Ukraine, including in the town of Bakhmut, which has become a symbolic battle of the war and a priority for Moscow. Russian forces are still pounding away at Ukrainian lines across the eastern front, but the intensity of the assault, which just weeks ago had put immense pressure on Kyiv, appears to be dying out. |
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OPINION | The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is not a plan to make presidential elections more democratic. It's a plot that would disenfranchise voters at the state level. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have signed on to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, representing 195 Electoral College votes. The compact would take effect when states representing 270 electoral votes — enough to elect a president — have signed on. |
OPINION | Thomas Jefferson repeatedly wrote that democracy depends on a well-informed citizenry. He called it "the best defense against tyranny." Moreover, he believed that if democracies go off the rails, well-informed citizens "may be relied on to set them to rights." Unfortunately, many Americans are well-duped rather than well-informed today, and millions of citizens, apparently, are okay with that. |
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BY ASHLEY PARKER AND JOSH DAWSEY |
Since a grand jury issued charges related to hush money to an adult film star, the former president has cycled through a range of emotions and postures. |
The indictment last week of Donald J. Trump has not changed the calculations of many world leaders who view his political resilience as inevitable. |
A violent storm packing high winds and heavy rains ripped through Southern and Midwestern sections of the United States as it headed east on Saturday, leaving at least 22 dead and scores injured, according to officials and media reports. |
The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather. |
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