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Politics & Government

Trump cancels press conference on election fraud claims, citing attorneys' advice

1:07am August 18, 2023

by The Associated Press

No compelling evidence of the wide-scale fraud Trump alleges has emerged in the two-and-a-half years since the election in Georgia or elsewhere, despite Trump's baseless claims.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the Des Moines International Airport after a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Trump lawyers ask to push back federal election subversion trial to April 2026

9:03pm August 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

The suggested April 2026 date is a counterproposal to the Justice Department's recommendation last week that the trial should begin Jan. 2, 2024.

The indictment in Georgia against former President Donald Trump is photographed Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.

Trump's tweets count as an 'overt act' in the Georgia case. What does that mean?

12:56pm August 17, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Former President Donald Trump made speeches and tweets that furthered the conspiracy to overturn the election results, according to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office.

Twitter's blue bird is seen on its headquarters building in San Francisco on July 24. Special counsel Jack Smith obtained search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump's account, according to newly unsealed court documents.

Special counsel Jack Smith got a secret search warrant for Trump's Twitter account

5:51pm August 09, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

In January, prosecutors got a search warrant directing Twitter to produce data and records related to the @realDonaldTrump account. The company was ordered not to tell Trump about this.

Former President Donald Trump speaking at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party on Saturday in Columbia, S.C.

Trump's legal team offer more lax rules for a proposed protective order in Jan. 6 case

6:32pm August 07, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

"In a trial about First Amendment rights, the government seeks to restrict First Amendment rights," Trump's lawyers wrote in the court filings.

Former President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters before boarding his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 3 in Arlington, Va.

A judge tossed out Trump's countersuit to E. Jean Carroll. What does this mean?

5:54pm August 07, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

New York Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan said Trump's claim had no merit and that Carroll's statements repeating the claim that Trump had raped her were "substantially true" given a jury's verdict.

Donald Trump, left, is handed an umbrella from Walt Nauta, his personal aide and co-defendant in a felony case in Florida, on Thursday, the day the former president pleaded not guilty to four felony charges in Washington, D.C.

New charges against Trump focus on lies. Scholars see an authoritarian playbook

10:56am August 07, 2023

by Odette Yousef

Prosecutors allege the former president and co-conspirators used lies to advance criminal conspiracies to overturn the election. Scholars say distant and recent history show how potent lies can be.

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Then-President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as the next president on Jan. 6, 2021.

Politics & Government

Raising money and poll numbers, Donald Trump stays 'Teflon Don' amid indictments

5:07am August 04, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump claimed he could shoot someone and not lose any voters. Now, he faces criminal charges in three separate indictments, and voters continue to support "Teflon Don."

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Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia.

The latest Trump indictment lists 6 unnamed co-conspirators. Here's what we know

1:10pm August 03, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Despite prosecutors listing six of his alleged co-conspirators, Donald Trump will be standing alone in Washington, D.C.'s federal courthouse in his first court appearance since being indicted Tuesday.

A sign displays an an unofficial temperature as jets taxi at Sky Harbor International Airport at dusk, July 12 in Phoenix.

Three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over climate change

8:25am August 03, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

In the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, the record temperatures this summer don't have Republicans heated as confidence in institutions takes a hit and President Biden has challenges ahead.

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