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    4 Things to Know About Obama-Appointed Judge Presiding Over New Trump Case

    The federal judge who will oversee former President Donald Trump’s case in Washington related to challenging the 2020 election outcome has a reputation for being tough on Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants.  An appointee of Trump’s predecessor, President Barack Obama, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled against the Trump administration in the past, as…
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    Surprising What Is—and Isn’t—in 3rd Trump Indictment, Legal Expert Says

    Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday was indicted for a third time, and “it’s striking that there’s really nothing new in the indictment,” Steven Bradbury says. The latest indictment by special counsel Jack Smith is “all based on what we already knew publicly from the work of the Jan. 6 committee and from all the…
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    Trump Campaign Compares New Indictment With Nazi, Soviet Tactics

    A federal grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump—the third so far against the former president—over Trump’s efforts challenging the outcome of the 2020 election. "Today an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding," said…
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    Donald Trump Promises: ‘I Will Prevent World War III’

    PALM BEACH, Fla. — In a speech to college students and conservative Americans on Saturday evening, former President Donald Trump promised that he would not allow the United States to head into a third world war. "I'm the only one that can make this promise," Trump said, amid concerns over President Joe Biden's approval of the…
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    Trump Signs ‘Presidential Promise’ to Fight for ‘Dignity of Women and Motherhood’

    Former President Donald Trump has signed a presidential pledge to uphold the dignity of women and motherhood should he again become president of the United States, according to a national women's group. "As president of the United States, I promise to uphold the truth that women are exclusively female," the pledge says. "Only women can…
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    ‘Crackhead’: Trump Slams Special Counsel as Aide Pleads Not Guilty in Document Case

    A personal aide to Donald Trump in the White House and after his presidency pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court in Miami, in a delayed development in Trump’s classified documents case.  A lawyer for Walt Nauta, Trump’s personal aide, told a judge that his client “takes very seriously the charges.”  The same day, Trump…
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    Trump Promises to Swing Hammer of Executive Orders on Behalf of Parents

    PHILADELPHIA—Former President Donald Trump promised to issue executive orders and ask Congress to pass laws that protect parental rights in a speech Friday evening at Moms for Liberty’s Joyful Warriors National Summit here. Trump began by praising Moms for Liberty, a parental rights group that stands up to school boards across America, in the face…
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    The Dangerous Trump Indictment Precedent

    This week, a Rubicon was crossed: The former president of the United States and current Republican front-runner for the presidential nomination, Donald Trump, was indicted on 37 federal felony charges relating to mishandling classified information and obstruction of justice. Needless to say, this has never happened before—and the precedent is horrifying. Trump himself campaigned in…
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    ‘Fake and Fabricated Charges’: Trump Denounces Federal Indictment in Primetime Address

    Former President Donald Trump denounced the federal case against him as “the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country” during a primetime speech from his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.  Trump called it a “sham indictment put forward by the Biden administration.” “This day will go…
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    Watchdog: Trump Indictment Puts Pressure on Special Counsel Investigating Biden Classified Documents

    The special counsel investigating the classified documents kept by President Joe Biden could face pressure to act after last week’s indictment of former President Donald Trump, according to a government watchdog group.  Robert Hur, a former Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Maryland, was appointed special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland in January amid revelations that…
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    Unprecedented Indictment of Trump Likely to Deepen Political Divisions

    For the first time in our nation’s history, a former president has been indicted by the federal government. And not just a former president, but the current front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.    A federal grand jury in South Florida has returned a combined 38-count indictment against former President Donald Trump…
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    New Trump Indictment Harms America in 2 Ways, Sen. Marco Rubio Says

    The second indictment of former President Donald Trump, this time related to classified documents he took from the White House, will do great “harm” to America, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Friday. For one thing, Rubio noted, President Joe Biden reportedly retained classified documents from his eight years as vice president without securing them as…
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    Trump Indicted on Charges Related to Classified Documents

    Former President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that a federal court in Miami has indicted him. The indictment is currently sealed. However, Trump connected the charges to documents he held after leaving the White House. Trump released a statement about the charges that he posted on Truth Social: The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my…
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    EXCLUSIVE: Pro-DeSantis Ad Accuses Trump of Splitting From Pro-Life Movement

    FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: A super PAC supporting 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is launching an ad campaign Thursday accusing former President Donald Trump of splitting from the pro-life movement on abortion. Never Back Down's campaign ad, which draws on Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' support for her state's heartbeat law, will target Trump as the…
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    Trump Pledges to End Birthright Citizenship ‘on Day One’

    The children born to illegal aliens living in America may no longer automatically become U.S. citizens if former President Donald Trump wins reelection in 2024.   “As part of my plan to Secure the Border, on day one of my new term in office — I will sign an Executive Order ending automatic citizenship for the…
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    DeSantis Slams Trump for Failing to Position on Heartbeat Abortion Ban

    In response to Donald Trump’s suggestion that pro-life Americans think Florida’s new heartbeat abortion ban is “too harsh,” Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the former president on Tuesday for failing to definitively specify whether he supports banning abortion after a baby has a heartbeat. “He signed six weeks, and many people within the pro-life…
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    Special Counsel Finds FBI, DOJ Abandoned ‘Strict Fidelity to Law’ in Trump Probe

    Special counsel John Durham, in a report released Monday, condemned the conduct of the Justice Department and FBI in investigating Donald Trump for alleged collusion with Russia to win the 2016 election. “Based on the review of [FBI operation] Crossfire Hurricane and related intelligence activities, we conclude that the [Justice] Department and the FBI failed to…
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    Pro-Life Groups Challenge Trump’s Suggestion That Florida’s Heartbeat Ban Is ‘Too Harsh’

    Pro-life groups are pushing back against former President Donald Trump’s claim that the movement against abortion finds Florida’s new pro-life legislation “too harsh.” “The pro-life movement demands a presidential candidate who will boldly advocate for the human rights of all people,” Noah Brandt, vice president of communications at Live Action, told The Daily Signal. “It…
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    Why Trump, or Next Conservative President, Needs Project 2025 to Curb the Deep State

    A coalition of conservative leaders and former political appointees has compiled a game plan for the next conservative president to restructure the federal government’s bureaucracy to make it more cost effective, high performing, and accountable to Americans. If that project had existed in 2016, Donald Trump would have achieved more faster as president, a leader in…
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    Kamala Harris Claims Trump ‘Broke’ Border and Biden Is ‘Attempting to Fix It’

    Border security experts say Vice President Kamala Harris’s claim that the Trump administration “dismantled” and “broke” America’s immigration system is nothing more than deflection.  “This is an example of what is known in psychology is deflection—blaming others for what you yourself have done,” Andrew Arthur, resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for…
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