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    FACT CHECK: Biden’s 5 Lies About the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Trump’s Immunity

    On Monday, President Biden delivered a surprise four-and-a-half minute address condemning the Supreme Court’s decision in Donald Trump v. The United States released that morning. Special prosecutor Jack Smith has alleged that Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 presidential election by “spreading knowingly false claims of election fraud.” Trump’s legal team argued that the allegations…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Why 3 Liberals Dissented From Supreme Court’s Trump Immunity Ruling

    Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson issued dissents Monday in which they vehemently object to the court’s 6-3 opinion in the presidential immunity case brought by former President Donald Trump. The majority of the high court held that presidents are entitled to “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    A Great Day for Trump at the Supreme Court

    In what is undoubtedly one of the most significant constitutional decisions it has ever issued with respect to the separation of powers and the powers of the presidency, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision Monday saying that former presidents are entitled to broad immunity from criminal prosecution after they leave office for acts committed…
    John G. Malcolm
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    Supreme Court Upholds ‘Absolute Immunity’ for Presidents in Trump Case

    The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Donald Trump’s favor in the presidential immunity case, complicating at least two prosecutions against the 45th president.   “Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of presidential power entitles a former president to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority,”…
    Fred Lucas
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    Bad Defenses of Bragg’s Trump Prosecution

    Trump was convicted of 34 charges of falsifying business records with intent to conceal another crime. Alvin Bragg and his allies defend the prosecution as just, but their defenses are poor. It is a poor defense of Bragg’s prosecution to say, as a New York Times columnist did, that it was based on a “mountain”…
    GianCarlo Canaparo
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    EXCLUSIVE: Judge in Trump’s Manhattan Trials Reviews Risk Assessment by Anti-Trump Psychiatrist

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Five mental health professionals, some of whom already accused  Donald Trump of being “dangerous,” prepared a risk assessment for New York state Judge Juan Merchan to consider in his July 11 sentencing decision on Trump, according to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Bandy X. Lee, a longtime critic of the former president. It…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Rips Biden’s Performance in First Post-Debate Rally

    “The question every voter should be asking themselves today is not whether Joe Biden can survive a 90-minute debate performance, but whether America can survive four more years of ‘crooked Joe Biden’ in the White House.” That was the main theme of former President Donald Trump’s first rally, held Friday in Chesapeake, Virginia, since the…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Supreme Court Rules for Jan. 6 Defendant, Implications for Trump Case

    The Supreme Court decided a case Friday that will affect the prosecutions of around 350 individuals charged in connection with the events at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. And the decision could also well affect two of the four charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith that are pending against former President Donald Trump…
    John G. Malcolm
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    Trump vs. Biden: 4 Highlights From the First Presidential Debate

    President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump squared off on Thursday night in the first of two scheduled debates of the 2024 presidential campaign.  CNN hosted the debate, which took place in Atlanta. The network declared that the first presidential debate would be held without a live audience, but would include two commercial breaks—the…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Fact-Checking 17 Claims in First Biden-Trump Debate

    President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off Thursday night in the first of two announced debates before the Nov. 5 election. CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash acted as moderators at CNN’s studios in Atlanta. The one-on-one matchup of Biden and Trump was unique, not only because it pitted a president…
    Virginia Allen
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    GOP Rep Wins Primary Against Trump-Backed Candidate in Race to Replace Mitt Romney

    Rep. John Curtis won the Republican Senate primary in Utah on Tuesday against Trump-endorsed Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs and former Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson, The Associated Press projected. Curtis, who has served in Congress since 2017, won against Staggs and Wilson, according the AP projection. Curtis is now favored to win former Republican presidential nominee and Sen. Mitt…
    Rebeka Zeljko
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    Biden DHS Paints Trump Supporters, Military, and Religious as Terror Risks, Docs Show

    A Department of Homeland Security advisory board characterized supporters of former President Donald Trump, as well as those who are in the military and religious people, as posing potential domestic terrorism risks, according to internal documents obtained by America First Legal. The board, called the Homeland Intelligence Experts Group, was created in September 2023 to provide DHS…
    Ailan Evans
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    Is This Unelected Panel Targeting Trump-Appointed Inspectors General?

    In the past month, Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari’s office has issued reports citing problems with the Biden administration’s assessments for allowing high-risk individuals into the country, and another report calling for improved vetting of the claims of asylum-seekers. But while working as the top oversight official of DHS, Cuffari contends, he…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Vows to Combat Agencies Weaponized Against Christians

    WASHINGTON—Citing the federal arrests of pro-life activists, former President Donald Trump vowed to establish a task force to investigate anti-Christian bias if he is elected to another term.  “Joe Biden has weaponized the Justice Department to viciously prosecute pro-life activists,” Trump said of the current president on Saturday during remarks at the Faith and Freedom…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Is Right: Trash the Tip Tax

    Rallying Las Vegas voters on June 9, former President Donald Trump said, “For those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy, because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips.” Amid 100-degree temperatures, he added, “You do a great job of service. You take care…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Maddow and Stelter Concoct Crazy Theories on Trump’s Revenge

    Forever earnest Brian Stelter tweeted out his late-night appearance on CNN with Abby Phillip. “MSNBC’s [Rachel] Maddow is right to be thinking aloud about the possible repercussions of a second Trump term,” he typed. “Other media types and political veterans are doing the same thing. What might “retribution” look like? What are the pressure points…
    Tim Graham
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    • News

    Voters Trust Trump on 4 Most Important Issues

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Former President Donald Trump holds a double-digit lead over President Joe Biden on the four most important issues facing Americans today, according to new polling from Scott Rasmussen. The RMG Research survey asked registered voters to rank the most important issues and then pick the candidate they trust more: Biden or…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    • Opinion

    House GOP Signals Tough Line for UN If Trump Wins in November

    When Congress and the White House enact a spending bill for foreign operations, will it contain the sharp cuts in funding for the United Nations and related entities found in the version a House subcommittee passed last week? Highly unlikely. Yet that didn’t stop critics from voicing howls of anguish and warnings of peril. However, the House bill needs…
    Brett Schaefer
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    FBI Suspends Employee’s Clearance After Probing Trump Support, COVID-19 Views

    The FBI revoked the security clearance of an employee after asking colleagues questions–under threat of discipline–about his support for former President Donald Trump and views on the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a complaint to the Justice Department’s internal watchdog.  The employee attended the rally on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington before it turned into a…
    Fred Lucas
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    How Will Trump Verdict Affect His Election Prospects? New Poll Offers First Clue

    For months, Democrats have predicted that a guilty verdict in the controversial New York hush money trial would doom former President Donald Trump’s reelection hopes. Instead, new polling data from Scott Rasmussen suggests there is “no measurable impact.” Rasmussen’s polling firm, RMG Research, had both Trump and President Joe Biden tied at 42% in its…
    Robert B. Bluey
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