(Reuters) – Donald Trump’s campaign on Wednesday called for donations from one million of his backers, warning he could lose his New York properties, two days after the former president failed to secure a bond to cover a $454 million judgment in a civil fraud case. “KEEP YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF TRUMP TOWER!,” reads …
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By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A House of Representatives committee plans to invite President Joe Biden to testify in Republicans’ impeachment probe, the chairman said on Wednesday, the first time the panel has suggested calling him although it was improbable the president would accept. “We need to hear … from the president himself,” James Comer, …
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(Reuters) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a scion of the famed Kennedy family, initially sought the Democratic Party’s nomination for president but dropped that effort in October and re-entered the race for the White House as an independent. A long-time environmental activist and anti-vaccine advocate, the 70-year-old Kennedy is campaigning on a platform targeting institutions …
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By Doina Chiacu and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he was leaning toward a 15-week national ban on abortion but supports exceptions for rape, incest and saving the life of the mother because “you have to win elections.” Abortion promises to be a galvanizing issue for some voters in the …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia judge on Wednesday said Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and eight of his co-defendants in the state’s criminal election subversion case could appeal a ruling that let lead prosecutor Fani Willis remain on the case. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee’s decision cleared the way for the former …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bernie Moreno won the Republican nomination to take on Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown in November, Edison Research projected on Tuesday, in a race that had been considered to be a test of former President Donald Trump’s sway. Trump, the Republican challenger to Democratic President Joe Biden, had endorsed Moreno in the primary, appearing …
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By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Tuesday said on social media that he may be forced to mortgage or sell parts of his real estate business holdings at “fire sale prices” to secure a bond to cover a $454 million civil fraud judgment in New York. The posts by the Republican …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an ousted New Mexico county commissioner’s challenge to judicial rulings that made him the first person to be disqualified from office under a constitutional provision regarding insurrection for taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Former Otero County Commissioner …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday condemned what he termed an ugly resurgence of Islamophobia since the Oct. 7 start of the Israel-Gaza war but a leading Muslim advocacy group dismissed his comment and urged a change in U.S. policy instead. Biden issued his statement on the International Day to Combat …
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House counsel’s office urged the Republican leader in the House of Representatives on Friday to end an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden after months of investigation turned up no evidence that the president had done anything wrong. In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, White House …
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