‘These are not good or smart people’: Haley slams Trump on praise for U.S. adversaries

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Saturday slammed Donald Trump directly ahead of his remarks at the Jewish Coalition Conference, attacking the former president for past and recent comments on foreign adversaries. “There are plenty of Democrats and Republicans who fail to understand the nature of the threats we face. You’ve already heard from some of them today....

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Ramaswamy addresses Israel policy criticism at Jewish forum in Las Vegas

Vivek Ramaswamy on Saturday addressed criticism of his Israel stance before a Jewish audience in Las Vegas, drawing both boos and applause for his various policy positions amid an escalating war in Gaza. Ramaswamy leaned into the backlash as the first candidate to take the stage at the Republican Jewish Coalition Conference’s convening of 2024 candidates and Jewish Republican...

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First TikTok, now Meta: States find a new way to go after social media

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Blake Masters announces House bid in Arizona, forgoing another run for Senate

Former Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters announced Thursday that he would run for an open congressional seat in the Phoenix suburbs, changing course from a planned second run for Senate in 2024. “I’m running for Congress, to fight for Arizona’s 8th,” Masters tweeted Thursday, along with a video featuring his family. “Biden has failed. We need Trump back. We need to...

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Gavin Newsom slams Maine Republicans over gun control after mass shooting

California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Maine Republicans on social media for rejecting a gun control bill that would have required a 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases earlier this year after a gunman opened fire and killed at least 18 people in Lewiston Wednesday night. Newsom pointed the finger at Republicans, but Democrats have control of both Maine's House and...

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From Trump loyalists to state witnesses: The evolution of 3 ex-members of Trump's legal team

In November 2020, Donald Trump mobilized a team of lawyers to help challenge the presidential election results. Their aim was to push state legislators to unlawfully appoint presidential electors and make baseless claims that voting machines were tampered with. Nearly three years later, these same lawyers are abandoning the former president with guilty pleas to Georgia prosecutors....

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ACLU: Trump’s gag order in federal case is unconstitutional

For four years during former President Donald Trump's presidency, the American Civil Liberties Union was one of his biggest courtroom adversaries. Now, the group is taking his side in a high-profile fight over what Trump can say as a criminal defendant. The ACLU on Wednesday stepped into the battle over Trump’s federal gag order, arguing that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan...

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