Trump News for Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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Teamsters and Trump disagree on immigration at endorsement meeting
POLITICO
The former president met with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday.
Jan 31, 2024, 11:32 PM

What the Texas border town that Greg Abbott took over really wants.
Slate
Stories about Fani Willis and Trump, E. Jean Carroll's strategy, the Taylor Swift Super Bowl conspiracy theories, and more.
Jan 31, 2024, 11:31 PM

Fani Willis and top prosecutor Nathan Wade subpoenaed to testify at hearing about relationship allegations
CBS News
The subpoenas were issued on behalf of Michael Roman, who was indicted alongside former President Donald Trump in August.
Jan 31, 2024, 9:57 PM
Gender gap expands between Biden and Trump, new poll shows
POLITICO
Biden holds a slight lead over Trump in Wednesday’s poll from Quinnipiac University.
Jan 31, 2024, 9:10 PM

Colorado’s secretary of state urges Supreme Court to keep Trump off ballot
Cable News Network
Colorado’s top election official told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that they should keep Donald Trump off her state’s 2024 ballot because he is an “ineligible insurrectionist,” and forcefully defended the process that led to his disqualification.
Jan 31, 2024, 9:07 PM

Prosecutor in Trump racketeering case subpoenaed over alleged office affair
The Guardian
Trump’s co-defendants are seeking disqualification of Fani Willis for alleged affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade
Jan 31, 2024, 8:49 PM

A Second Trump Term Would Be Good News for the Environment | Opinion
Newsweek
Biden's halt of natural gas exports harms the environment and benefits America's enemies.
Jan 31, 2024, 7:56 PM

Judge's ruling in Donald Trump's $370M N.Y. fraud case could come at any time
UPI News
New York state Judge Arthur Engoron is poised to possibly rule as soon as Wednesday on how much Trump and co-defendants have to pay in a civil fraud case and if the ex-president can continue doing business in New York.
Jan 31, 2024, 7:46 PM
The union vote is becoming more Republican
Cable News Network
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are tussling over the union vote.
Jan 31, 2024, 7:45 PM

Trump and Haley appear to be swapping personalities to get ahead in U.S. presidential race
The Globe and Mail
Trump is struggling, against his instincts and past practices, to become a unifier while Haley, battling her own milder style and inclinations, is fighting to become a divider
Jan 31, 2024, 7:41 PM

51% Americans want Donald Trump to be guilty of 'serious crime'
The News International
The majority of Americans believe that if former president Donald Trump is found guilty of a serious crime in the coming months, it would be a fair outcome meant to hold him accountable for his...
Jan 31, 2024, 7:00 PM

‘Gut H-1B visa’, ‘disband FBI’: Key controversial remarks from 2024 US poll hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy
Livemint
Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has made controversial statements mirroring Trump's beliefs, including opposition to H-1B visas, disbanding federal agencies, and calling the climate change agenda a hoax.
Jan 31, 2024, 6:30 PM

Ukraine’s spy chief downplays risks of Trump presidency as he makes fresh plea for aid
Cable News Network
Aid to Ukraine is frozen in US Congress, and Kyiv could be dealing with a Trump presidency more sympathetic to Moscow. But Ukraine’s spy chief isn’t losing any sleep over the US.
Jan 31, 2024, 6:20 PM
Trump who? In NY special election, MAGA talk is absent
POLITICO
Open and vocal support for the former president is tricky terrain in the politically centrist Nassau County and Queens district.
Jan 31, 2024, 6:05 PM

NATO chief: I’m not worried that Trump will pull out of the alliance
POLITICO
Jens Stoltenberg is meeting with Republicans in Washington to drum up support for Ukraine funding.
Jan 31, 2024, 5:56 PM

Nikki Haley on Trump using Nimarata: ‘Let other people decide’ if it’s racist
POLITICO
She stressed it likely won’t happen though.
Jan 31, 2024, 5:22 PM

Will the Supreme Court bend to political will in the Trump ballot case?
The Hill
We need to look beyond the usual thinking: that the six conservative justices on the court — three of whom owe their position to Trump — could not possibly countenance affirming the Colorado disqualification case.
Jan 31, 2024, 5:00 PM

Biden struggling to gain ground on Trump in key swing states: poll
New York Post
President Biden trails in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to the Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll.
Jan 31, 2024, 4:56 PM

Trump set to meet with Teamsters as he targets Biden support
NBC News
Former president Donald Trump is set to meet with the Teamsters Union on Wednesday in an attempt to slice into one of President Joe Biden’s prior lines of support.
Jan 31, 2024, 4:51 PM

Trump administration official shot in DC carjacking spree
The Hill
A former Trump administration official is in critical condition after being shot in an attempted carjacking in downtown Washington, D.C., earlier this week, a spokesperson for his family confirmed to The Hill. Mike Gill, a married father of three who worked at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission during former President Trump’s White House tenure,…
Jan 31, 2024, 4:37 PM

Nikki Haley Goes After Trump and Biden in ‘Grumpy Old Men’ Campaign
The New York Times
Ms. Haley has recently shifted her strategy, casting Donald Trump, 77, and President Biden, 81, as part of the same bygone era of politician.
Jan 31, 2024, 4:35 PM

Trump prosecutor under probe for ‘misuse’ of taxpayer funds fired worker who exposed federal grant abuse: report
New York Post
A Trump prosecutor, who is under investigation for allegedly spending taxpayer funds on lavish trips during an affair with an attorney she hired, is being called out by a former employee for apparently abusing another federal grant, according to a new report.
Jan 31, 2024, 4:19 PM

Schumer: House impeaching Mayorkas to ‘appease’ Trump
The Hill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) denounced a House committee’s vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as a “sham” on Wednesday and said House Republicans are pushing it only to “appease” former President Trump. Schumer condemned the House impeachment proceedings as “absurd,” signaling that Senate Democrats will likely bury articles of impeachment against…
Jan 31, 2024, 4:16 PM

Haley offers her sharpest Trump criticism yet, saying he’s ‘toxic’ and lacks ‘moral clarity’
Cable News Network
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley offered her sharpest criticism to date of former President Donald Trump in an interview on ‘The Breakfast Club’ that aired this morning, saying he’s “just toxic” and that he lacks moral clarity.
Jan 31, 2024, 4:10 PM

Haley unveils ‘Grumpy Old Men’ attack on Trump, Biden
The Hill
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley unveiled a new line of attack on former President Trump and President Biden’s age and mental acuity, calling them “Grumpy Old Men.” Haley’s campaign said in a Wednesday release that the series will feature various aspects of what the country should expect from Trump and Biden if they are the…
Jan 31, 2024, 4:09 PM