Trump News for Thursday, February 29, 2024
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Biden and Trump in Texas for dueling visits to the U.S.-Mexico border
Yahoo Canada Finance
Split screen: Three hundred miles apart, President Joe Biden and his likely Republican challenger Donald Trump walked the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, dueling trips underscoring how important immigration has become for the 2024 election. (Feb. 29)
Feb 29, 2024, 11:54 PM
Trump says he can't get fair trial this year in classified documents case
Devdiscourse
Donald Trump's lawyers told a U.S. judge on Thursday that he believes he cannot get a fair trial this year on charges of mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House, while he campaigns to try to recapture the presidency.
Feb 29, 2024, 11:44 PM
Federal prosecutors propose pushing back Trump’s classified documents trial to July 8
Cable News Network
Special counsel Jack Smith and attorneys for Donald Trump proposed moving the trial in the classified documents case against the former president later into the summer.
Feb 29, 2024, 11:39 PM
Data prove it: The Trump tax cuts soaked the rich
New York Post
The latest IRS data on who bears the income-tax burden demonstrate yet again the benefits of lower tax rates over higher rates.
Feb 29, 2024, 11:38 PM
Judge Cannon may help Trump by sabotaging D.C. elections trial date: ex-prosecutor
Raw Story
Right-wing District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, may be planning to maneuver not simply to slow-walk the trial, but to help Trump manipulate the calendar to box out any chance of special counsel Jack Smith's other ca...
Feb 29, 2024, 11:23 PM
Biden and Trump Make Dueling Visits to Border Amid Migrant Crisis
Yahoo Canada Finance
President Biden and former President Donald Trump, the two likely 2024 election opponents, visited different parts of the Texas U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday as a bipartisan immigration bill remains stuck in the Senate. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters; Eric Gay/Associated Press
Feb 29, 2024, 11:23 PM
Federal prosecutors seek July trial for Trump in classified files case
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
Federal prosecutors are requesting a July 8 trial for Donald Trump on charges that he illegally retained and concealed classified documents.
Feb 29, 2024, 11:16 PM
Biden Urged Trump to Join Him in Cracking Down on the Border
The New York Times
Also, Putin threatened nuclear war over NATO intervention. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
Feb 29, 2024, 11:09 PM
Ex-prosecutor blasts Supreme Court for not following the law in Trump's immunity case
Raw Story
Former senior prosecutor for the Justice Department, Andrew Weissmann, warned that the Supreme Court isn't following the law when it comes to the stay in the Donald Trump election case. Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday, the NYU law professor compared it to Bush v. Gore, but not being ...
Feb 29, 2024, 11:08 PM
What wavering Black voters really think of Biden and Trump: From the Politics Desk
NBC News
A focus group of Black Democrats in North Carolina who don't like Donald Trump or Joe Biden explain how they will decide who to vote for in the 2024 election.
Feb 29, 2024, 10:56 PM
Miles apart, Biden and Trump tour U.S.-Mexico border highlighting immigration as an election issue
Devdiscourse
Three hundred miles apart, President Joe Biden and likely Republican challenger Donald Trump walked the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas Thursday, dueling trips underscoring how important immigration has become for the 2024 election and how much each man wants to use it to his advantage.
Feb 29, 2024, 10:53 PM
Haley can't win with 40%, but can expose Trump's weaknesses
The Mercury News
Nearly 9 in 10 Haley voters in South Carolina said they would not be satisfied with Trump as the Republican Party's presidential nominee, about 7 in 10 say he does not have the mental capability to serve effectively as president, and about 6 in 10 say they would not ultimately vote for him.
Feb 29, 2024, 10:47 PM
Trump just became even more of a national security threat: ethics group
Raw Story
In a press release published this Thursday, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington (CREW) said the mounting civil judgements against Donald Trump make him even more of a threat to national security than he already was. Trump is facing judgments that total upwards of $600 mi...
Feb 29, 2024, 10:26 PM
Trump's lawyer file appeal paperwork in Illinois ballot case
Chicago Tribune
Lawyers for Donald Trump filed a notice of appeal over a judge's ruling that struck the former president from the Illinois primary ballot.
Feb 29, 2024, 10:14 PM
House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green nixes retirement plan after Trump pleas for him to vie for another term
New York Post
Rep. Mark Green, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee called off his retirement plans, a source familiar confirmed to The Post.
Feb 29, 2024, 10:09 PM
Biden Calls on Trump to Back Border Bill: 'Join Me'
Newsweek
During an appearance in Texas, the president urged his predecessor to help him in passing border legislation.
Feb 29, 2024, 10:06 PM
Trump says there are ‘a lot of good choices’ to replace McConnell as Senate GOP leader
The Hill
Former President Trump said there are “a lot of good choices” to replace Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as the GOP Senate leader, but he declined to say whom he preferred. “I hear he’s not going to be leader, and he’s taken that step and a lot of people are calling me to politic for that particular…
Feb 29, 2024, 9:56 PM
Truth Social Co-Founders Sue, Say Trump Tried To Dilute Shares
The Huffington Post
"They created Truth Social, and now the beneficiary of that, Donald Trump, doesn’t want to pay," a lawyer said as the company seeks a $4 billion merger deal.
Feb 29, 2024, 9:56 PM
Judge Cannon will let lawyer for media outlets weigh in on sealing of Trump case filings
Raw Story
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon will allow an attorney representing several media outlets to weigh in on issues relating to access to filings in former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.In the filing, Cannon notes that the media coalition "moves for leave to intervene i...
Feb 29, 2024, 9:49 PM
Donald Trump Gives Gavin Newsom New Nickname in Blistering Border Speech
Newsweek
Trump blasted Gavin Newsom on Thursday, saying what he's done to California is "unbelievable."
Feb 29, 2024, 9:40 PM
Ousted architect of Trump's Truth Social merger sues to block potential $10B deal
New York Post
Patrick Orlando, a former executive of the blank-check acquisition vehicle that plans to take Donald Trump's social media company public sued to block the deal until he obtained a larger payout, according to a lawsuit docketed Thursday in Delaware.
Feb 29, 2024, 9:39 PM
Opinion: Mitch McConnell’s unconditional surrender
Cable News Network
Now that Sen. Mitch McConnell is heading for the exits as Senate minority leader, the GOP belongs to Donald Trump, lock, stock and barrel, writes Julian Zelizer.
Feb 29, 2024, 9:39 PM
Biden gives remarks during second visit to southern border: Watch live
The Hill
President Biden visited the border in Brownsville, Texas, Thursday, as part of an effort to go on offense against former President Trump — and to turn a political liability into a line of attack against Republicans. The Biden campaign has signaled Trump’s hand in getting Republicans to kill a bipartisan proposal to bolster resources at…
Feb 29, 2024, 9:32 PM
Liz Cheney urges Supreme Court to act quickly on Trump immunity
The Hill
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Wednesday called on the Supreme Court to “promptly” decide on former President Trump’s criminal immunity claims. Cheney, in a post on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter, argued voters should be able to hear the evidence in the Department of Justice’s case against Trump concerning his efforts…
Feb 29, 2024, 9:30 PM
Mike Braun says McConnell should ‘bite his tongue’ and endorse Trump
The Hill
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should “bite his tongue” and endorse former President Trump’s reelection bid. “If he does decide to stick through November, I think he needs to come out strongly for Trump, even though he might have to bite his tongue to do that,” Braun said Thursday…
Feb 29, 2024, 9:27 PM