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Ex-New Jersey governor Chris Christie launches 2024 Republican presidential bid
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Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie has filed paperwork formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for US president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former president Donald Trump.
Jun 6, 2023, 7:30 PM
DeSantis hits back at Trump in campaign blitz in US
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Ron DeSantis was making a four-stop blitz through Iowa during his first full day of presidential campaigning on Wednesday, aiming for a personal connection with voters while intensifying his criticism of former president Donald Trump.
May 31, 2023, 5:55 PM
Ex-Trump White House official Peter Navarro to go on trial in September
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Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro will stand trial in September on contempt of Congress charges filed after he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
May 30, 2023, 7:25 PM
Republican DeSantis vies with Trump to sway Iowa conservatives
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Florida governor Ron DeSantis has sought to weaken former president Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party as its leading presidential prospects collided in battleground Iowa.
May 13, 2023, 7:30 PM
Trump appealing against sexual abuse verdict and five million dollar award
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Former US president Donald Trump is appealing against a New York jury’s verdict awarding five million dollars (£4 million) to a magazine columnist after the jurors concluded he had sexually abused her in the 1990s and defamed her last October.
May 11, 2023, 10:25 PM
National Archives leader confirmed amid turmoil over Trump probe
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President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the National Archives was confirmed on Wednesday by the Senate after a months-long partisan battle over the agency’s role in the investigation into sensitive documents seized at Donald Trump’s Florida home.
May 10, 2023, 10:05 PM
Trump rape case: Even a former president is not above the law, court told
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Donald Trump should be held accountable for sexually attacking an advice columnist in 1996 because even a former president is not above the law, a lawyer for the columnist told a jury on Monday in closing arguments in the lawsuit that accuses Trump of rape.
May 8, 2023, 9:40 PM
James Nesbitt to join Robbie Fowler and other sporting greats on golf Legends Tour
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James Nesbitt is preparing to show off his golf skills against fellow famous faces at this summer’s Legends Tour Wapp Celebrity Series at Donald Trump’s Aberdeen course.
May 6, 2023, 6:00 AM
Donald Trump’s video statement in rape lawsuit made public
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A video recording of former US president Donald Trump being questioned about the rape allegations against him was made public for the first time on Friday, providing a glimpse of the Republican’s emphatic denials.
May 5, 2023, 9:40 PM
Donald Trump molested me with ’40 zillion hands’, woman tells civil trial
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A woman has told a court that Donald Trump molested her with what seemed like “40 zillion hands” on an airline flight in the late 1970s — years before writer E Jean Carroll says the former president sexually assaulted her at a Manhattan department store.
May 2, 2023, 10:20 PM
Trump names second golf course after his mother on Scotland visit
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Former US president Donald Trump has attended a ceremony to break ground for a second course at one of his Scottish golf resorts and named it after his mother.
May 1, 2023, 5:05 PM
Mike Pence ‘gives evidence to grand jury in Donald Trump election probe’
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Former vice president Mike Pence has given evidence in private to a federal grand jury investigating efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to a source.
Apr 27, 2023, 9:40 PM
‘Indictment bump’ helps Trump raise 34m dollars so far in 2023
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Former US president Donald Trump has raised more than 34 million dollars (£27 million) for his 2024 White House run since the start of the year – buoyed by a big bump in donations since the announcement of criminal charges against him, his campaign said.
Apr 15, 2023, 4:40 PM
Trump sues ex-lawyer Cohen, a key witness in former president’s criminal case
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Former president Donald Trump has sued the key witness in his criminal case, accusing one-time lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen of “vast reputational harm” for talking publicly about the hush-money payments at the heart of the case.
Apr 12, 2023, 10:20 PM
Trump faces blame for chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan
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President Joe Biden’s administration has blamed his predecessor, Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2021.
Apr 6, 2023, 9:45 PM
Trump ‘facing at least one felony charge in New York case’
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Former US president Donald Trump is facing several charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offence, in the indictment against him by a New York grand jury, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday.
Mar 31, 2023, 10:50 PM
Pence ordered to testify over Trump bid to overturn 2020 election result
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A federal judge has ruled that former US vice president Mike Pence will have to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into efforts by former president Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Mar 28, 2023, 8:45 PM
Trump invokes Capitol riot at Waco rally ahead of possible charges
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A defiant and incendiary Donald Trump, facing a potential indictment, held the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign on Saturday in Waco, Texas, a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement.
Mar 25, 2023, 11:50 PM
‘I’m back!’: Trump posts on Facebook after two-year ban
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Former US president Donald Trump has returned to Facebook after a more than two-year ban.
Mar 17, 2023, 10:00 PM
Rupert Murdoch: Fox News hosts endorsed Trump’s false election fraud claims
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Rupert Murdoch has acknowledged that some Fox News commentators endorsed false allegations by former president Donald Trump that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and that he did not step in to stop them, according to excerpts of a deposition.
Feb 28, 2023, 8:05 AM
Trump says he’s ‘more committed than ever’ as he begins 2024 White House run
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Former US president Donald Trump has kicked off his 2024 White House bid with a stop in New Hampshire before heading to South Carolina.
Jan 28, 2023, 8:30 PM