What else will the new special counsel find near the president’s Corvette?
Democrats have lost some leverage to dunk on Donald Trump for his Mar-a-Lago storage preferences.
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Where in the World Is Trump’s Special Counsel?
Smith is tasked with two Trump-related cases and isn’t wasting any time.
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DOJ should just charge Trump with obstruction.
The Justice Department is in a bind now. But there’s a way out.
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Justice Department stands up to Texas.
Trump appointees keep playing along with Texas’ brazen judge-shopping. The Biden administration finally said: enough.
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Republicans Are Hoping Trump Will Die Before He Ruins 2024 for Them, but He Is Obviously Never Going To
Never going to die, that is. He will definitely ruin 2024 for them.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders will give the official GOP rebuttal to the State of the Union. It's quite the symbolic choice.
The former Trump press secretary—and current governor of Arkansas—is giving the official GOP response to the State of the Union.
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Ron DeSantis responds to Trump's groomer charge at diaper press conference.
Groomer accuser attacked by groomer accuser.
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why a certain insult made Trump lose his mind.
Trump's been called far worse than a "pussy ass bitch," so why was that the insult that broke the Cheeto's back?
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Mike Pence’s real reason for challenging Trump special counsel subpoena.
His purpose is transparent.
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The Republican House weaponization committee's disturbing origins in Trump-land.
When in government, Russ Vought weaponized institutions in the worst ways.
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Nikki Haley’s History of Having It Both Ways
Sometimes Trump is a friend, sometimes “‘friend’ is a loose term.”
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I challenged Trump’s coup attempt from the bench. I never expected this.
As a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, I never imagined that working to protect our country’s democracy would go like this.
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Donald Trump may actually need Nikki Haley in the 2024 presidential race.
Per usual, the man is caught between what he wants to do and what is strategic.
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Trump Judge James Ho fights lonely battle against censorship in Texas.
Trump Judge James Ho fights lonely battle against censorship in Texas.
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The former Speaker of the House is begging his party to leave Trump in the dust.
OK, we're paraphrasing, but not by a lot.
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How Christianity trumps Judaism in the courts.
A brief in a case out of Indiana shows exactly how fundamentalist Christian beliefs trump everything else in the courts these days.
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A Trump Judge’s Tantrum at Stanford Law Was Part of a Bigger Plan
In past opinions and public appearances, Duncan has not exhibited these qualities.
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Trump Judges Are Fighting About Whether to Crash the Economy
Banks are getting nervous, and Republicans are trying to exploit the uncertainty to defund and deregulate financial watchdogs.
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Donald Trump has a new looming criminal charges headache.
Mark Meadows’ testimony matters enormously.
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Watching Fox News in the days after Trump's arrest.
Move over, DeSantis, the real victim-in-chief has returned.
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Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign needs a reboot before it's even started.
All while Trump is trying to kill DeSantis with ads about pudding fingers.
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E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Donald Trump is very bad for Trump.
The trial is about to start. It’s a nightmare for him.
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Trump hugs Jan. 6 protester Micki Larson-Olson. Cool stuff!
Because of “admiralty law.”
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The biggest lesson is a legal consequence Donald Trump can't escape.
Donald Trump can never escape this ruling.
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Trump was implicated in a vote machine theft. Where is DOJ?
There’s no excuse for the Justice Department and the FBI to continue to ignore this evidence.
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Trump May Have Just Cooked Himself in the Mar-a-Lago Case
Where this case is tried can be the whole ballgame.
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Read The Slatest for May 23.
The Slatest news and politics for May 23: Trump's legal turmoil and a not so Supreme Court.
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Some Free Legal Advice for Donald Trump
Needlessly insulting those whose hands are tightening around your neck does not help.
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What Could Trump Possibly Get Out of Attacking Special Prosecutor Jack Smith?
Wrestling explains it.
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Catch up on Slate's top stories from June 21.
Stories about how Trump is changing what it means to be "conservative," Ron DeSantis' shady campaign finance activities, bike tickets, and more.
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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Is a Big Fat Rebuke to Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 Claims
The court’s rejection of the independent state legislature theory is incredibly relevant to the former president’s legal trouble.
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Here’s what we know so far.
Here's the latest on Jack Smith's special counsel investigation into Trump's potential 2020 election interference.
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The current field of Democrats and Republicans is feeling pretty fringey.
There's a reason the current presidential candidates challenging Biden and Trump feel so fringey.
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Judge Aileen Cannon Just Got Her First Big Trump Trial Test
We will soon see if Judge Cannon chooses to fulfill her duty.
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What we know about Fani Willis’ investigation so far.
Willis has been building a case against Trump and his allies for more than two years now.
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Will next Trump indictment feature new Supreme Court ruling?
Smith and the grand jury have many options.
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Can Trump’s impeachments be “expunged”? Kevin McCarthy may try.
The House speaker’s job does not seem very fun right now.
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Sinéad O'Connor's pope controversy looks a lot different today.
Stories about the Irish singer's pope controversy, Donald Trump's indictments, and more.
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The “stop the count” scheme.
A Section 241 charge can and should encompass Trump’s efforts to stop the electoral count, a scheme that did not prove successful.
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The new Donald Trump indictment about the 2020 election was worth the wait.
Stories analyzing the new charges against the former president, Joe Biden's Middle East policy, Samuel Alito's petty interview, and more.
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Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Trump Indictment Is a Prosecutorial Masterstroke
The new indictment is at once sure-footed, streamlined, and prudently aggressive.
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Mike Pence Is No Hero. His Actions Might Send Trump to Jail Anyway.
What the former vice president’s “contemporaneous notes” reveal.
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Why This Trump Prosecution Feels Like the Scariest
The special counsel has done his level best to make it matter. It still might not.
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Trump’s Last Two Indictments Complement Each Other Perfectly
The two most recent indictments filed against Donald J. Trump are mirror images in many ways.
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Trump’s Getting Special Treatment
The First Amendment doesn’t have special caveats and carve-outs for the rich and famous or for putative presidential contenders.
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Donald Trump should turn himself in to jail and create a diversion.
It’s his best option for sucking up all the attention.
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How concerned should you be about the latest COVID wave?
Stories about Nikki Haley's case against Trump, voting rights in Tennessee, and what it's like to be inside the mouth of a whale.
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The defense of Trump’s “perfect phone call” is really something.
The “perfect phone call” is back in the news this week.
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Forget Trump, this Georgia RICO case is a disaster for civil liberties.
What the indictment reveals is nothing less than the full-throated criminalization of social solidarity and political dissent.
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Mark Meadows' Georgia setback is terrible news for Trump.
Stories about Clarence Thomas, book bans, the first couple to claim an alien abduction, and more.
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Why Trump is going after the judge in his Jan. 6 case.
Stories about Airbnb, Virginia democrats, Kevin McCarthy's impeachment inquiry into Biden, and more.
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Trump's 2024 campaign and trial schedule overlap is chaotic.
Stories about Mitt Romney, Elon Musk's biography, a tired trope in Black horror, and more.
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Rupert Murdoch is retiring from Fox News and News Corp. His legacy is astounding and disgraceful.
He built an empire. Donald Trump took it.
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Here's what we're watching for.
Stories about a Trump gag order, the future of gas stations, the end of the writers' strike, and more.
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The automotive plant where Trump is speaking sure has some terrible reviews.
They include “beware” and “don’t work here” and “nothing about this job is good.”
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Why did the speaker of the House get ousted?
Stories about Trump's gag order, Nancy Pelosi getting kicked out of her office space, antitrust cases against Google and Amazon, and more.
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Trump’s argument to get out of Jan 6th culpability is beyond parody.
Stories about Trump’s newest Jan. 6th arguments, Elizabeth Warren v. SCOTUS, and more.
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Trump criticizes Israel, somehow manages to make the war all about him.
Trump’s ignorance and arrogance is more appalling the more closely you examine his speech.
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Trump’s Appeal of Judge Tanya Chutkan’s Gag Order Will Fail
The judge has directly taken on the complex and unique First Amendment issues involved and has struck a reasonable balance.
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Trump allies' alleged voting machine theft puts the 2024 election at risk.
Stories about Israel and Gaza, Jim Jordan, the Scholastic Book Fair, and more.
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Sidney Powell flipped, and it’s terrible news for Trump.
Stories about Biden in Israel, Amy Coney Barrett, Elon Musk, and more.
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Trump's former lawyers are flipping like pancakes.
Stories about Biden's emergency budget request, Taylor Swift's “Eras” tour movie, constipation on Bachelor in Paradise, and more.
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Donald Trump’s No Good, Very Bad Week
Keeping up with Trump’s court schedule is a dizzying task. Here's our week in review.
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is taking a toll on friendships.
Stories about Jim Jordan, Donald Trump, Britney Spears’ memoir, and more.
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How Donald Trump’s legal team is trying to get his Jan. 6 case dismissed.
Trump knows the walls are closing in.
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No Wonder Donald Trump Loves Mike Johnson
Johnson is the terrifying embodiment of two anodyne faces that give cover to the worst forms of MAGA extremism.
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This Supreme Court case could be bad news for Donald Trump's criminal defense.
Stories about Mike Johnson, Hasan Minhaj, Sam Bankman-Fried, the life of a corn maze designer, and more.
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"Trump Too Small" shirt gets its day before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The justices seemed skeptical.
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The New York fraud trial is a real family affair.
Don Jr. and Eric testify in New York, and one of Trump’s Georgia co-defendants argues the 2020 election really was stolen.
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The Problems for Trump’s Legal Team Just Got Way Worse
These lawyers have a nearly impossible task, which they're doing badly.
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Donald Trump Just Really, Really Annoyed His Judge
The ex-president’s testimony pushed the man deciding his fate to a boiling point.
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Where Donald Trump stands one year before the 2024 presidential election.
Stories about Dark Brandon merch, Zackey Rahimi, Michael Jordan and the racist panic over "sneaker murders," and more.
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Trump was the GOP debate winner, even though he wasn't there.
Stories about West Bank settler violence, Gabe Bankman-Fried, The Golden Bachelor, and more.
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Donald Trump’s embrace of the Jan. 6 rioters used against him in court.
One way the government says it will prove Trump’s “motive and intent” across the different charges is by pointing to his actions after he left office.
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The One Set of Trump Lawsuits That Should Just Not Be Happening
This will cause many people who are already losing confidence in democracy or the U.S. system to lose even more confidence.
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Trump Wants to Use the Military Against His Enemies. Congress Must Act.
The danger that this would pose to democracy cannot be overstated, but it can—and must—be averted.
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Trump's lawyers argued he might be able to reveal the names and addresses of jurors.
Stories about a fan's death at a Taylor Swift show, the Supreme Court and the Voting Rights Act, the secret to perfect mashed potatoes, and more.
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Trump thinks the Federalist Society isn’t conservative enough now.
The GOP front-runner is shifting the Overton window once again.
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Two types of people are still listening to Trump.
Stories about Elon Musk's visit with Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump's judicial picks and voting rights, "Blue Zones," and more.
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Donald Trump vows to repeat his biggest mistake.
And volleyball icon George Santos says goodbye.
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Donald Trump posts Truth Social rant about Liz Cheney's new book.
He was actually “eating too much,” he says. (Good?)
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Tanya Chutkan ruling makes March trial more likely.
On Friday, two federal courts in Washington rejected parallel claims by former President Donald Trump for immunity from the legal process.
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Florida state governor and his fight with the folks who chose Alabama over FSU.
It’s belabored anti-“wokeness,” it lags behind Donald Trump, and it won’t work. Classic!
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The best presents under $25.
Stories about Trump's gag order, Liz Cheney's memoir, the best TV shows of 2023, and more.
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Jan. 6 Trump trial on track despite Supreme Court intervention.
It has been a busy week at the United States Supreme Court for Donald Trump’s fate.
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Why the Supreme Court has to strike down Trump's ballot removal.
Stories about Pope Francis, Joe Biden's historically low polling numbers, the new Percy Jackson adaptation, and more.
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The Trump cases heading for the Supreme Court are a disaster in the making.
Stories about an Ohio fetal personhood case, the Iceland volcano eruption, Barbenheimer revisited, and more.
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The Supreme Court will take Trump’s Colorado ballot disqualification.
Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a 4–3 decision that Donald Trump is barred from appearing on the state’s Republican primary ballot.
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What to remember about Jan. 6 going into another election year.
What will happen if Trump loses this time?
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The New Jan. 6 Testimony Against Trump Will Be Devastating at Trial
The introduction of such testimony from Trump’s closest aides establishes his criminal intent and should seal his fate in the trial to come.
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No one is buying what Trump is selling.
Even Richard Nixon accepted his judgment when the time came.
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At the Fox Town Hall, Donald Trump's abortion answer was revealing.
Stories about Ron DeSantis' weird smile, Nick Saban, the New York Times' Gaylor controversy, and more.
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Trump judge spanks Ron DeSantis for targeting Democrat.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faced a sharp, surprising rebuke from a conservative appeals court on Wednesday.
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Trump's chaotic legal strategy is coming into view, and it doesn't bode well for Jack Smith.
Stories about True Detective, U.S. strikes on targets in Yemen, Ron DeSantis getting rebuked by an appeals court, and more.
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Ron DeSantis' Iowa caucuses-focused strategy really did not pan out!
Stories about Trump's E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, the Emmys, Elon Musk running afoul of the NLRB, and more.
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The Three Twists of the 2024 Campaign That Really Killed Ron DeSantis
The Florida governor *was* Republicans’ top alternative to Trump. But that wasn’t nearly enough.
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Biden will lose to Trump if he doesn't change his strategy.
Stories about Brett Kavanaugh, a potential tackle football ban in California, the new British Jeopardy!, and more.
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What the Texas border town that Greg Abbott took over really wants.
Stories about Fani Willis and Trump, E. Jean Carroll's strategy, the Taylor Swift Super Bowl conspiracy theories, and more.
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Oregon Republicans got banned from reelection. There's a lesson here for the effort to disqualify Trump.
Stories about the push to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, how A.I. killed Quora, the Zyn controversy, and more.
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A Defense of Continuing to Fact-Check Trump’s Bogus Claims One by One
One publication has diligently looked into what the Donald says since 2011. It has no intention of stopping.
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Supreme Court seems to side with Trump in ballot case oral arguments.
Stories about Biden's Helmut Kohl gaffe, the failed Senate immigration bill, the Grammys, and more.
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Fani Willis' testimony may blow up her prosecution of Trump.
Questionable tangents about vacations and alcohol did not help her cause.
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The $355 Million Trump Fraud Fine Is Even Worse Than It Sounds
Trump's re-election chances may depend on surviving the upcoming prosecutorial barrage, but this legal defeat was a blow to his campaign and pocketbook.
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The $355 million fine and business restrictions could end the Trump organization as we know it.
The ruling, if upheld, marks the end of the Trump Organization as we know it.
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Aileen Cannon might get kicked off the Trump classified docs case.
Jack Smith is likely headed for the court of appeals.
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The South Carolina primary results actually contain some bad news for Trump.
I invite you to imagine the punditry had President Biden ceded 40 percent to Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson—or even 10 percent.
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Alvin Bragg Is Seeking a Gag Order Before His Trump Trial Begins
Prosecutors made their request just less than a month before a trial is anticipated to begin.
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The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump Exactly What He Wanted
In a stunning move, the justices all but guaranteed that the former president will evade trial for Jan. 6 before November.
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SCOTUS’ delay is not based on legal procedure. It’s to help Trump.
The reasoning has nothing to do with legal procedure. It’s about helping him win.
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Amy Coney Barrett’s passive-aggressive Trump ballot opinion.
There’s this weird, passive-aggressive vibe where everybody is kind of pissed off but telling us, over and over again: “We’re not fighting!”
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Supreme Court metadata reveals last-minute change in Trump ballot case.
What happened? Most obviously, the Supreme Court rushed out this opinion and forgot to check the metadata.
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Trump’s Right: We Need to Deport Prince Harry
I disagree with everything he says about immigration. Except for this.
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The New York attorney general could seize Trump's properties if he doesn't pay a $500 million bond by Monday.
Letitia James is eyeing Trump's properties. He has until Monday to come up with the money to keep them.
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Supreme Court accountability.
This is a story about the Supreme Court as much as it is one about Trump.
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New York Trump trial April 15 start on track after judge rejects immunity.
The trial is almost certainly going to start April 15.
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Arizona’s abortion ban is back. It’s every state’s future if Trump wins.
On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that its total abortion ban, a seemingly dead law dating back to 1864, is once again enforceable.
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The Chaos Unfolding in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Documents Case
“It’s like an Escher painting of insipid legal argumentation, except written in purple crayon.”
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Why the legal arguments are stronger than I thought.
The prosecution of Donald Trump starting in New York this week is on firm legal ground.
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Jack Smith's Jan. 6 indictment may be in jeopardy, and other Trump trial news updates.
But Jan. 6–related civil suits against the former president can go ahead.
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The court just showed how and why it will let Donald Trump get away with it.
There will be no more self-soothing after this.
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Sounds like SCOTUS is about to give Trump a big win.
Meanwhile: The hush money trial continues, and Arizona announces a new criminal indictment over the fake electors scheme.
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I sure am seeing a lot of weirdos at Trump’s trial.
I sure am seeing a lot of weirdos at Trump’s trial.
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The Degradation of Donald Trump Attorney Todd Blanche Is Already Complete
“This one says ‘Oh, Von ShitzInPantz. Keep whining, crying and violating the gag order you petulant defendant!’ ”
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Biden and Trump Announce Two Nights of Dread This Campaign Season
But there are still plenty of ways for them to weasel out of this.
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The Trump Biopic Is Here. The Rape Scene Isn’t What Would Make Him Angriest.
The movie stars Sebastian Stan as the young heir and Jeremy Strong as mentor Roy Cohn. It’s already controversial.
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The surprising way Trump acted after his debate with Biden.
He was holding something back.
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It’s easy to forget the other massive failure at the Biden-Trump debate. You shouldn’t.
CNN did the country no favors on Thursday night.
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Joe Biden falling further behind Trump.
The idea that there’s something voters like about Biden that the press doesn’t understand can hold up only with plausibly close or improving future polls.
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Trump’s nephew claims he said the N-word. That’s not the book’s worst revelation.
All in the Family is a rare thing in Trumpworld: a book written without malice or bitterness.
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The Real Lesson From Tim Walz’s 1995 DUI Arrest
Trump supporters may disingenuously seek to equate Walz’s DUI story to Trump’s felony convictions.
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The Little-Known Lawsuit Holding Trump Accountable for Jan. 6
Former President Donald J. Trump is involved in a lot of lawsuits, some more high-profile than others.
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Jack Smith tries to offer the public his evidence against Trump.
The special counsel submitted a major court filing in his election interference case.
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Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court
The newly unsealed document contains the most detailed evidence of Trump’s attempts to subvert the election yet.
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What's next after Jack Smith's big Jan. 6 evidence drop.
Trump's lawyers are using two Supreme Court decisions to fight back.
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Trump’s Disbarred Lawyers Have a Plan for After His 2024 Victory
It centers on installing loyal Trump lawyers from 2020 in key positions of government power.
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Trump, Musk, and Greene’s conspiracy theories about FEMA and Democrats have sinister implications for the election.
The hurricane conspiracy theories Greene, Trump, and Musk are pushing do not bode well for the election.
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One head-turning way to convince young men not to vote for Trump.
"Instead of seeing—you know—it's a picture of Donald Trump."
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SNL’s Kamala Harris and Trump skits fail at political comedy.
Saturday Night Live’s 50th season lacks what made Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush and Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin so definitive.
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What's preventing Harris from crushing Trump is shockingly simple.
If Trump wins, you’ll know who to blame.
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Trump judges issued a shock ruling, could wreak havoc on Election Day.
The Republican National Committee manufactured this dispute as a test case.
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Tony Hinchcliffe’s Trump rally set had Tim Walz asking, “Who is that jackwad?” I’ll explain.
“Who is that jackwad?” Tim Walz asked afterward. Allow me to explain.
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There's only one reason Trump would put crackpots in charge of military and intelligence agencies.
This is a national security disaster.
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Trump’s allies must be pissed.
Republicans’ new Senate leader is not who Trump had in mind.
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Donald Trump CECOT plan runs into wall.
The Supreme Court issued an emphatic and unusual decision declaring that the Trump administration violated the due process rights of Venezuelan migrants.
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