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William BarrFormer Attorney General Bill Barr confirmed in a Friday interview that he plans to back ex-President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden, after months of speaking out against the MAGA hopeful. The former Trump official fears that Biden may overregulate kitchen stoves, and Trump, on the other hand, will not.Atlantic staff writer David Frum, in a Sunday, April 28 op-ed, insists that Barr may want to consider backing Biden. READ MORE: 'Reckless t…See the Story
Bill Barr’s support for Trump proves he has 'no long-term imagination at all': column
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David PeckerDuring an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," the former executive editor of the National Enquirer admitted that during his tenure his boss was running the organization like a 'criminal enterprise" while working hand-in-hand with Donald Trump.Speaking with the hosts on Sunday morning, Lachlan Cartwright claimed he was not privy to all the details of publisher David Pecker's behind-the-scenes plotting and that he had told friends he thought some…See the Story
'A criminal enterprise': Former David Pecker exec blows whistle on covering up for Trump
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Donald Trump · PhiladelphiaUniversity of Pennsylvania law professor Kate Shaw said the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to create a presidential immunity doctrine just to protect former President Donald Trump.
Shaw spoke out on ABC's This Week on Sunday following arguments before the high court in Trump's election interference case.
ABC host George Stephanopoulos observed that the court "is ready to carve out some immunity for presidents."
"So I'm a constitutional law…See the Story
Law professor reams SCOTUS for moving to 'protect Donald Trump' with immunity ruling
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Donald TrumpAnalysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has seemingly defied political gravity time and time again. This year, he clinched the Republican nomination for president while under four different criminal indictments. Trump’s success might make you believe that he has turned the conventional wisdom on its head – that somehow, hisSee the Story
No, Trump’s legal woes aren’t helping him
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James Comer · KentuckyHouse Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) recently told a GOP colleague, according to CNN, that he just wanted to be ‘done with' his 15-month-long impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. CNN reported last week that the Kentucky lawmaker has already begun to set his eyes on other goals — "ambitions to run for higher office one day, including potentially running for governor, according to lawmakers who have spoken to him."In a Sunda…See the Story
Comer and GOP 'delivered what Zelenskyy refused to' — and 'hoping you forget all about it': columnist
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Donald Trump · District of ColumbiaDuring his 2024 State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden mentioned his presumptive challenger, Donald Trump, 15 times – but never once by name.
Instead, Biden referred to him as “my predecessor” 13 times. He also called him a “former Republican president” and a “former American president.” These weren’t mistakes or memory lapses – the circumlocutions appeared in the president’s prepared remarks provided by the White House. Instead, Biden…See the Story
‘The former guy’ versus ‘Sleepy Joe’ – why Biden and Trump are loath to utter each other’s name
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Paris, France · ParisMy students tend to imagine the Middle Ages as something like the “Kingdom Come” or “Total War” video games: an age of utter political chaos, when swords and daggers ruled, and masculinity and physical strength mattered more than governance.
As a historian of the Middle Ages, I believe this turbulent image has less to do with reality than with medievalism – a term for how modern people have reimagined life during Europe’s Middle Ages, from rough…See the Story
Medieval Europe was far from democratic, but that didn’t mean tyrants got a free pass
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Raleigh, North Carolina · RaleighNewly anointed RNC co-chair Lara Trump’s recent impassioned plea for folks to donate money, even if they currently don’t have any, would make P.T. Barnum blush.
“If you can’t afford a donation today,” said Lara, looking sleek and sophisticated in a dress that probably cost more than my car, “I ask that you save it for a later date. But if you could donate even as much as five dollars, it will go a long way.”
Here’s Lara Trump, metaphorically …See the Story
Lara Trump is a grift off the old block
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