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In the more than 370 days between his first indictment and his first criminal trial, Donald Trump unleashed rhetorical warfare as predictable as it was extreme. The familiar slash and burn playbook, sharpened over decades in business and eight years in politics, has shaped an overlapping public defense and political…
They’re Biden’s biggest fans. Here’s what they’d change about the President President Joe Biden won Georgia by less than 12,000 votes in 2020, becoming the first Democrat in 28 years to take the southern state. No county voted in Biden’s favor by a bigger margin than Clayton County, where the…
Omaha is a blue dot in a sea of Nebraska red, which is precisely why Donald Trump and his allies are furiously fighting to change the state’s system of awarding electoral votes in presidential elections. Even after the Nebraska Legislature closed the door on a pressure campaign intended to keep…
See GOP lawmakers reaction to MTG’s push to build support to oust Johnson CNN’s Manu Raju spoke to Republican lawmakers to discuss Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) efforts to build support for potentially ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson. Read the full article here
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia issued a searing indictment of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership in a new letter sent to her Republican colleagues on Tuesday, according to a copy shared with CNN, in a significant escalation of her rhetoric as she tries to build support for potentially ousting Johnson. While Greene does not…
Former President Donald Trump said Monday that abortion rights should be left to the states, weighing in on one of the most delicate and contentious issues in American politics. “My view is now that we have abortion where everyone wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by…
Editor’s Note: For more on the high-stakes fight for the House, watch “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju” at 8 a.m. ET and 11 a.m. ET. House Democrats are aiming for just four more seats to win back the majority this fall – and their big-spending outside group is prepared…
Abortion rights advocates are hoping to build on their winning streak this November, when ballot initiatives could restore, protect or block access in more than a dozen states. But nearly two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the path to victory has become more complicated for organizers as they…
Three months after Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized for disruptive conduct at a Denver theater, the Colorado Republican attended a glitzy Republican gala headlined by former President Donald Trump in Manhattan, where her behavior once again raised eyebrows. At the December soiree, which was the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala, multiple…
Donald Trump made an unexpected declaration Tuesday when probed about a six-week abortion ban that will soon take effect in his home state of Florida. “We’ll be making a statement next week on abortion,” the former president told reporters in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The offhand remark put his team on…