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'Melania slapped it down': Breaking Barron Trump news spurs immediate mockery of Donald

Breaking news that Melania Trump had declined on her son Barron's behalf an invitation to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention spurred almost immediate mockery of his father, former President Donald Trump.

A spokesperson for Melania issued a statement Friday hours after Trump publicly boasted of his youngest son's height and political prowess.

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Barron Trump 'declines' offer to be a delegate at Republican National Convention: report

Barron Trump is honored but turning down the opportunity to join his siblings as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention in June because he has "prior commitments."

"While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments," the Office of former First Lady Melania Trump confirmed in a statement to The Daily Mail.

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'Is Trump going to eat that kid?' Nancy Mace's photo flex does not go as planned

A campaign photo that shows Rep. Nancy Mace giving side-eye to a baby-kissing former President Donald Trump has viewers wondering if she was actively trying to be as cringy as possible.

Mace (R-SC) faced immediate mockery this week after posting the controversial image to her social media sites in an apparent attempt to showcase her close ties to the presumptive Republican nominee.

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'Playing with a loaded gun': Democrat calls out Mike Johnson's election fraud lies

A Democratic lawmaker called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for spreading baseless claims of election fraud just days after helping to save his job.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) Friday shamed Johnson — who claimed this week he knew "intuitively" that undocumented immigrants vote illegally — for parroting election lies similar to those made before the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Trump faces daily punishment by being forced to sit in 'years of grime' at crumbling court

Former President Donald Trump faces daily punishment at the hands of the New York City justice system in the form of being stuck in a crumbling courthouse with grimy bathrooms, uncomfortable seats and shoddy heating, one opinion writer argued Friday.

The Washington Post's Dana Milbank argued — regardless of the verdict — the former president charged with falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid ahead of the 2016 presidential election has already been sentenced to hard time ... in a hard seat.

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'No sign of life': Trump's lack of election planning leaves GOP operatives panicked

Republican operatives at the state level are growing increasingly panicky at the lack of 2024 election information and help coming from the Republican National Committee since Donald Trump's hand-picked allies took control.

With the election less than six months away, the Washington Post is reporting that there is a growing revolt at the Republican state level that they are being kept in the dark as the RNC admittedly becomes leaner and shuts down several key operations while at the same time changing its focus to building up Trump's re-election campaign.

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Jim Jordan is making 'quiet moves' to get more power in 2025: report

Far-right Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is making stealthy plans to position himself to take over as leader of the House Republicans in place of current House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) next year, reported Axios on Thursday.

"Many GOP members doubt Johnson will keep the top job, whether or not the party holds the majority. Jordan is a top ally of former President Trump who would help keep the conference full-on MAGA," reported Juliegrace Brufke and Stephen Neukam. "Jordan privately told colleagues what he would be doing differently than Johnson during the recent fight over foreign aid funding, multiple sources told Axios."

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'Stunned': Ex-Trump aide shares shock in text thread with ex-president's former officials

While media attention is currently focused on the salacious details of former President Donald Trump's hush-money scheme with adult film star Stormy Daniels, one former Trump official believes the American public is getting robbed of the more salient trial that could expose his actions related to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

"I'm devastated," said Alyssa Farah Griffin, who worked as Trump's White House Communications Director during a CNN appearance in which she revealed how she texts with fellow officials who worked at the pleasure of the president before he was voted out of office in 2020.

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Trump claims Biden wants 'everybody to be mandated electric car' in rambling debate demand

Former President Donald Trump Thursday demanded a presidential election debate in rambling video statement that saw him create new words, appear to blame auto workers for inflation and claim President Joe Biden wants "everybody to be mandated electric car."

What begins as a demand that the president commit to a debate quickly devolves into an anti-immigration rant, a dire warning to autoworkers, then a pivot back to Biden so fast it's not immediately clear whom Trump is addressing.

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'She should have opted for smart': Alina Habba ridiculed over gag order confusion

Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba made a bold argument that her inability to understand the former president's gag order in his criminal hush money trial was unconstitutional.

Habba spoke to Fox News in an interview from outside the Manhattan criminal courthouse where Trump faces an ongoing trial on charges he falsified business records to cover up hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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Nikki Haley to meet with donors after surprising showings in GOP primaries: report

Nikki Haley will meet with donors next week after a series of surprisingly strong showings in Republican primaries, a source said in a new report.

A person close to the former South Carolina governor said Thursday that Haley will attend a retreat Monday and Tuesday to thank about 100 of her biggest campaign donors, reported the Wall Street Journal.

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'You’re trying to trick me': Stormy Daniels snaps at Trump lawyer in testy courtroom fight

MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURT — Stormy Daniels earned kudos from legal experts who applauded the deft way she responded to brusque questioning from former President Donald Trump's attorney Susan Necheles Thursday.

“You’re trying to trick me into saying something that’s not entirely true," Daniels snapped at Necheles during a line of questioning about contract agreements.

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Trump lawyer immediately shut down as she curses in Stormy Daniels question

MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURT — Former President Donald Trump's lawyer was immediately shut down Thursday morning at the onset of her cross-examination of adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Susan Necheles hit a brusque tone when she demanded of Daniels, "You recall you did an interview and said the claims you had sex with President Trump was bull----?"

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