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'Republicans in disarray': House GOP lawmakers said to be giving away all their power

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is in grave peril as renegade House Republicans are threatening to call a motion to remove him from power, exactly as they did for his predecessor Kevin McCarthy.

The craziest part of this whole affair, analyst David Chalian told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday, is that the far-right House rebels are throwing away the power of the entire GOP House majority in its current state — coming at a moment when they were just rebuked by the summary dismissal of their articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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Trump 'open' to slashing taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare: report

Former President Donald Trump is toying with the idea of promising a large tax cut for the middle class as part of his 2024 re-election campaign — and one way he might do it is to raid the funding for Social Security and Medicare.

According to Gram Slattery of Reuters, "Donald Trump has indicated to advisers he is keen on a new middle-class tax cut should he return to the White House, two people familiar with the discussions said, an initiative that could appeal to voters but could also worsen America's yawning budget deficit. Among the ideas that advisers have presented to the former president is a cut to the federal payroll tax, said one of those people, a move that could lower the flow of money into the Social Security and Medicare trust funds and open Trump to criticism from Democrats that he is torpedoing the safety net for elderly Americans."

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Republican hints death threats against family forced his resignation

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) suggests death threats may have motivated his resignation from Congress, a WLUK report revealed Wednesday.

Gallagher announced he would not seek re-election in February after he refused to support the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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Trump critic Bill Barr effectively endorses campaign: 'I will vote the Republican ticket'

Former Attorney General Bill Barr appears to be endorsing Donald Trump in 2024 after years of decrying the former president, according to a new report.

“I’ve said all along, given two bad choices, I think it’s my duty to pick the person I think would do the least harm to the country, and in my mind, that’s — I will vote the Republican ticket, " Barr said in a Fox News appearance last year.

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Baseball star Steve Garvey plagued by tax debt as he pursues GOP Senate run: analysis

A former Los Angeles Dodgers player who hopes to be California's next Republican senator hasn't been able to dodge the tax problems as he pursues his campaign, according to a new analysis.

Steve Garvey, once a Major League Baseball first baseman, and his various businesses have been named in more than 40 tax liens totaling about $3.85 million in federal and state taxes, according to Politico's reporting on county records.

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Son of GOP megadonor snubs Trump and gives nearly $1M to Biden reelection effort

David Ellison, son of Republican megadonor Larry Ellison, has contributed $929,600 to support President Joe Biden's reelection, marking a significant cross-party donation.

The contribution, made in February, ties him with other major donors this quarter, such as attorney George Conway and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, CNBC reported this week.

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'What will happen in the Situation Room?': Trump appearing to sleep in court fuels concern

Donald Trump’s apparent sleeping in court on day one of his criminal trial for alleged business fraud related to a cover-up of “hush money” election interference has critics concerned.

While initial reactions to the news largely mocked him as “Sleepy Don,” or “Drowsy Don,” political and legal experts are wondering if the 77-year old ex-president would be able to stay awake during times of crisis, when an alert president would be critical to the nation’s security.

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'I have accommodated you enough': Judge shuts down Trump lawyer for belittling trial

New York Justice Juan Merchan blasted Todd Blanche, an attorney for Donald Trump, for suggesting his client should not have to attend his criminal trial next week.

At the conclusion of the first day of Trump's hush money trial, Blanche sought permission for his client to be absent from the courtroom for Wednesday campaign events and to attend a Supreme Court hearing next Thursday.

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Trump 'glares' at NYT's Maggie Haberman in courtroom after she reports he was sleeping

Former President Donald Trump reportedly turned an angry gaze toward New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman after she broke news that he may have been sleeping in court.

During the first day of his hush money trial, several reporters observed that Trump appeared to fall asleep.

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'Unhinged' Trump is treating election as 'life-and-death' as trial starts: former advisor

The pressures of defending himself in civil and criminal trials while also running for the presidency is having a serious effect on Donald Trump's well-being.

That is the opinion of former Trump White House advisor Miles Taylor, who recently observed that his old boss seems "unwell" and that his decline since he lost re-election is readily apparent.

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Prosecutor wants Trump held in contempt of court for violating gag order

New York Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass signaled he would ask Justice Juan Merchan to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court for violating a gag order against talking about witnesses in his hush money trial.

The news came on the first day of the trial at which Trump is accused of covering up a sex scandal.

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GOP blasted by conservative for refusing to admit 'elderly buffoon' Trump is unfit to run

A columnist for USA Today, who admitted she was once a supporter of Donald Trump, lashed out at fellow conservatives for continuing to lower the bar for the former president instead of casting him aside over his criminal acts.

In a brutally blunt column released just before the former president heads to a Manhattan courtroom where he will face 34 felony charges related to hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels, Nicolle Russell asked: “What will it take to convince conservatives Trump isn’t fit for office?

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'What a dimbulb': Internet mocks Trump for 'ghoulish' description of Battle of Gettysburg

Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday went off on a tangent about the Battle of Gettysburg, prompting him to be ridiculed on social media.

"Adlinthin," "Magastine," and "weak nicks" were among the things Trump said at his Saturday rally in Pennsylvania. He also gave an odd description of the historical battle.

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