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'Liar, liar': Joe Biden leaves crowd roaring in laughter with Marjorie Taylor Greene joke

President Joe Biden provoked laughter from a crowd in Virginia Beach on Tuesday after he told a joke about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

At an event about affordable health care, Biden recalled that he had openly "negotiated" with Republicans during his State of the Union address.

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Springsteen, axe throwing, 'rage room': Dem senator hosts unconventional re-election fundraisers

WASHINGTON — Plenty of Americans just might be in the mood this year to break something, so U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) is offering them the opportunity to do so in one of his unconventional 2024 re-election campaign fundraisers.

Casey's campaign will conduct a fundraiser March 21 at Kraken Axes in Washington, D.C., according to a fundraising invitation obtained by Raw Story.

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'Hoping Trump's going to have a heart attack' is his rivals' only strategy: GOP insider

A longtime Republican insider does not think much of many Republican political presidential candidates' approach to handling former President Donald Trump.

In an interview with Politico, former New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Fergus Cullen chided Republican presidential hopefuls Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy for refusing to directly take on Trump despite the fact that polls consistently show him as the frontrunner of the 2024 Republican primary.

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CPAC founder grovels amid groping claims: 'Kevin McCarthy is not coming to CPAC; I wish he would'

Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) founder Matt Schlapp appeared on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast soon after reports said that Fox News might not carry the event amid groping allegations.

In a lawsuit filed earlier this year, a staffer for former Senate candidate Herschel Walker accused Schlapp of "aggressively fondling" his "genital area in a sustained fashion."

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Trump lawyer reveals legal strategy to declare 'faulty indictments' if charges filed in Georgia

Jennifer Little, a defense attorney for Donald Trump, said her team would declare any indictments in Georgia against the former president "faulty indictments."

Speaking to CBS correspondent Robert Costa, Little explained how Trump's team would defend the former president if any charges arise from a special grand jury's work in Georgia. She faulted the grand jury for declining to subpoena Trump and pointed to remarks made by foreperson Emily Kohrs.

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'A has-been and a wanna-be': Jeb Bush buried after Ron DeSantis presidential endorsement

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush endorsed current Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for president in 2024 in an interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.

DeSantis has not officially declared his candidacy but is expected to make the announcement in the coming months.

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'I did a book': Nikki Haley struggles to differentiate herself from 2024 candidates

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (R-SC) struggled on Sunday to explain why she was different from other potential 2024 presidential candidates.

In an interview on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo told Haley she had done an "incredible job at the U.N."

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'Relentlessly partisan screed': Fox News host wrecks Tim Scott's claims of 'optimism'

Fox News host Shannon Bream called out Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) for claiming to have an optimistic message for the country while attacking Democrats like President Joe Biden.

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Bream noted that Scott tried to paint himself as an optimistic potential presidential candidate.

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Feds slap Minnesota GOP with fines for multiple campaign finance violations

The bipartisan Federal Election Commission has fined the Republican Party of Minnesota $53,000 for a variety of federal campaign finance violations, according to documents released Thursday night.

The violations include various financial disclosure errors and record keeping snafus during the 2018 election cycle, records indicate.

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GOP's Trump alternatives falling flat as 'fever of Trumpism' continues to burn: analysis

Candidates moving to challenge former President Donald Trump for the 2024 nomination, like South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, have tried to position themselves as the face of a younger, more optimistic and policy-minded Republican Party. They are bolstered by polling that suggests that Republican voters want a different candidate than Trump.

But there's a problem, commentator Molly Jong-Fast wrote for Vanity Fair on Thursday. Not many Republicans want to move on from Trump — and even fewer want to move on from Trumpism.

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'Like a campaign rally': Trump to impose 'big show' on suffering East Palestine residents

A Fox Business report indicated that former President Donald Trump would treat residents of East Palestine, Ohio to something "like a campaign rally" while they are suffering from a noxious train derailment.

Before Trump's Wednesday visit, Fox Business host Stuart Varney and Fox News reporter Mike Tobin reflected on the former president's plans.

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Morning Joe mocks ‘desperate’ Trump for ‘small stupid’ attacks on rival

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough mocked Donald Trump for trotting out feeble attacks on his chief rival for the Republican presidential nomination.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn't even announced he will run for the 2024 nomination, but the "Morning Joe" host said Trump's attacks were already backfiring and elevating him to the same footing.

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Donald Trump to accept Proud Boys subpoena for Jan. 6 trial: Report

Former President Donald Trump will reportedly accept a subpoena related to the Jan. 6 trial of members of the Proud Boys group.

Four group members, including leader Enrique Tarrio, said they would subpoena Trump as part of their defense. They are accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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