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Republicans may lose George Santos' seat in special election: reporter

Politico reporter Emily Ngo called the suburban New York district "Democrats' to lose" days ahead of the special election to fill former Rep. George Santos' (R-NY) seat.

Polls show the two candidates very close, with the Democrat slightly above but still within the margin of error.

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‘God is in control’: Joel Osteen blames ‘forces of evil’ after shooting at his church

Pastor Joel Osteen has blamed the "forces of evil" for a recent shooting at his Lakewood Church.

Speaking at the press conference with the police in Houston, Osteen reminded the world that "God is in control," though he didn't explain how God was involved in this case.

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Biographer doesn't think Trump will 'willingly' pay his millions in court fines

Donald Trump is facing one hefty fine and potentially an even larger one from court cases and it left one biographer to wonder if the courts would have to seize the cash because the ex-president would be too angry about handing it over.

Speaking to MSNBC on Sunday, biographer Tim O'Brien answered questions about speculation on Trump's financial liquidity and whether he can meet the large sum.

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'Foggier': Biographer thinks Trump has 'degraded' his already 'weak memory'

One of Donald Trump's biographers, Bloomberg editorial editor Tim O'Brien, explained that there is a noticeable difference in the ex-president since he last ran for office.

Speaking to MSNBC on Sunday, host Alex Witt questioned the "gaffes" Trump keeps making on the campaign trail.

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'Never encountered someone so loathed': NYT reporter astonished by hatred for Mark Meadows

Many of Donald Trump's political allies have debased themselves for the former president, only to fall out of his good graces, but perhaps no one else has ever fallen so far as Mark Meadows.

The ex-president's final White House chief of staff joined the MAGA think tank Conservative Partnership Institute a week after Trump left office and enjoys a salary of just under $850,000, but New York Times reporter Robert Draper told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Meadows has been cast out of the Trump orbit as he faces Georgia racketeering charges and other legal perils.

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'An insane statement': CNN fact checker gives Trump brutal smackdown over latest rant

Donald Trump got a brutal fact check after once again blaming former House speaker Nancy Pelosi for the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The former president spoke to reporters outside Mar-a-Lago as he prepared to make a campaign stop in Nevada, as his attorney presented arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge a Colorado ruling that declared him ineligible for the state's ballot, and CNN fact checker Daniel Dale examined his remarks.

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'Colorado will lose': Legal analysts shocked by how bad Supreme Court argument went

Legal analysts anticipate that Colorado lost at the U.S. Supreme Court in the arguments for Trump v. Anderson on Thursday.

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann pointed to the way that the questions were going and anticipated the ruling would be a "win" even if the court's Democrat-appointed judges affirmed Colorado's decision.

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'No possible rationale' to exclude presidents from insurrection clause: Colorado attorney

Donald Trump's defense rests on the idea that the framers of the 14th Amendment "made an extraordinary mistake" by excluding presidents from the insurrection clause, according to the lawyer representing Colorado voters in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Denver attorney Jason Murray, who successfully petitioned Colorado's top court to disqualify Trump from the state's ballot, argued the case be fore the nation's Supreme Court, where he rejected the former president's arguments in his opening statement.

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Listen Live: Supreme Court hears arguments in Trump's Colorado ballot case

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear emergency arguments in the Trump v. Anderson case on Thursday, after the Colorado state Supreme Court removed Donald Trump from the state ballot.

Other states have since followed suit, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which declares that no officer of the Constitution can serve if he or she has engaged in insurrection against the United States government. The lower court in Colorado ruled that Trump was guilty of insurrection after attempting to thwart the peaceful transfer of power after losing the 2020 election and encouraging a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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If SCOTUS caves to MAGA threats then 'we don't have a Constitution anymore': ex-judge

The threat of political violence hangs over the U.S. Supreme Court case to determine Donald Trump's eligibility for the ballot, and a retired conservative judge warned that was precisely why the justices must disqualify the former president.

Trump has appealed the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that disqualifies him under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause, and MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski raised the possibility that his supporters would not peacefully accept a decision that kept him off the 2024 ballot – and retired federal judge Michael Luttig said that underscored the issue the justices must decide.

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SCOTUS has 'no legitimate off-ramps' to tossing Trump from ballot: conservative ex-judge

The U.S. Supreme Court will undoubtedly look for some way to determine the Colorado ballot case without deciding whether Donald Trump is eligible to hold office, but a retired conservative judge doesn't see an "off-ramp" for them.

The Colorado Supreme Court disqualified the former president from the ballot under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause, and former federal judge Michael Luttig told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the high court has no way to avoid ruling on his eligibility.

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Expert singles out 'strongest argument' against Trump in SCOTUS case

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments to determine whether Donald Trump should be disqualified from the Colorado ballot, and a legal expert identified the strongest argument against the former president remaining eligible.

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled him ineligible in December under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause, but Trump has appealed to the high court as other states watch and wait for the final decision, and MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade told "Morning Joe" that the law was fairly clear on this political issue.

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Tommy Tuberville forgets name of the Kansas City Chiefs while trashing Biden's memory

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) had an awkward moment to forget something: in the middle of trashing someone else's memory.

Tuberville has been after President Joe Biden saying that he can't "remember names." It has been part of the Republican Party's campaign to attack Biden, purportedly for having some kind of degenerative brain disease.

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