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How Trump’s 'absurd' immunity claim actually imperils Republicans: conservative

The U.S. Supreme Court last month listened to oral arguments both for and against former President Donald Trump's presidential immunity claims.

Trump is claiming that because he was still president in late 2020 and early 2021, he enjoys total immunity against the federal charges in special counsel Jack Smith's election interference case — and therefore, the case should be thrown out altogether.

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‘Undisguised corruption’: critics slam Trump for ‘selling the White House’ to Big Oil

Donald Trump is promising CEOs of oil and gas conglomerates he will dismantle the climate protections President Joe Biden has installed, and he will green light their policy wishlists including gutting support for electric vehicles if they donate $1 billion for his presidential campaign, according to reporting from Politico and The Washington Post.

"You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House," reports The Post, describing Trump's conversation "with some of the country’s top oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago Club last month."

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Stormy Daniels denies cashing in on claims of tryst with Trump

Stormy Daniels returned to the witness stand on Thursday at Donald Trump's historic hush money trial with attorneys for the former president seeking to paint her as a greedy liar who profited from her allegations.

The X-rated film actress, who claims to have had sex with the married Trump in 2006, denied that she threatened the tycoon if he did not buy her silence over their alleged encounter.

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'Everything has a price': Insiders say Trump secret offer left oil barons 'stunned'

Donald Trump made a transactional offer that reportedly "stunned" top oil executives at an event last month at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

One executive complained about environmental regulations they continued to face despite spending $400 million to lobby President Joe Biden's administration, and the former president pitched what some attendees perceived as a blunt and transactional offer, reported the Washington Post.

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'Be ashamed': Trump again slams 'any Jewish person' who voted for Biden

Former President Donald Trump attacked Jewish Americans who voted for President Joe Biden on Thursday.

Before heading into his Manhattan hush-money trial, Trump complained to reporters after Biden said he would not provide Israel with offensive weapons if it invaded the city of Rafah in Gaza.

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Republicans funded by arms industry fume over Biden threat to withhold bombs from Israel

Congressional Republicans funded by the arms industry lashed out Wednesday over U.S. President Joe Biden's belated threat to withhold American weaponry from Israel if it launches a full-scale ground invasion of the Gaza city of Rafah, which is currently facing a humanitarian nightmare.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from pro-Israel interests and the weapons industry during his 2020 reelection campaign, declared that Biden's threat "put our friends in Israel in a box."

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'Not just bad but vile’: Expert warns Trump’s coded campaign tactic is about to turn ugly

Former President Donald Trump for years has been quietly relying on a subtle campaign tactic that has quietly fueled unrest at a frightening pace, according to a new in-depth expose from the New York Times.

The Times Thursday exposed what they describe as the coded anti-Semitic messaging Trump uses to quietly signal his support to White nationalists nationwide.

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Biden says Trump 'won't accept' result of election

Donald Trump will refuse to accept the results if he loses the US election this year, Joe Biden said Wednesday.

The two men, who fought for the White House in 2020, are set for a rematch in November that polls show the American public is unenthusiastic about.

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'Haley voters took that personally': Reporter says Trump may have sabotaged himself

David Drucker, a reporter at the conservative publication The Dispatch, told The New Republic's Greg Sargent this week that former President Donald Trump may have sabotaged himself when he went on a tirade against his former rival's donors.

Sargent interviewed Drucker to discuss former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley's surprisingly strong showing in this week's Indiana Republican primary, where she received 22 percent of the vote despite the fact that she dropped out of the race two months ago.

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U.S. forges new 'battery belt' in hopes of electric future

Growing up, Devante Cuthbertson assumed he might have to leave his North Carolina hometown to pursue a career, but a new multi-billion-dollar Toyota battery plant is offering him a reason to stay put.

The 28-year-old from Greensboro is among students of an apprenticeship program at Guilford Technical Community College, working three days weekly with the automaker with an eye on future employment.

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Stormy Daniels will be back in the Trump trial hot seat

Stormy Daniels is to return to the witness stand on Thursday at Donald Trump's historic hush money trial for another round of expected tough grilling by attorneys for the former president.

The X-rated film actress, who claims to have had sex with the married Trump in 2006, spent nearly five hours testifying on Tuesday, recounting the incident in often explicit detail as the real estate tycoon sat stewing just feet away.

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'What is he doing?': Morning Joe rips Lindsey Graham for latest Trump-pleasing showboating

On Thursday morning, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough pounced on Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) after the GOP senator went on a tirade aimed at President Joe Biden for giving notice to Israel that he would withhold offensive weaponry if a planned assault on Rafah in the Gaza strip goes forward.

That led Graham, who raged in a hearing before Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, to complain bitterly and invoke the usage of atomic weaponry on Japanese cities at the end of World War II.

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'They don't care!' Morning Joe mocks GOP for risking majority with 'bizarre' stunts

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) failed in her leadership challenge against House Speaker Mike Johnson, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said she and other hard-right Republicans genuinely don't care whether they're in the majority.

Many hardline conservatives represent heavily gerrymandered districts that ensure their own seat is safe, and the "Morning Joe" host said those Republicans would rather rant and rave on the House floor and on social media than take responsibility for governance, so they'd almost prefer to let Democrats take control.

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