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Trump just created an 'immense vulnerability' that will benefit Biden: ex-GOP strategist

Donald Trump and his allies accidentally created a monster that could mean a loss in the presidential election, according to a former Republican campaign aide.

Matthew Dowd, who previously worked for George W. Bush's campaigns, appeared on MSNBC on Sunday to discuss Trump's bid to unseat President Joe Biden. The host began by discussing Trump's guilty verdicts and their impact on the race.

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Judge Cannon's new ruling reveals she isn't 'worried' about law enforcement safety: expert

Judge Aileen Cannon's Sunday ruling in Donald Trump's Espionage Act over allegedly unlawful retention of classified documents is very revealing, according to MSNBC's Katie Phang.

Phang, a legal expert and host for the news network, reported this weekend that Cannon issued a new decision in the documents case, brought against Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith in Florida. The filing was a response to Smith's second request to amend the conditions of release for Trump, based on the ex-president's false statements that the government intended to kill him when it raided Mar-a-Lago.

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Trump joins TikTok, which he once tried to ban

Former president and current White House hopeful Donald Trump has joined TikTok, posting his first video on the wildly popular social media app he once tried to ban while in office.

Reaching out to younger voters as he seeks reelection in November, Trump posted a 13-second clip Saturday night that shows him in his usual blue suit and red tie attending an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout in Newark, N.J.

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Israel keeps fighting Hamas as mediators urge both to accept Biden's Gaza truce plan

Since Biden spoke at the White House on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted Israel will pursue the war, which now nears its ninth month, until it has destroyed Hamas and freed the captives.

Palestinian militant group Hamas, meanwhile, has said it "views positively" what Biden described as an Israeli proposal.

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'Not true whatsoever': CBS host busts Doug Burgum on false Hunter Biden claim

CBS host Margaret Brennan called out North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), Donald Trump's surrogate, after he made a claim about Hunter Biden that was "not true whatsoever."

During Sunday's Face the Nation broadcast, Brennan grilled Burgum because he suggested Trump was convicted of a paperwork error in his New York hush money trial.

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'I'm not going to let you continue': ABC host stops Trump lawyer from lying about Biden

ABC News host George Stephanopoulos grilled Will Scharf, Donald Trump's attorney, during an interview on Sunday.

Throughout the interview, the host repeatedly rejected Scharf's suggestion that President Joe Biden orchestrated Trump's conviction in New York.

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'I'm not done!' Lara Trump shouts down CNN host pressing her on Manhattan jury verdict

During an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," RNC co-chair Lara Trump raised her voice and yelled over guest host Kasie Hunt when she was asked about the Manhattan jury unanimously finding Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts.

The interview with the convicted felon Trump's daughter-in-law started calmly enough until Hunt contradicted her by pointing it was a jury that convicted the former president and not President Joe Biden or Judge Juan Merchan.

That set off Lara Trump who went into a furious rant while at the same time refusing to answer the host's questions or even acknowledge them.

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Midway through Lara Trump's breathless rant, host Hunt managed to fit in, "I asked you about the jury," which led the RNC co-chair to snap "I'm not done!"

Moments later, Hunt interrupted once more, asking, "Again, I asked you about the jury; the normal Americans who are part of this. Do you think it's not possible for anyone to get a fair trial by a jury?"

"I think that this judge should have never been presiding over this case. He weighed the entire case in the eyes of the jury, and then he gave the jury instructions that were incredibly leading," Trump parried. "And you can't blame the jury they were doing what he told them to do. So from the beginning, this case, whether you're talking about the judge, the venue, the instructions given, or the fact that a key witness that would have exonerated Donald Trump and shown what a waste of time this entire case ultimately was, the judge wouldn't allow in."

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'He gave $15': NBC host deflates Tom Cotton's talking point on judge's link to Biden

NBC guest host Peter Alexander pushed back against Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) after he suggested Donald Trump's conviction in a New York hush money trial was rigged.

Alexander began the Sunday interview on Meet the Press by correcting Cotton.

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Trial of Joe Biden's son set to begin

WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden's son Hunter goes on trial Monday on gun charges, the first prosecution in U.S. history for the child of a sitting president — just as the Democratic leader is seeking to accelerate his campaign for reelection.

The 54-year-old denies three felony counts stemming from his purchase of a .38-caliber Colt Cobra revolver in 2018 when, by his own admission, he was heavily addicted to drugs.

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Trump verdict could lead to 'no name listed' for GOP presidential candidate in one state

The federal government doesn't have a ban on convicted felons running for president, but at least one state does, according to a Washington state writer.

Donald Trump was convicted on 34 charges in his hush money cover-up case in New York, yet he has continued raising money and is still barreling toward the 2024 rematch election with President Joe Biden. But he likely won't be on the ballot in Washington, according to Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat's analysis.

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'Nope. Nope. Nope': Experts shut down key Trump ally's 'incandescently stupid' pardon plan

A Donald Trump surrogate got shut down when he argued that the New York hush money cover-up convictions could be overturned by President Joe Biden.

Vivek Ramaswamy, rumored to be a potential vice presidential pick for Trump, made the argument on Saturday.

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Trump's E. Jean Carroll lawyer says ex-president's attorneys know his big defense is a lie

Donald Trump's own attorneys know that his biggest argument against his criminal hush money cover-up guilty verdicts is a "ridiculous" lie, according to a lawyer who represented the former president in the civil defamation case that resulted in Trump owing tens of millions of dollars to writer E. Jean Carroll.

Joe Tacopina represented Trump in the Carroll case, where the former president was found liable for sexually assaulting and defaming the magazine writer. Tacopina would later leave the legal team, saying he needs to "follow his compass."

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First post-verdict poll confirms independents are now distancing themselves from Trump

Polling outlet Morning Consult didn't waste any time surveying voters after former President Donald Trump was convicted on all 34 felony counts in his Manhattan criminal trial. And their results spell bad news for Trump's attempts to appeal to voters outside of his base.

According to the poll, 54% of respondents supported the 12-person jury's unanimous verdict finding Trump guilty of covering up violations of election law by paying hush money to various women in advance of the 2016 presidential election. 34% of voters registered disapproval with the convictions, with the remainder undecided.

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