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'It's a simple question': Abby Phillip corners MAGA lawmaker over bogus claims about FBI

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), considered a contender for former President Donald Trump's 2024 V.P. shortlist, refused to back down from a false conspiracy theory about President Joe Biden ordering his assassination during an appearance on CNN's "NewsNight" with Abby Phillip on Thursday.

During the interview, Phillip brought up the false claim that the FBI was out to assassinate Trump because documents related to the search said that agents were authorized to use deadly force if faced with a life-threatening danger.

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Donald Trump has unclaimed property and abandoned money in at least 16 states

What do Trump University and Trump Taj Mahal have in common — other than being among the failed businesses of former president Donald Trump?

They still have unclaimed assets in New York and New Jersey, according to online public databases.

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'We've never seen anything like this': Expert says 'splintered' GOP is bad news for Trump

'According to one veteran political strategist, the polls showing former President Donald Trump consistently leading President Joe Biden aren't showing the full picture. In fact, he argues that it's Republicans who should be the most worried about November.

In a recent interview with the New Yorker, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg — who has worked on two presidential campaigns and held senior roles at the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — stressed that Biden is in a much better position than Trump despite his middling performance in polls. He noted that despite being his party's prime standard-bearer for the past eight years, Trump has had difficulty uniting the GOP around his cause.

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Former detainee in Russia says Trump 'chose not to' free him from captivity

Donald Trump announced he could essentially wave a POTUS wand and bring back Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from Russian captivity.

That was met with misbelief.

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'Patri-skfjskl': Social media ridicules ex-president's Bronx rally slip-ups

Donald Trump on Thursday was mocked online for multiple apparent slips of the tongue at his Bronx rally.

Trump's campaign event in New York was unique in that the former president was purportedly targeting a state he has no chance of winning in the election. Raw Story also reported that police on scene were surprised by the low turnout, and that some people were filing out as Trump was still speaking to the N.Y. crowd.

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George Conway trolls Trump with billboard on the route to his Mar-a-Lago golf club

Conservative anti-Trump attorney George Conway has come up with a new way to get under former President Donald Trump's skin.

"So, just for kicks, I put up a billboard a few miles south of Palm Beach on I-95 South, perfect for anyone happening to travel from Mar-a-Lago to Doral to, say, play golf," wrote Conway in a post on his social media. "Right around Exit 64, I believe. They’re going to send me better photos later."

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'Steady stream of people leaving' Trump's Bronx rally while he was still talking: reporter

Donald Trump's New York rally was expected to be enormous, but early reports suggest some potential attendance issues.

Trump appeared in the Bronx, where he lost the vote in 2020 by significant margins, to promote his standard anti-immigration and anti-Joe Biden messages.

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'We're not sitting down': Trump declares at Bronx rally he nixed tables for CNN debate

While revving up his MAGA faithful at Thursday's rally in the Bronx, former President Donald Trump spiked the football for purportedly scrapping CNN's format for the first rematch showdown with President Joe Biden.

The 45th president said that the cable network wanted the two men to sit at tables, and this was a nonstarter.

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'Beyond reason': Ex-FBI agent deconstructs conspiracy theory about Trump assassination

The explosion of a conspiracy theory that the Justice Department, or possibly President Joe Biden himself, ordered an assassination against former President Donald Trump, is worth deconstructing, wrote former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa and House January 6 Committee investigator Tom Joscelyn in an analysis for Just Security.

The claim stems from a small section in documents about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents search two years ago, which details the authorization of deadly force by FBI agents, which led some far-right lawmakers like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) to suggest the agents were instructed to shoot Trump.

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'He has no right to be here': Trump motorcade met with boos by angry Bronx locals

THE BRONX — Former President Donald Trump was met with boos as his motorcade rolled toward his rally in The Bronx Thursday evening.

Among the crowd of angry protesters who gathered in Crotona Park was a local teacher named Kara who told Raw story she wanted to boo Trump because of the many students the former president has made cry.

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Watch: Woman with 'Trump is a Nazi' sign crashes ex-president's Bronx rally

MAGA is planting its flag in the South Bronx. When the red-capped set arrived at the Thursday event, at least one protester came to crash the party, holding a handmade sign that read: "WARNING: TRUMP is a NAZI".

The bespectacled woman was standing at the rally site of Crotona Park where Trump supporters filed in. In a short video clip, some encircled her.

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Trump's N.Y. trial puts ex-president against his own statements on felons voting

If Donald Trump's hush money jury renders a guilty verdict — his words against letting convicted felons vote could sting.

The criminal trial against former President Donald Trump is winding down and a jury will deliberate and render a verdict.

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Ohio's Republican governor shuts down GOP's attempt to keep Biden off the ballot

Republican state officials in Ohio were threatening to exclude President Joe Biden from the ballot in the November 2024 election — but the state's governor is stepping in to put a stop to that.

According to Cleveland.com, "Gov. Mike DeWine has taken the rare step of calling a special legislative session, in effect summoning the General Assembly to make sure that President Joe Biden qualifies for the ballot this November. DeWine announced in a Thursday evening press conference that he would be calling the special session for Tuesday May 28. It marked the first time a governor has called a special session for 20 years. Otherwise, the legislature wasn’t scheduled to meet again until June 12."

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