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Biden 'locked and loaded:' Trump fundraises off 'patently nuts' assassination claim

Former President Donald Trump is fundraising over a repeatedly debunked conspiracy theory that claims President Joe Biden was planning to assassinate him when the FBI searched his home for classified documents in 2022.

"Joe Biden was locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger," Trump said in a fundraising email reportedly sent out on Tuesday night.

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'Need the Senate': Republicans brush off worries of anti-Trump GOPer being an 'irritant'

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers don't care that a newly minted GOP senate candidate isn't a Donald Trump ally because he will ultimately ensure the party's dominance should he win election.

The MAGA Republican candidate lost the Maryland GOP primary by a considerable margin last week, and Republicans now believe they can win the seat because their candidate is a former governor who won two terms.

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'Be afraid': Analyst issues red alert warning that 'Javanka' has eyes back on White House

What's more terrifying than a celebrity couple portmanteau? A celebrity couple portmanteau with Oval Office aspirations.

That's the opinion expressed by the Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi in her latest red alert warning Wednesday about Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's political aspirations.

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'RNC on lockdown': Hazmat team reportedly rushes to GOP's D.C. headquarters

The Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington D.C. was on lockdown Wednesday morning as hazmat teams rushed to the building, according to multiple reports.

The cause of the lockdown at 310 First Street SE Wednesday morning was not immediately revealed by NBC reporter Dasha Burns and the Daily Mail, among the first to report the situation.

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'You’re better than this': Ex-Pence aide slams Republicans for 'appalling' talking point

When House Republicans in February smacked down a border bill Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called "the strongest, most comprehensive border security bill we've seen in a generation," Democratic lawmakers said the reason was for political gain.

On Tuesday, former Vice President Mike Pence shared News Nation's report about his trip to the US-Mexico border, writing via X/Twitter: "Visited the southern border today to see the #BidenBorderCrisis firsthand as a deeply concerned citizen. The crisis at our southern border affects all 50 states. It’s time for Joe Biden to take this crisis seriously & Secure Our Border Now!"

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'Like the mobsters do': James Comey slams Trump's 'Cosa Nostra' tricks against trial foes

Former President Donald Trump well and truly operated his presidency — and his efforts to keep it legally protected — like a Mafia operation, former FBI Director James Comey told MSNBC's Alex Wagner on Tuesday evening.

This comes as Trump's criminal hush payment trial in Manhattan moves closer and closer to jury deliberation — and as Republican allies of Trump come to New York to attack court officers' families and witnesses, which, Comey said, is by design.

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'They knew': Former NYC judge says hush money jury caught crucial chaos subtext

Hush money trial Justice Juan Merchan's dressing down of defense witness Robert Costello behind closed doors might as well have happened in front of former President Donald Trump's criminal court jury, a former New York City judge argued Tuesday.

Retired New York Supreme Court Justice Diane Kiesel appeared on CNN to offer some insight on what's likely taking amongst the jury as the historic criminal case against Trump winds down.

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'Authorized to assassinate': Giuliani leaps to share new debunked Trump conspiracy theory

Rudy Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor and mayor of New York City, shared a swiftly debunked conspiracy theory Tuesday that holds routine language in a new court filing shows President Joe Biden was plotting to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

Giuliani took to X late Tuesday night to echo a claim first made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene that newly revealed language in Trump's Mar-a-Lago search warrant regarding the use of deadly force.

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MTG slammed for claiming 'Biden DOJ and FBI' 'planned to assassinate' Trump and she knew

US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday claimed that President Joe Biden and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) planned to "assassinate" former President Donald Trump.

The MAGA lawmaker also claimed that she attempted to warn the ex-president of such matters.

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MTG claims Dems were 'planning to assassinate' Trump and she warned him

MAGA hardliner Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed Tuesday that a hit was put on Donald Trump and she warned him of the danger.

According to the baseless claim Greene posted on X, President Joe Biden's Justice department and Federal Bureau of Investigations were behind the plot.

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Arizona Republicans charged in 'fake electors' case can't afford lawyers: reports

Several Republicans charged in the Arizona fake electors case are unable to afford legal counsel, according to a new report.

According to KPNX's Brahm Resnik, one of those fake electors is Greg Safsten, the former executive director of the Arizona Republican Party, who told the judge presiding over his case he was indigent and was given a public defender.

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Trump adviser scanned and saved contents of box that had classified docs: report

An unnamed witness, reportedly an adviser to Donald Trump, scanned the contents of a box that had contained classified documents, and saved those digital files to her laptop, which belongs to a political action committee which pays Donald Trump’s legal expenses.

The stunning revelation was tucked away in the footnote of an 87-page court document unsealed by U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell on Tuesday, in response to a separate filing in which Trump’s attorneys are claiming prosecutorial misconduct, according to Politico’s Kyle Cheney who reported the details.

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'No shame': Elise Stefanik criticized for newest attack on Trump's hush money judge

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is stepping up her attacks on New York Judge Juan Merchan, the jurist overseeing former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan, with a formal ethics complaint alleging a conflict of interest.

Stefanik, a close Trump ally and the chair of the House Republican Conference, has made public calls for Merchan to recuse himself from the case, in which Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to conceal hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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