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'Misery, destruction and death': Trump's grim image of world in which U.S. is not 'feared'

Donald Trump compared life under President Joe Biden to a dystopian hell in a social media post dripping in dramatic imagery Friday.

The former president — who presided over the deaths of 425,000 Americans from COVID-19, nearly 20 percent of all worldwide deaths in his final 10 months in office — complained the world had become a grim and dismal place since he was replaced by Biden in January 2021.

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'Please save me eyes': Terrified-looking puppy next to smiling MTG sparks flood of concern

Blink twice, puppy, and X will come save you from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

A seemingly terrified pup in the clutches of a young Republican and next to the MAGA firebrand appears in a photo that went viral on social media this week — and got an outpouring of concern.

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Lawyer tries to silence Fani Willis' dad as he describes threats that drove her from home

Lawyers for Donald Trump's co-defendant objected Friday when the father of Fani Willis testified about the racist threats that drove the Fulton County district attorney from her home.

John Floyd testified Friday morning that he had lived with his daughter until early 2021, about a month after she was sworn in as district attorney, until a crowd gathered outside their home and shouted racist and misogynist slurs around the time she opened her investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn his election loss in Georgia.

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'Real questions': Dems demand probe into Comer after his witness charged with lying to FBI

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer's (R-KY) investigation of President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden suffered a major blow Thursday when Alexander Smirnov — who Comer had been touting as a key witness — was charged with lying to the FBI.

In response, some Democrats in Congress are demanding answers and calling for Comer's probe to end immediately.

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Fani Willis' first pick for Trump prosecutor said no: 'Wasn't gonna live with bodyguards'

Former Georgia governor Roy Barnes refused to be the special prosecutor in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willi’s election racketeering case against Donald Trump because he didn’t want to spend the rest of his life in mortal peril, he testified Friday.

Barnes, Willis’ first choice for special prosecutor, testified at an evidentiary hearing challenging Willis’ fitness to prosecute Trump on the grounds that her personal relationship with the attorney she ultimately hired, Nathan Wade.

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Trump to unveil national abortion ban plans after locking down GOP nomination: report

Former President Donald Trump has been reluctant to weigh in on the topic of abortion as he reportedly fears that endorsing anything short of a near-total ban could alienate his hardcore Christian followers.

The New York Times reports, however, that he will come out in favor of a 16-week nationwide abortion ban after he locks down the Republican Party presidential nomination later this year.

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Joe Manchin rules out White House run: report

Sen. Joe Manchin (R-WV) will reportedly announce that he will not seek the presidency despite being courted by centrist organization No Labels to potentially serve as their nominee.

NBC News reports that Manchin will make his announcement on Friday, which has come after months of him testing the waters for a third-party bid.

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Republican hit by backlash after comparing Trump to dead Putin critic Alexei Navalny

New York Republican Lee Zeldin drew backlash Friday for comparing the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny to Donald Trump, saying that Democrats are doing to the former president what Vladimir Putin is suspected of doing to Navalny.

The Putin critic was found dead in his prison cell, Russian media announced Friday. The cause of death has not been revealed, but several western officials and Kremlin critics were quick to suggest he's been killed.

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‘Putin killed Navalny’: World leaders, experts ‘crystal clear’ on Kremlin critic’s death

Political leaders in the U.S. and around the world are expressing outrage at the death of Alexei Navalny, the 47-year old top Kremlin critic widely regarded as a Russian political prisoner who died just one day after appearing on camera from an Arctic Circle jail, reportedly "looking well and laughing during a court hearing."

"Navalny was serving a 19-year jail term on charges widely considered politically motivated," the BBC reports. "He was moved to one of Russia's toughest penal colonies late last year."

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Critics pounce after Mike Pence says 'no room' for Putin apologists in GOP

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday came out with a stirring defense of the late Russian dissident Alexey Navalny, but many critics suggested he was overlooking a particularly large elephant in the room.

Writing on Twitter, Pence wrote that, "There is no room in the Republican Party for apologists for Putin" before adding "RIP Alexey Navalny."

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'Documents don't lie': Legal experts applaud Manhattan DA’s 'powerful' case against Trump

This week brought more than one bombshell in former President Donald Trump's legal problems.

During an evidentiary hearing in an Atlanta courtroom, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified on her romantic relationship with fellow prosecutor Nathan Wade — forcefully arguing that it was a distraction from the reason for the RICO prosecution: Trump and his allies' efforts to "steal an election."

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‘Boss Trump’ is a mobster finally facing the music: new book

“Insurrectionist-in-Chief.”

“Racketeer-in-Chief.”

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'Put up or shut up': Analyst says Trump lawyers 'haven't delivered' goods on Fani Willis

CNN's Elie Honig wasn't persuaded by evidence presented at a court hearing that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from prosecuting Donald Trump.

The Georgia prosecutor and special investigator Nathan Wade, whose romantic relationship is at the center of the ongoing hearing, each testified Thursday that their personal affair began after he was hired to be on her team handling the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 18 of his co-defendants.

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