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'It's just too cold': Trump HQ tells Fox News Iowa supporters are staying home

Donald Trump's campaign headquarters in Iowa told Fox News correspondent Grady Trimble they are struggling to turn out some voters because of the cold weather.

"So we're outside of the Trump campaign's HQ," Trimble told Fox News host Martha MacCallum. "Inside, the volunteers have been working the lines trying to drum up support for the former president, but I can tell you, Martha, from the volunteers I've talked to, they did hear from people who said I'd love to caucus for the former president, but it's just too cold."

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Trump using Fani Willis allegations as weapon to 'try this case in public': Ex-prosecutor

Newly emerged allegations about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hiring a pre-existing romantic partner to a special counsel position in the election conspiracy case against former President Donald Trump are unlikely to derail the case as a matter of procedural or technical merits, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner told MSNBC's Chris Jansing on Monday — but that doesn't mean Trump won't try to use it as a weapon to confuse and misdirect the public.

This comes as Willis has finally spoken publicly on the matter, defending prosecutor Nathan Wade's qualifications and professionalism but neither confirming nor denying any romantic involvement with him or addressing concerns that they profited from his appointment.

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'In what world?' CNN host destroys North Dakota governor for endorsement of Donald Trump

A North Dakota Republican struggled to explain why he'd suddenly thrown his support behind Donald Trump’s presidential campaign Monday.

“It's a binary choice,” Gov. Doug Burgum told Phil Mattingly. “President Trump is going to win the Republican nomination.”

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Ex-head of U.K.'s intelligence service warns Trump election would put nation in danger

The former head of the UK's secret intelligence service has warned the election of Donald Trump in 2024 could put Britain at risk.

Sir Richard Dearlove, who headed MI6 between 1999 and 2004, told Sky News that Trump coming back to the White House would be "problematic" for the UK's national security due to his longstanding criticism of NATO.

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'So moronic': Pro-Trump activist sparks fury with attack on MLK Jr.

As Americans around the world commemorated Martin Luther King Day, right-wing activist Charlie Kirk took to X to mark the occasion by condemning the civil rights activist — and those who honor him.

"Who was MLK? A myth has been created and it has grown totally out of control," he wrote. "While he was alive most people disliked him, yet today he is the most honored, worshipped, even deified person of the 20th century. Today we are going to tell the truth and explain how this myth was born. Happy Monday."

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Ex-MAGA activist tries to explain away racism of Trump's base: 'Mostly good people'

A former MAGA activist wants you to know the party he fled isn’t racist, they’ve just been “led astray.”

Rich Logis, a former right wing pundit now dedicated to dismantling the Make America Great Again movement, published a Salon piece on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in defense of the people he’d like to see leave their political fold.

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Trump played rival as 'a weapon of mass destruction to destroy DeSantis': report

Now that former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has firmly overtaken Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to be Donald Trump's chief rival, the former president has been ramping up his attacks against her.

This is a contrast from last year when Trump was mostly happy to ignore Haley — and, according to a new report from Rolling Stone, this was part of a deliberate strategy.

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'Clearly a threat': Specter of Trump second coming looms over meeting of global elites

The specter of a second Donald Trump presidency is looming over the World Economic Forum in Davos.

World leaders gathered for the annual forum this week in the Swiss Alps, where power brokers expressed concerns that Trump appears destined to win the Republican presidential nomination and potentially be re-elected to a second term, reported Politico.

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‘Staggering refusal to govern’: Mike Johnson sparks fury for tying border fix to Trump win

Speaker Mike Johnson is under fire once again after saying House Republicans "can't" support a solution addressing the border until either Donald Trump or another Republican is elected to the White House.

Johnson reportedly made his remarks on a Sunday evening call with House Republicans, saying he will not accept the Senate border deal crafted by U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) with the support of Senate GOP Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

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Mike Lindell baffled as Fox News claims non-payment: 'We're well within our credit limits'

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell argued that Fox News refuses to air his advertisements because he hired former employee Lou Dobbs.

Last week, Lindell said Fox News had "canceled" his ads and admitted that he owes the company $7.8 million.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out after Fani Willis says she's 'filled with hate'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) blasted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over a church speech that accused the lawmaker of being "filled with hate."

While speaking on the War Room podcast with Steve Bannon, Greene responded to remarks Willis made a day earlier at Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta.

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Trump rival's attempt to court MAGA voter goes off the rails: 'He called me a paid actor!'

Vivek Ramaswamy has tried to garner support from conspiracy theorists in recent weeks — but he's had little to show for it, as his polling numbers have remained stagnant.

In fact, The Dispatch reports that Ramaswamy's efforts to court one conspiracy-minded Iowa voter backfired massively after the voter confronted him for making illogical claims in his campaign pitch.

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Trump loses key lawyer as cases against ex-president loom: report

A key attorney on Donald Trump’s legal team has withdrawn from two New York Court cases, one a criminal trial tied to porn star hush money accusations and the second a civil defamation trial appeal, a new report shows.

Joseph Tacopina will no longer represent the former president in the falsified business records case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, tentatively slated to begin in March, according to the New York Times report.

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