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If Trump wasn't running I'm not sure I'd be running, says Biden to donors

President Joe Biden told campaign donors Tuesday that he wasn't sure he'd be running for reelection if Donald Trump wasn't also in the race, warning that democracy is more at risk in 2024 and that the former president and his allies are out to destroy democratic institutions. The president was using a trio of fundraisers to caution against what might happen should his predecessor again claim control of the White House, noting that Trump has described himself as his supporters' retribution and has vowed to root out vermin in the country. We've got to get it done, not because of me. ... If Trump wasn't running I'm not sure I'd be running. We cannot let him win, Biden said, hitting the last words slowly for emphasis. Biden's forceful rhetoric came as Trump, the current GOP front-runner, who tried to overturn the 2020 election he lost and is facing criminal charges connected to those efforts, attempted over the weekend to turn the tables by calling Biden the destroyer of American ...

Former President Trump slams Biden, calls him destroyer of democracy

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday attempted to turn the tables on his likely rival in November, President Joe Biden, arguing that the man whose election victory Trump tried to overturn is the destroyer of American democracy. Trump's allegations about Biden, a Democrat, echo the ones that Biden has been making for years against his predecessor. As Trump has dominated the Republican presidential primary and talked about targeting his rivals and the news media if he wins the White House again, Biden has stepped up his own warnings, contending Trump is determined to destroy American democracy. On Saturday, Trump made his most explicit argument to date on why voters should instead see his rival as the bigger democratic threat. Trump repeated his longstanding contention that the four criminal indictments against him show Biden is misusing the federal justice system against his rival. He's been weaponizing government against his political opponents like a Third World political ...

Donald Trump denied immunity against US election subversion charges

Trump's "four-year service as Commander in Chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens," the judge wrote

Haley argues Trump always followed by 'chaos' before large Carolina crowd

Nikki Haley argued former president Donald Trump causes too much chaos to be successful in a second White House term, reiterating her argument about the GOP front-runner at a large town hall in her home state of South Carolina. The former governor and United Nations ambassador on Monday drew the largest crowd of her primary campaign so far as she tries to close the gap with Trump just weeks before the Iowa caucuses kick off the Republican nominating calendar. Haley invoked her former boss saying, as she has before, that she believes Trump was "the right president at the right time" but that the time is now right for a new generation in US leadership. "I agree with a lot of his policies, but the truth is, rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him," Haley said. "We have too much division in this country, and too many threats around the world to be sitting in chaos once again." About 2,500 people attended the event at a satellite campus of the University of South Carolina along the state'

Trump hints at expanded role for military within US to tackle unrest

Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states. Calling New York City and Chicago crime dens, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination told his audience, The next time, I'm not waiting. One of the things I did was let them run it and we're going to show how bad a job they do, he said. Well, we did that. We don't have to wait any longer. Trump has not spelled out precisely how he might use the military during a second term, although he and his advisers have suggested they would have wide latitude to call up units. While deploying the military regularly within the country's borders would be a departure from tradition, the former president already has signalled an aggressive agenda if he wins, from mass deportations to travel bans imposed on certain Muslim-majority countries. A law first crafted in the nation's infancy would give Trump as

Netherlands election winner is anti-Islam firebrand known as Dutch Trump

He's been called the Dutch Donald Trump. He's been threatened with death countless times by Islamic extremists, convicted of insulting Moroccans and Britain once banned him from entering the country. Now Geert Wilders has won a massive victory in a Dutch election and is in pole position to form the next ruling coalition and possibly become the Netherlands' next prime minister. An exit poll revealing his landslide appeared to take even 60-year-old political veteran Wilders by surprise. In his first reaction, posted in a video on X, he spread his arms wide, put his face in his hands and said simply "35!" -- the number of seats an exit poll forecast his Party for Freedom, or PVV, won in the 150-seat lower house of parliament. Wilders, with his fiery tongue has long been one of the Netherlands' best-known lawmakers at home and abroad. His populist policies and shock of peroxide blond hair have drawn comparisons with Trump. But, unlike Trump, he seemed destined to spend his life in ...

Appeals court to decide whether to reinstate gag order against Trump

A federal appeals court is hearing arguments on Monday on whether to reinstate a gag order against Donald Trump in the federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith's team will urge a three-judge panel of the Washington-based appeals court to put back in place an order barring the former president from making inflammatory statements about lawyers in the case and potential witnesses. The prosecutors say those restrictions are necessary to prevent Trump from undermining confidence in the court system and intimidating people who may be called to testify against him. Defence lawyers have called the gag order an unconstitutional muzzling of Trump's free speech rights and say prosecutors have presented no evidence to support the idea that his words have caused harm or made anyone feel threatened. The gag order is one of multiple contentious issues being argued ahead of the landmark March 2024

US election: Trump energises campaign after Colorado ballot case win

Former President Donald Trump celebrated a win in a closely watched election case during a return visit to Iowa Saturday, where he blasted his political foes and encouraged his supporters to not move past their grievances with President Joe Biden. A Colorado judge Friday rejected an effort to keep the GOP front-runner off the state's primary ballot, concluding that Trump had engaged in insurrection during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol but that it was unclear whether a Civil War-era constitutional amendment barring insurrectionists from public office applied to the presidency. It was Trump's latest win following rulings in similar cases in Minnesota and Michigan. Trump, campaigning in west-central Iowa, called the decision "a gigantic court victory" as he panned what he called "an outrageous attempt to disenfranchise millions of voters by getting us thrown off the ballot." "Our opponents are showing every day that they hate democracy," he charged before a crowd of abo

Judge denies Trump's request for mistrial in his New York civil fraud case

The judge in Donald Trump's civil fraud case denied his bid for a mistrial, rejecting claims from the former president's lawyers that the proceedings are infected with political bias. On Thursday, Trump's lawyers urged Judge Arthur Engoron to stop the case immediately, arguing he had irreparably harmed Trump's right to a fair trial through astonishing departures from ordinary standards of impartiality. They cited his rulings against their client, the prominent role of the judge's chief law clerk, the clerk's political donations, and the judge's sharing of articles about the case with fellow high school alumni. My principal law clerk does not make rulings or issue orders I do, Engoron wrote, adding that my rulings are mine, and mine alone. As for publishing a high school newsletter in which he has included links to articles about himself and the case, none of this has anything to do with, much less does it interfere with, my presiding fairly, impartially, and professionally over th

Judge lifts gag order that barred Donald Trump from maligning court staff

A New York appeals court judge has paused a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting on court staffers in his civil fraud trial. The trial judge had imposed the gag order last month and later fined Trump USD 15,000 for violations after the former president made a disparaging social media post about a court clerk. In his decision, Judge David Friedman of the state's intermediate appeals court cited constitutional concerns about restricting Trump's free speech. He issued a stay of the gag order, allowing Trump to comment freely about court staff while a longer appeals process plays out. Trump's lawyers filed a lawsuit against the trial judge, Arthur Engoron, late Wednesday challenging the gag order as an abuse of power. Friedman scheduled an emergency hearing Thursday afternoon around a conference table in a state appellate courthouse a couple of miles from where the trial is unfolding. Trump's lawyers had asked the appeals judge to scrap the gag order and fines imposed by

Donald Trump echoed Nazis with the use of word 'vermin', says Joe Biden

Biden said Trump's comments echoed language heard in Nazi Germany in the 1930's.

'Fundamental ideological divide' with Haley, says prez candidate Ramaswamy

Indian-American biotech entrepreneur presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has said that he has a "fundamental ideological divide" with his Republican rival Nikki Haley who represents an older generation in the party. Both Haley and Ramaswamy have clashed publicly during the last two of the three Republican primary debates. I think there's a fundamental ideological divide. She represents an older generation of Republicans, Ramaswamy, 38, told Fox News in an interview on Monday about the 51-year-old former governor of South Carolina. She talks a lot about how we need a new generation of leadership. I agree with her. It's just that she's on the wrong side of that generational divide, taking us back to the Dick Cheney era, pointless wars that wasted USD 7 trillion of national debt that we accumulated, thousands of America's sons and daughters of lives sacrificed, people my age, Ramaswamy said. That's a mistake. I think that anybody who has made money off those wars, people who have b

US election: Nikki Haley's presidential bid gains traction, Trump leads

The 2024 presidential election campaign of Indian-American politician Nikki Haley seems to have gained momentum as several key donors from rival camps have switched to her side as she announced a USD 10 million media blitz in the early primary states of New Hampshire and Iowa, hoping to further propel the momentum. Former US President Donald Trump, however, continues to be the most popular leader in the Republican Party with an approval rating of over 60 per cent. Florida Governor comes second with nearly 14 per cent. But his popularity, which once was earlier in the 30s, has been declining over the past few months. On the other hand, riding on her impressive performances in the Republican presidential debates, Haley's popularity has been on the upswing with her approval rating now crossing double digits. Over the past week, several donors from the rival camps have moved to her side. Prominent among them include Harlan Crow and Bruce Kovner of Caxton Alternative Management. Ken ...

Trump Jr. returning to stand as defence looks to undercut fraud claims

Foiled in their longshot bid for an early verdict, Donald Trump's lawyers will start calling witnesses of their own Monday in the New York civil fraud trial that threatens the former president's real estate empire. First up: Donald Trump Jr., who'll be returning to the witness stand two weeks after state lawyers quizzed him during a major stretch of the trial that also featured testimony from his father and siblings Eric and Ivanka Trump. Trump's oldest son, a Trump Organization executive vice president, originally testified on November 1 and 2. He said he never worked on the annual financial statements at the heart of New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit. He said he relied on the company's longtime finance chief and outside accounts to verify their accuracy. James alleges Donald Trump, his company and executives including Eric and Donald Jr. exaggerated his wealth by billions of dollars on financial statements given to banks, insurers and others. The documents were used

Trump's plans if he returns to White House include raids, tariffs, firings

A mass deportation operation. A new Muslim ban. Tariffs on all imported goods and "freedom cities" built on federal land. Much of the 2024 presidential campaign has been dominated by the myriad investigations into former President Donald Trump and the subsequent charges against him. But with less than a year until Election Day, Trump is dominating the race for the Republican nomination and has already laid out a sweeping set of policy goals should he win a second term. His ideas, and even the issues he focuses on most, are wildly different from President Joe Biden's proposals. If implemented, Trump's plans would represent a dramatic government overhaul arguably more consequential than that of his first term. His presidency, especially the early days, was marked by chaos, infighting and a wave of hastily written executive orders that were quickly overturned by the courts. Some of his current ideas would probably end up in court or impeded by Congress. But Trump's campaign and allied

Trump's rivals clash at debate but do little to dent his lead in US race

"He said Republicans were gonna get tired of winning," DeSantis said. "Well, we saw last night - I'm sick of Republicans losing!"

Donald Trump's lawyers mount long-shot bid to toss NY fraud lawsuit

It is not clear when Engoron will rule on their request. The trial is expected to continue through mid-December if the motion is denied

Ivanka says she wasn't involved in documents central to her father's trial

Ivanka Trump testified on Wednesday that she had no role in her father's personal financial statements, echoing her adult brothers about documents central to the civil fraud trial that could reshape Donald Trump's family business. The former president's elder daughter, who has been in his inner circle in both business and politics, rounds out a major stretch in the trial. Her father took the stand on Monday, and her brothers Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. testified last week. Unlike her father and brothers, Ivanka Trump is no longer a defendant in New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit. It alleges that Donald Trump's asset values were fraudulently pumped up for years on annual statements of financial condition that helped him get loans and insurance. I wasn't involved in his statement of financial condition, Ivanka Trump, a former executive vice president at the family's Trump Organisation, told the court during even-tempered testimony that provided a counterpoint to her

Donald Trump fraud trial: Ivanka to testify in case probing family business

Her father gave caustic testimony. Her brothers each spent more than a day on the witness stand. Now it's Ivanka Trump's turn to face questioning in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into the family business. Ex-President Donald Trump's eldest daughter, who has been in his inner circle in both business and politics, is due on the stand Wednesday, after trying unsuccessfully to block her testimony. Unlike her father and her brothers, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., she is no longer a defendant in New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit. James alleges that Donald Trump's asset values were fraudulently pumped up for years on financial statements that helped him get loans and insurance. The non-jury trial will decide allegations of conspiracy, insurance fraud and falsifying business records but Judge Arthur Engoron already has resolved the lawsuit's top claim by ruling that Trump engaged in fraud. That decision came with provisions that could strip the ex-preside

Highlights of Trump's hours on witness stand at his NY civil fraud trial

Donald Trump went off. Again and again. Making the witness stand at his civil fraud trial his podium, the former president laid into the judge who'll decide the case and the New York attorney general who's suing him. During 3 hours of testimony on Monday, the Republican denied Attorney General Letitia James' allegations that he duped banks by exaggerating his wealth on financial statements used to make deals and secure loans. There was no victim. There was no anything," he said. He bragged about his riches, saying he has a lot of cash" and described one of the grown sons he put in charge of his company as a hard working boy." He said of his priorities while president: "My threshold was China, Russia and keeping our country safe." Trump's often verbose responses replete with anecdotes about development projects, the intricacies of property valuations and complaints that he was a victim of a political witch hunt led a frustrated Judge Arthur Engoron to warn: This is not a political