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Trump took $7.8 mn in foreign cash while in office. He'd do it again

Latching on to either of those arguments to let Trump off the hook would be a mistake

How 2016 US election could factor into Trump's 2020 race overturning case

To hear his lawyers tell it, Donald Trump was alarmed by Russia's interference in the 2016 election, motivated as president to focus on cybersecurity and had a good-faith basis four years later to worry that foreign actors had again meddled in the race. But to federal prosecutors, 2016 is significant as the year that Trump spread misinformation about voter fraud and proved himself resistant to accepting the outcome of elections that might not go his way. Even though a trial set for next year in Washington is centred on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, lawyers on both sides have signalled their desire for totally different purposes to draw attention to the tumultuous presidential contest four years earlier as a way to help explain his state of mind after his loss to Democrat Joe Biden. When we're talking about someone's belief or mental state, there is usually no one piece of evidence that is dispositive, said David Aaron, a former Justice Department national security

Biden dings Trump on infra, while showcasing $8 bn for major rail projects

President Joe Biden went to Las Vegas on Friday to say he's "putting high-speed rail on the fast track," and he used the moment to blast Donald Trump his predecessor and likely 2024 challenger as a do-nothing politician. "Trump just talks the talk. We walk the walk," Biden said at a hall for unionized carpenters. "He likes to say America is a failing nation. Frankly, he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. I see shovels in the ground, cranes in the sky. People hard at work rebuilding America together." The president showcased USD 8.2 billion in new federal funding for 10 major passenger rail projects across the country. He also emphasized the fundamental differences between Trump and himself, a sign that his policy speeches are taking an ever greater political bent with the election now roughly 11 months away. The Democrat said Trump "failed" to deliver on his promises to invest in US infrastructure. Biden countered that his rail funding could help to connect Las Vegas t

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

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

Trump pleads not guilty to charges that he tried to overturn 2020 polls

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 presidential election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately failed attempt to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power. Trump appeared before a magistrate judge in Washington's federal courthouse two days after being indicted on four felony counts by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith. The charges accuse him of trying to subvert the will of voters and undo his election loss in the days before January 6, 2021, when supporters stormed the US Capitol in a violent and bloody clash with law enforcement. Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner, is facing charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruct Congress' certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory. His appearance Thursday, and the rest of the court case, will unfold in a courthouse blocks in clear view of th

Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against CNN over 'the Big Lie' dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN in which the former US president claimed that references in news articles or by the network's hosts to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as the Big Lie was tantamount to comparing him to Adolf Hitler. Trump had been seeking punitive damages of USD 475 million in the federal lawsuit filed last October in South Florida, claiming the references hurt his reputation and political career. Trump is a candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination in what is his third run for the presidency. US District Judge Raag Singhal, who was appointed by Trump, said on Friday in his ruling that the former president's defamation claims failed because the references were opinions and not factual statements. Moreover, it was a stretch to believe that, in viewers' minds, that phrase would connect Trump's efforts challenging the 2020 election results to Nazi propaganda or Hitler's genocidal and authoritarian regime, the jud

Trump's lawyers fight to view classified evidence in Mar A Lago trial

Prosecutors described difficulties in obtaining an order defining guidelines for how the defendants and their attorneys will handle classified material in the case in a late Thursday filing

'Not far from nuclear WW3': Trump takes courtroom scowl to 2024 pitch

'US going to hell. Only crime I committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it'

"Only crime I've committed...": Trump's first remarks following arraignment

Addressing his supporters hours after he was arraigned, Donald Trump said that the only crime he has committed is fearlessly defending his country

Donald Trump to appear in New York court today: What happens next?

Donald Trump has denied all wrongdoings in connection with the payments made to Stormy Daniels, 44, ahead of the 2016 presidential election

Why has Donald Trump been indicted and can he run for 2024 elections?

With his indictment on Friday, Trump has become the first former US president to face criminal charges

National Labour Board rules Tesla must let workers wear union clothing

The National Labor Relations Board has reversed a Trump-era decision by finding that Tesla can't stop factory employees from wearing clothing with union insignias while on the job. The board, in a 3-2 decision released Monday, overruled a 2019 NLRB decision involving Walmart and union clothing. The board wrote that a 1945 Supreme Court decision established the precedent for allowing the clothing. It ordered Tesla to stop enforcing an overly broad uniform policy that effectively stops production workers at Tesla's Fremont, California, factory from wearing black shirts with the United Auto Workers union's logo. The board said by ruling against Tesla, it reaffirmed a longstanding precedent that it is presumptively unlawful for employers to restrict union clothing without special circumstances that justify the ban. The board majority determined that Tesla failed to establish any special circumstances that would allow banning the UAW clothing. The board reaffirms that any attempt to ..

Biden sent Gasoline prices soaring long before Ukraine: Trump

National fuel prices in the US have been surging for the past month amid the Russian special military operation in Ukraine and a cascade of sanctions imposed on Moscow that followed it.

Ex-prosecutor: Donald Trump 'guilty of numerous felony violations'

A prosecutor who had been leading a criminal investigation into Trump before quitting, said in his resignation letter that he believes the former president is guilty of numerous felony violations.

Pence hits Trump: No room in Republican Party 'for apologists for Putin'

Pence, according to excerpts of a speech he will give Friday evening to the party's top donors in New Orleans, will take on those in his party who have failed to forcefully condemn Putin

January 6 panel plans contempt vote as Trump sues over probe

Trump is aggressively trying to block the committee's work by directing former White House aide Steve Bannon not to answer questions in the probe

Trump acquitted in second impeachment trial, blasts 'greatest witch hunt'

Seven Republican senators join with Democrats and independents in finding former president guilty on the single impeachment count.

Judge: Eric Trump must testify in New York investigation before election

Eric Trump must testify in a New York investigation into the family's businesses before the November presidential election

Trump shares edited Baahubali video, says eager to meet friends in India

Along with the tweet, Trump retweeted an 81-second video by a Twitter account identified as "Sol" with the handle Solmemes1