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After Talk With Trump, McCarthy May Be OK

Ex-president does not appear to be upset with House minority leader, reports 'Washington Post'

(Newser) - The headline in Politico Playbook says it all: "Is Kevin McCarthy toast?" The reference is to the revelation made by the New York Times that McCarthy told fellow House GOP leaders he planned to call then-President Trump and recommend he resign in the aftermath of the Capitol riot. It'...

Audio Clip on Trump Appears to Contradict McCarthy's Claim

He talks about calling then-president after Capitol riot to recommend Trump resign

(Newser) - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy might be in some hot water politically over a newly released audio clip. On Thursday morning, the New York Times reported that McCarthy told other House GOP leaders a few days after the Capitol riot that he would call then-President Trump and encourage him to...

Trump Team Denies He Stormed Out of Piers Morgan Interview

Clip was deceptively edited, communications chief says

(Newser) - TalkTV, Rupert Murdoch's new TV channel in the UK, is calling it "the most explosive interview of the year"—and even a promo clip of Piers Morgan's interview with former President Trump is controversial. The trailer, titled "Donald Trump walks out on Piers Morgan,"...

Biden, Democrats May Be 'Sleepwalking Into Disaster'

One analyst sees possibility of Trump victory, coupled with veto-proof GOP Senate majority

(Newser) - President Biden is telling confidantes—including former President Obama—that he plans to run for reelection, reports the Hill . The story quotes an anonymous insider who says that Biden, despite cratering poll numbers , believes he is the only Democrat who would be able to defeat former President Trump. "He'...

GOP Quits Debates, Calls Commission Biased
GOP Pulls Out of Future Debates
Apr 14, 2022 7:08 PM CDT

GOP Pulls Out of Future Debates

Party wants changes in presidential campaign events after Trump complained

(Newser) - The Republican National Committee had been warning for months about no longer participating in the presidential debates organized by the commission that's held them since 1988. Spurred on by former President Donald Trump, Republicans have picked up their criticism of the Commission on Presidential Debates as biased toward Democrats,...

Jury Convicts Rioter Who Blamed Trump

Defense argued Dustin Thompson was unemployed and vulnerable to conspiracy theories

(Newser) - An Ohio man who testified he was "following presidential orders" from Donald Trump when he stormed the US Capitol was convicted Thursday of obstructing Congress from certifying Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory. A federal jury also found Dustin Byron Thompson, 38, guilty of stealing a coat rack from...

Trump Makes First Big Investment in GOP Race

Former president's PAC sends $500K to help David Perdue in Georgia

(Newser) - For the first time, former President Donald Trump’s political operation has invested in a candidate's midterm election campaign. Trump’s Save America PAC sent $500,000 to a super PAC working to defeat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, whom the former president has wanted out of office since he...

Fiona Hill's Comments Don't Sit Well With Trump

Former adviser accused him of 'pulling a Putin' on Jan. 6

(Newser) - In an interview with the New York Times Magazine , Fiona Hill —a specialist on Russia and Vladimir Putin who advised presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump—offered critiques of all three former leaders. For example, she remembers that she "winced" when Obama defied advice and publicly...

Trump&#39;s Dr. Oz Endorsement Is Proving Controversial
Trump's Dr. Oz Endorsement
Is Proving Controversial
the rundown
Apr 12, 2022 8:21 AM CDT

Trump's Dr. Oz Endorsement Is Proving Controversial

Criticism is rampant among the former president's supporters

(Newser) - Over the weekend, former President Trump endorsed Mehmet Oz —better known to Americans as Dr. Oz—in the GOP Senate primary in Pennsylvania. But this endorsement is shaping up to be a relatively controversial one among Trump supporters, many of whom favored a rival candidate named David McCormick. A...

Trump Endorses Big Name in a Big Race

Former president backs Dr. Oz for Senate seat in Pennsylvania

(Newser) - Donald Trump has issued his endorsement in a close Senate race, and the name is a familiar one. The former president said he's backing Mehmet Oz—aka the TV celebrity known as Dr. Oz—in Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary.
  • Endorsement: "Dr. Oz is Pro-Life, very strong on
...

New York AG Wants Trump Held in Contempt

Attorney General Letitia James says he should be fined $10K a day for failure to turn over records

(Newser) - New York's attorney general is calling for former President Trump to be fined $10,000 a day until he hands over requested documents. Letitia James asked a state court Thursday to hold Trump in contempt, accusing him of failure to comply with a court order to submit documents related...

Trump: I Regret Not Marching to the Capitol

Former president blames Nancy Pelosi for not containing the day's violence

(Newser) - Donald Trump tells the Washington Post he wanted to march to the Capitol with his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, but Secret Service wouldn't allow it. "I would have gone there in a minute," he says in the interview. Trump criticized the violence that ensued and, as...

Ivanka Trump Confirms Talks With Jan. 6 Panel
Ivanka Trump Testifies
Before Jan. 6 Panel
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Apr 5, 2022 7:45 PM CDT

Ivanka Trump Testifies Before Jan. 6 Panel

'She's answering questions,' says House committee's chairman

(Newser) - Update: Ivanka Trump, who spent much of Jan. 6, 2021 with father Donald Trump, testified Tuesday before the House panel investigating the Capitol riot. Sources tell Reuters that the former senior White House adviser testified for around eight hours. Her husband, Jared Kushner, spoke to the panel last week. "...

Trump Utters 5 Interesting Words in Call With Historians

'I didn't win the election,' he says at one point

(Newser) - In an online meeting with historians, Donald Trump uttered a string of words that has raised some eyebrows: "I didn't win the election," he said at one point in the wide-ranging discussion, reports the Guardian . The newspaper begins its story about all this with the line, "...

GOP Governor: Jokes About 'Crazy' Trump Were Just Jokes

Sununu says critics need to 'lighten up'

(Newser) - Some Republicans aren't happy with Chris Sununu for poking fun at "crazy" Donald Trump during a Washington, DC, event over the weekend, but the New Hampshire governor says his critics need to lighten up. At the annual Gridiron Dinner's triumphant return after two years off during the...

Book Names Biden's Pick as the World's Most Dangerous Man

Comments about Fox News owner are the president's first on the record

(Newser) - President Biden has never commented publicly on Rupert Murdoch. Now there's evidence of what he's been thinking all along about the owner of Fox News. A new book says the president referred to Murdoch last year as "the most dangerous man in the world," the Hill...

Reports: Execs Abandoning Trump's Truth Social App

Reuters says chief technology officer has joined the exodus from project

(Newser) - Another big setback for Donald Trump's troubled Truth Social app: Sources tell Reuters that two senior execs, including one considered the "brains" behind the technology, have resigned from the venture. Chief technology officer Josh Adams and product development chief Billy Boozer have quit, and if "Josh has...

Sarah Palin Picks Up a Big Endorsement

Trump backs her run for Congress in Alaska, though she faces a tough race

(Newser) - More than 50 people have signed up to run for a vacant congressional seat in Alaska, but only one now has the endorsement of Donald Trump: That would be Sarah Palin, who announced on Friday that she hopes to fill the seat of the late Don Young . On Sunday, the...

Trump's Photo Book a 'Slap in the Face' to WH Photographer

Trump was to write foreword for Shealah Craighead's book; then he put out his own

(Newser) - Since the Reagan presidency, official White House photographers have capped off their stints at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with a photo book, sometimes complete with a foreword from their former bosses. But when it came time for Donald Trump to leave the Oval Office, "the plan by his chief photographer,...

Clinton Campaign, DNC Fined Over Steele Dossier

FEC found they misreported spending on opposition research as 'legal services'

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee will pay for their alleged violation of campaign finance laws related to the infamous Steele dossier. The DNC has been fined $105,000 and the Clinton campaign has been fined $8,000 for not properly disclosing opposition research on...

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