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    Report: Trump Wants This candidate To Hit The Campaign Trail

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    Marine One lifts-off after returning President Donald J. Trump to Mar-a-Lago Friday, March 29, 2019, following his visit to the 143-mile Herbert Hoover Dike near Canal Point, Fla., that surrounds Lake Okeechobee. The visit was part of an infrastructure inspection of the dike, which is part of the Kissimmee-Okeechobee Everglades system, and reduces impacts of flooding for areas of south Florida. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) [Photo Credit: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

    Presumed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has reportedly gotten tired of Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake spending so much time at Mar-a-lago.

    According to a recent Washington Post report, Trump is concerned Lake has focused too much on networking with the Republican elite and not enough on campaigning for a crucial win in the contentious state.

    “At one point last year, after grumbling for months that she was at his Mar-a-Lago Club too often, Trump gently suggested to Lake that she should leave the club and hit the campaign trail in Arizona, according to a person with direct knowledge of his comments,” the Post reporters wrote. “Trump has also asked others if she can really win in Arizona and if she might drag down his own poll numbers as he seeks the presidency again in 2024, advisers said.”

    Trump also privately thinks Lake’s 2022 election fraud claims are full of hot air, according to the report.

    “She didn’t win,” Trump bluntly told a political ally at a Mar-a-Lago dinner earlier this year, according to the Post.

    One other notable Lake moment got the attention of Trump and his inner circle: the incident in which a Lake ally released a tape of former Arizona GOP chair Jeff DeWit appearing to show Lake being offered a bribe to not run for Senate in 2024. The Post reporters described Trump’s reaction to the incident as “more surprised than angry” when he learned about it on the night of the New Hampshire primary in January.

    “She tapes everything?” Trump reportedly asked. “That’s good to know.”

    In a statement sent to the Post defended the MAGA Republican “Kari Lake is a Smart and Fearless Leader who will WIN in Arizona, and help us flip the Senate to Republican control. Kari’s Opponent, Ruben Gallego, is an Open Borders RADICAL, who is BAD on Inflation and SOFT on Terrorists and Crime.”

    Trump Announces 10% Global Tariff While Blasting SCOTUS Ruling

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    President Donald Trump signs Executive Orders, Monday, February 10, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House photo by Abe McNatt)

    President Donald Trump strongly criticised the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision that ruled he does not have the authority to levy sweeping tariffs under a specific emergency powers law, saying he will pursue “alternatives” to tariffs under the emergency law.

    “Other alternatives will now be used to replace the ones that the court incorrectly rejected,” Trump said during a White House press briefing Friday afternoon. “We have alternatives. Great alternatives. Could be more money. We’ll take in more money, and we’ll be a lot stronger for it. We’re taking in hundreds of billions of dollars. We’ll continue to do so.”

    The president also announced he is imposing a 10% “global tariff” following the court’s decision.

    “Today I will sign an order to impose a 10% global tariff under section 122 over and above our normal tariffs already being charged,” Trump said. “And we’re also initiating several section 301 and other investigations to protect our country from unfair trading practices of other countries and companies.”

    The Supreme Court blocked Trump’s tariffs levied under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in what amounts to a consequential test of the executive branch’s authority. 

    Trump called the ruling “deeply disappointing,” saying he was “ashamed” of certain members of the court.

    “I’m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed, for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country,” the president said. “In actuality, I was very modest in my ask of other countries and businesses because… I wanted to be very well-behaved.

    “I didn’t want to do anything that would affect the decision of the court, because I understand the court. I understand how they are very easily swayed. I want to be a good boy. I have very effectively utilized tariffs over the past year to make America great again,” he said.

    This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

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    Trump To Return To New York For $250M Lawsuit One Week After Bombshell Arraignment

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    Donald Trump is heading back to the Big Apple.

    Nearly one week after Trump was charged with 34 felony counts in part of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into alleged hush money payments the third-time White House contender is to return to New York to be deposed in a $250 million civil suit brought by state Attorney General Letitia James (D). 

    “This case is complex, but it is not complicated,” Judge Arthur Engoron said last month of the civil suit. “Essentially, it all boils down to whether (Trump’s) statements of financial interest are true or false.”

    AG James claims Trump and others at his Trump Organization deceived lenders and insurance companies by inflating the value of his assets in order to get loans for his real estate and resort business, then undervaluing them for tax purposes. James is seeking to recover more than $250 million in “ill-gotten gains” and to bar the Trumps from doing business in New York. Engoron has set a trial date of October 2.

    James campaigned on a pledge to prosecute Trump, who she once called an “illegitimate president.” Trump has called James, who is black, a “racist in reverse.”

     “I will never be afraid to challenge this illegitimate president,” James said in a 2018 video during her successful campaign to be attorney general. “I believe that this president is incompetent. I believe that this president is ill-equipped to serve in the highest office of this land. And I believe that he is an embarrassment to all that we stand for.”

    On April 5, the New York grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump for his alleged role in a hush money bribe to adult film star Stormy Daniels amid the 2016 presidential election in DA Alvin Bragg’s yearslong investigation into the real estate mogul.

    Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York opted out of charging Trump related to the Daniels payment in 2019. The Federal Election Commission also tossed its investigation into the matter in 2021.

    On Tuesday, the former President surrendered to the Manhattan Criminal Court for his arraignment

    Widely-Rumored 2028 Democrat Presidential Contender Takes His Name Out of Consideration

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    Madeleine Jackson
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    P0120021CK-1111: President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

    One down…

    Over the weekend, a popular Democrat governor widely believed to be a top 2028 presidential contender officially took his name out of the running.

    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Sunday said he is “not running for president” in ’28 — knocking out one of the top contenders to lead the Democratic ticket, three years before the election.

    Moore, while appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, was asked by host Kristen Welker if he plans on serving a full term if he wins reelection as governor next year. He told Welker he does plan on serving the full four-year term — leading her to clarify that means he is removing himself from the ’28 field.

    “Do you rule out a run for president, governor?” Welker asked him.

    “Yeah, I’m not running for president,” Moore responded.

    She responded: “You rule it out?”

    Moore then told her “Yes, I’m not running for president.”

    At that point, Welker asked him once again to clarify his intentions, asking if he “completely” ruled it out.

    Here is what Moore said:

    “I’m so excited about what we’re doing. That we’ve gone from 43rd in the country in unemployment to now one of the lowest unemployment rates. We’ve had amongst the fastest drops in violent crime anywhere in the United States of America. Our population is growing. Maryland is moving, and so I’m really excited about going back in front of the people of my state and asking for another term.”

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    Last month, Kalshi betting market put Moore at 6% odds to be the party’s nominee — which came in fourth behind California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) at 20%, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) at 15%, and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (D) at 10%. The president site Polymarket also had Moore as a top five contender.

    In 2024, the Maryland Governor faced controversy after falsely claiming to be a Bronze Star recipient on a 2006 White House fellowship application. 

    Moore, who was 27 years old when he applied for the White House position, blamed his Army superiors for the inclusion of the falsehood on the application and said he never corrected the mistake because he was eager to “begin the next phase” of his life, in a statement released after the New York Times reported on the embellishment. 

    “These are the facts,” the Maryland governor wrote in his lengthy statement. “While serving overseas with the Army, I was encouraged to fill out an application for the White House Fellowship by my deputy brigade commander. In fact, he helped me edit it before I sent it in. At the time, he had recommended me for the Bronze Star. He told me to include the Bronze Star award on my application after confirming with two other senior-level officers that they had also signed off on the commendation.” 

    Moore noted that his deputy brigade commander “felt comfortable with instructing me to include the award” on the application because he was under the impression that the medal for heroic or meritorious service had already been “approved by his senior leadership.” 

    “In the military, there is an understanding that if a senior officer tells you that an action is approved, you can trust that as a fact. That is why it was part of the application, plain and simple,” the governor explained. 

    “Towards the end of my deployment, I was disappointed to learn that I hadn’t received the Bronze Star. But I was ready to begin the next phase of my life,” Moore continued. 

    Moore deployed to Afghanistan as a lieutenant with the 82nd Airborne Division in 2005, according to his official governor’s biography. 

    Moore was ultimately awarded the Bronze Star in December 2024 for his deployment to Afghanistan.

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    Judge Grants Trump Permission To Attend Son’s Graduation

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      Photo via Gage Skidmore Flickr

      Former President Donald Trump will be able to attend his son Barron’s high school graduation in May, according to Judge Juan Merchan.

      Merchan, who is presiding over the New York hush Money trial, said Tuesday that Trump would be permitted to attend the May 17 ceremony in lieu of court proceedings. The judge had previously delayed his decision earlier this month on whether Trump would be able to attend the graduation.

      The Hill has more:

      Trump had previously railed against Merchan for delaying the decision, slamming the judge for potentially barring him from attending the event. Under New York state law, Trump is required to attend the entirety of his trial unless he gets special permission from the judge to skip.

      “I was looking forward to that graduation with his mother and father there,” Trump told reporters at the time. “It looks like the judge isn’t going to allow me to escape this scam. It’s a scam trial.”

      Other Republicans and Trump allies also criticized Merchan after he delayed the decision. Another of Trump’s sons, Eric Trump, said earlier this month that the judge “is truly heartless in not letting a father attend his son’s graduation.”


      Trump is being charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to make alleged hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels.

      On Tuesday, Judge Merchan also fined the former President nearly $10,000 for repeatedly violating the gag order barring him from targeting witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, and the judge’s family.

      Trump Reveals First Lady ‘Hates When I Do This’ In Public

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        First Lady Melania Trump participates in the Senate Spouses Luncheon at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 21,2025. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

        President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared a lighthearted moment with Republican lawmakers, revealing that first lady Melania Trump is not a fan of his now-famous campaign rally dance moves—though he made clear that voters seem to feel otherwise.

        Speaking at the House GOP Member Retreat at the Kennedy Center, Trump recounted conversations with the first lady about his tendency to dance onstage at political events, a routine that has become a signature feature of his public appearances.

        “My wife hates when I do this,” Trump said, drawing laughter from the audience.

        “She’s a very classy person, right? She said, ‘It’s so unpresidential.’ I said, ‘but I did become president.’ … She hates when I dance. I said, ‘Everybody wants me to dance.’”

        Trump continued, quoting Melania Trump’s concerns about tradition and decorum.

        “‘Darling, it’s not presidential,’” he said, recounting her words.

        The president’s dancing—often set to the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” or Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.”—became a hallmark of his 2024 campaign rallies. Trump routinely opened or closed events by dancing on stage, usually making a fist, shimming his arms, and pointing toward supporters in the crowd. The moments frequently went viral online and were embraced by supporters as a symbol of Trump’s unfiltered personality and connection with everyday Americans.

        Trump has previously spoken publicly about Melania Trump’s disapproval of the routine. At a 2023 rally in Iowa, he told supporters she had warned him against dancing offstage.

        “She said, ‘Darling, I love you, I love you, but this is not presidential. You don’t dance off the stage. This is not presidential,’” Trump recalled at the time.

        On Tuesday, Trump said the first lady had even invoked historical precedent, arguing that past presidents maintained a more reserved public image.

        “She actually said, ‘Could you imagine FDR dancing,’” Trump told lawmakers.

        Trump responded by acknowledging the contrast between eras, while still defending his approach.

        “There’s a long history that perhaps she doesn’t know because he was an elegant fellow, even as a Democrat,” Trump said of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “He was quite elegant, but he wouldn’t be doing this. But nor would too many others.”

        Still, Trump emphasized that times—and politics—have changed, and that modern voters respond to authenticity more than formality.

        “But she said, ‘Darling, please, the weightlifting is terrible,’” Trump added, referring to another form of physical impersonation he sometimes uses onstage. “And I have to say this, the dancing, they really like.”

        According to Trump, Melania Trump remains unconvinced that audiences genuinely enjoy the performances.

        “She said, ‘They don’t like it. They’re just being nice to you,’” he recalled.

        “I said, ‘That’s not right,’” Trump added.

        The comments came as Trump was discussing broader cultural and political issues, including his criticism of biological males competing in women’s sports—remarks that continue to resonate strongly with his conservative base. Trump has previously noted that the first lady also disapproves of his onstage imitations of weightlifters, which he has used to make points about strength, fairness, and gender differences.

        While Melania Trump may prefer a more traditional presidential image, Trump made clear that he believes his unorthodox approach is part of why millions of Americans continue to support him.

        As he put it plainly: the voters like it—and he’s not stopping anytime soon.

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        Nikki Haley Passes DeSantis in Latest New Hampshire Poll

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        The Republican primary field is shifting…

        A new poll of likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire showed former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley— not Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — running second in the first primary state.

        Haley beat DeSantis 19 percent to 10 percent in a Suffolk University/Boston Globe/USA TODAY survey released on Wednesday morning.

        But they both remain far behind the frontrunner, Donald Trump. The former president leads his Republican rivals with 49 percent support in the poll of 500 likely GOP primary voters that was conducted after the second debate and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.

        But Trump remains immovable atop the field. And no other candidate cracked double digits in the Suffolk/Globe/USA TODAY survey. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie notched 6 percent support, while entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott got roughly 4 percent apiece. Former Vice President Mike Pence and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum trailed even further behind, with just 1 percent each.

        The poll comes days before GOP candidates will descend on New Hampshire next week, starting with the former president on Monday and most of the rest of the field at a weekend cattle call hosted by the state GOP.

        GOP Lt. Governor Suggests Removing Biden From Texas Ballot

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        Joe Biden via Gage Skidmore Flickr

        Republicans want revenge…

        Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick floated removing President Biden from the state’s primary ballot as a response to the Colorado Supreme Court’s shock ruling.

        “Seeing what happened in Colorado tonight … makes me think — except we believe in democracy in Texas — maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border since he’s been president, disrupting our state far more than anything anyone else has done in recent history,” Patrick said in an interview with Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham.

        On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 state ballot, citing the 14th Amendment’s so-called insurrection clause. (RELATED: Colorado Supreme Court Bans Trump From Ballot)

        The 4-3 ruling cited the 14th Amendment and argued Trump was involved in an insurrection by prompting false claims of election fraud and directing his supporters to go toward the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

        Trump’s campaign has vowed to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. 

        Machado Defends Giving Trump Nobel Prize

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        Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado defended her decision to present President Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal during a recent visit to the White House, calling it a gesture of gratitude from the Venezuelan people for U.S. support in their fight for freedom.

        “I already said what I meant and what it means to the Venezuelan people to present President Trump with our gratitude for what he has done,” Machado told independent reporter Nicholas Ballasy on Capitol Hill.

        Machado urges anti-communist unity in the Americas

        Machado was in Washington this week meeting with lawmakers and rallying support for democratic movements across the region. Speaking to reporters, she called for the Western Hemisphere to be “free from communism,” arguing that once Venezuela is liberated, the broader effort will continue.

        After Venezuela is free, she said, “we will keep working and we will have a free Cuba and a free Nicaragua.”

        “This is a historic moment and we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for yes, the commitment, resilience, generosity and courage of the Venezuelan people, but also because we have counted with the support, vision and courage of incredible leaders such as the president of United States, Donald Trump, and members of this honorable Congress,” Machado told reporters.

        A symbolic handoff: “Bolívar” to the “heir of Washington”

        Machado presented the award roughly two weeks after U.S. military forces captured Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and transported him to New York to face criminal charges—an operation that stunned observers across the region and energized Venezuelans demanding democratic change.

        Machado later explained that she told President Trump about a historic symbol of shared liberation between the U.S. and Latin America: a medal featuring President George Washington that Revolutionary War Gen. Marquis de Lafayette gave to Venezuelan revolutionary hero Simón Bolívar.

        “Two hundred years in history, the people of Bolivar are giving back to the heir of Washington a medal, in this case the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize as a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom,” Machado said.

        President Trump later shared photos from the Oval Office showing him holding the framed prize, with Machado standing beside him.

        Nobel Committee pushes back, critics pile on

        Not everyone praised the moment. The Norwegian Nobel Committee emphasized that while a physical medal can change hands, the Nobel honor itself does not.

        “Regardless of what may happen to the medal, the diploma, or the prize money, it is and remains the original laureate who is recorded in history as the recipient of the prize,” the committee stated. “Even if the medal or diploma later comes into someone else’s possession, this does not alter who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”

        Norwegian Labour Party politician Raymond Johansen criticized Trump for accepting the medal, calling it “incredibly embarrassing and damaging.” And Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) also took a shot at the president, saying Trump looked “kind of silly.”

        Trump and the Nobel: longstanding controversy

        Trump has been openly vocal in the past about being passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize, especially after major foreign-policy efforts. He campaigned for it last October, before Machado ultimately won.

        The president also linked the Nobel snub to his thinking about Greenland, according to a text exchange with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

        “Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America,” Trump wrote Støre.

        Trump later softened his remarks while speaking Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and subsequently announced a “framework” for a deal involving the Danish territory.

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        Trump Reacts After Fox News Reporter Asks About Reports He Was Dead

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        President Trump responded to the recent social media frenzy about his health when asked by Fox News’s Peter Doocy about reports he had died.

        Doocy asked Trump if he saw over the weekend that he was dead and replied, “no.”

        He said that he didn’t see speculation swirling on social media that he was having health problems. But, while defending his activity over Labor Day weekend, he said that he had heard about chatter surrounding his health.

        “I have heard, it’s sort of crazy. But last week I did numerous news conferences. All successful, they went very well, like this is going very well and then I didn’t do any for two days and they said, ‘there must be something wrong with him,’” Trump said.

        “Biden wouldn’t do them for months, you wouldn’t see them, and nobody ever said there was ever anything wrong with him and he wasn’t in the greatest of shape,” he added, as Vice President Vance and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) laughed beside him.

        Trump noted that he did a long interview with The Daily Caller, did “numerous shows” and posted on Truth Social over the weekend.

        “No, I was very active over the weekend. They also knew I went out to visit some people at the club that I own pretty nearby on the Potomac River. No, I’ve been very active, actually, over the weekend. I didn’t hear that one. That’s pretty serious stuff,” Trump said.

        He called it “fake news” and said it points to why “the media has so little credibility.”

        “I knew they were saying like, is he okay? How’s he feeling? What’s wrong,” Trump said. “No, I was very active this Labor Day. I had heard that but I didn’t hear it to that extent.”

        The president took a week-long break from public appearances, following a marathon Cabinet meeting last Tuesday. His speech on Tuesday in the Oval Office follows sightings from press pool on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at his golf club in Sterling, Va.

        The lack of interactions with the press led social media users to question if he had died or if he had physically declined, focusing on the appearance of his bruised hands. 

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