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Trump Asks Appeals Court to Dismiss Election-Interference Case
24Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Trump Asks Appeals Court to Dismiss Election-Interference Case

WASHINGTON—Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court late Saturday to throw out the case that he illegally sought to undo his 2020 election loss, reiterating his argument that those efforts fell within the ambit of his official duties as president.The filing to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which came late in the evening of the deadline set by the court, was the latest turn in the battle between Trump and special counsel Jack Smith. The Supreme Court on Friday declined Smith’s bid to fast-track a decision on whether Trump is immune, leaving the issue in the hands of the appeals court.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Trump’s Ballot Eligibility Adds to Voting Battles in 2024
22Dec By adminNo Comments
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Trump’s Ballot Eligibility Adds to Voting Battles in 2024

Updated Dec. 22, 2023 5:11 pm ETThe fast-moving legal drama over Donald Trump’s fitness for the presidential ballot adds to a growing pile of court battles that promises to be a central story line in the 2024 election. Even before Colorado’s top court deemed Trump an insurrectionist and therefore ineligible to hold office, other courts were considering voting cases that could affect millions of people. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Dean Phillips, the Democrat Who Says Biden Can’t Win
22Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Dean Phillips, the Democrat Who Says Biden Can’t Win

New YorkJoe Biden is asking voters to let him field the nuclear football until he’s 86, which is an obvious political vulnerability. Yet many Democrats fear that acknowledging this in a voice louder than a library whisper would help Donald Trump and damage their inevitable 2024 nominee. Rep. Dean Phillips has no qualms about weakening Mr. Biden. “He’s going to lose anyway,” the Minnesota Democrat says. “I don’t see any way for Biden to beat Trump in any circumstance whatsoever.” The people truly undermining Mr. Biden are the ones “propagating this delusion that he can be the next president.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Supreme Court Leaves Arguments on Trump Immunity to Appeals Court 
22Dec By adminNo Comments
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Supreme Court Leaves Arguments on Trump Immunity to Appeals Court 

Updated Dec. 22, 2023 2:52 pm ETWASHINGTON—The Supreme Court said it wouldn’t intervene before an appeals court acts on Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution over efforts he took as president to overturn the 2020 election.The high court’s denial of a request from special counsel Jack Smith, announced in a one-sentence order, increases the chances that the former president’s trial on charges that he interfered in the 2020 election will be delayed beyond its scheduled March 4 starting date.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The Trump Revolution Among U.S. Evangelicals
21Dec By adminNo Comments
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The Trump Revolution Among U.S. Evangelicals

Dec. 21, 2023 12:30 pm ETNo political issue over the last half-century has mobilized evangelical Christian voters more effectively than abortion. Yet going into next month’s Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, where evangelicals are a strong presence, the candidates with the strongest anti-abortion stances are lagging in the polls. Former President Donald Trump, who called Florida’s ban on abortion after six weeks “a terrible mistake,” retains a large lead.Support for Trump despite his hedging on abortion may be largely a question of gratitude, since he named three U.S. Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn a constitutional right to abortion. But it also suggests that many evangelicals now support Trump for reasons other than that longstanding priority.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jon...
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Arizona’s Secretary of State Is Already Sick of Election Conspiracy Theories
21Dec By adminNo Comments
Technology

Arizona’s Secretary of State Is Already Sick of Election Conspiracy Theories

The man charged with administering Arizona’s elections isn’t concerned about the state’s ability to securely hold elections. But he’s going to have to persuade millions of other people to feel the same way.Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, was elected Arizona’s secretary of state in 2022. A lawyer who previously worked as a prosecutor in Colorado and Arizona, and served as the Maricopa County Recorder before taking office, Fontes must now take on the role of convincing the state’s voters that its elections are legitimate.Arizona is possibly the market leader in ridiculous election conspiracies and deniers. After former president Donald Trump falsely claimed fraud following the 2020 election, a sham audit to investigate claims of election fraud was conducted by Cyber Ninjas, the cybersecurity fir...
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Biden’s Agenda Hangs in Balance as Tough Election Year Approaches
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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Biden’s Agenda Hangs in Balance as Tough Election Year Approaches

Updated Dec. 16, 2023 12:06 am ETWASHINGTON—President Biden heads into the end of the year with deepening Democratic worries about his re-election, as his effort to aid allies in two wars hangs in the balance on Capitol Hill and an impeachment inquiry into him and his family moves forward. At the same time, some rays of hope are peeking through for the incumbent as a tough 2024 contest looms, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a record high and—perhaps most important from an electoral perspective—consumer confidence rebounding this month faster than expected. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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