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Special Counsel Asks Supreme Court to Quickly Rule on Trump’s Immunity
11Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Special Counsel Asks Supreme Court to Quickly Rule on Trump’s Immunity

Updated Dec. 11, 2023 2:44 pm ETWASHINGTON—Special counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to take up Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution and cannot face criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the November 2020 election, in an unusual effort to expedite a judgment crucial for moving the case speedily toward trial.The former president’s lawyers have grounded that argument in the Senate having acquitted him in an 2021 impeachment trial involving many of the same events, and that trying him again would amount to double jeopardy—that is, being prosecuted twice for the same crime.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The Anti-Spectacle of the Republican Debates
9Dec By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

The Anti-Spectacle of the Republican Debates

What were the takeaways from the final Republican debate of the year? Who won? Who lost? Were the various gaffes forgettable, or can they lodge themselves in the addled brain of a viewer in Iowa or New Hampshire, lasting there in the grooves well into mid-January, when she will go to put in her vote? Was that candidate’s feeble command of the lectern in Tuscaloosa—or in Milwaukee or Miami before it—a preview of a career of wannabe tyranny? Are there heels hidden in his boots? Paraphrasing some of the punditry response to the Republican debates is not done scornfully. Everyone has a job to do, and everyone, from the press to the moderators to the shrinking crowd of hopeful extremists shouting over one another on a lit stage, has worked in tedious harmony, these past several months, to fill...
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Mike Pence Makes a Gracious Exit
29Oct By adminNo Comments
Health

Mike Pence Makes a Gracious Exit

Updated Oct. 29, 2023 2:17 pm ETMike Pence’s decision to end his presidential campaign on Saturday was a recognition of political reality and the need to consolidate the GOP field against Donald Trump. Others will have to follow his lead, preferably before the end of the year.“Traveling across the country over the past six months, I came here to say it’s become clear to me, this is not my time,” the former Vice President said in Las Vegas at the Republican Jewish Coalition summit.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Mike Pence Drops Out Of Presidential Race At Republican Jewish Coalition Summit
29Oct By adminNo Comments
Politics

Mike Pence Drops Out Of Presidential Race At Republican Jewish Coalition Summit

LAS VEGAS ― Former Vice President Mike Pence ended his presidential run Saturday in remarks at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual meeting.“I came here to say it’s become clear to me, this is not my time,” Pence said in a surprise announcement that drew gasps. “I have no regrets.”Pence, an evangelical Christian with a long record of supporting Israel, won an extended standing ovation from the audience of 900.He was facing an increasingly uphill slog merely to stay in the race. His third-quarter Federal Election Commission filing showed that he had just $1.2 million in cash heading into the critical final three months before the start of the primary voting season in January, but that did not include more than $600,000 in debt to direct-mail vendors.Pence was distrusted by the bloc of GO...
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Mike Pence Drops Out of 2024 Republican Presidential Race
28Oct By adminNo Comments
World

Mike Pence Drops Out of 2024 Republican Presidential Race

Former Vice President Mike Pence withdrew from the Republican presidential race Saturday, saying “this is not my time” after he struggled to gain traction in a crowded field dominated by former President Donald Trump.“I’m leaving this campaign but let me promise you I will never leave the fight for conservative values,” Pence said during a speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Jimmy Fallon Cringes At 2 ‘Sad’ Photos From Mike Pence’s Campaign Stops
24Oct By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Jimmy Fallon Cringes At 2 ‘Sad’ Photos From Mike Pence’s Campaign Stops

Jimmy Fallon says it’s a bad sign for your presidential campaign “when all of your followers can be fed by two pizzas.”Fallon showed a picture of the feeble turnout at the event in Red Oak, which appeared in a Politico article titled: “He Was Once a Favorite of the Right. Now, Mike Pence Can’t Get a Crowd of 15 to a Pizza Ranch.”“While he was there, Pence ordered his favorite pizza slice: a plain pie without sauce or cheese,” Fallon cracked.He also highlighted another photo from the article, in which Pence speaks to a small, bored-looking group of people at a pharmacy in Sidney, Iowa.“This is real sad,” Fallon said. “Looks like he’s going after that all-important empty chair vote. He was so dull that they moved him to the sleep-aid aisle.”Watch his roast on “The Tonight Show” below. !fu...
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Biden raises more than potential GOP challengers in 3rd quarter, while Trump leads GOP field in fundraising
17Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Biden raises more than potential GOP challengers in 3rd quarter, while Trump leads GOP field in fundraising

President Joe Biden's fundraising haul from July through September easily surpassed all his potential GOP rivals, according to campaign finance data made public Sunday. Former President Donald Trump continues to lead the GOP field of presidential candidates, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley trailing.Here's a rundown of what the candidates raised in the quarter, according to data from the Federal Elections Commission.Joe BidenMr. Biden's reelection campaign, joint fundraising committees and the Democratic National Committee raised more than $71 million in the third quarter, and have a collective of $91 million cash on hand. The haul is slightly less than what the same entities raised in the second quarter, but aides cite increasing enthusias...
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Iowa Professor Knocks Pence’s ‘Appalling’ Trans Youth Argument In Emotional Message
14Sep By adminNo Comments
Politics

Iowa Professor Knocks Pence’s ‘Appalling’ Trans Youth Argument In Emotional Message

An Iowa professor hit former vice president Mike Pence with an emotional town hall question over his “appalling” argument against providing transgender youth with gender-affirming care. (You can watch the moment below)Melissa McCollister, a social work professor at Grand View University, fought back tears while addressing violence toward trans and gender non-conforming people and the surge in anti-LGBTQ bills during the NewsNation-hosted event.“What is your policy plan to protect the transgender community, specifically Black and brown trans women, from the historically high levels of violence?” asked McCollister, an LBGTQ community member with trans family members.Pence – who favors a national ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth – told McCollister he was “deeply grieved to hear a...
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