Challengers seeking to keep former President Donald Trump off Maine’s presidential primary ballot say a Colorado court ruling this week helps their case.
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Supreme Court seems destined to play pivotal role in 2024 elections
The justices will be asked to decide on Donald Trump’s immunity from prosecution and eligibility for office, a pivotal role not seen since Bush v. Gore in 2000.
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Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the state’s ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause
Donald Trump’s attorneys had promised to appeal any disqualification immediately to the nation’s highest court, which has the final say about constitutional matters.
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Defamed Georgia poll workers who won $148 million from Giuliani sue him again
Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman asked a federal judge to swiftly enforce last week’s massive defamation damages award before Rudy Giuliani’s assets are dissipated.
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Mark Meadows can’t move Georgia election case to federal court, appeals court says
Former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff was indicted in August along with Trump and 17 others on charges that they illegally conspired to keep the Republican incumbent in power despite him losing the election.
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Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven’t faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run
The man who will oversee elections in one Nevada county has pleaded not guilty, along with 5 fellow Republicans, on charges that they submitted false paperwork claiming the lie that Donald Trump had won the state in 2020.
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Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants, as Senate debates border security
White House and Senate negotiators struggled to reach a border security deal that would unlock President Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth of military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs.
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Trump is dominating Iowa caucuses despite barely campaigning there
Former President Donald Trump has spent a sliver of the time his 2024 GOP presidential rivals have in the state, holding a handful of rallies and avoiding being grilled by voters.
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Former Mississippi House candidate charged after Satanic Temple display is destroyed at Iowa Capitol
The display is permitted by rules that govern religious installations inside the Capitol but has drawn criticism from many conservatives.
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Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies
The judgment adds to growing financial and legal peril for Giuliani, who was among the loudest proponents of Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud that are now a key part of the criminal cases against the former president.