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Landslide for Trump in Iowa caucus

Former President Donald Trump’s huge win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday enshrines one of the most astonishing comebacks in American political history. Losing one-term presidents almost never mount subsequent successful primary campaigns, much less pull off landslides that demonstrate utter dominance of their party. Trump transformed the GOP in his populist, nationalist, nihilistic image […]

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Trump to win more black votes than any Republican in history

Donald Trump may win more Black votes than any other Republican presidential candidate in history in the upcoming presidential election. According to national and swing state polls reviewed by Bloomberg, the former president and GOP front runner has between 14 percent and 30 percent of the Black vote share as the country heads into an […]

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Do Americans believe Jan 6 was an insurrection?

A majority of Americans fear that another event like the January 6, 2021 uprising on the U.S. Capitol could happen again in the coming years, according to recent polling, laying bare widespread anxieties about polarization and divisiveness in politics. The survey, conducted on behalf of Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies on December 19 among […]

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Upcoming Biden Jan 6 speech to focus on Trump

President Joe Biden will enter full campaign mode when he returns from his St. Croix vacation, including hosting events on Saturday, Jan. 6, in which campaign officials say he will specifically outline former President Donald Trump’s plans to “dismantle and destroy our democracy.” Biden trails Trump, the likely 2024 Republican presidential nominee, by more than […]

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Maine disqualifies Trump from election ballot

Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday disqualified former President Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. In her ruling, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which bans from office those who “engaged in insurrection.” Bellows made the ruling after some state residents, including a […]