Tag: Trump
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Trump picks up the pace: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, we explore how Donald Trump is ramping up his campaign activity in the final stretch of the race.…
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Iran’s history of elaborate election interference efforts, before the Trump campaign hack
On Friday, U.S. authorities accused three Iranian men of stealing and leaking files from former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, the largest “hack and leak” election influence operation since Russia’s breach of Hillary Clinton’s campaign and Democratic organizations in 2016. Iran’s influence efforts using hacked material from the Trump campaign follow what the United States…
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Trump falsely says Georgia’s governor was unable to talk to Biden about storm damange
Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has not been able to reach President Joe Biden to discuss Hurricane Helene’s impacts on his state. “He has been calling the president, but has not been able to get him,” Trump said during a press conference at a furniture store in Valdosta, Ga.…
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Ryan Routh pleads not guilty to charges he sought to assassinate Trump at golf course
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The man accused of plotting to kill Donald Trump at the former president’s Florida golf course eariler this month pleaded not guilty to all charges on Monday. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, wore a beige inmate’s outfit with a dark brown undershirt during his brief appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce…
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Trump surrogates hit the road; Harris disputes his fentanyl claim
Share Harris says she would ‘double’ DOJ resources to crack down on cartels LAS VEGAS — Harris said yesterday that she would “double” Justice Department resources to crack down on cartels and cut the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., just hours after Trump repeated his false claim that she wants to legalize the drug.…
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Trump ramps up his pace of campaigning in the sprint to Election Day
Former President Donald Trump is finally gearing up for an all-out sprint in his bid to reclaim the White House. Trump, caught flat-footed when Democrats switched horses this summer, has held 26 campaign events this month — most of them rallies — more than the 21 he participated in during June and July combined, according…
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88 dead in storm; Trump expected to visit hard-hit Georgia city
Share More rain still possible across parts of Central Appalachians The leftovers of once-Hurricane Helene combined with a mild rain front could dump additional rain on parts of Central Appalachians, federal forecasters said. Between 1 to 2 inches of rain, with up to 5 inches in some areas, could fall from West Virginia into northwest…
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Trump says Kamala Harris should be prosecuted for border actions
ERIE, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump said during a rally here Sunday that Vice President Kamala Harris should be “impeached and prosecuted” for her actions related to the southern U.S. border. He argued that people were “murdered because of her action at the border, and thousands more will follow in rapid succession,” adding, “She…
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Trump and Harris compete for the Latino vote in very different ways
TUCSON, Ariz. — Vice President Kamala Harris’ West Coast swing, aimed at ginning up support among Latino voters, is a sign of the larger emphasis Harris and former President Donald Trump have placed on pursuing the nation’s second largest racial or ethnic group. But they’re chasing those votes in very different ways. Trump, whose campaign…
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Both Trump and Harris say they’ll build more border wall. In this county, the parts have been waiting, and rusting, since 2021.
Back in 2018, Kamala Harris and other Democrats labeled then-President Donald Trump’s wall a vanity project that wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. Harris even went so far as to post online that the barrier was “un-American.” Now, as a candidate for president, her border security plan includes filling in strategic sections of the wall along…