Tag: Trump
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Jack Smith court filing against Trump and Israel strikes central Beirut: Morning Rundown
A new court filing from special counsel Jack Smith argues Donald Trump acted as a private citizen when he sought to overturn the 2020 election. Israel hits central Beirut in a series of overnight airstrikes. And NBC News visits a mountain town swept away by Hurricane Helene. Here’s what to know today. Trump ‘resorted to…
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Trump to rally in Michigan, Harris in neighboring Wisconsin
Share Group of former GOP local leaders in Wisconsin endorses Harris A group of Wisconsin Republicans, including one current and six former local officials, endorsed Harris in an open letter. “We have plenty of policy disagreements with Vice President Harris. But what we do agree upon is more important,” the letter said. “We agree that…
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GOP senator eyes health care overhaul and extending Trump tax cuts in one big 2025 bill
As Donald Trump calls for overhauling the Affordable Care Act with a new health care system, one Republican senator running for an influential leadership position says the party should combine that pursuit with a major tax bill in the new year. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told NBC News after the vice presidential debate in New…
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Former Trump national security aides endorse him amid turmoil overseas
WASHINGTON — A group of national security experts led by Cabinet members from the Trump administration endorsed the former president Wednesday, citing his foreign policy record and calling him “a peacemaker.” The group, organized by former Trump national security adviser Robert O’Brien and former National Security Council chief of staff Alex Gray, wrote in a…
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Republicans expect to confirm even more Supreme Court justices if Trump wins
WASHINGTON — During Donald Trump’s White House tenure, Republicans assembled the most conservative Supreme Court in a century. Now, they’re excited about the prospect of building on those efforts by confirming even more conservative justices, as well as lower-court judges, if he wins another four years. GOP senators widely expect there would be at least…
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Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ to stay in office after 2020 loss, Jack Smith team says
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump was “fundamentally” acting as a private candidate for office and not as president of the United States when he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss, special counsel Jack Smith’s team argued in a filing on Wednesday that revealed new details of the scheme at the heart of Trump’s…
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Trump says crime is out of control. The numbers tell a different story.
Donald Trump has made the issue of crime a cornerstone of his campaign. He says violence in America is out of control and rising. “You can’t walk across the street to get a loaf of bread. You get shot, you get mugged, you get raped,” the former president said recently at a campaign event north…
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Vance refuses to acknowledge Trump lost the 2020 election
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance refused to acknowledge that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election during the vice presidential debate on Tuesday and downplayed the seriousness of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which injured more than 140 law enforcement officers. He also declined to say if he would seek to…
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Vance claims Trump ‘salvaged’ Obamacare. Trump tried, and failed, to kill it.
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Tuesday night claimed — in contradiction of history — that his running mate, former President Donald Trump, “salvaged Obamacare,” the health insurance program that Trump tried to kill. During the vice presidential debate on CBS against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Ohio senator echoed Trump’s own recent revisionism.…
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Harris drops TV ads targeting Trump on health care and Obamacare
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris is launching a seven-figure ad blitz about health care targeting Donald Trump’s calls to replace the Affordable Care Act with a mystery plan he hasn’t yet released. The ad campaign, first reported by NBC News, is aimed at elevating the issue and capitalizing on what polling says is a weakness for…