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The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump shook his head in disgust Tuesday as the judge in his New York defamation trial told prospective jurors that another jury had already decided that the former president sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. Later, when the judge asked during jury selection if anyone felt he had been treated unfairly by …

“By the way, a point that I’ve been making recently to some of my Democratic friends who are saying that, well, if Donald Trump were to win, it would end democracy. There’d be no more elections. Quick point for you, point of order, Donald Trump will have served two terms at that point. He will no longer be eligible for …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: The only right, honest, and lawful thing that Clinton-appointed Judge Lewis Kaplan, who has so far been unable to see clearly because of his absolute hatred of Donald J. Trump (ME!), can do is to end this unAmerican injustice being done to a President of the United States, who was wrongfully accused by …

The Messenger reports: The New York Court of Appeals has shot down an appeal from Donald Trump against a gag order issued in his civil fraud trial. “On the Court’s own motion, appeal dismissed, without costs, upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved,” the court wrote in a Tuesday ruling. “Motion for a stay dismissed as …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump intends to attend the start of the new E. Jean Carroll civil damages trial on Tuesday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his plans. The second trial, set to start on Tuesday, involves Trump’s public comments about Carroll that he made both while he was president and after the jury’s verdict …

Yahoo News reports: Former President Donald Trump easily won the Iowa caucuses Monday night in his first test at securing his party’s presidential nomination in 2024. Less than an hour after the caucuses began, the Associated Press called the race for Trump, who had a commanding lead in Iowa polls for months, so the result did not come as a …

“We’re gonna have a great night and a fantastic place. We’ve won it twice as you know, two elections and I think we’re gonna have a tremendous night. The people are fantastic and I’ve never seen spirit like they have countrywide. But in Iowa, I’ve never seen spirit like this.” – Donald Trump, speaking to the press this afternoon in …

CBS News reports: The adult film star Stormy Daniels said on an episode of her podcast released Sunday that she expects to testify in former President Donald Trump’s upcoming trial on state criminal charges in New York. The trial, scheduled for March 25, stems from allegations that Trump agreed to a scheme in 2016 to falsify documents while reimbursing his …

The New York Times reports: Joseph Tacopina, the trial lawyer on Donald J. Trump’s legal team with the most successes defending high-profile clients, will no longer represent the former president in his criminal trial in Manhattan, according to a notice sent to the court on Monday. Mr. Tacopina also withdrew on Monday from another case in which he was still …

The Daily Beast reports: Apparently parked in front of the television on Monday morning, the media-obsessed former president did not take too kindly to Fox & Friends interviewing the other Republican candidates and their surrogates ahead of the Iowa caucus. Additionally, he was upset that Fox was covering recent polls that showed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley narrowing his …

The Hill reports: Almost two-thirds of Canadians in a new survey said they are concerned that U.S. democracy will not survive another term under former President Trump. The poll by the Angus Reid Institute found that 64 percent of Canadians strongly agreed or agreed that U.S. democracy would not survive four more years with Trump in the White House. Nearly …

“Just the history of Iowa, right? The history of Iowa. It’s very important that we stay here. But nobody had to call me because I made the commitment and we kept you first in the nation as long as I have anything to say about it. And that we have a good chance of staying for four years. We’ll have …

Mediaite reports: Last month, Trump took his anti-immigrant vitriol to a new level in a campaign speech where he said immigrants from Africa and Asia are “poisoning the blood of our country” and inundating America with crime and mental illness. The remarks were fiercely condemned by Trump’s critics, many of whom noted the parallels between his words and those of …

CNN reports: Donald Trump lashed out at GOP rival Vivek Ramaswamy for the first time on Saturday, arguing on social media he is “not MAGA” as the former president and his campaign have grown increasingly frustrated with what they claim are Ramaswamy’s disingenuous campaign tactics, Trump campaign advisers told CNN. “Vivek started his campaign as a great supporter, ‘the best …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump would like to thank former mob boss Salvatore Gravano aka “Sammy the Bull” for his support. In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared an old interview with the former Gambino crime family mobster, who lamented that he couldn’t do business with the ex-president. “Forget about Trump,” the Bull said, “he’s a legitimate guy.” …

The Meidas Touch reports: The most litigious man in the history of the United States is now getting hit with blow after blow for his abuse of the judicial system. Today, he was ordered by a court to pay out over $362,000 in attorney’s fees to the New York Times and three of their reporters after one of his frivolous …

CNN reports: The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a bid to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” saying it’s waiting for the US Supreme Court to rule on the issue. Trump has prevailed in other states, where courts dismissed lawsuits on procedural grounds and never grappled with …

The Washington Post reports: Democrats began the search last summer, fanning out through the northern swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to find the nurses, electricians, farmers and floor installers who could best testify to the danger of Donald Trump returning to power. The previously unreported project by the outside group American Bridge 21st Century developed 732 leads, conducted …

Rolling Stone reports: According to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to Rolling Stone, in recent weeks Trump had told several close allies of his intention to personally deliver a closing argument, and at times previewed some of the things he wanted to say before the judge. One of the sources describes it as the ex-president informally “rehearsing” …

The Christian Post reports: Evangelical leaders in Iowa have slammed a “sickening” video depicting former president Donald Trump as a messianic figure released just over a week ahead of the Iowa Republican caucuses. The video, called “God Made Trump,” was created by Dilley Meme Team, a group of online content creators that calls itself “Trump’s Online War Machine” and is …