Topic: republican-party

Trump repeats election lie, hints at 2024 bid

Trump repeats election lie, hints at 2024 bid

Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters
Posted at Mar 01 07:18 AM

WASHINGTON - Former US President Donald Trump on Sunday hinted at a possible run for president again in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden, and repeated his fraudulent claims that he won the 2020 election in his first major appearance since leaving the White House nearly six weeks ago. Read more »

Trial for the ages: US Senate to judge Trump over Capitol riot

Trial for the ages: US Senate to judge Trump over Capitol riot

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 02:54 AM

WASHINGTON - One year after his first impeachment, former president Donald Trump finds himself the subject of an unprecedented second trial beginning Tuesday in the Senate, whose members must determine whether he incited a deadly assault on the US Capitol. Read more »

Trump flexes political muscle, meets top House Republican

Trump flexes political muscle, meets top House Republican

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 08:45 AM

Donald Trump met with US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in Florida Thursday amid a tug of war over the Republican Party's future, with congressional leadership appearing eager to present a united front with the former president.   Read more »

Republican senators signal opposition to Trump impeachment

Republican senators signal opposition to Trump impeachment

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 10:33 AM

US Democrats' efforts to convict Donald Trump at his impeachment trial suffered a fresh blow Tuesday when almost all Republican senators backed dismissing the case, underlining the former president's continuing hold over the party.   Read more »

US Electoral College confirms Joe Biden's victory over Trump

US Electoral College confirms Joe Biden's victory over Trump

Michael Martina and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 07:32 AM

LANSING, Michigan - Democrat Joe Biden on Monday won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that formally determines the U.S. presidency, all but ending President Donald Trump's floundering campaign to overturn his loss in the Nov. 3 election. Read more »

Trump gets second term bid underway with Republican nomination

Trump gets second term bid underway with Republican nomination

Saul Loeb and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 25 01:41 AM

CHARLOTTE (UPDATE)- President Donald Trump went into battle for a second term Monday with his nomination at a Republican convention where he will draw on all his showman's instincts to try and change the narrative in an election he is currently set to lose. Read more »

Trump, Biden finally bury hatchet to talk on coronavirus

Trump, Biden finally bury hatchet to talk on coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 09:05 AM

Democrat Joe Biden and President Donald Trump finally spoke by phone Monday, both sides confirmed, ending days of teasing and squabbling between the presidential election rivals to discuss the national coronavirus upheaval. Read more »

Michael Bloomberg used his fortune to help Republicans, too

Michael Bloomberg used his fortune to help Republicans, too

Jeremy W. Peters and Stephanie Saul, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 27 08:51 AM

As Bloomberg begins his campaign for the White House with a promise to spend as much as it takes to defeat President Donald Trump, his Democratic rivals are accusing him of trying to buy his way into the Oval Office. Read more »

Paula White, newest White House aide, is a uniquely Trumpian pastor

Paula White, newest White House aide, is a uniquely Trumpian pastor

Jeremy W. Peters and Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 04 05:29 PM

Donald Trump has a televangelist from Florida: Paula White, an outsider whose populist brand of Christianity mirrors Trump’s conquest of the Republican Party. And she is in many ways a quintessentially Trump figure: a television preacher, married three times, who lives in a mansion. Read more »

US debt hits record under Trump, Republicans mum

US debt hits record under Trump, Republicans mum

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 01:21 PM

WASHINGTON - More massive than the US economy, the national debt hit a new record of $22 trillion under President Donald Trump but Republicans who traditionally rail against debt and deficits have remained mum. Read more »

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