Mar. 16, 2025
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Donald Trumphas announced he won’t participate in the upcoming Republican presidential debate, days after he took to social media to accuse host network Fox News of “purposely” using “the worst” photos of him.
Donald Trump is the clear front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, with Ron DeSantis sitting in a distant second place.Phelan M. Ebenhack for The Washington Post via Getty, CHENEY ORR/AFP via Getty
Mar. 16, 2025
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It tooksix yearsfor NPR to getDonald Trumpon the phone — and only nine minutes to get him off.
The pre-recorded interview was set to last 15 minutes, which was discussed at the top. “Very good,” Trump agreed. “Very good, Steve.”
They covered theCOVID-19 pandemic. “The vaccines, I recommend taking them, but I think that has to be an individual choice,” Trump said, also expressing his opposition to mandates, which he believes are “really hurting our country.
Mar. 16, 2025
Former President Donald Trump.Photo:Michael M. Santiago/Getty
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The revelation comes amid a civil lawsuit brought last year against the former president, some of his older children and the Trump Organization.
The lawsuit, which aims to have Trump banned from doing business in New York and pay $250 million, accuses Trump of inflating his net worth to receive favorable loan agreements, per NBC News.
New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Mar. 16, 2025
Geoff Duncan.Photo: John Amis/AP PhotoRepublicanGeoff Duncan— Georgia’s former lieutenant governor — saysDonald Trump’s iron grip on the GOP could mean the party is in its “last gasp."“As Republicans, that dashboard is going off with lights and bells and whistles, telling us all the warning things we need to know,” Duncan toldCNNin an interview on Monday.Duncan suggested that Trump’sfour indictmentsin recent months, coupled with the decisions he made during his time in office, mean he is not cut out to hold the job again (Trump currentlyholds a massive lead in primary pollsfor the 2024 Republican nomination).
Mar. 16, 2025
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In the wake ofDonald Trump’s recent federal indictment,CNNhas exclusively obtained audio of the former president discussing alleged classified documents — a conversation that plays a crucial role in the special counsel’s ongoing case against him.
The audio reportedly comes from a 2021 interview that Trump gave to two people working on a biography of former chief of staff Mark Meadows.
In the recording, Trump, while going through a “big pile of papers,” can be heard talking about former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, saying “he said that I wanted to attack Iran.