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News Articles: President Trump

A federal investigation found former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack (at right) repeatedly engaged in abuses of power and gross mismanagement. Pack, shown last year at a party with conservative politician and publisher Steve Forbes, sought to stamp out all hints of anti-Trump sentiment at the agency, the Voice of America, and other networks funded by the federal government.

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  • Politics

Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America

Investigators found Trump's appointee at the U.S. Agency for Global Media repeatedly abused his power. "It just takes one's breath away," says David Seide, a lawyer who represented whistleblowers.

May 23, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Former President Trump at the annual New Hampshire Republican State Committee meeting in January. Trump has promised to crack down on the Mexican cartels by instituting the death penalty for drug dealers and smugglers.

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  • Elections

Trump wants the death penalty for drug dealers. Here's why that probably won't happen

The former president is pledging to wage war against Mexico's drug cartels if reelected in 2024. His plan includes pushing Congress to institute the death penalty for drug dealers and smugglers.

May 10, 2023
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By:
  • Dustin Jones and
  • Devin Speak
Lady Gaga performs during President Biden's inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. She'll co-chair Biden's arts advisory committee.

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  • Arts & Life

Biden taps Lady Gaga to co-chair an arts advisory committee that dissolved under Trump

The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will advise the president on cultural policy, and members were chosen due to their "serious commitment to the arts and humanities."

April 15, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde and
  • Chloe Veltman
Jim Trusty, one of the lawyers representing the former president in the probe over handling of government records after leaving office, leaves the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 1, 2022.

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  • Politics

Trump's lawyer says the Manhattan grand jury's indictment is 'political persecution'

Former President Donald Trump's lawyer Jim Trusty expects his legal team to fight to dismiss the case.

March 31, 2023
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By:
  • Karen Zamora,
  • Courtney Dorning,
  • and 1 more
President Biden pictured at his home office in his private residence in Wilmington, Del., in 2021. This week, the Department of Justice announced that improperly stored classified documents had been discovered at the president's Wilmington home.

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  • Politics

Here's what we know about the classified documents found at Biden's home and office

The fast-moving revelations have placed the president under the investigation of a special counsel and ignited Republican criticism. The White House said on Saturday that more documents were found.

January 14, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Elena Moore
Attendees watch David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs & Co., on a screen as he speaks during a panel session at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.

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  • Business

Wall Street eager to strike deals with Saudi Arabia, despite political concerns

U.S. executives and billionaire investors are mingling and making deals at a conference nicknamed "Davos in the Desert," even as the White House reevaluates relations with Saudi Arabia.

October 25, 2022
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  • David Gura
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  • Technology

Google is now distributing Truth Social, Trump's Twitter alternative

It is an about-face for the tech giant, which had blocked Trump's social media app from Google Play, its app store, over content that can incite violence.

October 14, 2022
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  • Bobby Allyn
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Mesa, Ariz., on Oct. 9. Trump is currently facing two Justice Department investigations, as well as an investigation in the state of Georgia.

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  • Politics

Trump sees hate as a civic good, 'N.Y. Times' journalist Maggie Haberman says

Haberman talks about Trump's tactics for dealing with the media and explains why he's more concerned about the Mar-a-Lago documents than the Jan. 6 hearings. Her new book is Confidence Man.

October 11, 2022
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  • Dave Davies
Pro-Trump protesters face off with police at the U.S. Capitol, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. Photo by Shannon Stapleton

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  • Politics

WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - Day 5

On Tuesday, the committee heard from election workers and state officials on Tuesday as they described President Donald Trump's pressure to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

June 22, 2022
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  • Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Security forces block the entrance after the U.S. President Donald Trump's supporters breached the US Capitol security in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol as lawmakers were set to sign off Wednesday on President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory in what was supposed to be a routine process headed to Inauguration Day. Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

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  • Politics

WATCH: Jan. 6 committee hearings - Day 3

With gripping testimony, the panel is laying out in step by step fashion how Trump ignored his own campaign team's data as one state after another flipped to Joe Biden, and instead latched on to conspiracy theories.

June 14, 2022
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  • Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press|Eric Tucker, Associated Press|Kevin Freking, Associated Press
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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Former Georgia U.S. Attorney BJay Pak testifies; Bipartisan effort on gun safety

Monday on Political Rewind: Former Georgia U.S. Attorney B.J. Pak is expected to testify before the Jan. 6 committee hearings this morning. Plus, a bipartisan Senate committee has reached a possible deal on gun legislation. Meanwhile, rifts widen between Trump-aligned GOP officials and Gov. Brian Kemp.

June 13, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Protesters clash with Capitol police during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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  • News

WATCH: Jan. 6 commission hearings – Day 1

Nearly a year since its inception, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will go public with its findings beginning at 8 p.m. Thursday night. 

June 08, 2022
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  • PBS Newshour
Rupert Murdoch speaks in San Francisco in 2011. Murdoch's media empire has included News Corp, Fox News, Fox Sports, 21st Century Fox, HarperCollins,<em> The New York Post</em> and <em>The</em> <em>Wall Street Journal.</em>

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  • Media

In the Murdoch family succession battle, Fox News and democracy hang in the balance

The new CNN+ docuseries The Murdochs looks inside the Fox media empire and the family's behind-the-scenes in-fighting. Journalist Jim Rutenberg says the real-life drama rivals HBO's Succession.

April 21, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
Jared Kushner is seen here talking with Israel's opposition leader and ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with his wife Ivanka Trump at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Oct. 11, 2021. Kushner, a senior adviser to former President Trump, appeared before the House Jan. 6 select committee on March 31, 2022.

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  • Politics

Jared Kushner provided 'helpful' details to the Jan. 6 committee, a panel member says

Donald Trump's son-in-law and a former senior White House adviser substantiated information and provided his own take on different reports on the Jan. 6 attack, Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria said.

April 01, 2022
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales and
  • Deirdre Walsh
An illustration of numbers and letters behind a distorted image of a screen showing how state lawmakers have voted on an undisclosed bill.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Chef Hugh Acheson talks feeding refugees; Crossover Day; Abrams kicks off tour

Tuesday on Political Rewind: We spoke to chef and Georgia restaurateur Hugh Acheson, who is back from Eastern Europe after feeding Ukrainian refugees. Then we buckled up for Crossover Day under the Gold Dome as lawmakers rush to get bills passed into their next chamber. Plus, the Stacey Abrams campaign is in full swing.

March 15, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
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