The report comes as Trump seeks the 2024 Republican nomination while grappling with multiple criminal indictments, including a federal case and a Georgia case tied to his efforts to overturn Biden’s victory.
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Judge affirms decision to keep Chris Christie off Maine presidential primary ballot
The campaign is evaluating its options regarding a possible appeal, a spokesperson said.
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Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis inundate Iowa with attack ads in runner-up race
The two Republicans are escalating their attacks on each other in a last-ditch effort to close in on frontrunner Donald Trump less than a month before the party’s first nominating contest.
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New bill on background checks for gun purchases emerges in wake of Lewiston shootings
Legislative leaders are considering new bill requests for the session that starts Jan. 3, including a background checks proposal from House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross that’s similar to one that failed in the Maine Senate earlier this year.
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Lopsided spending lines up with lopsided results in Maine referendums
Committees funded almost entirely by the state’s 2 largest electricity providers spent more than $136 per vote to defeat a nonprofit power company proposal, while proponents spent less than $10 per vote on their losing campaign.
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Secretary of state delays decision on Trump ballot access after Colorado ruling
Challengers seeking to keep former President Donald Trump off Maine’s presidential primary ballot say a Colorado court ruling this week helps their case.
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Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the state’s ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause
Donald Trump’s attorneys had promised to appeal any disqualification immediately to the nation’s highest court, which has the final say about constitutional matters.
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Mark Meadows can’t move Georgia election case to federal court, appeals court says
Former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff was indicted in August along with Trump and 17 others on charges that they illegally conspired to keep the Republican incumbent in power despite him losing the election.
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Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven’t faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run
The man who will oversee elections in one Nevada county has pleaded not guilty, along with 5 fellow Republicans, on charges that they submitted false paperwork claiming the lie that Donald Trump had won the state in 2020.
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Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants, as Senate debates border security
White House and Senate negotiators struggled to reach a border security deal that would unlock President Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth of military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs.