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NICHOLAS RICCARDI

NICHOLAS RICCARDI

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Iowa caucuses: What to watch as voters weigh in on the Republican campaign's first contest of 2024

Monday marks the official start to the Republican presidential nominating contest with the Iowa caucuses

Iowa caucuses: What to watch as voters weigh in on the Republican campaign's first contest of 2024
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Trump leads GOP rightward march and other takeaways from the Iowa caucuses

Donald Trump has run his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination as a de facto incumbent

Trump leads GOP rightward march and other takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
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Maine judge delays decision on removing Trump from ballot until Supreme Court rules in Colorado case

A Maine judge has put on hold a decision on former President Donald Trump’s ballot status to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a similar case in Colorado

Maine judge delays decision on removing Trump from ballot until Supreme Court rules in Colorado case
Election|News|US

New Hampshire takeaways: Trump's path becomes clearer. So does the prospect of a rematch with Biden

New Hampshire was supposed to present a formidable challenge for former President Donald Trump but he won the state solidly

New Hampshire takeaways: Trump's path becomes clearer. So does the prospect of a rematch with Biden
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Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch

GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump generally refrains from claiming voter fraud in elections he wins, but he is spending plenty of time laying the groundwork to cry fraud should he lose an expected rematch with President Joe Biden

Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch
Crime|Election|News|US

Here's how 2 sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Donald Trump

On Thursday, the Supreme Court is to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump can remain on the ballot in Colorado, where that state’s highest court ruled that he violated a constitutional provision targeting those who “engaged in insurrection.”

Here's how 2 sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Donald Trump
News|Opinion|US

Trump's fate and an obscure section of the Constitution collide at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will be taking its first look in the 156-year history of the 14th Amendment at a provision, Section 3, that’s meant to keep former officeholders who “engaged in insurrection” from ever regaining power

Trump's fate and an obscure section of the Constitution collide at Supreme Court
News|US

What to know about Supreme Court arguments over Trump, the Capitol attack and the ballot

The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump is ineligible to be president again and can be kept off the ballot

What to know about Supreme Court arguments over Trump, the Capitol attack and the ballot
Election|News|US

Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here's what to know

The fate of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court

Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here's what to know
Election|Political|US

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over whether Trump is ineligible to be president again

The prevailing view among legal experts before the Supreme Court heard argument in a case to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot was that the justices wouldn't take that step

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over whether Trump is ineligible to be president again
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Stalled US aid for Ukraine underscores GOP's shift away from confronting Russia

Republicans have been softening their stance on Russia ever since Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election following Russian hacking of his Democratic opponents

Stalled US aid for Ukraine underscores GOP's shift away from confronting Russia
News|Opinion

Democracy's appeal is slipping as nations across much of the world hold elections, a poll finds

A survey of 24 democratic countries by the Pew Research Center has found that while representative democracy remains a favorite system of governance around the globe, its appeal is slipping on the eve of elections worldwide

Democracy's appeal is slipping as nations across much of the world hold elections, a poll finds
Election|News

What is Super Tuesday? Why it matters and what to watch

The biggest day of this year’s primary campaign is approaching

What is Super Tuesday? Why it matters and what to watch
Election|News|Opinion|US

Takeaways from Trump's Supreme Court win on procedural grounds: His legal peril is just starting

:Former President Donald Trump scored a clear win at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, which unanimously ruled that states don’t have the ability to bar him — or any other federal candidates — from the ballot under a rarely-used constitutional provision that prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office

Takeaways from Trump's Supreme Court win on procedural grounds: His legal peril is just starting
Election|US

Super Tuesday takeaways: Though nominations not official, Biden-Trump battle is officially joined

Super Tuesday did not quite live up to its name

Super Tuesday takeaways: Though nominations not official, Biden-Trump battle is officially joined
Europe|News|Political|World

Trump to meet with Hungary's leader, Viktor Orbán, continuing his embrace of autocrats

Former President Donald Trump is meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a conservative populist whose crackdowns in Hungary have sparked criticism that he's eroding that country's democracy

Trump to meet with Hungary's leader, Viktor Orbán, continuing his embrace of autocrats
Crime|News|US

Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a former New Mexico county commissioner banished from public office for participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection
Crime|Election|Technology|US

Defendant's attorney in Dominion Voting defamation case releases company emails, risking sanctions

An attorney already facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines says she disseminated documents obtained in discovery in a defamation case filed by a voting machine company

Defendant's attorney in Dominion Voting defamation case releases company emails, risking sanctions
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Pro-Trump attorney released from custody after promising to turn herself in on Michigan warrant

An attorney who once sued unsuccessfully to overturn former President Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election is being released from custody after promising a federal judge she would drive back to Michigan and turn herself in to authorities

Pro-Trump attorney released from custody after promising to turn herself in on Michigan warrant
News|US

Supreme Court opens new frontier for insurrection claims that could target state and local officials

A pair of recent U.S. Supreme Court actions has opened the door to a new legal frontier in which local and state officials can be disqualified from office for life for engaging in “insurrection” or providing “aid and comfort” to enemies of the Constitution

Supreme Court opens new frontier for insurrection claims that could target state and local officials
News|US

Americans think a president's power should be checked, AP-NORC poll finds — unless their side wins

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Opinion Research finds that while Americans say they respect the Constitution’s checks and balances and don’t want a president to have too much power, that view shifts if the candidate of their party wins the presidency

Americans think a president's power should be checked, AP-NORC poll finds — unless their side wins
Business|Finance|US

Voting company makes 'coercive' demand of Texas counties: Pay up or lose service before election

The owner of a voting company is acknowledging that he's asking Texas counties to pay more than they're contracted for to help his company meet payroll

Election|News|Political|US

Noncitizen voting isn't an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here's why

Former President Donald Trump is turning to one of his favorite themes, the specter of immigrants improperly voting in federal elections

Noncitizen voting isn't an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here's why
Election|US

Charges against Trump's 2020 'fake electors' are expected to deter a repeat this year

An Arizona grand jury’s indictment of 18 people who either posed as or helped organize a slate of electors falsely claiming that former President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 could help shape the landscape of challenges to the 2024 election

Charges against Trump's 2020 'fake electors' are expected to deter a repeat this year
Americas|Election|News|Opinion|Political|US

Migration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it

The coincidence of presidential elections in the U.S. and Mexico every 12 years provides a valuable way to compare the two countries

Migration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it

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