Author: Aaron Blake

Washington Post – Politics:

For months, concerns have been raised about under-performing, Trump-aligned candidates in key races. A bevy of new polling bears out those concerns.

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The point of calling for a special master would seem to be to delay the government’s investigation. Instead, Raymond J. Dearie has pressed Trump’s team on several baseless claims their client made out of court.

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Some on the right say recent polling shows the answer is yes. But it’s not so neat and tidy.

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A panel with two Trump-nominated judges rejected not just the Trump legal team’s lack of arguments, but also Cannon’s acceptance of them.

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The lawsuit contains even more details about Trump’s business dealings, and aims to recover $250 million. It also includes an intriguing Mar-a-Lago reference.

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The dispute over Govs. DeSantis and Abbott sending migrants to Democratic areas has landed, predictably, in whataboutism.

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The amicus brief assembles a long list of complaints about the Biden administration. But what’s just as notable is what it doesn’t discuss: the case at hand.

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Trump’s lawyers are going to even greater lengths to avoid taking a position on whether he declassified the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. Let’s parse their arguments.

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Each time Biden gestures in the direction of the United States defending Taiwan, officials insist policy has not changed. Such assurances are virtually impossible to square with his latest comments.