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June 2022

Rambling Trump hits back after committee hears ‘intoxicated’ Giuliani told him to declare election victory

Donald Trump lashed out at the “pitiful” January 6 Capitol riot investigation on Monday, after the congressional committee held a day of scathing testimony accusing the former president of lying to supporters and losing touch with reality as he tried to overturn the 2020 election.

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Ahmed Baba Opinion Donald Trump was terrified of the January 6 hearings. Last night proved he was justified

There’s a reason Fox News didn’t want to air this prime-time hearing. What we saw was the truth about January 6 showcased with captivating effectiveness.

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‘He lit the flame’ – Jan 6 hearing uses Ivanka, Kushner and violent video to paint Trump as chief insurrectionist

A year and a half after the worst attack on the US Capitol since Major General Robert Ross ordered it set ablaze in 1814, the House January 6 select committee had a daunting task during its first hearing into the Capitol riot.

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May 2022

Setbacks forcing Donald Trump to face reality on second term

A spate of setbacks is raising questions about Donald Trump as the dominant force in Republican politics.

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April 2022

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Noah Berlatsky Opinion Elon Musk will bring Donald Trump back to Twitter — and that’s just the beginning

Twitter is reportedly on the verge of accepting billionaire Elon Musk’s bid to buy the company. One of Musk’s early goals is likely to be reinstating the account of former President Donald Trump, who was permanently banned from Twitter for his part in encouraging the January 6 insurrection. He has referred to the “woke mind virus” before in the past, and a few days ago promised to “authenticate all real humans” on the social media site if his bid is successful. And Musk and Trump have a fairly friendly history, with the former president praising Musk as a “genius” and Musk publicly agreeing with Number 45 on everything from Covid lockdowns to moon exploration.

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March 2022

‘Remember Trump Force One?’ Ex-president asks supporters to fund new private jet after emergency landing

Donald Trump has urged his supporters to fund a new plane for him after his aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing.

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October 2021

Ex-British spy Christopher Steele says Trump kompromat tape ‘probably’ exists

The author of the infamous “Steele Dossier”, a memo containing numerous unverified claims about former President Donald Trump, says in a new interview that he stands by the veracity of the claims and adds that the so-called “kompromat” tape purporting to show Mr Trump involved in a lewd act with prostitutes, likely exists.

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September 2021

Melania aide claims Trump demanded ‘what the f*** are you doing’ after first lady wore infamous ‘I don’t care’ jacket

Former President Donald Trump summoned his wife to the Oval Office and berated her after she wore a jacket emblazoned with the words “I really don’t care, do you?” during a trip to a migrant housing facility in McAllen, Texas, according to a new book.

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July 2021

Trump exec on tax fraud charge removed from leadership role

The Trump Organisation has removed indicted chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg from his leadership roles at more than 40 subsidiary companies in the US and Scotland.

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Trump hosts rally in Florida as he aims to retain Republican spotlight

Former U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a rally on Saturday in Sarasota, Florida, his second campaign-style event of the summer as he seeks to retain his hold over the Republican Party and bolster allies ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

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June 2021

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‘A dark day in history’ – Mike Pence says he and Donald Trump ‘may never see eye-to-eye’ on Capitol attack

Former US vice president Mike Pence has said he is not sure he and ex-president Donald Trump will ever see “eye to eye” over what happened in the deadly riot at the US Capitol.

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Donald Trump shuts down blog page month after launch

Former U.S. President Donald Trump's blog page, launched last month in the wake of major social media platforms banning him, has been removed from his website.

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May 2021

Facebook has six months to determine if Trump returns

Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company’s suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump but said the company was wrong to make the suspension indefinite and gave it six months to determine a “proportionate response.”

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Former US president Donald Trump’s ban from Facebook upheld by oversight board

Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook — for now.

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February 2021

Trump acquitted as Republicans save him in impeachment again

Donald Trump on Saturday was acquitted by the U.S. Senate in his second impeachment trial in 12 months, as his fellow Republicans shielded him from accountability for the deadly assault by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol, a shrine of American democracy.

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Trump impeachment trial delayed as Senate decides to allow witnesses

U.S. senators voted on Saturday in favour of allowing witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, extending the proceedings as lawmakers weigh whether to convict Trump of inciting the riot at the Capitol on January 6.

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Anti-Trump Republicans face major challenge in launching third party

A group of former Republican officials considering a new center-right political party to counter former President Donald Trump’s influence would face steep challenges in shaking up a U.S. political system that has favored two-party rule throughout its history.

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January 2021

Supporters' words may come to haunt Trump in Senate trial

The words of the Donald Trump supporters accused of participating in the deadly US Capitol riot may end up being used against him in his Senate impeachment trial as he faces the charge of inciting a violent insurrection.

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Where now for the extremists of Donald Trump's base?

When prophecy fails, the prophets get creative. That was the lesson of Leon Festinger and his colleagues who, in their 1956 study of an American UFO cult, coined the term "cognitive dissonance" to describe how the cultists frantically rewrote their own beliefs after their predicted apocalypse failed to appear.

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Donald Trump ‘fell victim to hoax caller pretending to be Piers Morgan’

Donald Trump fell victim to a hoax caller who pretended to be Piers Morgan, the Good Morning Britain presenter said.

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Motherhood, modelling and Mar-a-Lago: Can Melania Trump enjoy a fresh start after the strain of the White House?

The prospect of the Trump family’s future raises all kinds of intriguing questions. Will the twice-impeached president be convicted by the Senate? Can he ever find another social media platform he loves as much as Twitter? Will daughter Ivanka realise her cherished political ambitions and run for Florida governor?

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President exits with ratings at an all-time low

Donald Trump will leave office with his approval rating at an all-time low, according to a new poll.

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Biden plans policy blitz to reverse Trump era on his first day in office

Joe Biden aims to hit the ground running with a blizzard of executive orders on his first day in office.

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Trump impeachment trial could begin on Inauguration Day

President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial could begin on Inauguration Day, just as Democrat Joe Biden takes the oath of office in an extraordinary end to the defeated president’s tenure in the White House.

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‘Totally appropriate’: President denies all responsibility for Capitol siege

Donald Trump has dismissed suggestions he was personally responsible for the mob that stormed the US Capitol last week, arguing yesterday that his incendiary speech to supporters hours earlier had been “totally appropriate”.

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Legendary New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick will not accept Presidential Medal of Freedom

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has announced he will not accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom, saying “remaining true to the people, team and country I love outweigh the benefits of any individual award”.

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Democrats in push to impeach Trump before he departs

Plans to impeach President Donald Trump from office are gathering pace with the House of Representatives warning he is a threat to US democracy – and pressing Vice President Mike Pence to act.

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Stripe halts processing of payments to Trump website due to Capitol violence

Irish payments company Stripe has said it will no longer process payments for the campaign website of Donald Trump in response to violence on Capitol Hill left which left five dead last week.

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Lorcan Nyhan Opinion Sarah Palin: the spark that ignited America's hard-right revolt

The sight of thousands of men and women storming the Capitol building last Wednesday may have been shocking, but it shouldn't have been a surprise.

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What led to Trump U-turn on Capitol Hill rioters?

Donald Trump's about-face on Thursday - when he issued a short video statement condemning the mob of his own supporters who stormed the US Capitol Building - has surprised some observers. But many more look for the explanation behind his move.