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Trumps vaccinated against Covid-19 before leaving WHouse: advisor
Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, were vaccinated against the coronavirus in January before leaving the White House, an advisor to the former president said on Monday. "President Trump and the first lady were vaccinated at the White House in January," the advisor said without providing any further details. Joe Biden, who took over as president on January 20, was vaccinated publicly against the coronavirus on December 21 but the Trumps' vaccinations had not been revealed previously. Trump, in a speech on Sunday, his first since leaving the White House, said everyone should ...
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Trump 2024? Not so fast...
Washington (AFP) - Former president Donald Trump is teasing another run for the White House in 2024. And while the 45th president of the United States continues to enjoy strong grassroots support in the Republican Party, only one American leader has ever served non-consecutive terms. Democrat Grover Cleveland won the White House in 1884, lost in 1888, and then won again in 1892. While Trump appears to be in relatively good health, he would be 78 years old when the next presidential election comes around. And the bombastic real estate tycoon would have to overcome a number of obstacles to be hi...
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Trump airs grievances, teases 2024 run in post-presidential speech
Orlando (AFP) - Donald Trump told conservatives Sunday he was considering running for president again in 2024, as he reasserted dominance over the Republican Party and warned of a "struggle" for America's very survival. Echoing the grievance politics of his 2016 campaign and the harsh rhetoric of his one-term presidency, the 74-year-old fired up an enthusiastic crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando. In a keynote speech -- his first since leaving the White House on January 20 -- he repeated his false claims that he won the election instead of President Joe Biden, and ...
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As Trump returns to political stage, nagging questions about 2024
Washington (AFP) - Brace yourself for Donald Trump 2.0, America. The ex-president returns from political hiatus Sunday seeking to regain control of a Republican Party that is out of power and pondering whether the flawed billionaire can win again in 2024. After losing the Senate and White House, and failing to retake the House of Representatives, a US political party would normally lick its wounds, jettison its failed leader and chart a new path forward to claw back relevance. But Trump is a singular force who maintains a vice grip on the Republican base, and all eyes will be on the 74-year-ol...
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New York prosecutors finally obtain Trump's tax records
New York (AFP) - New York prosecutors investigating former president Donald Trump's finances have finally received his tax returns following a marathon legal battle, a spokesman said Thursday. "Our office obtained the records on Monday," Danny Frost, a spokesman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, told AFP. Vance's office obtained the returns after the Supreme Court rejected Monday a last-ditch bid by Trump's lawyers to block the release of the records. The prosecutor is investigating hush payments made to two women who allege they had affairs with Trump and possible fraud. Vance, a D...
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New York prosecutors obtain Trump's tax records: spokesman
New York (AFP) - New York prosecutors investigating former president Donald Trump's finances have received his tax returns following a marathon legal battle, a spokesman said Thursday. "Our office obtained the records on Monday," Danny Frost, a spokesman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, told AFP. Vance's office obtained the returns after the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a last-ditch bid by Trump's lawyers to block the release of the records. The prosecutor is investigating hush payments made to two women who allege they had affairs with Trump and possible fraud. Vance, a Democr...
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US Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax records to prosecutors
New York (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed the release of Donald Trump's tax records to criminal prosecutors, rejecting a last-ditch bid by the former president's lawyers to keep them secret. Trump, 74, has been waging a protracted legal battle to prevent his tax records from being handed over to New York prosecutors probing hush payments to women and possible fraud. The nation's highest court denied the request filed by lawyers for Trump without comment, paving the way for the documents to be handed over to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. The prosecutor, a Democrat, has ...
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US Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax records to prosecutors
New York (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by Donald Trump to prevent his tax records from being handed over to prosecutors in New York. The nation's highest court denied the request filed by lawyers for the former president without comment. Trump has been waging a protracted legal battle to prevent his tax records from being handed over to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. The prosecutor has been fighting for months to obtain eight years of Trump's tax returns as part of an investigation into the ex-president's finances. The ruling concerns a subpoena that Vance had...
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Trump rages, Biden yawns
Washington (AFP) - Insisting that he won the US election and brawling with his own party's top senator, Donald Trump was back to demanding national attention this week. President Joe Biden just yawned. "I'm tired of talking about Donald Trump, don't want to talk about him anymore," Biden said during a CNN town hall in Wisconsin on Tuesday night. Trump is doing his best to get talked about. Since grumpily departing the White House on January 20 and ceding to Biden, he has largely kept to himself. But on Wednesday he marked the death of right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh by calling into Fox New...
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Trump casino demolished in Atlantic City
New York (AFP) - The former jewel in the crown of Donald Trump's bankrupted Atlantic City casino empire was demolished Wednesday with 3,000 sticks of dynamite. The detonator button was pressed shortly after 9:00 am (1400 GMT), reducing the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino to a pile of rubble in just a few seconds. Closed since 2014, the casino was Trump's first property in the US coastal gambling town in which he came to own several properties. It opened in 1984 and has undergone little to no maintenance since shuttering. On several occasions during storms, pieces of its exterior have fallen onto...
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