With just 16 days(!) until the 2020 election, it will be here before you know it. Every Sunday, I outline the 5 BIG storylines you need to know to understand the upcoming week on the campaign trail. And they’re ranked — so the No. 1 story is the most important of the coming week.
Donald Trump got a *lot* less rich as president
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During his four years as president, Donald Trump loved to remind people that being president was costing him a whole bunch of money. "I said to one of my friends, a very wealthy friend, I said, 'You know, I'll bet y...
Senate Republicans already have a Donald Trump problem
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Over the past 10 days, two things happened that make clear that a) Trumpism isn't going anywhere and b) it's going to complicate Republican attempts to retake control of the Senate next November. The first is that f...
How bad a president was Donald Trump?
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Donald Trump's presidency is now behind us. But the debate over how bad a president he was has only just begun. A new Pew poll sheds some light on how Trump's presidency currently ranks -- and the returns are not gr...
Why Donald Trump is fighting Republicans over his name
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While Donald Trump has long championed himself as a master real estate tycoon, talk to anyone familiar with how he built his fortune and they will tell you that the key to his success wasn't buying buildings. It was...
What Mitt Romney gets *exactly* right about Donald Trump
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Mitt Romney is no fan of Donald Trump. In fact, the Utah Republican senator may be the single most prominent critic of the 45th President within the GOP. Mitt Romney is also a political realist. Which is why he said...
Donald Trump Jr. deposed by DC attorney general as part of inaugural funds lawsuit
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Donald Trump Jr. was deposed as part of the Washington, DC, attorney general's lawsuit alleging the misuse of Trump inaugural funds, according to a new court filing. In a court document dated Tuesday, DC Attorney Ge...
Why has Donald Trump fought so hard to keep his tax returns secret?
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The Supreme Court's rejection Monday of an attempt by Donald Trump to keep Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance from seeing his tax returns (and other financial documents) was rightly cast as a major legal setbac...
Yes, Donald Trump is in very *real* legal jeopardy
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The Supreme Court's rejection of Donald Trump's attempts to keep his tax returns out of the hands of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is a potent reminder of this fact: The former President is in real legal j...
How Rush Limbaugh created Donald Trump
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In November 1987, Donald Trump published "The Art of the Deal," his business (and life) manifesto that is widely cited as his official entry into the cultural zeitgeist. Nine months later, Rush Limbaugh broadcast h...
Leading House Democrat sues Donald Trump under a post-Civil War law for conspiracy to incite US Capitol riot
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Former President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani are being accused of conspiring with the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the January 6 insurrection in a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in...
Nikki Haley makes her move against Donald Trump
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Nikki Haley hasn't said much about Donald Trump and the future of the Republican Party since the former President went down the rabbit hole of stolen election conspiracy theories, a path that led directly to the rio...
House impeachment managers request former President Donald Trump testify at trial
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The House impeachment managers are requesting former President Donald Trump testify before or during his Senate impeachment trial, making the request in a letter Wednesday that raises the stakes of the trial schedul...