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Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court on April 26, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images A New York judge on Monday denied a request by President-elect Donald Trump to delay his scheduled sentencing Friday in his New York
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PoliticusUSA is ad-free for all readers because of our subscribers. Please support our work by becoming a subscriber. In a letter to AG Merrick Garland, Trump’s lawyers wrote in part: Preparing a report and releasing it to the public would violate the Presidential Transition Act and the Presidential immunity doctrine. The Act prohibits all officers
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PoliticusUSA is now ad-free and depends on support from readers like you to fight against billionaire-funded corporate news. Please support our work by becoming a subscriber. President-Elect Trump got directly involved in the Speaker of the House election, according to CNN’s Kristen Holmes: Ahead of today’s vote, Trump tells me he’s confident in Mike Johnson’s
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How you feel about America’s hopes for 2025 depends on the party you belong to.  That’s the bottom line of four polls on Americans’ expectations for the coming year, polls from Gallup, Reuters, AP-NORC, and CBS News. In reality, these polls are a referendum on the upcoming Trump administration.  Republicans’ expectations are sunny.  Democrats’ expectations are grim.  As a
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US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, gavels in the first session of the 119th Congress, in the House Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 3, 2025.  Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives on
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PoliticusUSA is a reader-supported, ad-free publication. Please subscribe if you like your news without corporations, billionaires, or emotional manipulation. One of the missions of Biden’s presidency was to lower prescription drug prices. Biden was blocked by Republicans in Congress and the courts on some of his executive actions, but the President has had great success
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Financier Bernard Madoff leaves Manhattan Federal court March 10, 2009 in New York City. Madoff attended a hearing regarding the conflicting status of his legal representation in his multi-billion dollar fraud allegations. Chris Hondros | Getty Images The 10th and final distribution from a fund for victims of the late Ponzi scheme king Bernie Madoff
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