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President Biden to Host Los Angeles Dodgers at White House

President Biden to Host Los Angeles Dodgers at White House

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Troy Warren for CNT The visit will mark the team's World Series victory last October over the Tampa Bay Rays. President Joe Biden will host the Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House on Friday to mark the team’s World Series victory last October over the Tampa Bay Rays. The White House announced Thursday that the team, which is in town for a four-game series against the Washington Nationals, will attend the East Room ceremony. Vice President Kamala Harris, the former California senator, will also attend the event. The ceremony marks the latest step in the White House’s efforts to return to large…
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Team Trump back in the game with new social media app called GETTR

Team Trump back in the game with new social media app called GETTR

By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT Donald Trump’s political team is betting on another big social media venture only a month after shutting down the former president’s highly-touted blog that failed to resonate with his audience. This time Trump appears to be competing directly with the heavyweight social media platforms that banned him after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol after his team launched a new app called GETTR, which went live on the Google and Apple app stores in mid-June, according to a report by Politico. The app has already been downloaded more than a…
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Barr claims he and Trump had bitter rift over election fraud claims

Barr claims he and Trump had bitter rift over election fraud claims

By Laura Davison, Bloomberg News Troy Warren for CNT Interview is former attorney general’s first public account about his final days in office Former Attorney General William Barr told then-President Donald Trump that there was no evidence of election fraud, an assertion that was met with profanity from the president, according to a report in The Atlantic. Barr met with Trump in early December, weeks after Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had urged him to say publicly that Trump’s claims of fraudulent ballots and illegal vote counting weren’t based in fact, according to an interview with Barr. “We cannot be…
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Mike Pence: Idea of overturning election results is ‘un-American’

Mike Pence: Idea of overturning election results is ‘un-American’

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Former Vice President Mike Pence has defended his role in certifying the results of the 2020 election, saying he’s “proud” of what he did on Jan. 6 and declaring there’s “almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president.” Pence, a potential 2024 presidential contender, delivered his strongest rebuttal to date of former President Donald Trump's continued insistence that he could unilaterally overturn the results of the last election, even though the Constitution granted him no such power. A…
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Court suspends Rudy Giuliani’s law license over false election claims

Court suspends Rudy Giuliani’s law license over false election claims

By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race. An attorney disciplinary committee said in its motion to suspend Giuliani’s license that there was “uncontroverted evidence” that Giuliani had made false statements to the courts, the public and lawmakers as he pushed theories that the election was stolen through fraud. “This country is being torn apart by continued attacks on the legitimacy of the 2020 election and of our current president,…
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‘Traitor!’ | Mike Pence heckled at conservative political event

‘Traitor!’ | Mike Pence heckled at conservative political event

By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT Former Vice President Mike Pence was heckled Friday as he delivered a speech at the conservative Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Orlando, Florida. Pence was delivering a speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition, founded by Ralph Reed, when he was interrupted with cries of “Traitor!” Some people were reportedly escorted out of the event. The organization was founded by Reed, former chair of the Georgia GOP. Reed was also executive director of the Christian Coalition and is now chair and CEO of Century Strategies, a public relations/affairs firm. Pence served…
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