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GOP governor calls Trump's RNC remarks 'divisive'
Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson reacted to former President Donald Trump's attacks on top party leaders in his RNC spring retreat address, saying his remarks are "divisive" for elected GOP officials around the country.
[ cnn.com ]Is NY ready for a pro-Trump governor?
To Democrats in New York, former President Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving. Trump's enormous unpopularity in his home state -- which he lost twice -- has been an electoral millstone around the necks of New York Republican candidates, helping to turn an already-blue state even bluer.
[ cnn.com ]RNC donors gather to hear Trump in Palm Beach, the GOP's 'new political power center'
Donors to the Republican National Committee gathered this weekend for the first time since Donald Trump's defeat just down the road from his Mar-a-Lago home -- a sign that the institutions of the party remain centered around the former President.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: Gaetz shows Trump's style is here to stay
In a fiery defense of his reputation Friday night, embattled Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz showed how former President Donald Trump's brash, defiant politics now serve as the template for survival for the most unwelcome figures in a Republican Party that's out of power in Washington and desperately trying to reposition for 2022.
[ cnn.com ]Biden asks Congress for 16% increase in non-defense federal spending
President Joe Biden asked Congress for $769 billion in federal outlays on discretionary, non-defense programs in his first formal spending request Friday -- a 16% increase from former President Donald Trump's last budget.
[ cnn.com ]Mitch McConnell-aligned super PAC backs Lisa Murkowski, setting up clash with pro-Trump candidate
The Senate Leadership Fund will support Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in her reelection campaign, setting up a clash between the Mitch McConnell-aligned group and GOP candidate Kelly Tshibaka, who has hired some advisers to former President Donald Trump.
[ cnn.com ]How Gaetz climbed the ranks in Trump's Washington
Rep. Matt Gaetz, attempting to stare down a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations, is reaching for a familiar, in-your-face strategy perfected over the last four years by the man who fueled his unconventional rise, former President Donald Trump.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The new lies of the GOP and Tucker Carlson
"Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what's happening," President Donald Trump told veterans in 2018, referring to the media's criticisms of his administration. It was one of more than 30,000 documented falsehoods told by the then-President, the biggest being the Big Lie that he won the 2020 election.
[ cnn.com ]Trump breaks his silence on Matt Gaetz
Former President Donald Trump released a short statement in response to reports that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), one of Trump's most vocal defenders, asked him for a pre-emptive blanket pardon. CNN's Ryan Nobles reports.
[ cnn.com ]Window of opportunity is closing fast on Iran deal
With America joining the renewed talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear agreement shunned by Donald Trump, the United States has taken a giant step back into the global community of nations. Sadly, we are now reduced to playing a sharply weakened hand.
[ cnn.com ]Haberman: Trump had to be talked out of defending Matt Gaetz
New York Times reporter and CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman says that former President Donald Trump's first instinct was to give a full-throated defense of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) in the wake of an investigation into sex trafficking allegations but was persuaded not to by his staff.
[ cnn.com ]New York Times: Boehner lays blame for 'that bloody insurrection' at Trump's feet
Former House Speaker John Boehner said former President Donald Trump "incited that bloody insurrection" at the US Capitol and blamed his false election claims for the GOP losing control of Congress, according to excerpts from his forthcoming book obtained by The New York Times.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Why Mitch McConnell is warning corporate CEOs
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's recent warning to the corporate CEOs of America that they would face serious consequences for using "economic blackmail" to protest against voter suppression laws is neither a gaffe nor a misstatement. Rather, it reflects the state of a Republican Party that is settling into its post-Donald Trump identity.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: Donald Trump got a *lot* less rich as president
During his four years as president, Donald Trump loved to remind people that being president was costing him a whole bunch of money.
[ cnn.com ]Why Americans will see themselves in Hunter Biden
"Crackhead Hunter." That was the slur Donald Trump Jr. hurled at now-President Joe Biden's younger son after the first presidential debate, during which Trump Sr. falsely stated that Hunter Biden had been dishonorably discharged for cocaine use. (Hunter had been discharged after testing positive for cocaine, but it was not a dishonorable discharge.)
[ cnn.com ]As Biden sells a Covid rescue plan, and positions himself to benefit from post-pandemic economic growth, the GOP just can't quit Trump's stunt politics
Donald Trump has left the White House, but the Republican Party just can't quit his stunt politics.
[ cnn.com ]It's time to remember what 'asylum' really means
Former President Donald Trump spent four years inflicting untold damage to the rights of immigrants, including people seeking safety in this country. As asylum seekers came to the United States to flee violence and persecution, the Trump administration detained upwards of 50,000 people (a figure Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed), prolonged the detention of families and exercised authority over a system that saw an uptick in deaths in detention -- which the House Oversight Committee determined was often due to inadequate medical care.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: Even Trump's supporters are not immune to his con games
Desperate for money to finance a struggling presidential campaign, then-President Donald Trump's 2020 team reportedly turned to fundraising tactics that duped donors into giving far more money than they intended or believed they were.
[ cnn.com ]NYT: Trump campaign duped donors into repeat donations
The New York Times is reporting that former President Donald Trump's campaign tried to make up a fundraising gap during the 2020 election cycle by signing up one-time online donors for repeat donations without their knowledge.
[ cnn.com ]Pamela Brown fact-checks deficit growth during Donald Trump's presidency
CNN's Pamela Brown analyzes GOP silence about deficit growth under former President Donald Trump, despite trillions in economic growth, and their loudly voiced concerns about national debt under President Joe Biden.
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