JANUARY THROUGH MAY 2024
ACCEPTING THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION
Trump warns he may not accept Wisconsin election results
| Reporting by James Oliphant in Washington and Jeff Mason in North Carolina; Editing by Colleen Jenkins, Jonathan Oatis and Daniel Wallis, Reuters staff | May 2, 2024 4:39 PM CDT |
Biden pledges to accept election results, after Trump wouldn't commit without conditions
| By Molly Beck, Alison Dirr, Joey Garrison USA Today Network | May 2, 2024 2:36 PM ET |
Trump suggests he won't accept 2024 election results in Wisconsin In an interview with the state's largest newspaper, the former president doubled down on false election claims about 2020.
| By Jessica Piper, Politico staff | May 2, 2024 11:51 AM EDT |
14TH AMENDMENT BALLOT CHALLENGE
Supreme Court rules that Donald Trump's name must remain on 2024 ballot
Explaining Donald Trump's 14th Amendment case at the Supreme Court
| by Scott Bomboy, National Constitution Center | February 5, 2024 |
Supreme Court's liberal justices fault scope of Trump 14th Amendment decision The court issued a unanimous decision in favor of Trump but disputes remained.
| By Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News staff | March 4, 2024 11:02 AM |
14TH AMENDMENT AND STATE/LOCAL OFFICIALS
Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection
| By Morgan Lee, Nicholas Riccardi, and Mark Sherman, AP News | March 18, 2024 Updated 1:57 PM CDT |
PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY
Analyzing the Supreme Court hearing on Trump’s presidential immunity claim
| By William Brangham, Saher Khan, John Yang, and Marcia Coyle [Transcript of a PBS Newshour segment] | April 25, 2024 6:55 PM EDT |
US Supreme Court sets April 25 Trump criminal immunity argument
| By Andrew Chung, Reuters staff | March 6, 2024 1:44 PM CST |
GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE TRIAL
Timeline: Criminal probe into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia election results Trump asked the Georgia secretary of state to "find 11,780 votes" in 2021.
| By Olivia Rubin, ABC News | April 5, 2024 3:46 PM |
Trump lawyer says Georgia election interference case's prosecutor should be disqualified
| By Jack Queen, Reuters staff | March 1, 2024 3:33 PM CST |
NEW YORK STATE CIVIL FRAUD CASE
Appellate judge rejects Trump's request for stay on collection of "exorbitant" civil fraud case fine
| by Ivana Saric, Axios staff | Updated February 28, 2024 |
Judge orders $364M penalty in Trump's N.Y. civil fraud trial
| by Erin Doherty, April Rubin, and Shauneen Miranda, Axios staff | Updated February 16, 2024 |
E. JEAN CARROLL DEFAMATION JUDGMENT CASE
Trump's request to delay E. Jean Carroll defamation judgment rejected
| by Rebecca Falconer, Axios Staff | March 7, 2024 |
Trump posts nearly $92M bond to appeal E. Jean Carroll defamation damages
| by Jacob Knutson, Axios Staff | March 8, 2024 |
NEW YORK HUSH MONEY CRIMINAL TRIAL
Judge fines Trump $9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial
| By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan, Reuters staff | April 30, 2024 2:16 PM CDT |
The Trump Trial Takes a Turn David Pecker's testimony delivered a win for the prosecution. The Supreme Court hearing in D.C. was another story.
| By Calder McHugh, Deputy Editor, Politico Nightly. [This article first appeared in POLITICO Nightly.] April 26, 2024 07:00 PM EDT |
Trump's New York hush money trial will begin March 25, judge says
| by Erin Doherty and Ivana Saric, Axios Staff | Updated February 15, 2024 |
2024 STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH
March 7, 2024 State of the Union Speech [Prepared Remarks Full Text]
President Biden's State of the Union Address
Mitt Romney has a plan to disrupt the "apparent inevitability" of Donald Trump locking up the GOP presidential nomination. Romney is calling on donors and influencers to get candidates to drop out by late February.
By Katherine Tully-McManus, Politico.com | July 24, 2023 3:08 PM CDT |
Trump legal woes heat up with prospect of Jan. 6 indictment
By Erin Doherty, Axios | July 18, 2023 |
A pro-Ron DeSantis ad used AI to create Donald Trump's voice. It won't be the last, experts say.
By Louis Jacobson and Loreben Tuquero, Politifact.com | July 18, 2023 |
Third-party No Labels will not be a 'spoiler' in 2024 election, chair says
By David Morgan, Reuters | July 16, 2023 11:40 AM CDT |
Trump's 2024 media play: Less cable, more Barstool The ex-president is hitting the podcast circuit and showing up at contact and combat sporting events. It’s part of a larger plan.
By Alex Isenstadt, Politico.com | July 14, 2023 04:30 EDT |
Why A Third-Party Candidate Might Help Trump — And Spoil The Election For Biden
By Geoffrey Skelley, FiveThirtyEight.com | July 13, 2023 AT 6:00 AM |
How voters feel about the 2024 candidates so far
By Laura Santhanam, PBS NewsHour | Updated on Jun 21, 2023 2:09 PM EDT — Published on Jun 21, 2023 5:00 AM EDT |
Now on the 2024 ballot: Trump's freedom
By Alex Thompson, Axios | Updated June 10, 2023 |
Trump's 2025 vision, revealed
By Sophia Cai, Axios | May 21, 2023 |
DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCES HIS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Trump vows retribution at Waco rally: "I am your warrior, I am your justice" Former president focuses his ire on political enemies and says he will have the back of supporters who have been wronged or betrayed.
By Robert Downen & William Melhado, Texas Tribune.org | March 25, 2023 8 PM Central |
Fact check: Trump repeats false claims during rally in Waco, Texas
By Tara Subramaniam & Daniel Dale, CNN | March 26, 2023 Updated 6:12 PM EDT |
Republicans see signs of Trump support softening
By Josh Kraushaar, Axios.com | November 15, 2022 |
Ivanka Trump on dad's announcement night: I'm done with politics "I am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating," she told Fox News.
By Olivia Olander, Politico.com | November 15, 2022 11:46 PM EST |
Trump announces 2024 presidential run
By Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR.org Heard on All Things Considered | November 15, 2022 9:41 PM ET |
[SAME URL but this is the main article] With midterm losses, Trump's climb to the nomination could be steeper than he'd like
By Domenico Montanaro, NPR.org | Updated November 15, 2022 9:41 PM ET |
How Donald Trump's Unusual Presidential Comeback Could Go History presents three possible paths.
By Geoffrey Skelley, FiveThirtyEight.com | February 2, 2023 6:00 AM |
OTHER REPUBLICAN 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES/POSSIBLE CANDIDATES
ANNOUNCED REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
Conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy announces GOP presidential bid
By Jared Gans, TheHill.com | February 21, 2023 9:30 PM ET |
Nikki Haley formally launches Republican campaign for White House in South Carolina
By Meg Kinnard and Michelle L. Price, Associated Press | February 15, 2023 10:18 AM EST |
POTENTIAL REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
The GOP Is Starting to Plot Against Donald Trump Republican Party donors and leaders are talking about how best to stop Trump from running away with the nomination again in 2024. But they don’t have a clear plan to stop him.
By David Freedlander, Politico.com | February 9, 2023 04:30 AM EST |
QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
"Donald Trump is a loser. He is the first president since Hoover to lose the House, the Senate and the presidency in a single term."
DeSantis eyes 2024 from afar as GOP rivals move toward runs
By Steve Peoples, Thomas Beaumont , and Anthony Izaguirre all of the Associated Press. As heard on NPR's "All Things Considered" and transcript found on NPR radio station WLRN's Web site (
WLRN 91.3 FM) | February 3, 2023 at 10:00 AM EST |
2024 GOP presidential primary starts to take shape as Trump's potential rivals Haley, Scott, Pence make moves
By Kevin Breuninger, CNBC.com | February 1, 2023 5:53 PM EST |
Nikki Haley to announce 2024 presidential run on Feb. 15
By Aaron Navarro and Fin Gomez, CBS News.com. Nikole Killion contributed to this report. | February 1, 2023 3:39 PM |
Potential 2024 GOP presidential hopefuls headed to Austin for retreat with donors Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn are helping host the event at the Omni Barton Creek Resort and Spa.
By Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune.org | February 1, 2023 11 AM Central |
Eyes on 2024: GOP primary kicks off with Trump trips and sniping Trump traveled to New Hampshire and South Carolina over the weekend as other Republicans weigh presidential runs.
By Ben Kamisar and Bridget Bowman, Meet the Press Blog [NBC] staff | January 30, 2023, 9:20 AM CST |
EXCLUSIVE: Former CIA spy and GOP Congressman Will Hurd addresses rumors of 2024 presidential run From the CIA to the White House? A former undercover spy hints at running for president with a trip to a key primary state
By Paul Steinhauser, Fox News.com | January 28, 2023 6:00am EST |
Texas Republicans are weighing 2024 White House bids. Can they first get out of Trump's shadow?
By Benjamin Wermund, Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau | January 27, 2023 Updated January 27, 2023 5:09 PM |
Here are 10 Possible GOP 2024 Challengers Not Named Trump
By Julia Zorthian, Time.com | January 27, 2023 7:00 AM EST |
Why a historically small presidential primary field is possible in 2024
By Harry Enten, CNN | January 22, 2023 12:27 PM EST |
Trump expresses support for Capitol rioters as he continues to embrace extremist groups
By Kristen Holmes, CNN | Updated 11:20 AM EST, Friday December 2, 2022 |
As Trump announces his run, Cruz and Cornyn signal openness to other GOP presidential candidates Republican support for Trump has faltered after a midterm performance by the party that many considered a resounding disappointment.
By Stephen Neukam, Texas Tribune | November 15, 2022 Updated 9 PM Central |
Former Republican Rep. Will Hurd shares his ideas for an 'American Reboot'
By Ebony Joseph and Cybele Mayes-Osterman, PBS Newshour staff | April 7, 2022 6:45 PM EST |
QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
"Will Hurd sat down with Judy Woodruff recently to discuss his new book, 'American Reboot: An Idealist's Guide to Getting Big Things Done.' "
ABOUT THE GREAT TASK:
The Great Task is a multi-candidate [leadership] PAC sponsored by Congresswoman Liz Cheney that is focused on reverence for the rule of law, respect for our Constitution, and a recognition that all citizens have a responsibility to put their duty to the country above partisanship. The Great Task is designed to educate and mobilize Americans in a unified effort to ensure that our Republic endures.
Leadership PACs: Background (Open Secrets.org)
QUOTE FROM ABOVE WEB PAGE:
"A leadership PAC is a political action committee that can be established by current and former members of Congress....Leadership PACs are used to fund expenses that are ineligible to be paid by campaign committees or congressional offices."
Rep. Liz Cheney converted her House campaign finance committee to a federal-leadership political action committee
By Sinéad Baker, Dave Levinthal, and Oma Seddiq, BusinessInsider.com | Aug 17, 2022, 6:45 AM |
QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
"The FEC document, which was filed at 2:01 a.m. ET Wednesday, also showed that Cheney had changed her House campaign committee, "Liz Cheney for Wyoming," to a leadership PAC named "The Great Task." "
Cheney to launch anti-Trump organization after primary defeat Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) lost her primary to Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman on Tuesday night.
By Ryan Lizza and Eugene Daniels, Politico.com | August 17, 2022 09:17 EDT |
Liz Cheney vows to unseat Republicans who support Trump's "big lie"
By Ivana Saric, Axios.com | Updated Aug 21, 2022 |
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