Trump critics have been pushed out or marginalized, leaving loyalists among their ranks.
Donald Trump
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Trump White House spent $200 million to donate 8,700 ventilators globally. Officials don’t know where they are.
The effort, driven by the Trump White House, had no clear criteria for determining who should get them and no way to keep track of where many ended up.
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Vermont Sen. Leahy, presiding over impeachment trial, has reputation for fairness
The Democrat beginning his 47th year in the U.S. Senate ‘takes the issue of the law and justice very, very seriously,’ said Sen. Bernie Sanders, a fellow Vermonter.
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Sen. Collins promotes censure action against Trump instead of impeachment
Maine’s senior senator says the proposal is gaining traction now that a majority of her Republican colleagues have made it clear they won’t vote to convict the former president for inciting a riot on Capitol Hill.
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Pentagon restricted commander of D.C. Guard before Capitol riot
A high-level sign-off on Guard deployment was required in part because Pentagon leaders had been lambasted for actions the District Guard took during last June’s racial justice protests.
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Trump impeachment trial proceeds with support from just 5 Senate Republicans, including Collins
Tuesday’s vote on an effort to dismiss the trial shows a lack of votes for conviction, which requires support from two-thirds of the Senate.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Reader impressed by Trump legacy column
The following was addressed to columnist John Balentine: I am so tremendously impressed with your delicate handling of the Trump legacy (Here’s Something, Jan. 15). You seem to have walked a very fine line between the two extremes without offending anyone. (Wait for all the hate mail to prove me wrong.) And you still got […]
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Letter: Balentine is a breath of fresh air
Dear John Balentine, You are such a breath of fresh air and it was so nice to read your article (“Trump’s legacy,” Jan. 15). There are 75 million of us who liked living in a free country. Now we will be inundated by hordes of illegals from all over the world storming our borders. How […]
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Watchdog probes whether Justice Department officials tried to alter outcome of election
The New York Times reported that a former assistant attorney general discussed a plan with then-President Trump to oust the acting attorney general, try to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential race and suggest falsely that there had been widespread election fraud.
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House delivers article of impeachment to Senate, testing Trump’s sway over Republicans
More Republicans’ passions appear to have cooled since the insurrection of Jan. 6.