On Monday morning, Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), said Trump likely would not make a reappearance if his account were to be reinstated. Nunes told Maria Bartiromo on Mornings with Maria that Trump “really doesn’t have an interest in going on Twitter.” Twitter could soon change ownership, as The Wall Street Journal has reported that the two parties “could finalize a deal as soon as this week....

On Wednesday, Trump announced that Truth Social would be rolled out for some invited guests in November, and for all users sometime in the first quarter of 2022. While Trump’s social network has yet to launch, Vice’s technology publication, Motherboard, reported Thursday that some users have already created accounts on the site, posting screenshots of the platform online. Eugen Rochko, the founder and lead developer of Mastodon, said that based on the screenshots he’s seen, Truth Social is “absolutely is based on Mastodon,”...

Trump made the remarks in a Monday statement blasting both Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top experts on his White House Coronavirus Task Force, for recent comments they had made in the media. The former president called the doctors “self-promoters” one day after interviews with them and other key figures of the Trump administration’s COVID-19 response aired on CNN, with Birx saying that the Trump White House had forced her to censor her recommendations during the pandemic....

In a statement Friday morning, Trump slammed Ryan as a “RINO”—a Republican in Name Only—before blaming him for the party’s loss in the 2012 presidential election and stating he shouldn’t advise the party on how to win future elections. “Paul Ryan has been a curse to the Republican Party,” the former president said. “He has no clue as to what needs to be done for our Country, was a weak and ineffective leader, and spends all of his time fighting Republicans as opposed to Democrats who are destroying our Country....

Trump addressed police chiefs at an annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, where he raised concerns about the crime rates in the city under Superintendent Eddie Johnson. The president also pointed to the high-profile, and embarrassing, investigation into claims by Smollett that he was attacked in January as a blemish on the Chicago Police Department. Smollett was subsequently charged with filing a false report and accused of staging the attack....

Conley said in a memorandum published Tuesday: “He [Trump] had a restful first night at home and today [Tuesday] he reports no symptoms. Vital signs and physical exam remain stable, with an ambulatory oxygen saturation level of 95 to 97 percent. Overall he continues to do extremely well, I will provide updates as we know more.” Though Trump “may not entirely be out of the woods yet,” Conley said at a Monday press briefing, “the president has continued to improve....

In a statement released Friday, the former president said Kelly Tshibaka has his “Complete and Total Endorsement” and that he looked forward to campaigning on her behalf. “Lisa Murkowski is bad for Alaska,” the statement read. “Her vote to confirm Biden’s Interior Secretary was a vote to kill long sought for, and approved, ANWR, and Alaska jobs. Murkowski has got to go! Kelly Tshibaka is the candidate who can beat Murkowski—and she will....

BetOnline offers 11-4 on Trump winning, followed by incumbent Joe Biden at 13-4. and Vice President Kamala Harris third with odds of 5-1. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida trails Harris with odds of 10-1, ahead of Pete Buttigieg at 16-1, Nikki Haley at 18-1 and Mike Pence at 20-1. Immediately after his November defeat, Panama headquartered BetOnline offered odds of 33-1 on a Trump victory in the 2024 Election....

Agents entered Mar-a-Lago on August 8 as part of an investigation into a number of possible crimes, including a potential breach of the Espionage Act. The raid sparked a furious reaction from Trump and his political allies, some of whom argued the operation was politically motivated. On Monday, the former president predicted the investigation will boost Republicans at the upcoming November midterms. Posting on his Truth Social website, he said: “Republicans could win many additional seats, both in the House & Senate, because of the strong backlash over the raid at [Mar]-a-Lago....

Former President Donald Trump’s eldest son, who is executive vice president of development and acquisitions at the company, spoke to Fox News’ Jesse Watters about the indictments on Thursday. Weisselberg was charged on 15 counts, including conspiracy, grand larceny and falsifying business records as part of what prosecutors allege was a 15-year tax scheme “to compensate Weisselberg and other Trump Organization executives in a manner that was ‘off the books....

Trump Jr. made the remarks during the “America UnCancelled” event hosted by the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas on Friday. The son of former President Donald Trump denounced the nation’s top doctor while speaking about the “propagandists” working in what he called the formerly “honorable institution” of journalism. Trump Jr. insisted that Fauci is merely a “bureaucrat” and that members of the press who suggest otherwise are being deceptive....

Trump also alluded to recent spats between Fox News personality Tucker Carlson and military members, who have recently traded remarks after the right-wing commentator complained about the military becoming more “feminine.” Trump said that he would release another video speaking on Carlson’s feud with military. “Guys, what the hell is going on with our military this last week?” Trump began in his video, which appeared on Rumble and features the former president’s son standing in front of palm trees....

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who leads the right-wing Conservative Party, has—despite pleas from the family of one of the two people killed in the knife attack near London Bridge—blamed his Labour Party opponents for the killings, citing legislation introduced by a previous government more than 10 years ago. And in the U.S., right-wing political figures have now also been condemned for using the London Bridge stabbings as ammunition to attack more progressive politics....

“David Shafer did a phenomenal job as Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, recruiting and training a record number of volunteers,” Trump wrote in a Wednesday statement. “No one in Georgia fought harder for me than David! He NEVER gave up! He has my Complete and Total Endorsement for re-election.” In December 2020, Shafer joined Trump in filing a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results in Trump’s favor....

Trump held a total of 30 large rallies across the country during the last two weeks of his campaign. According to a November 29 analysis from NBC News’ Meet the Press, the president underperformed in 25 of the 30 counties he visited when compared to the results of the 2016 election. Of those 25 counties, Trump either won by a smaller percentage than in 2016 or flipped the area in favor of his Democrat opponent Joe Biden....

On Tuesday, the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James said it was now looking to Trump’s business in a “criminal capacity.” The office has been conducting a civil investigation for two years now. A spokesperson from James’ office had previously said the attorney general had “informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature.” Trump disputed the statements made by the James’ office, saying he only learned of the new developments through “leaks in the mainstream media....

At a Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix on Saturday, Trump repeated his complaint that Pence could have done more to stop the certification of his electoral defeat on January 6. “I only wish that my friend, Mike Pence, had that additional courage to send the results back to the legislatures, because it all happened so quickly,” Trump said to loud boos from the audience. “You know, they schemed on this plan for four years,” the former president claimed....

Following the Republican National Convention, where Trump officially accepted the party’s nomination to run in 2020, the president has seen incremental gains in his standing among the public, according to polling. In YouGov’s latest approval polling, conducted among 1,000 people on August 30, 46 percent asked approved compared to 49 who disapproved. Among the same number of respondents the day before, he was at 42 percent approval and 52 percent disapproval....

In a letter seen by CNN and NBC News, White House counsel Dana Remus told National Archivist David Ferriero on Monday that Biden would not block the House Select Committee investigating the events of January 6 from accessing documents Trump has said are privileged. The former president is suing to prevent the committee from obtaining an initial tranche of documents, arguing that the committee has no investigative power and that its subpoenas are therefore invalid....

Trump’s video takes are among records that Federal Court Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled the committee investigating the insurrection will have access to, Thompson told Cuomo Prime Time. The Mississippi Democratic congressman said that video of what Trump said on the day of the insurrection was essential for his committee to come to a conclusion about what happened. “The president, it took him six times for the video to say to the people to go home,” Thompson told CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on Tuesday....