Team Trump’s pleas for funds on Sunday evening came only days after the former president insisted Republicans “will not be voting” in the 2022 midterm and 2024 general elections until the supposed voter fraud is “solved.” Trump has repeatedly pushed the narrative that voter fraud was behind his electoral defeat to Democrat Joe Biden in November 2020, despite no evidence to support the claim. Multiple lawsuits alleging widespread fraud were rejected in the weeks following the election after attorneys for Trump offered no substantive evidence....

Trump made the comments in a post on Gab on Tuesday. The social media site is popular with conservatives and the ex-president is still suspended from Facebook and banned from Twitter. He referenced an October 13 report from The New York Post about Zuckerberg’s financial contributions to two nonprofit groups during the November 2020 election—spending the newspaper claimed helped Joe Biden win the presidency. Trump began his post by discussing Republican Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska’s 1st congressional district, who has been charged with lying to the FBI about campaign contributions....

The results of the poll, released Thursday, were based on telephone surveys conducted among 823 registered voters in Wisconsin, as well as the other swing states of Pennsylvania and Michigan, between February 12 and February 18. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points. While Trump was ahead in Wisconsin, it is worth noting that Quinnipiac’s poll also reported that all of his Democratic challengers were ahead of him by at least one point in Pennsylvania and Michigan....

Abdul-Jabbar criticized Trump in a Washington Post op-ed piece Wednesday, accusing him of attacking journalists’ First Amendment rights through bullying tactics and childish insults. MORE: Donald Trump Herschel Walker’s ‘frontrunner’ for president | Celebrities at U.S. Open Trump’s response, which Abdul-Jabbar posted on his Facebook page, was in line with many of his other rebuttals to critics. Trump gets personal again. “Kareem - Now I know why the press always treated you so badly — they couldn’t stand you....

The lower bowl appeared to be close to full and there was a large gathering on the floor, but large portions of the upper deck were . . . not. There were many theories including COVID-19/social distancing concerns, a rescheduled date from the original June 19, the campaign’s claim of protesters blocking the area outside the arena, and a reported TikTok/BTS ticket trolling scheme. MORE: Trump says Drew Brees caved to ‘PR pressure’ in kneeling flip-flop...

“[Trump’s] status as [former] President of the United States does not exclude him from the requirements of the forum selection clause in Twitter’s Terms of Service,” the ruling said. Trump had requested that his Twitter account be temporarily unlocked before being fully reinstated, and called the company “a major avenue of public discourse.” The case will now be transferred to be heard by a California court, per a motion requested by Twitter....

Trump kicked off a 36-hour trip to the country with a visit to the former home of independence leader Mohandas Gandhi before heading to a rally in Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday. More than 100,000 people filled the world’s largest cricket stadium, which is also known as Motera Stadium, as almost everyone in attendance donned a white cap with the name of the event “Namaste, Trump” (“Welcome, Trump”) written on it, the Associated Press reported....

The committee on Tuesday issued letters to six witnesses demanding documents and testimony for what it described as their roles seeking to overturn the election in the leadup to the insurrection. Since being formed last year, the committee has turned its attention in recent months to how efforts by Trump and his inner circle to stay in power allegedly played into the attack. Of the newly subpoenaed witnesses is Kurt Olsen, a lawyer who previously assisted with unsuccessful efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory....

The statement came about 30 minutes into Trump’s 90-minute speech at his re-election rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, as the president thanked Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel for her work. McDaniel is the former Michigan GOP chair, who Trump credited in the speech with helping him win the state during the 2016 general election. “I used to complain and you know I just –– I’d go [to Michigan] and I’d say, ‘They’re stealing your car business,’” Trump said....

Biden’s attorneys on Monday acknowledged that fewer than a dozen documents were found at Washington, D.C.’s Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, which is a think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. The revelation of the removed classified documents, which reportedly date back to Biden’s time as vice president, immediately drew comparisons to the roughly 325 classified documents recovered from former President Donald Trump. Trump Jr. took to Twitter soon after news broke on Monday regarding Biden’s documents and referenced last summer’s FBI raid at his father’s Mar-a-Lago residence....

Former President Donald Trump’s eldest son told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday that his father “exuded strength” and said President Joe Biden was weak in comparison. The Trump administration negotiated the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2020 and Biden has received significant criticism for how the final drawdown was carried out. Hannity asked Trump Jr. about the situation in Afghanistan: “What would your dad do?” “The only thing these animals respect and understand is strength, and Joe Biden exudes nothing but weakness....

The incumbent Republican president holds a solid five-point lead in Missouri, according to the most recent “We Ask America” poll released Tuesday. But in other potential swing states, including Wisconsin, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania, Biden still holds significant polling leads. The only other states where Trump and Biden are statistically tied are Florida and Texas, according to Dallas Morning News and Trafalgar Group polls released last week. Led by concerns over a recent spike in crime tied to racial justice protests across the country, Missouri voters have given a boost to Trump’s November re-election prospects....

The former president has been criticized after he recently told a crowd of his supporters at a rally in Texas that he would pardon those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in support of his “rigged” election conspiracy if he is voted into the White House again. Trump has since doubled down on his remarks, telling Newsmax that he would “absolutely” pardon those convicted over the January 6 riot, while attacking Senator Lindsey Graham who suggested the remarks were “inappropriate” and could fuel further violence....

Members from the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Anti-War Committee, Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union will hold demonstrate against Trump’s political rally in a protest at the Target Center from 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 10. In a press conference announcing the protest, Kent Mori, spokesman for the Anti-War Committee, encouraged others to join the coalition in order to “protest Trump and his racist policies....

As Donald Trump’s presidency headed for a crash landing, plans were finalized for the divisive chief executive to take one more trip to some familiar, comforting territory: the southern border. On Tuesday, Jan. 12, Trump traveled to Alamo, Texas, so he could bask in the construction of a new $15 billion border wall, and the catastrophic MAGA riot that engulfed the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 was not going to prevent his victory lap....

Website visitors were brought to a page that had been taken over by Turkish hacktivist group RootAyyildiz. “Do not be like those who forgot Allah, so Ally made them forget themselves. Here they really went astray,” the site read. The message was also written in Turkish. Links to the hackers’ Instagram and Facebook were also listed on the webpage. RootAyyildiz has claimed responsibility for a number of other cyberattacks targeting politicians around the world....

Kemp announced Monday that he would allow some businesses to reopen as soon as Friday, well before the May 1 deadline suggested by Trump. Included among the kinds of businesses Kemp said could open their doors are gymnasiums, barber shops, hair styling salons and tattoo shops. Cinemas and restaurants are expected to be allowed to open again on April 27. Churches will also be allowed to hold services in person....

Trump was impeached for the first time in December 2019 for appearing to withhold U.S. military aid for Ukraine unless Kyiv investigated Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. Speaking at the rally in Florence on Saturday evening, Trump hit out at President Biden’s handling of Russia’s war with Ukraine, telling the crowd: “Remember that with Ukraine, I sent the javelins that you’ve seen are so effective against the tanks. Biden didn’t....

Seemingly hesitant to reveal what is still classified information, Trump told Ingraham what he could about the “imminent threat” that triggered the U.S. military action against Soleimani in January. “Don’t the American people have a right to know what specifically was targeted without revealing methods and sources?” Ingraham asked. “Well, I don’t think so, but we will tell you that probably it was going to be the embassy in Baghdad,” Trump replied....

The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) this week voted to repeal a policy requiring players to stand while The Star-Spangled Banner is played before games. USSF put that policy in place after Megan Rapinoe kneeled in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, who first took a knee in 2016 in protest against police brutality and the systematic oppression of black people and people of color in America. Trump responded to a tweet from Republican congressman Matt Gaetz which said, “I’d rather the US not have a soccer team than have a soccer team that won’t stand for the National Anthem....