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Arkansas

Arkansas governor seeks exemption on travel and security records, backs off other changes

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republicans in the Legislature on Tuesday backed off a widespread plan to restrict the public’s access to records about Sanders’ administration, but they said they will still seek limits on what can be released about the GOP governor’s travel and security. Republican lawmakers filed […]

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Alabama

The new GOP: If you’re indicted, you’re invited! | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

As of last week, more than a thousand of former President Donald Trump’s supporters have now faced charges for violently attacking the U.S. Capitol to overturn the 2020 election. More than 397 of them have gone to jail. Add in another 500 who were released under supervision or probation. Trump himself has been indicted for […]

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Alabama

CBS News poll finds Trump’s big lead grows, as GOP voters dismiss indictments | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Well, there’s no debate about this: Right now, the Republican Party would easily renominate Donald Trump for 2024. And it’s not close.  The former president now holds his largest lead over his rivals in our polling amid his recent legal troubles. In fact, most of his voters cite those troubles as yet one more reason […]

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Alabama

Trump bid to delay New York fraud trial ‘without merit,’ judge says | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as he attends the ALGOP Summer Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, Aug. 4, 2023. Cheney Orr | Reuters A New York judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s request to delay his sweeping civil fraud trial, calling the former president’s request “completely without merit.” One day […]

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Alabama

Christie Says 3rd GOP Presidential Debate Is Coming to Tuscaloosa | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has said the third Republican primary presidential debate will be hosted in Tuscaloosa, and former President Donald Trump may attend. In a long interview on MSNBC Monday night, Christie said Trump did not attend the first debate last week in Milwaukee and he is not expected to participate in […]

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Alabama

Here’s what’s next for the case in Georgia | #elections | #alabama

Tue, Aug 15 2023 5:02 PM EDT John Eastman calls Georgia indictment a ‘legal cluster-bomb’ John Eastman, former lawyer to Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media after leaving the State Bar Court of California in Los Angeles, California, US, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images John Eastman, […]

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Alabama

Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Ban On Gender-Affirming Care—Here Are All The States With Similar Bans Or Restrictions | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Topline Austin district court Judge Maria Cantu Hexsel blocked an upcoming September 1 ban on gender-affirming care that was set to take effect in Texas, as a growing list of states—including more than a dozen this year—have passed similar legislation targeting transgender healthcare. gender-affirming care this year. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved […]

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Alabama

Eight Republican candidates qualified for the first GOP debate | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump won’t be on the Republican debate stage Wednesday. But the former president is driving the conversation on and off the debate stage anyway. Trump supporters including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will be in Milwaukee. There are questions about how many of his campaign surrogates will be allowed into Fox […]

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Alabama

Donald Trump seems inescapable but many Republicans embrace a campaign discussion without him | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump’s decision to skip the first Republican debate may hurt television ratings and put more pressure on the eight contenders who will be on stage. But plenty of rank-and-file conservatives said they were eager to see their options without the former president dominating the conversation. “People are just so focused on […]

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Alabama

Rogers summons defense leaders to testify on SPACECOM headquarters | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON ― House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers is asking three top Defense Department officials to testify before Congress after the Biden administration revoked a previous decision to place the Space Command headquarters in his home state of Alabama and instead designated Colorado as its home base. The Alabama Republican on Tuesday invited Air […]

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