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    • 21-year-old arrested in Nashville nurse slaying: Police

      21-year-old arrested in Nashville nurse slaying: Police

      Devaunte Hill is being charged with criminal homicide in connection with the death of Caitlyn Kaufman, an ICU nurse gunned down on her way to work, police said.

      'Concerned citizen' identified suspect ยป
      • Some Europeans think Trump is attempting a coup

        Some Europeans think Trump is attempting a coup

      • All the Republicans who tried to overturn election results

        All the Republicans who tried to overturn election results

      • Activist: Republicans in Ga. 'reaping what they sowed'

        Activist: Republicans in Ga. 'reaping what they sowed'

      • Workers suddenly getting charged for jobless benefits

        Workers suddenly getting charged for jobless benefits

      • U.S. executes Louisiana truck driver who killed daughter

        U.S. executes Louisiana truck driver who killed daughter

    • Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reportedly went from Biden's VP list to being offered a Bahamas ambassadorship
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      Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reportedly went from Biden's VP list to being offered a Bahamas ambassadorship

      Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) played a big advocacy role in President-elect Joe Biden's 2020 bid, no doubt helping him lock up the typically red state of Georgia. Bottoms was expected to be offered a White House role in return, perhaps as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the head of the Small Business Administration, or even Biden's vice president. After the naming of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as Biden's running mate over the summer, and after Biden slotted Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) into the HUD spot, Bottoms' choices seemed to be slimming.

    • Republican congressman rips Texas GOP for suggesting secession and says 'my guy Abraham Lincoln and the Union soldiers already told you no'
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      Republican congressman rips Texas GOP for suggesting secession and says 'my guy Abraham Lincoln and the Union soldiers already told you no'

      Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Friday criticized the Texas GOP for floating the idea of secession after the Supreme Court rejected a bid to overturn the results of the presidential election. In a statement, the Texas GOP chairman suggested that "law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution." Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois said the statement should be immediately retracted and the people involved fired.

      • Texas GOP Boss Hints At Secession After Supreme Court Drop-Kicks Election Suit
        Texas GOP Boss Hints At Secession After Supreme Court Drop-Kicks Election Suit
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      • 'Lincoln told you no': Texas GOP rebuked for secession talk
        'Lincoln told you no': Texas GOP rebuked for secession talk
        NBCU
    • Alarm as Ethiopia returns refugees who fled Tigray fighting
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      Alarm as Ethiopia returns refugees who fled Tigray fighting

      In a development the United Nations called โ€œdisturbing,โ€ Ethiopia on Friday said it is returning thousands of refugees who ran from camps in its Tigray region as war swept through, putting them on buses back to the border area with Eritrea, the country the refugees originally fled. The news came as the United States said it believes Eritrean troops are active in Ethiopia, a โ€œgrave development. A State Department spokesperson in an email cited credible reports and said โ€œwe urge that any such troops be withdrawn immediately.

      • Ethiopia returning Eritrean refugees to Tigray camps; U.N. concerned over move
        Ethiopia returning Eritrean refugees to Tigray camps; U.N. concerned over move
        Reuters
      • Exclusive: U.S. says reports of Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray are 'credible'
        Exclusive: U.S. says reports of Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray are 'credible'
        Reuters
    • Man arrested in fatal shooting of 26-year-old ICU nurse who was driving to work
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      Man arrested in fatal shooting of 26-year-old ICU nurse who was driving to work

      A tip from a concerned citizen provided a pivotal break Friday in the Dec. 3 slaying of 26-year-old nurseย Caitlyn Kaufman, who worked in the intensive care unit at Saint Thomas West Hospital. Atย dawn,ย members of Metro Nashville Police Department's SWAT team descended on an East Nashville apartment complex and made anย arrest in the fatal shooting of a Nashville nurse who was driving to work when police say someoneย opened fire on her SUV. Devaunte Lewis Hill, 21, was taken into custody at 6:15 a.m. in Kaufman's death.

      • Suspect Nabbed After Nashville ICU Nurse Was Fatally Shot While Driving to Work
        Suspect Nabbed After Nashville ICU Nurse Was Fatally Shot While Driving to Work
        The Daily Beast
      • Police Arrest Suspect in Death of Nashville Nurse, 26, Shot on Freeway While Driving to Work
        Police Arrest Suspect in Death of Nashville Nurse, 26, Shot on Freeway While Driving to Work
        People
    • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ripped into GOP Sen. Mike Lee after he blocked the creation of Latino and women's history museums during a dramatic Senate session
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      Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ripped into GOP Sen. Mike Lee after he blocked the creation of Latino and women's history museums during a dramatic Senate session

      Sen. Mike Lee blocked two proposals that would establish new Smithsonian museums for American Latino and women's history. Both bipartisan bills passed the House of Representatives earlier this year, but the Republican senator said Americans didn't need "separate but equal" museums. Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and GOP Sen. Susan Collins both pushed back against Lee during a dramatic Senate session on Thursday.

      • GOP Sen. Mike Lee blocks bipartisan effort to establish Latino, women's museums
        GOP Sen. Mike Lee blocks bipartisan effort to establish Latino, women's museums
        ABC News
      • National Latino museum vote blocked by Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee
        National Latino museum vote blocked by Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee
        NBC News
    • Israel, Morocco to normalize ties; US shifts W Sahara policy
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      Associated Press

      Israel, Morocco to normalize ties; US shifts W Sahara policy

      Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations as President Donald Trump, in his final weeks in office, announced the fourth Arab-Israeli agreement in four months on Thursday. In a related major policy shift, the United States agreed to recognize Morocco's claim over the long-disputed Western Sahara region as part of the deal. The agreement adds to Trump's Mideast legacy just as Joe Biden prepares to assume the presidency in January with an eye toward revamping America's policies in the region, from Israel to Iran, Iraq and beyond.

      • Morocco joins other Arab nations agreeing to normalize Israel ties
        Morocco joins other Arab nations agreeing to normalize Israel ties
        Reuters
      • Analysis-Washington's Western Sahara pledge the ultimate prize for Morocco
        Analysis-Washington's Western Sahara pledge the ultimate prize for Morocco
        Reuters
    • Under fire for strong-arm tactics, DeSantis lashes out at former data scientist Rebekah Jones
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      USA TODAY

      Under fire for strong-arm tactics, DeSantis lashes out at former data scientist Rebekah Jones

      TALLAHASSEE โ€“ Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out Friday at a former Florida data scientist turned whistleblower whose home was raided by a state law enforcement team wielding a sledgehammer earlier this week. Just because you're a darling of some corners of the fever swamps, that does not exempt you from following the law,โ€ DeSantis said during an appearance in Tampa. The video of law enforcement's arrival at the Tallahassee home of Rebekah Jones has gone viral and the former health department data scientist has denied allegations that she accessed a state emergency alert system to urge former co-workers to speak out about the DeSantis administration's handling of the coronavirus.

      • DeSantis defends police search at Rebekah Jonesโ€™s home: โ€˜Itโ€™s not a raidโ€™
        DeSantis defends police search at Rebekah Jonesโ€™s home: โ€˜Itโ€™s not a raidโ€™
        Yahoo News Video
      • Body Camera Footage Shows Florida Cops' Raid On COVID-19 Data Scientist's Home
        Body Camera Footage Shows Florida Cops' Raid On COVID-19 Data Scientist's Home
        HuffPost
    • A driver flipped the bird to a Keys deputy and hit 120 mph, cops say.  Then she laughed.
      U.S.
      Miami Herald

      A driver flipped the bird to a Keys deputy and hit 120 mph, cops say. Then she laughed.

      A Miami Beach woman is accused of speeding though the Florida Keys and flipping her middle fingers at a pursuing Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputy along the way. Christine Eliza Dayoub, 36, faces multiple felony charges in the incident in which deputies say she reached speeds of up to 120 mph as she crossed the iconic Seven Mile Bridge Thursday night in a Mercedes-Benz. It began around 7:40 p.m. when she passed a deputy in his patrol car heading south on U.S. 1 in the Middle Keys city of Marathon, according to the sheriff's office.

    • New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the shortlist of Joe Biden's picks for role of attorney general
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      New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the shortlist of Joe Biden's picks for role of attorney general

      New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is one of four candidates being considered for attorney general in President-elect Joe Biden's administration, a source toldย the Associated Press on Friday. The other three contenders include former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, outgoing Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, and Judge Merrick Garland. Cuomo has previously said he has "no interest in going to Washington" despite having previously served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under then-President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001.

    • The Constitution has an answer for seditious members of Congress
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      The Week

      The Constitution has an answer for seditious members of Congress

      Second, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is under investigation for bribery and abuse of office, filed a baldly seditious lawsuit calling for the Supreme Court to overturn the election results in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and hand their electoral votes to Trump. It was flatly an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, end constitutional government, and install Trump in power. Before the Supreme Court threw the suit out Friday night, 17 other Republican state attorneys general had joined him, along with 126 members of the Republican caucus in the House, while Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has agreed to represent Trump.

      • Here are the Republican members of Congress who signed on to the suit to throw out the votes in 4 states
        Here are the Republican members of Congress who signed on to the suit to throw out the votes in 4 states
        Yahoo News
      • Lawmakers Who Backed Texas Lawsuit Should Be Barred From House: NJ Congressman
        Lawmakers Who Backed Texas Lawsuit Should Be Barred From House: NJ Congressman
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    • Zodiac: cipher from California serial killer solved after 51 years
      U.S.
      The Guardian

      Zodiac: cipher from California serial killer solved after 51 years

      It took 51 years and a team of experts from three countries to crack the code to a cipher left by the still unidentified Zodiac Killer, who haunted northern California communities in the 1960s and 70s. โ€œI hope you are having lots of fun in trying to catch me,โ€ the message, sent to the San Francisco Chronicle in November 1969 in a series of symbols, reads. The FBI confirmed that the news of the cracked code is the real deal, but said it does little to help investigators in the decades-long search for the serial killer.

      • Volunteer sleuths crack 'Zodiac' serial killer's coded message
        Volunteer sleuths crack 'Zodiac' serial killer's coded message
        Reuters
      • Zodiac killer cipher cracked after decades
        Zodiac killer cipher cracked after decades
        NBCU
    • More Inside AD100 Designer Pierre Yovanovitchโ€™s History-Richย Parisian Apartment
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      Architectural Digest

      More Inside AD100 Designer Pierre Yovanovitchโ€™s History-Richย Parisian Apartment

      In the hands of Pierre Yovanovitch, the Paris apartment that iconic designer Jean-Michel Frank once called home gets a spectacular new lease on life Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • A Guatemalan father brought his 10-year-old daughter to the U.S.-Mexico border. He learned to regret it.
      U.S.
      USA TODAY

      A Guatemalan father brought his 10-year-old daughter to the U.S.-Mexico border. He learned to regret it.

      The night after their immigration court hearing, Francisco Sical heldย his youngย daughter in his arms in a freezing Border Patrol cell. Melissa Sical โ€” second-youngest of his seven children, with long brown hair and a shy smile โ€” had glimpsed El Paso from the government van and wanted to see more of the houses with yards beyond the highways. Now she was trembling with cold, and Sical couldn't bear to tell her that they were detained.

    • The co-founder of BioNTech designed the coronavirus vaccine it made with Pfizer in just a few hours over a single day
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      Business Insider

      The co-founder of BioNTech designed the coronavirus vaccine it made with Pfizer in just a few hours over a single day

      But now that the agency has granted authorization to Pfizer and BioNTech - with Moderna's likely to follow shortly - mRNA vaccines could set a new industry standard. How mRNA vaccines train the body to fight the coronavirus Messenger RNA is genetic material that tells cells how to make proteins. Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine candidate works by injecting a small piece of coronavirus mRNA into the body.

      • FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, distribution to begin within days
        FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, distribution to begin within days
        TechCrunch
      • Pfizerโ€™s COVID-19 Vaccine Passes Last Big Hurdle In FDA Review
        Pfizerโ€™s COVID-19 Vaccine Passes Last Big Hurdle In FDA Review
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    • Ted Cruz says Senate will likely blockade Biden's nominations based on debunked election fraud allegations
      Politics
      The Week

      Ted Cruz says Senate will likely blockade Biden's nominations based on debunked election fraud allegations

      Some Republican senators are using their unfounded election fraud claims as an excuse to muddy President-elect Joe Biden's transition. Biden has spent the past few weeks since the election filling out his Cabinet, hoping quick confirmations will help him get a quick start on reversing President Trump's policies. But "as long as there's litigation ongoing, and the election result is disputed, I do not think you will see the Senate act to confirm any nominee," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told Axios.

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      Ship that lost containers in Pacific storm docks

      Nearly 2,000 containers aboard the ship managed by NYK Ship management of Japan were lost or damaged when it was hit by stormy weather in the Pacific Ocean, according the company's statement earlier this week. Dramatic footage shot by a YouTuber and obtained by Reuters showed ONE Apus carrying collapsed containers and docking at Kobe, one of the world's busies port cities. ONE Apus, owned by Chidori Ship Holdings, was travelling from Yantian in China to Long Beach, California, when it hit a violent storm about 1,600 nautical miles (2,960 kilometres) northwest of Hawaii, a statement issued on behalf of the companies said.

    • Mayor slams U.S. Marshal for "uninformed" statement on shooting
      U.S.
      CBS News

      Mayor slams U.S. Marshal for "uninformed" statement on shooting

      The mayor of Columbus, Ohio, criticized a U.S. Marshal on Friday for providing an "inappropriate, uninformed" statement about the death of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. Soon after Goodson was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy last Friday, U.S. Marshal Peter Tobin made multiple claims that have been disputed by Goodson's family and have not been repeated by authorities investigating the shooting. He has since said his comments were "premature." In the aftermath of the December 4 shooting, Tobin told reporters on the scene that the victim "was seen driving down the street waving a gun" before he was confronted by the deputy, who was later identified as Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy Jason M...

      • U.S. marshal calls his post-shooting remarks 'premature'
        U.S. marshal calls his post-shooting remarks 'premature'
        Associated Press
      • Family: Ohio deputy shot Black man in the back several times
        Family: Ohio deputy shot Black man in the back several times
        Associated Press
    • Gordon Ramsay says Gigi Hadid is 'one of the most sophisticated foodies on the planet' and he's even making his own version of her spicy vodka pasta
      Lifestyle
      INSIDER

      Gordon Ramsay says Gigi Hadid is 'one of the most sophisticated foodies on the planet' and he's even making his own version of her spicy vodka pasta

      Gordon Ramsay and Gigi Hadid share a mutual love of cooking. In a live cooking event on Saturday, December 12, at 12 p.m. EST, Ramsay will pay homage to a spicy pasta and shrimp dish he said Hadid sent him recently. The "MasterChef" judge will also make a "glamorous" banana bread pancake cereal with warm, vanilla-infused milk.

    • Pfizer's vaccine authorization means 2.9 million high-risk people will get the shot within days - the first step in a 9-month path to normalcy
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      Business Insider

      Pfizer's vaccine authorization means 2.9 million high-risk people will get the shot within days - the first step in a 9-month path to normalcy

      The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that the nation's 21 million healthcare workers and 3 million residents of long-term care facilities - including assisted living and nursing homes - get priority access to the shots. With the FDA's authorization, Pfizer can distribute shots using its own delivery system, which is centered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Pfizer has 6.4 million vaccine doses available, but the company's first shipments will only contain 2.9 million doses.

      • FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, distribution to begin within days
        FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, distribution to begin within days
        TechCrunch
      • FDA advisory committee recommends Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine authorization
        FDA advisory committee recommends Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine authorization
        Yahoo Finance
    • Facing Electoral College vote, Trump continues election attack, but without risks to him, experts say
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      USA TODAY

      Facing Electoral College vote, Trump continues election attack, but without risks to him, experts say

      WASHINGTON โ€“ President Donald Trump shows no sign of ending his assault on the results of the November presidential election, even with his legal options dwindling and the Electoral College just days away from sealing his fate. In yet another move aimed at overturning a democratically held election he lost, Trump blasted out a barrage of messages on Twitter on Friday calling into question the election results and urging the Supreme Court to throw out millions of votes in four battleground states โ€“ a move the court rejected Friday evening. Follow the Constitution and do what everybody knows has to be done,โ€ Trump implored justices on the nation's highest court.

      • Last-ditch effort to throw election to Trump quashed by Supreme Court
        Last-ditch effort to throw election to Trump quashed by Supreme Court
        Yahoo News
      • How the Electoral College meeting actually works: Yahoo News explains
        How the Electoral College meeting actually works: Yahoo News explains
        Yahoo News
    • Head pastors at Hillsong Church are accused of using volunteers as their personal babysitters for little or no pay, insiders said
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      Head pastors at Hillsong Church are accused of using volunteers as their personal babysitters for little or no pay, insiders said

      Former members of the celebrity megachurch Hillsong recently came forward to Insider with multiple accusations of racism, anti-LGBTQ behavior, and exploitation after pastor Carl Lentz was fired for infidelity last month. After celebrity pastor of Hillsong NYC Carl Lentz was fired for cheating on his wife in November, sources told Insider that the issues at Hillsong run much deeper than one affair. Several former volunteers said top pastors regularly took advantage of free and underpaid labor, and in some cases paid little or no money for volunteers to babysit their children.

    • Men Aren't Planning to Socially Distance This Holiday Season. The Results Could Be Devastating
      Lifestyle
      Time

      Men Aren't Planning to Socially Distance This Holiday Season. The Results Could Be Devastating

      A couple wearing protective masks take a selfie with the Rockefeller Christmas Tree in the background on Dec. 6, 2020 in New York City. With the U.S. setting a new, devastating record of more than 3,000 people dead from COVID-19 in a single day this week, American women say they're planning on social distancing this holiday season. One in four Americans has plans to travel for Christmas, and one in five is traveling for New Year'sโ€”choices that in this horrific year have the potential to exacerbate an outbreak already spreading out of control in much of the country.

      • 20 Fun and Festive Face Masks to Wear This Holiday Season
        20 Fun and Festive Face Masks to Wear This Holiday Season
        Men's Health
      • Safely viewing the Rockefeller Christmas Tree
        Safely viewing the Rockefeller Christmas Tree
        AccuWeather
    • The Elector College will pick the president on Monday. Here's what you should know.
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      USA TODAY

      The Elector College will pick the president on Monday. Here's what you should know.

      "But most of us don't even know who the electors of our state are unless we've done our research." Experts: Facing Electoral College vote, Trump continues election attack, but without risks to him The state parties appoint electors to cast the electoral ballots on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December of the presidential election โ€“ about a month after the Americans cast their ballots in the popular vote. How are the votes divided?

      • How the Electoral College works: Yahoo News Explains
        How the Electoral College works: Yahoo News Explains
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      • How the Electoral College meeting actually works: Yahoo News explains
        How the Electoral College meeting actually works: Yahoo News explains
        Yahoo News
    • The Texas GOP had a fit after the Supreme Court rejected their bid to flip the election in Trump's favor, and now they're hinting at secession
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      Business Insider

      The Texas GOP had a fit after the Supreme Court rejected their bid to flip the election in Trump's favor, and now they're hinting at secession

      The Republican Party of Texas decried the US Supreme Court decision to reject a bid by some states to overturn the results of the presidential election. The case, which was brought by Texas and joined by other Republican-led states, sought to overturn the results in four states won by President-elect Joe Biden. "Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution," Allen West, the Texas GOP chairman, said.

      • Texas GOP Boss Hints At Secession After Supreme Court Drop-Kicks Election Suit
        Texas GOP Boss Hints At Secession After Supreme Court Drop-Kicks Election Suit
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      • U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit seeking to undo Trump election loss
        U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit seeking to undo Trump election loss
        Yahoo News Video
    • I volunteered for Johnson & Johnson's vaccine trial, which wraps in January and could include a one-shot vaccine. I hope that I can look back on this moment with pride.
      Health
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      I volunteered for Johnson & Johnson's vaccine trial, which wraps in January and could include a one-shot vaccine. I hope that I can look back on this moment with pride.

      Lisa Bari is a 39-year-old health IT policy exec based in Baltimore, Maryland who is participating in a late-stage trial of Johnson & Johnson's experimental coronavirus vaccine. She received the first dose of vaccine or placebo on November 30 and is scheduled to receive the second dose on January 27. While Bari is in the two-dose phase of the trial, Johnson & Johnson is also running a separate segment testing a one-dose vaccine on 60,000 participants.

      • US govnt orders additional 100 million doses of Moderna vaccine
        US govnt orders additional 100 million doses of Moderna vaccine
        WABC โ€“ NY
      • My university will be getting COVID-19 vaccines soon โ€“ here's how my team will get doses into arms
        My university will be getting COVID-19 vaccines soon โ€“ here's how my team will get doses into arms
        The Conversation
    Will Trump run again in 2024?
    • โ€œThe prospect of a 2024 run is politically significant. Itโ€™s also a complete fiction.โ€

    • โ€œHis flirtation with a 2024 bid ensures heโ€™ll remain the dominant force in the Republican Party.โ€

    • โ€œHe shouldnโ€™t run for president again. Thereโ€™s a better job and life for him on the horizon.โ€

    • โ€œTrump is in for years of scandals and humiliationsโ€ฆHeโ€™ll have to devote much of his energy to trying to stay out of prison.โ€

    • โ€œIf Trump himself passes on the opportunity, his two very political children could also potentially pick up the mantle.โ€

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