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16 Apr 2024 · 8 min read

Republican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help watch polls

By Zachary Roth, Minnesota Reformer As the Republican National Committee ramps up plans to monitor the polls for illegal voting this fall, the national party is increasingly working with a

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16 Apr 2024 · 4 min read

Trump makes one last presidential immunity argument to the U.S. Supreme Court

By Jacob Fischler, Minnesota Reformer Hours after Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom and became the first former president in U.S. history to be a defendant in

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15 Apr 2024 · 6 min read

Trump’s repeated escapes from political damage to be tested in NYC trial

By Jacob Fischler, Minnesota Reformer Donald Trump on Monday in a New York City courtroom will make history as the first former U.S. president to stand trial in criminal

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8 Apr 2024 · 9 min read

Israel-Hamas war sets progressive and young voters on collision course with White House

By Jacob Fischler, Minnesota Reformer Joe Biden has a problem. Seven months ahead of the presidential election, some progressives, young voters and Muslim American voters are showing serious reservations about

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8 Apr 2024 · 4 min read

Biden proposes new student debt relief plan for millions of borrowers

Under the proposed regulations, there would be a one-time cancellation of up to $20,000 of unpaid interest regardless of a borrower’s income level.

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28 Aug 2023 · 3 min read

Judge sets March trial date in Trump federal election interference case

A federal grand jury handed up an indictment against the former president in early August on four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct, an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.

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27 Aug 2023 · 4 min read

Updated COVID-19 vaccines expected to be available in September, federal officials say

By Jennifer Shutt, Minnesota Reformer WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is gearing up for a fall vaccination campaign that not only includes updated COVID-19 boosters, but the annual flu shot and

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24 Aug 2023 · 8 min read

Trump absent but still dominates as GOP presidential rivals clash at first debate

By Jacob Fischler, Minnesota Reformer Eight Republican presidential candidates gathered onstage Wednesday night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a heated first primary debate heavily influenced by former President Donald Trump, though

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3 Aug 2023 · 5 min read

Trump pleads not guilty to charges he sought to subvert 2020 election

Just before boarding his flight back to his home in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump spoke for less than a minute with reporters, holding an umbrella as rain fell. He said the prosecution was political and called the proceeding “a very sad day for America.”

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2 Aug 2023 · 7 min read

‘Fueled by lies,’ Trump charged with seeking to overturn 2020 election

The indictment focuses on plans by Trump and co-conspirators — four unnamed attorneys, a U.S. Justice Department official and a political consultant — to replace legitimate electors in seven key states, which Joe Biden in fact won, with fraudulent electors pledged to Trump.

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