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The former vice president refers to his “former running mate” and to the “former president,” but he declined to refer to the Republican front-runner by name.

Two law professors active in the Federalist Society wrote that the original meaning of the 14th Amendment makes Donald Trump ineligible to hold government office.

Former President Donald J. Trump spent the weekend on the attack on Truth Social while his lawyer, John F. Lauro, ran through a gantlet of interviews Sunday morning.

Not curtains for Trump the plotter; it’s the entr’acte.

The former president appeared in federal court in Washington after being indicted over his efforts to overturn his defeat in 2020. His first pretrial hearing was set for Aug. 28.

Lawyers will be filing briefs over the course of the month before appearing in court again on Aug. 28.

This time the seriousness of the charges facing the former president gave the proceedings a sense of historical weight.

Former President Donald Trump’s supporters have made inaccurate claims about the judge presiding over his case and misleadingly compared his conduct to that of other politicians.

The former vice president and Jan. 6 witness is campaigning to persuade voters. But is he also trying to warn them?

They will work to portray the former president as calculated, methodical, knowing and cunning. But the way he talks may complicate that picture.