After a surprising ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court last week, more states have come out with decisions on former President Donald Trump's eligibility for the 2024 primary ballot. In Maine, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Thursday that Trump is ineligible to appear on the state's 2024 ballot. In Michigan and California, Trump will remain on the ballot. Minnesota rejected a petition to keep Trump off the ballot in early November.
Trump was in a not-so-joyful mood on Christmas Day with an unhinged tirade on Truth Social. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was visited not by a trio of ghosts but with the threat of another 'swatting' — the eighth time her home has been targeted, she says. On the other side of the pond, King Charles III drew attention to the environment in his annual Christmas broadcast.
In a win for Republicans, a federal judge on Thursday approved a new congressional district map in Georgia, saying it complies with his order to include a majority-Black district, even though the map also fractures a majority-nonwhite district elsewhere in the state.
Nikki Haley is in hot water after flubbing a simple question about the Civil War during a New Hampshire town hall. Haley also said this week that, if elected, she would pardon Trump should he be convicted of federal crimes, continuing her record of flip-flopping when it comes to the legally troubled former president.
Did you remember Asa Hutchinson was still running? Same.
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