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Pence Defends Trump Against Anti-Semitism Claims

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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to guests at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting on November 18, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Former Vice President Mike Pence defended 45 th President Donald J. Trump by assuring that he is not anti-Semitic. On Monday, Pence said that Trump should apologize for hosting Nick Fuentes at a dinner at his Mar-A-Lago estate last week. Pence suggested better judgment should have been exercised in screening invites. However, he also pointed out that Trump’s daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren are Jewish. Trump denied knowing who Fuentes, saying he was Kanye West’s guest. On his podcast following the dinner, Fuentes, who has been condemned by many on the right, said he does not believe that Trump initially recognized him. Latest Video from OAN

‘Blueprint’ for 2024? DeSantis pens book on going after 'entrenched elites' as presidential speculation swirls

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Video DeSantis responds to question about 'GOP civil war': 'People just need to chill out' Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reacted to the midterm election results. (WINK) EXCLUSIVE:   Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis  of Florida will chronicle his life in public service in a new book that will publish in late February in what will be seen by political pundits as another step by the conservative champion toward a possible 2024 presidential run. The autobiography by DeSantis, who was overwhelmingly re-elected three weeks ago to a second four-year term steering the  increasingly red Sunshine State , is titled "The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival."  Word of the book, scheduled to be published Feb. 28 by Broadside, the conservative arm of HarperCollins Publishing, was shared first with Fox News Wednesday. The publishers highlight that the autobiography will cover key moments in DeSantis’ life, from "growing up in a working-class fam...

Trump deems Kanye West a ‘seriously troubled man’ who 'just happens to be Black' after Mar-a-Lago trip fallout

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Video Matt Whitaker: 'I don't have any reason to believe there's enough evidence to indict President Trump' Former acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker told Fox News' Lacey Christ he does not believe there's "enough evidence to indict President Trump." Former  President Donald Trump  deemed Ye, the hip hop artist formerly known as Kanye West, a "seriously troubled man" after receiving blowback over a meeting with him at Mar-a-Lago.  "So I help a seriously troubled man, who just happens to be black, Ye (Kanye West), who has been decimated in his business and virtually everything else, and who has always been good to me, by allowing his request for a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, alone, so that I can give him very much needed ‘advice’," Trump wrote in a message posted Saturday to his Truth Social account. "He shows up with 3 people, two of which I didn’t know, the other a political person who I haven’t seen in years. I told him do...

Nigerians should Learn to Manage their Hunger - Tinubu

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Tinubu, however, added that Buhari has created a path to success and prosperity for Nigerians. The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said though Nigerians may be hungry, the hunger can be managed because President Muhammadu Buhari has created a path out of the hunger. Tinubu, who eulogised Buhari on Tuesday while speaking at a ceremony to flag off the Kolmani Integrated Development Project (KIPRO) located at the Bauchi and Gombe states’ boundary, described the President as a retired general who came to rescue his country. President Buhari on Tuesday flagged off the project amid tight security. KIPRO is the first oil drilling project in Northern Nigeria. Speaking at the event, Tinubu, a former Lagos governor told President Buhari that history will be kind to him because he took over power when things were gloomy in the country. Tinubu, however, added that Buhari has created a path to success and prosperity for Nigerians. Tinubu promis...

Why I won’t support Tinubu –Dele Momodu

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Dele Momodu A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and Publisher of Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu on Friday recounted his experience with the wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Remi Tinubu, at the funeral of a chieftain of the APC, the late Kemi Nelson in Lagos. Momodu, in a terse statement posted on his verified Instagram page via @delemomoduovation, said his decision to support the PDP was aimed at unseating the ruling APC. He said,  “Only two people, apart from the photographers, witnessed what happened between me and Senator Oluremi Tinubu yesterday, at the funeral service of Chief Kemi Nelson at Archbishop Vining Memorial Church in Ikeja, Lagos. “Before some people add salt and pepper (sic) to it, I need to state precisely what happened. Senator Tokunbo Abiru and Dr Tunji Olowolafe and I had walked in about the same time and we went to greet my very dear sister, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Immediately she saw me, w...