Isaac Arnsdorf

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After high-flying start, DeSantis hits stumbling blocks on road to 2024

By: Hannah Knowles, Josh Dawsey, Maeve Reston, Isaac Arnsdorf

After starting the year with momentum, DeSantis is now confronting a considerably more difficult path as he prepares to launch a national campaign.

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Trump touts authoritarian vision for second term: ‘I am your justice’

By: Isaac Arnsdorf, Jeff Stein

The former president is proposing deploying the military domestically, purging the federal workforce and building futuristic cities from scratch.

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Daines, head of powerful Senate GOP fundraising arm, endorses Trump

By: Mariana Alfaro, Isaac Arnsdorf

Daines made his endorsement during an interview on Donald Trump Jr.'s podcast. The senator told Trump’s son — Daines’s longtime friend — that the “best four years” he had in the Senate were those he served during the Trump administration.

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Trump is racking up GOP endorsements, even amid criminal jeopardy

By: Maeve Reston, Josh Dawsey, Liz Goodwin, Isaac Arnsdorf

The former president is consolidating support among GOP members of Congress and others, even as he faces a thicket of legal woes.

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In N.H. stop, Trump embraces woman convicted in Jan. 6 case

By: Isaac Arnsdorf

The former president has steadily escalated his advocacy for people charged in the Capitol riot staged by a pro-Trump mob.

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Behind Trump’s musical tribute to some of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters

By: Tom Jackman, Isaac Arnsdorf, Meg Kelly, Rachel Weiner

As he seeks a return to the White House, Trump has intentionally and prominently embraced the cause of Jan. 6 prisoners, some of whom were the most violent that day.

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Sexual abuse verdict renews Republican doubts about Trump’s electability

By: Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey, Marianne Levine

On Capitol Hill and in the presidential race, the former president faced criticism from some in his party.

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Trump digs in on false election claims on primetime stage

By: Isaac Arnsdorf

The former president repeatedly refused to accept his defeat and called anyone who does “stupid” in a CNN town hall.

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The deepening radicalization of Donald J. Trump

By: Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey, Adriana Usero

Watch how the former president’s positions and rhetoric have grown more confrontational and extreme as he seeks a second term.

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CPAC treasurer accuses chief Matt Schlapp of financial, personnel mismanagement

By: Beth Reinhard, Isaac Arnsdorf

Matt Schlapp, an influential ally of former president Donald Trump, was accused this week of mismanaging money and staff in a scathing resignation letter.