How the FBI Search Revived Trump
GOP presidential hopefuls have gotten a powerful reminder that their political future is inextricably linked to Donald Trump’s.
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One takeaway from the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, Elaine Godfrey wrote earlier this week, is “the simple fact that an angry septuagenarian still holds the Grand Old Party in a vise grip.” I asked Elaine what that might mean for other Republican politicians, particularly those with presidential aspirations.
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He’s Back
You that “in another universe, last week’s FBI search could have provided a
