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Pedestrian crash closes portion of Hershberger Rd. NW, police say

We are told one person is hospitalized following car vs. pedestrian crash in Roanoke.

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Pedestrian crash closes portion of Hershberger Rd. NW, police say

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Ivanka and Jared Kushner cut ties with Trump because he is 'losing value' and they don't need him anymore, Mary Trump says

Mary Trump told MSNBC that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner don't need the former president like they used to.

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Mary Trump speculates that Jared Kushner could be the 'Mar-a-Lago mole' after reports say an informant close to Trump guided FBI agents to the documents

Sources told The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek that someone told the FBI about the documents at Mar-a-Lago and where they were stored.

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Mary Trump Explains How Her Uncle's Been 'Tripped Up' By Merrick Garland

"Garland is playing chess. Donald can only play checkers," Donald Trump's niece said.

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Mary Trump says her uncle is panicked by FBI raid and never believed the DOJ would take action

Donald Trump's niece Mary spoke of his "panic" after the FBI raid at Mar-A-Lago, saying he will not have expected feds to take such strong action.

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Trump will 'turn on everybody' and use every resource at his disposal to 'muddy the waters' if he's indicted for Jan. 6, Mary Trump says

He will "muddy the waters, deflect, project, cast blame on everybody from the the lowliest of White House aides on up," Mary Trump said.

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Mary Trump slams Susan Sarandon as a 'moron' for suggesting it's pointless to vote for the Democratic party

Mary Trump criticized longtime activist and actress Susan Sarandon, who has become increasingly critical of the Democratic Party.

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Trump's Latest Boast Gets Brutal Fact-Check From His Own Niece

Mary Trump rips her "severely damaged" uncle.

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Mary Trump says Donald Trump will 'stop protecting' Ivanka and 'throw anybody under the bus' if he thinks it will benefit him

"She's in a very bad situation because she must understand that if Donald feels it's necessary, he will stop protecting her," Mary Trump told MSNBC host Alex Witt on Sunday.

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AP Top Stories January 13 A

Here's the latest for Thursday January 13th: House moves on voting rights legislation; McCarthy says no to January 6th committee; Inflation rising quickly; US children have low COVID-19 vaccination rates.

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Trump hangs up on NPR host during interview

Former President Donald Trump cut short a call with NPR’s Steve Inskeep during an interview in which the radio host pushed back on Trump’s false claims of election fraud.

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Friends and colleagues pay tribute to former Senator Harry Reid

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, known as one of the toughest policymakers for more than three decades, will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. CBS News political contributor Joel Payne, a Democratic strategist and Reid's former deputy press secretary, joins "CBSN AM" to discuss the former Nevada senator's legacy.

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How Two Irish Boys Stowed Themselves on a Transatlantic Flight

Garret Daly’s “Nothing to Declare” follows the story of two young boys from Dublin who snuck a successful ride on a plane to New York City.

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Here's the latest for Wednesday January 12th: Biden pushes voting rights legislation; Grocery store shelves turning up empty; 176 Haitians rescued from crowded boat; NY Attorney General promises thorough investigation of Bronx fire.

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Poet Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US coin

Late Poet and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the US quarter, in a new version of the coin unveiled by the US Mint on Monday.

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'Lost everything': Fire burns down neighbourhood in northern Chile

"Now we have lost everything," says Nancy Rodriguez, after a fire in a makeshift housing camp in Chile's northern city of Iquique destroyed at least a hundred homes.

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Zimbabwe Pandemic: Pregnant teens face school battle

Zimbabwe has seen a significant rise in teenage pregnancies since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic with the strict 6-month lockdown that followed. (Jan. 12)

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U.S. sets new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations

More than 145,000 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The record-setting figure surpasses a previous peak from January 2021. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston has the latest from Chicago. Then, Dr. Adam Brown, an emergency physician and the COVID-19 task force chair at Envision Healthcare, joins CBSN to discuss the Omicron variant's impact.

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Sec. Buttigieg: Port improvements saved Christmas

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Tuesday, highlighting actions a supply chain task force have taken to try to help speed up the movement of goods at the ports. (Jan. 11)

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State Dept.: De-escalation key in Ukraine talks

State Department officials say the United States has made it clear that genuine progress" in security talks with Russia on troop buildup near Ukraine can only take place in a climate of de-escalation." (Jan. 11)

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Comedian Quinta Brunson talks about creating the new ABC sitcom ‘Abbott Elementary’

The workplace comedy is about a group of teachers in Philadelphia. Brunson, who also stars in the show, said it's based on personal experience and dedicated to her mother who is a retired teacher.

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Districts move classrooms outdoors to prevent COVID spread

Some schools have moved classes outdoors to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as others move to remote learning as cases surge. Mark Strassmann takes a look.

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New quarter designs honor pioneering American women

Astronaut Sally Ride, poet Maya Angelou and film star Anna May Wong are among the pioneering women who will be honored on quarters. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports.

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Talks between U.S. and Russia off to a slow start

Talks between the U.S. and Russia have to far met the low expectations set by both nations. Both sides say little progress was made in defusing tensions over the buildup of Russian troops near the Ukraine border. Elise Labott, a columnist at Foreign Policy magazine, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss the issues at stake.

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Biden participates in wreath laying at MLK's grave

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the late Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, before delivering a speech pushing for voting rights reform. (Jan. 11)

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North Korea launches second missile test in less than a week

The White House condemned North Korea for its second ballistic missile test in less than a week, calling it a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. CBS News' Tina Kraus reports and CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata joins CBSN to discuss how the test could affect peace negotiations between North and South Korea.

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Expert panel gives insight after Biden addresses voting rights in US

ABC political experts break down President Joe Biden’s remarks on voting rights.

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Epidemiologist discusses omicron’s severity and when it might peak

ABC News’ James Longman speaks to epidemiologist Dr. Jason Salemi about the omicron’s severity for the vaccinated and unvaccinated, its impact on children and when it might peak.

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COVID latest as US hospitalizations reach record high

Dr. Darien Sutton talks the latest on omicron and what we can expect as the U.S. shatters a global record, recording 1.35 million COVID-19 cases in a day.

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Breaking down the Democratic Party’s strategy to pass voting rights legislation

ABC political experts discuss how Democrats plan to push voting rights legislation through Congress.

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Mary Trump Spots The ‘PsyOp’ Against Donald Trump In Joe Biden’s Jan. 6 Speech

The ex-president's niece agreed with MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell that it was designed to go "straight into Donald Trump’s heart."

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Mary Trump Guesses Why Donald Trump Ignored Ivanka's Pleas To Stop Capitol Riot

The former president probably thought watching the destruction was "fun," his niece said.

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Mary Trump Taunts Cousin Don Jr. Over Jan. 6 Texts To Meadows Instead Of His Dad

Donald Trump's niece mocked her cousin's messages to the former White House chief of staff.

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Mary Trump Taunts Cousin Don Jr. Over Jan. 6 Texts To Meadows Instead Of His Dad

Donald Trump's niece mocked her cousin's messages to the former White House chief of staff.

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Trump allies are pushing him away from running again in 2024 to avoid a disastrous defeat, report says

A former campaign adviser said they planned to tell Donald Trump that he risked becoming a serial political loser if he lost two straight elections.

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Mary Trump: If Donald Runs Again, This Will Be the Reason

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyMary Trump knows her uncle, Donald Trump, better than she wants to—but that means she has some insight into why he is the way he is.“I grew up in a family where kindness was considered weakness and cruelty was considered a legitimate strategy to get what you wanted” Mary recalls in this episode of The New Abnormal, where she talks with Molly Jong-Fast about why “there’s still hope” for Biden despite his plummeting poll numbers, and about what her uncle

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Kayleigh McEnany Attacks Jen Psaki With ‘Least Self-Aware Tweet Ever Written’

The former Trump White House press secretary earned a blistering two-word rebuke from the ex-president's niece, Mary Trump.

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Trump appeared to admit in a lawsuit that NYT report on his taxes - which his lawyer had dismissed - is actually true

Trump once that the details of a Times report on his tax affairs was inaccurate, but reversed this stance to sue the paper from a different angle.

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Mary Trump Pulls No Punches When Naming Her ‘Stupidest’ Relative

The “deeply unintelligent” family member will “out-racism anybody, out-misogyny anybody” just for affection, said Donald Trump’s niece.

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Trump just sued the New York Times and his niece. If history is a guide, he probably won’t win.

Trump’s lawsuits against the media have drawn publicity but typically run up against laws that make it difficult for public figures to win judgments.

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Opinion : Trump sues the New York Times for exposing his secrets

The complaint purports to attack the New York Times. It glorifies it instead.

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Trump sues his niece Mary Trump and The New York Times over leak of his tax records

Mary Trump revealed in her own book that she provided documents to the Times reporters, who later published an expose of Donald Trump's tax practices.

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Legal Experts Spot The Fatal Flaws With Donald Trump's Lawsuit Against His Niece, NYT

“This one, I think, we know the results already,” said former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal.

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Trump sues niece, NY Times over records behind '18 tax story

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued his estranged niece and The New York Times over a bombshell 2018 story about his family’s wealth and tax practices that was based on confidential documents she provided to the newspaper’s reporters.

Trump files lawsuit against the New York Times and niece over 2018 tax records story

The suit alleges that Mary Trump and the New York Times participated in an "insidious plot" to obtain records about the former president’s finances.

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Donald Trump Sues New York Times and His Niece Over Tax Story

Brandon Bell/GettyFormer President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against The New York Times, three of its reporters, and his niece—claiming they hatched an “insidious plot” to obtain his private records for a story about his tax history. The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Dutchess County, New York, alleges that the newspaper convinced Mary Trump to “smuggle records out of her attorney’s office and turn them over to The Times” despite her having signed a confidentiality agreement in 2001.

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Donald Trump's niece says he will run for president in 2024, but there will be no Trump political dynasty because his children lack charisma

Mary Trump, Donald Trump's estranged niece, told Insider that her uncle's considerable charisma had not been inherited by Ivanka, Eric, or Donald Jr.

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Trump was ‘in pain and afraid’ during post-Covid display of bravado, niece’s book says

Mary Trump’s new book The Reckoning, seen by the Guardian, describes a national trauma worsened by her uncle Donald Trump came out to the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from hospital. The then US president had a pained expression that Mary recognised from her grandmother, she recalls in the book. Photograph: Erin Scott/Reuters Donald Trump was “afraid” when he put on a display of bravado at the White House after being treated for a severe coronavirus infection, his estranged n

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Ivanka Trump might flip on her dad because she has more to lose, Mary Trump says: 'Her husband's family is legitimately very wealthy'

Mary Trump, the former president's niece, made the comments in an episode of The Daily Beast's "The New Abnormal" podcast.

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Ivanka Just Might Flip on Her Dad, Mary Trump Says

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photo by Peter SerlingThe Trump Organization is now feeling the heat, with its CFO under indictment for grand larceny. Prosecutors are clearing to get that money man, Allen Weisselberg, to flip on his boss. But one interested observer says there may be another member of the Trump crew who’s even more likely to turn on the Don: his daughter Ivanka.Both Ivanka and Weisselberg benefited from a similar perk, if that indictment by Manhattan prosecutors and report

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Column: Michael Cohen gets to laugh last

Let Liz Cheney and Michael Cohen, two former Trumpites who came out from under the former president's control, show a swath of abused Republicans the rewards of doing the right thing.

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Hunter Biden's memoir 'Beautiful Things' out in April

This cover image released by Gallery Books shows "Beautiful Things" a memoir by Hunter Biden. Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6. (Gallery Books via AP)NEW YORK – Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6. The book is called “Beautiful Things” and will center on the younger Biden's well publicized struggles with substance abuse, according to Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Hunter Biden is a lawyer and former lobbyist whose work helped lead to the first impeachment of Trump.

President Trump's niece, Mary Trump, says he should be "barred from ever running for public office again"

With only a few days left in President Trump's term, Congressional Democrats are calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office. Now, Mary Trump, the president's niece, says that Mr. Trump must be held accountable for Wednesday's Capitol assault and "barred from ever running for public office again." Trump said she was not surprised to learn Mr. Trump would not be attending President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, either. He has not yet conceded the election," Trump said. She concluded by saying that Mr. Trump must be "barred from ever running for public office again."

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No surprise: Trump left many clues he wouldn't go quietly

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump left plenty of clues he'd try to burn the place down on his way out the door. The clues piled on at light speed when Trump lost the election and wouldn't admit it. Maybe it wasn't.”Over the arc of his presidency and his life, by his own words and actions, Trump hated losing and wouldn't own up to it when it happened. We could see it coming.”Mary Trump saw it coming from her unique vantage point as a clinical psychologist and Trump niece. And during a debate with Biden, Trump wouldn’t criticize the neo-fascist Proud Boys.

Niece says 'cruel and traitorous' Trump belongs in prison

President Donald Trump’s niece says her uncle is “criminal, cruel and traitorous” and belongs in prison after he leaves the White House. In September, Mary Trump sued the president, Robert Trump and their sister Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired federal judge, alleging that they cheated her out of millions of dollars while squeezing her out of the family business. Robert Trump died in August and the lawsuit is pending. Mary Trump said the president's post-election behavior “makes perfect sense,” given his personality, psychology, and lifelong disdain for losers. No ex-president has ever been arrested after leaving office, but Mary Trump argues that shielding powerful people from punishment has historically harmed the country.

Out magazine names Lizzo, Monae, Maddow to its Out100 list

NEW YORK – Award-winning singers Lizzo and Janelle Monae, Apple CEO Tim Cook and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow have made Out magazine’s 2020 Out100 list. Honorees will be celebrated Saturday at the first 2020 Out100 Virtual Honoree Induction Ceremony, which will stream live at 8 p.m. EDT at Out.com/Out100Live. Others who made this year’s list include Donald Trump’s niece, the psychologist and author Mary Trump, former baseball player Billy Bean, teen rapper Kidd Kenn and actors Lili Reinhardt, Cheyenne Jackson, Jonathan Bennett and Dashaun Wesley. Several members of President-elect Joe Biden’s team made the Out100 list, including Jamal Brown, Reggie Greer and Karine Jean-Pierre. ___This story corrects the spelling of André Leon Talley.

Trump books will continue after Trump leaves office

NEW YORK – One of publishing's most thriving genres of the past four years, books about President Donald Trump, is not going to end when he leaves office. In 2021 and beyond, look for waves of releases about the Trump administration and about the president's loss to Democratic candidate Joe Biden. “But there are tens of millions of Americans who look to the Trump presidency as an important time and are fans of his administration. Center Street, a Hachette Book Group imprint, has published Donald Trump Jr., Newt Gingrich and Judge Jeanine Pirro among others. Any publisher signing with Trump or a top administration official might face the anger not just of Trump critics among the general public, but from within the industry.

Trump niece files suit saying family cheated her of millions

FILE - This Sept. 23, 2020, file photo shows President Donald Trump speaking during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, in Washington. At a briefing, White House spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany denied any fraud was committed against Mary Trump. Mary Trump and her brother, Fred Trump III, inherited various real estate business interests when her father, Fred Trump Jr., died in 1981 at 42 after a struggle with alcoholism. It said the action amounted to “unfathomable cruelty” because Fred Trump III's third child, born hours after Fred Trump Sr.'s funeral, was having seizures and required extensive medical care including months in a neonatal intensive care unit. In keeping with a confidentiality clause in a settlement of the dispute over Fred Trump Sr.'s will, lawyers for Mary Trump refused to say how much she received.

Woodward's 'Rage' sells 600,000 copies in first week

(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)NEW YORK – Bob Woodward's “Rage” sold more than 600,000 copies in its first week of publication, continuing a yearlong wave of blockbuster books about President Donald Trump. Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday that Woodward's book will be going into its fourth printing, with total books in print to be 1.3 million copies. Featuring 18 interviews with President Trump, including one in which he acknowledges in February the potential severity of the coronavirus, “Rage” has topped Amazon.com and other bestseller lists since coming out Sept. 15. Woodward's previous Trump book, “Fear,” has sold 2 million copies since its 2018 release. The first week sales for “Rage” includes hardcovers, audiobooks and e-books.

Maddow beneficiary of scramble for attention by authors

NEW YORK – It's high season for books that pick apart Donald Trump's presidency, and Rachel Maddow is a big beneficiary. With less than two months before the election, authors are elbowing each other for space on the best-seller lists. Conservative authors have also sought attention for new books during the political season. That was the case with Schmidt's book. Maddow gave more attention to Schmidt's discussion about why Trump's personal and business dealings with Russia have not been investigated.

Trump convention speech coverage highlights nation's divide

This was unquestionably the best Donald Trump production ever, ABC News analyst Sara Fagen said as fireworks burst over Washington. I just kept thinking, the longer this goes on, the more people are going to get sick, Mary Trump said on MSNBC. I am heartbroken.MSNBC's Reid was visibly angered by the use of the White House as the setting for the president's speech just the sort of bold gesture his fans were likely to love. This was repugnant to see a campaign sign festooned on our property, the White House, with a big iron gate outside so the people can't even come in, she said. It was one of the longest and lowest-energy speeches I have ever seen the president give, said ABC News White House correspondent Jonathan Karl.

Trump's younger brother, Robert, is hospitalized in New York

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, has been hospitalized in New York, according to the White House. The president is expected to visit his 72-year-old brother at a hospital in Manhattan on Friday, according to White House spokesperson Judd Deere. The White House did not immediately release details about why Robert Trump had been hospitalized. Robert Trump recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Trump family seeking to stop publication of a tell-all book by the presidents niece Mary titled Too Much and Never Enough." Robert Trump had previously worked for his older brother at the Trump Organization.

Bob Woodward's new Trump book, 'Rage,' due out next month

WASHINGTON Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's new book about President Donald Trump is titled Rage and will be released Sept. 15, less than two months before Election Day, according to a listing on Amazon.com. Publisher Simon & Schuster says the forthcoming book follows Trumps moves as he faces a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest. It says Woodward conducted a series of exclusive interviews with the president. The Amazon listing also notes that Woodward obtained 25 personal letters between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, including one in which Kim describes their bond as something out of a fantasy film.Woodward's first book about the Trump presidency, Fear, was published in 2018 and went to No. 1 on The New York Times' nonfiction bestseller list. Simon & Schuster was the publisher of two books this year that were harshly critical of Trump: The Room Where It Happened, by former national security adviser John Bolton, and Too Much and Never Enough, by Trump's niece Mary Trump.

Rachel Maddow and Mary Trump make formidable TV combination

CBS won the week in prime time, averaging 3.2 million viewers. NBC had 3 million, ABC had 2.8 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Fox had 1.3 million, ION Television reached 1.1 million and Telemundo had 820,000. Fox News Channel led the cable networks with an average of 2.94 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC was second with 2.03 million, CNN had 1.59 million, HGTV had 1.29 million and TLC had 1.26 million. ABC's World News Tonight led the evening news networks with an average of 8.9 million viewers.

Mary Trump book already nearing 1 million sales

NEW YORK Mary L. Trump's scathing memoir about her uncle, President Donald Trump, is nearly a million seller on preorders alone. Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that Mary Trump's Too Much and Never Enough had sold a company record 950,000 copies in combined print, digital and audio editions as of its date of sale, earlier this week. Another anti-Trump book from Simon & Schuster, former National Security Advisor John Bolton's The Room Where It Happened, sold nearly 800,000 copies in its first week when released last month. President Trump and his allies had tried to stop both books from coming out, alleging that Bolton had revealed classified information and that Mary Trump had violated a nondisclosure agreement. Judges in each case denied requests for injunctions.

Mary Trump's book offers devastating portrayal of president

NEW YORK President Donald Trumps niece offered a devastating portrayal of him in a book that credits a perfect storm of catastrophes" for exposing the president at his worst. Early copies of the book, slated for publication next week, became available on Tuesday. Mary Trump is the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., the presidents elder brother, who died in 1981. Robert Trump had argued in legal papers that Mary Trump was subject to a 20-year-old agreement between family members that no one would publish accounts involving the core family members without their approval. In the book, Mary Trump writes that current challenges have weakened the president's usual tools for shielding himself from blame.

Tell-all book by Trump niece to be released next week

NEW YORK A tell-all book by President Donald Trump's niece that has been the subject of a legal battle will be released next week. Publisher Simon & Schuster cited high interest and extraordinary interest in the book by Mary Trump titled Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Worlds Most Dangerous Man. The book was originally set for release on July 28, but will now arrive on July 14. Mary Trump is the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., the presidents elder brother, who died in 1981. Mary L. Trump has the education, insight, and intimate familiarity needed to reveal what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick, a release about the book said. The book is expected to include a number of allegations about President Trump, including how his upbringing led to his worldview and the derision he showed his father after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Appeals court lifts restraint against Trump book publisher

NEW YORK – A New York appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for a publisher to distribute a tell-all book by President Donald Trump’s niece over the objections of the president’s brother. Robert Trump had sued Mary Trump to block publication of a book promoted to contain an “insider’s perspective” of “countless holiday meals,” “family interactions" and “family events.”An email seeking comment was sent to Robert Trump's lawyer Wednesday. The appeals court noted it was ruling after hearing oral arguments from lawyers for Mary Trump and Simon & Schuster and before lawyers for Robert Trump submitted opposition papers. In court papers, the publisher said it was not aware of an agreement between Mary Trump and her relatives until she was sued. In a statement, Simon and Schuster said it was gratified with the ruling, which it said would let Mary Trump tell her story.

Judge temporarily blocks tell-all book by Trump's niece

A tell-all book by President Donald Trumps niece cannot be published until a judge decides the merits of claims by the presidents brother that its publication would violate a pact among family members, a judge said Tuesday. The book, scheduled to be published in July, was written by Mary Trump, the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., the presidents elder brother, who died in 1981. Robert Trump argues Mary Trump must comply with a written agreement among family members that such a book cannot be published without permission from other family members. Mary Trumps lawyer, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., and her publisher, Simon & Schuster, promised an immediate appeal. Charles Harder, an attorney for Robert Trump, said his client was very pleased."

NYC judge rejects Trump family effort to halt tell-all book

WASHINGTON A New York City judge has dismissed a claim by Donald Trumps brother that sought to halt the publication of a tell-all book by the presidents niece. In a ruling handed down on Thursday, Judge Peter Kelly said the Surrogates Court lacked jurisdiction in the case. Mary Trump is the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., the presidents elder brother, who died in 1981. Robert Trumps lawyers filed court papers earlier this week arguing that Mary Trump and others had signed a settlement agreement that would prohibit her from writing the book. The agreement related to the will of Donald Trumps father, New York real estate developer Fred Trump.

Trump's brother seeks to halt family tell-all book

WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps brother is asking a New York City judge to prevent the presidents niece from publishing a tell-all book, which is expected to be released later this month. The settlement agreement related to the will of Donald Trumps father, New York real estate developer Fred Trump. Confidentiality was at the essence of the Settlement agreement, the court papers say. Robert Trump argues the publication of the book is prohibited by the settlement agreement reached in 2001 and he never consented to it being published. The motion seeks an injunction to prevent Mary Trump and the book's publisher, Simon & Schuster, from releasing it.

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