Trump claims "persecution" of him would "immediately stop" if he decided not to run for political office
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Former President Donald Trump claimed that if he did not pursue the presidency again, Washington would leave him alone.
"If I announced that I was not going to run any longer for political office the persecution of Donald Trump would immediately stop," Trump said at a rally in Prescott Valley, Ariz., Friday night. "But that is not what I do. I can't do that, I can't do that. Can't do that. Because I love this country and I love you."
The House select committee investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 held its final hearing for the summer on Thursday, in which it examined Trump's refusal to take any action to urge rioters who had overrun the Capitol to leave. But it was the testimony of former aide Cassidy Hutchinson a few weeks ago that he mentioned Friday.
President Biden on Monday signed into law a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion despite his objections to language stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children in military families.
It's Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus is suiting up for his annual voyage from the North Pole to households around the world. In keeping with decades of tradition, the North American Aerospace Command, or NORAD, will once again track Santa's journey to deliver gifts to children before Christmas 2024, using an official map that's updated consistently to show where he is right now.