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Federal prosecutors have told a federal judge that if Donald Trump had bought a gun earlier this week during a campaign stop, he would be violating his release conditions as a criminal defendant and breaking the law, according to a Friday court filing.

A federal court judge in Ohio denied Friday an attempt by the US Chamber of Commerce to immediately stop the Biden administration's implementation of Medicare's new drug price negotiation program.

Donald Trump said he plans to attend his civil fraud trial in New York next week after recent court orders "materially altered the landscape," according to a judge's order in an unrelated case.

Former New Jersey governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie reacts to former President Donald Trump's social media post calling for a cancellation of all remaining GOP debates.

“You know, when you elect a bowl of Jell-O, what you get is a bowl of Jell-O. And it’s not gonna change! And the reason that they put him in there is because he was a bowl of Jell-O.” — James Carville, on MSNBC, about Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

“Special counsel prosecutors reiterated Friday to the federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference prosecution against Donald Trump the need to impose a limited gag order against the former president to curtail his ability to attack them and potentially intimidate trial witnesses,” The Guardian reports. “The sharply worded, 22-page filing, submitted ahead of a hearing scheduled for October 16 in federal district court in Washington, accused Trump of continuing to make prejudicial public statements even after they had first made the request three weeks ago.” Washington Post: Prosecutors cite Trump’s supposed gun purchase as possible crime.