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Manhattan District Attorney's Office:
District Attorney Bragg Announces 34-Count Felony Indictment of Former President Donald J. Trump  —  Read the Indictment and the Statement of Facts  —  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. today announced the indictment of DONALD J. TRUMP, 76, for falsifying New York business records …
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New York Times:
Here Are the Charges Against Trump  —  The case against the former president involves hush money payments to two women and a doorman during the 2016 campaign.  He was in court for his arraignment, where he learned about the charges against him for the first time.  —  Pinned  —  Trump faces 34 felony charges.
Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records  —  Former president Donald Trump is being arraigned in New York after his indictment by a grand jury last week.  Follow along for live updates.  —  By Washington Post Staff
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Trump Indictment: A Porn Star, a Playmate, and Claims of a Love Child?  —  Trump was arrested and arraigned Tuesday on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.  There's quite a lot to the charges.  —  “The defendant DONALD J. TRUMP repeatedly and fraudulently falsified …
Discussion: The Hill and New Republic
NBC News:
Trump arrest live updates: Former president pleads not guilty on 34 counts  —  Former President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities Tuesday.  He is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records and conspiracy related to 2016 hush money payments.  —  What to know about Trump's arraignment
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Donald Trump, a tawdry case and a nation left wondering how it came to this
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:   ‘Merry Arrestmas’: The ‘resistance’ rejoices watching Trump face charges
Andrew Court / New York Post:
‘Hot’ officer at Donald Trump's arraignment sets hearts afire: ‘She can handcuff me’  —  Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records during his arraignment in New York City Tuesday afternoon.  —  And while the country tuned in to watch the historic proceedings …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Read the indictment against Donald Trump, details of payments to porn star, Playboy model  — The indictment against former President Donald Trump charges him with 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records.  — The charges are connected to hush money payments to two women before the 2016 presidential election.
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The dubious legal theory at the heart of the Trump indictment, explained  —  No one knows if Donald Trump can be prosecuted for the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.  —  There is something painfully anticlimactic about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's indictment of former President Trump.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Donald Trump Probably Should Not Have Been Charged With (This) Felony  —  Based on what I have seen so far, the decision to charge Donald Trump with felonies in New York state is a mistake both legally and politically.  —  First, the legal problems.  —  Back in 2018, I wrote at Slate …
Lucille Sherman / Axios:
NC Democrat expected to change parties  —  A North Carolina Democratic lawmaker is expected to flip her party affiliation, multiple Republicans with knowledge of the discussions tell Axios.  — The move would cement Republicans' toe-hold in a fast-changing swing state …
Brandon Gage / Raw Story:
‘This is sickening’: The Trumps face furious backlash after targeting Manhattan judge's daughter  —  Hours ahead of former President Donald Trump's Tuesday arraignment on thirty-four felony charges filed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the right-wing outlet Breitbart published …
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Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Daughter of Judge Overseeing Donald Trump's Case Worked on Biden-Harris Campaign
Washington Post:
Finland joins NATO, doubling alliance's land border with Russia  —  BRUSSELS — Finland formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Tuesday, a historic shift for a country that once insisted it was safer outside the military alliance and a sign of how Russian President Vladimir Putin's gamble …
Candy Woodall / USA Today:
As Marjorie Taylor Greene leads protest against Trump indictment, NYC mayor has a message for her  —  As Donald Trump is set to make history Tuesday in New York as the first former president indicted and arraigned, the city's Mayor Eric Adams has a message for one of the Republican's most loyal supporters.
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Jenna Moon / Semafor:
Marjorie Taylor Greene leaves pro-Trump rally moments after arriving
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin's High-Stakes Supreme Court Race: What to Watch  —  The election for a swing seat on the court is likely to determine whether abortion remains illegal in Wisconsin, as well as the future of the state's heavily gerrymandered political maps.  —  WAUKESHA, Wis. — American political …
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Mr. Trump is Ready For His Close-Up
Zachary Donnini / Decision Desk HQ:
There is a Lot At Stake in Today's Wisconsin State Supreme Court Election
Discussion: Associated Press and NBC News
CNN:
Federal appeals court denies Trump's emergency bid to stop ex-aides from testifying in Jan. 6 probe  —  Former President Donald Trump's legal team has lost a bid for emergency help from the federal appeals court in Washington, DC, to block some of his closest advisers from testifying …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith Call Off Their Engagement  —  The 92-year-old media mogul announced his engagement to the 66-year-old former dental hygienist a scant two weeks ago, following last year's divorce from his fourth wife, Jerry Hall.  —  Wedding bells may not be ringing for Rupert Murdoch anytime soon.
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Caitlin Clark defends Angel Reese: 'I don't think she should be criticized'  —  University of Iowa star guard Caitlin Clark defended fellow college basketball star Louisiana State University's (LSU) Angel Reese over the criticism she received after taunting Clark during Sunday's NCAA Division …
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Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg:
Jill Biden Reverses Proposal Iowa Join LSU Women's Basketball Champs at White House
Erika Kinetz / Associated Press:
'He's a war criminal': Elite Putin security officer defects  —  On October 14, a Russian engineer named Gleb Karakulov boarded a flight from Kazakhstan to Turkey with his wife and daughter.  He switched off his phone to shut out the crescendo of urgent, enraged messages …
Hannah Gelbart / BBC:
The UK company spreading Russian fake news to millions  —  The BBC's Disinformation Team can reveal that a UK-registered media company is spreading Russian state disinformation to millions of people in the Arab-speaking world.  —  Yala News claims to offer impartial news …
Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
Maryland man threatened to ‘slaughter’ LGBTQ+ group after Covenant School shooting, DOJ says  —  Adam Michael Nettina, of West Friendship, Maryland, was charged Monday with a felony count of making an interstate threat.  —  WASHINGTON — A Howard County man threatened to “slaughter” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
The Senate's Social Security reform gang is in trouble  —  The closely watched effort by a club of Senate moderates to craft a bipartisan Social Security reform plan may be stalling out for the foreseeable future.  —  Semafor previously reported that the group, which is led by Sens. Angus King …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who said he was following Trump's ‘marching orders’ and wanted to arrest Biden and Pelosi is found guilty  —  “We don't want to fight antifa lol we want to arrest traitors,” Ed Badalian wrote in a message ahead of the Capitol attack.  —  WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 defendant …
Emily Davies / Washington Post:
Suspect in killing at D.C. hotel had been released in other pending cases  —  Authorities say George Sydnor Jr. was wanted for missing court dates in the other cases, including one in which he had pleaded guilty  —  A woman cried “help” from Room 116 at the Ivy City Hotel.
Discussion: Frontpage Mag and WTOP News
Kurt Bardella / Courier-Journal:
Investigate the investigator: James Comer must be sidelined pending thorough inquiry  —  Since assuming control of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer has launched a flurry of investigations targeting President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and even the widow of the President's deceased son.
 
 
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