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Michael Cohen Expected to Settle Lawsuit With Trump Organization — Donald J. Trump's former fixer had accused the company of failing to abide by the terms of a deal and refusing to pay more than $1 million in legal costs. — Michael D. Cohen, the longtime fixer to Donald J. Trump …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trial in Trump Documents Case Set for May 2024 — Judge Aileen M. Cannon rejected former President Donald J. Trump's request to delay the trial until after the election but pushed the start date past the Justice Department's request to begin in December. — The federal judge overseeing …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge sets a trial date for next May in Trump's classified documents case in Florida — A federal judge in Florida has scheduled a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents.
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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Sets May 2024 Trial Date for Trump's Documents Trial — Judge Aileen Cannon rejects former president's efforts to delay trial until after the 2024 presidential campaign — A federal judge in Florida has pushed to May 2024 the prospective date of former President Donald Trump's criminal trial …
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Washington Post:
Trump prosecutions consume campaign funds and messaging as charges mount — Any distinction between the former president's White House bid and his criminal defense is vanishing as the charges against him mount — On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump announced on social media that he was the target …
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Washington Post:
Judge Cannon schedules Trump's classified documents trial for May 2024 — The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump's indictment for allegedly mishandling classified documents has scheduled his trial to start in late May of next year, rejecting claims by the former president's attorneys …
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Politico:
No one wants to talk about Trump in Aspen
No one wants to talk about Trump in Aspen
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump's Legal Woes Mount as Trial Dates and Campaign Calendar Collide
Trump's Legal Woes Mount as Trial Dates and Campaign Calendar Collide
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry — Exclusive: racketeering charges based on influencing witnesses and computer trespass, sources say — The Fulton county district attorney investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results …
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ABC News:
In rare move, Grassley releases unverified FBI source report alleging Biden involvement in bribe — The White House said the allegation is “debunked” and called the move a stunt. — Sen. Chuck Grassley on Thursday released a confidential FBI informant's unverified claim that, years ago …
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Grassley releases internal FBI document about unverified Biden bribery allegations
Grassley releases internal FBI document about unverified Biden bribery allegations
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The Hill:
Republicans release FBI form with unverified Biden-Burisma allegations
Republicans release FBI form with unverified Biden-Burisma allegations
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Politico:
‘This Is a Really Big Deal’: How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP — Growing population in America's highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party. And Republicans are scrambling for answers. Animation by Shira Inbar for POLITICO
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Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
The first GOP debate is being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here's why that matters
The first GOP debate is being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here's why that matters
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., have been calling state legislators about the map, which could affect control of Congress. — Alabama Republicans rejected calls …
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Joshua Zeitz / Politico:
History Has a Warning for Kevin McCarthy About Expunging Trump's Impeachments — Expunging Wrongdoing Didn't Save Andrew Jackson. It Won't Save Donald Trump Either. — POLITICO illustration/Photos by Getty Images, Library of Congress — It was singularly ironic that Thomas Hart Benton …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
A Lesson About Pain and Power
A Lesson About Pain and Power
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis Threatens Bud Light's Parent Company With Legal Action — The “anti-woke” governor is targeting the beer brand's parent company, suggesting it “breached legal duties” by using transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney for marketing purposes. — The conservative backlash …
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Why Supreme Court ethics reform might hit the Senate floor — DEMS TO SCHUMER: FORCE GOP TO FILIBUSTER SCOTUS ETHICS REFORM — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has yet to say how he'll approach his party's Supreme Court ethics legislation - a historic bid to check the high court …
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Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
Trump appointee convicted of 8 felonies for joining assault on police on Jan. 6 — A federal judge convicted Federico Klein of six counts of assaulting or impeding police and two other felonies for joining a violent mob during the Capitol riot. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge convicted …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump State Department appointee found guilty of seven felonies in Jan. 6 case
Trump State Department appointee found guilty of seven felonies in Jan. 6 case
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Quietly Prepares for a Chaotic Convention Fight — Trump may be projecting confidence, but he's trying to pack the convention floor with loyalists—just in case. … As the Trump campaign tells it, the 2024 Republican presidential primary is already over.
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Lesley M. M. Blume / New York Times:
Trinity Nuclear Test's Fallout Reached 46 States, Canada and Mexico, Study Finds — The research shows that the first atomic bomb explosion's effects had been underestimated, and could help more “downwinders” press for federal compensation. — In July 1945, as J. Robert Oppenheimer …
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Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Texas' Billion-Dollar Push on Border Security Isn't Paying Off — Operation Lone Star, with $4.5 billion spent so far, has had little effect on migration while facing charges of civil-rights abuses — Texas has spent two years and billions of dollars on the most aggressive attempt …