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CBS News poll finds after latest Trump indictment, many Americans see implications for democracy. For some, it's personal — America's response to this week's indictment of Donald Trump is providing a window into more than just how Americans view his alleged actions per se …
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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Trump says he'll seek a new judge in election case — Trump on Sunday called for recusal of the judge presiding over the federal case that alleges he illegally conspired to overturn his election loss in 2020. — He claimed there is “NO WAY HE CAN GET A FAIR TRIAL,” in a post on his social media site.
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New York Times:
Trump Calls for Recusal of Judge as His Lawyer Denies Pence's 2020 Claims — Former President Donald J. Trump spent the weekend on the attack on Truth Social while his lawyer, John F. Lauro, ran through a gantlet of interviews Sunday morning. — Appearing on five television networks Sunday morning …
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NBC News:
Full Trump lawyer: Election fraud case will be ‘most important’ civil rights case in decades — John Lauro, attorney to Donald Trump, joins Meet the Press to discuss the former president's legal defense following his indictment over efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Mike Pence does not rule out being witness for Trump's prosecution — Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday did not rule out being a prosecution witness if his ex-boss Donald Trump goes to trial on charges of orchestrating a criminal conspiracy to try to reverse his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
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Washington Post:
Awkwardness in Trump's circle: Top aides could be trial witnesses
Awkwardness in Trump's circle: Top aides could be trial witnesses
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CNN:
Judge denies Trump legal team's motion to extend deadline over protective order dispute in election subversion case
Judge denies Trump legal team's motion to extend deadline over protective order dispute in election subversion case
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Country lacks a unifying voice in aftermath of Trump charges
Donell Harvin / Politico:
Here's the Intelligence Assessment of Donald Trump that the Government Can't Write
Here's the Intelligence Assessment of Donald Trump that the Government Can't Write
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CNN:
Black mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White predecessor — Patrick Braxton accomplished something no Black man in his Alabama town had done in its 166-year history: he became mayor. — He told CNN he ran for office in 2020 to serve the fewer than 300 residents of Newbern …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republican Attacks on ‘Woke’ Ideology Falling Flat With G.O.P. Voters — New polling shows national Republicans and Iowa Republican caucusgoers were more interested in “law and order” than battling “woke” schools, media and corporations. — When it comes to the Republican primaries, attacks on “wokeness” may be losing their punch.
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New York Times:
Putin's Forever War … Vladimir Putin wants to lead Russians into a civilizational conflict with the West far larger than Ukraine. Will they follow him? — Roger Cohen and Nanna Heitmann traveled from Moscow to Siberia to Russia's border with Ukraine to report and photograph this article.
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
DeSantis Camp Hit by Gloom as Aides Worry Race Is Slipping Away — Aides frustrated and disappointed by campaign's inner workings — DeSantis continues resetting bid as Trump holds primary lead — Ron DeSantis promised a reset of his presidential campaign. Many of his campaign staffers are still waiting.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Campaign Anguishes His Storied Family — The presidential bid by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tested the bonds of an iconic Democratic clan that does not want him to run and does not know what to do about it. — Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent and has covered the past five presidents.
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New York Times:
Clarence Thomas's $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It — The vehicle is a key part of the justice's just-folks persona. It's also a luxury motor coach that was funded by someone else's money. — Justice Clarence Thomas met the recreational vehicle of his dreams in Phoenix, on a November Friday in 1999.
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Wall Street Journal:
Russia and China Sent Large Naval Patrol Near Alaska — Four U.S. destroyers were dispatched to monitor Russian and Chinese ships — A combined Russian and Chinese naval force patrolled near the coast of Alaska earlier this week in what U.S. experts said appeared to be the largest such flotilla to approach American shores.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
John Eastman Comes Clean: Hell Yes We Were Trying to Overthrow the Government — THE BACKCHANNEL — I want to return to this revelatory interview with coconspirator John Eastman, the last portion of which was published Thursday by Tom Klingenstein, the Chairman of the Trumpite Claremont Institute …
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Texas Attorney General:
Office of the Attorney General Files Appeal to Texas Supreme Court, Blocking District Judge's Ruling and Leaving Abortion Law in Place — The Office of the Attorney General ("OAG") filed a Notice of Accelerated Interlocutory Appeal directly to the Texas Supreme Court in Zurawski …
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