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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump federal election trial set for March 4, 2024 — The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump's criminal election interference case shut down a bid by the former president to set his trial more than two-and-a-half years away. — But the judge also said that she would reject …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Sets Trial Date in March for Trump's Federal Election Case — Judge Tanya S. Chutkan rejected efforts by the former president's legal team to postpone the trial until 2026. — The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump's prosecution on charges of conspiring …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump's federal trial for subverting election is scheduled for March — “Mr. Trump, like any defendant, will have to make the trial date work regardless of his schedule,” the judge said as she set the trial for March 4, one day before Super Tuesday. — Donald Trump will go to trial in Washington …
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Associated Press:
Biden is widely seen as too old for office, an AP-NORC poll finds. Trump has problems of his own — Americans actually agree on something in this time of raw discord: Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president in a second term. Only a few years his junior, Donald Trump raises strikingly less concern about his age.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Judge sets 4 March 2024 trial date for Trump's federal election case - live
Judge sets 4 March 2024 trial date for Trump's federal election case - live
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Republican aims to defund Trump prosecutions until 2024 election
House Republican aims to defund Trump prosecutions until 2024 election
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Washington Post:
Meadows heads to federal court for first skirmish in Trump Georgia case
Meadows heads to federal court for first skirmish in Trump Georgia case
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Kaitlin McKinley Becker / NBC Boston:
GOP activist, lawyer stabbed to death in his Durham, NH, home — A suspicious death investigation that was underway this weekend in Durham, New Hampshire, has been ruled a homicide after an autopsy was completed on the victim. — The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said in a statement Sunday …
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Killing of ‘Staunch’ GOP Activist in New Hampshire Under Investigation — A colleague called Alexander Talcott “an exceptionally skilled champion for the rule of law and the importance of fair and honest elections.” — A Republican Party activist and lawyer died after he was fatally stabbed …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
DeSantis booed at vigil for victims of racist shooting in Florida — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a GOP presidential candidate, was met with boos while speaking late Sunday at a vigil held for the three victims of a racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims — The governor has announced funding for security at a historically Black college where the gunman first appeared before killing three Black people at a Dollar General store. — Gov. DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims
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CNN:
Jacksonville gunman in racially motivated attack legally bought two weapons earlier this year, sheriff says
Jacksonville gunman in racially motivated attack legally bought two weapons earlier this year, sheriff says
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The Hill:
Trump, co-defendants to be arraigned in Georgia on Sept. 6 — Former President Trump will be arraigned next Wednesday in Georgia over charges he and 18 co-defendants sought to overturn the state's election results. — Trump's arraignment has been set for Sept. 6 at 9:30 a.m. …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
August 2023 National Poll: Trump Debate Snub May Open Door for Other Candidates — Home Polls August 2023 National Poll: Trump Debate Snub May Open Door for Other Candidates — Hunter Biden Legal Issues Offsetting Trump Indictments for Independents — A new Emerson College Polling survey …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump support ‘softening,’ possible opening for challengers
Trump support ‘softening,’ possible opening for challengers
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Brandon Morse / RedState:
Riley Gaines Wrecks Nebraska Democrat for Tone-Deaf Statement About Women's Sports — For a party that claims to be the women looking out for women, the Democrats sure are doing a lot to erase them in favor of some transgender agenda. — While you can see a demonstration a day …
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Martha Stoddard / Lincoln Journal Star:
Swimmer brings crusade against trans athletes in women's sports to Nebraska
Swimmer brings crusade against trans athletes in women's sports to Nebraska
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
“We call that kind of love a cult”: Experts on the latest disturbing poll of Trump supporters — New poll reveals that members of the MAGA cult trust Trump most: He “provides the kind of love they crave” — As I have previously explored in a series of conversations with cult …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
If the U.S. economy is doing well, why do so many Americans say it's terrible? — The leading economic indicators show the U.S. economy is performing well, but most Americans still believe economic conditions are extremely poor — as if the country was mired in a deep recession. What explains this discrepancy?
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Not Over Yet: Late-Summer Covid Wave Brings Warning of More to Come — Hospitalizations are still low but are on the rise in recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — A late-summer wave of coronavirus infections has touched schools, workplaces and local government …
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