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Donald Trump's legal team is signaling his defense will focus on the First Amendment and his reliance on counsel in the battle over charges connected to Jan. 6 and the former president's efforts to remain in power following the 2020 election. Trump, who pleaded not guilty during a Thursday arraignment, has denounced the prosecution as a witch hunt while floating the idea of moving the trial from the predominantly Democratic city of Washington, D.C. On Friday, he called on the Supreme Court to "intercede." |
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Until Donald Trump, a former president had never faced criminal charges — but neither has an elected one. Trump was arraigned in Washington federal court Thursday on charges linked to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. It was his third arraignment this year, after he was indicted in a New York hush money probe and a federal investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified records. Altogether, Trump faces 78 criminal charges — with a fourth indictment in Georgia likely on the way. |
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Justice Department Special counsel Jack Smith appealed to the federal judge overseeing former President Trump's election fraud case Friday evening to issue a protective order for evidence, citing social media threats. "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!" the former president posted earlier on Truth Social — a move which has already drawn criticism with a former spokesperson for Trump calling it "chilling" and "witness intimidation." |
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Former President Trump waived his right to appear for his upcoming arraignment on a superseding indictment in the classified documents case. Trump has already appeared in court to plead not guilty to the 37 counts contained in the original indictment, but his arraignment on three newly filed charges is scheduled for Aug. 10. |
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Former President Trump on Friday was defiant in his first speech since being arraigned on federal criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, claiming his legal troubles only helped to boost his 2024 reelection campaign. "Any time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls," Trump said during a Republican Party dinner in Montgomery, Ala. "We need one more indictment to close out this election. One more indictment, and this election is closed out." |
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The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed a lawsuit Friday against the Biden administration's new student loan income-driven repayment (IDR) plan. The lawsuit comes after the Department of Education launched a beta website this week for the Saving on Valuable Education (SAVE) application, the new IDR plan the White House has dubbed the "most generous" for student borrowers. |
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One of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) most prominent donors told reporters on Friday that he would cut off funds to his 2024 campaign if he didn't adopt a more "moderate approach." Robert Bigelow, the founder of Budget Suites of America and Bigelow Aerospace, told Reuters in an interview that he explained to DeSantis's campaign that the governor needs to shift his agenda to target moderates or he risks losing his support. |
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Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that theories about fraud in the 2020 election "did not prove to be true," marking his most direct rebuke of former President Trump's election claims yet. "All those theories that were put out did not prove to be true," the Florida governor said at a campaign event in Iowa, according to The New York Times. |
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The United States has not yet classified Army Pvt. Travis King as a prisoner of war (POW), even as he has been in North Korean custody since last month after he crossed into the country, a defense official confirmed to The Hill. "A final determination has not been made regarding Private King's status," the official said. |
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OPINION | As my 33-year career at the National Treasury Employees Union winds down, I am frequently asked about the greatest challenge facing the federal workforce. A proud union leader, I could easily and unsurprisingly point to understaffing, salaries that don't keep up with the private sector or poor mid-level managers. Those are serious issues, no doubt, but not the kind that pose a threat to American democracy. |
OPINION | After almost a year's delay, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry's recent trip to Beijing to meet his counterpart Xie Zhenua was a welcome step toward engagement between the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. With substantive negotiations on key issues such as energy transition to renewables, methane emissions, COP28 and the two countries' respective long term climate targets, the talks managed to re-establish the bilateral climate hotline. In subsequent planned meetings, the two sides will hopefully deliver a joint "product" over the coming months. |
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In accusing former President Donald J. Trump of conspiring to subvert American democracy, the special counsel, Jack Smith, charged the same story three different ways. The charges are novel applications of criminal laws to unprecedented circumstances, heightening legal risks, but Mr. Smith's tactic gives him multiple paths in obtaining and upholding a guilty verdict. |
America's job market is cooling. It isn't cool enough for the Federal Reserve just yet, but it is getting there. The Labor Department on Friday reported that the economy added a seasonally adjusted 187,000 jobs in July from a month earlier—fewer than the 200,000 that economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expected. It also revised the previous two months' job gains lower. |
FATIMA, Portugal (AP) — Pope Francis visited the Portuguese town of Fatima on Saturday to pray at a shrine known for apocalyptic prophesies of hell, peace and Soviet communism that have found new relevance with Russia's war in Ukraine. |
BY SPENCER S. HSU, CAROL D. LEONNIG AND TOM JACKMAN |
If convicted in any of the three criminal cases he is now facing, Donald Trump may be able to influence whether he goes to prison and what his stay there looks like under a law that allows former U.S. presidents to keep Secret Service protection for life, some current and former U.S. officials said. |
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