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MSNBC host can’t contain laughter as McCarthy mulls new speaker bid

‘As your laughter suggests, this is probably not going to happen, but it’s being floated and we just report the news here,’ Ali Vitali says

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel: ‘The House is now un-gaveling before our eyes’

Late-night hosts discuss Tom Emmer’s short-lived bid for the House of Representatives speakership and Trump’s mounting legal woes

The Guardian - US

Republicans heckle reporter for asking about efforts to overturn 2020 election

Republicans boo Rachel Scott of ABC News for asking the latest speaker pick, Mike Johnson, question

The Guardian - US

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Trump fined $10,000 for violating gag order and described as ‘not credible’ on witness stand - as it happened

Judge fines ex-president for violating gag order; Trump was called to witness stand but asked not to testify after judge calls him ‘not credible’

The Guardian - US

The centrist plan to save Donald Trump

Trump has convinced these supposedly principled centrists that corrupting the election is perfectly reasonable

Salon

Trump congratulates speaker nominee Mike Johnson after slamming Emmer

‘I am not going to make an Endorsement in this race, because I COULD NEVER GO AGAINST ANY OF THESE FINE AND VERY TALENTED MEN,’ Trump says even as he urges GOP to ‘GET IT DONE, FAST!’

The Independent UK

DeSantis comes for Trump's cognition

DeSantis criticized Trump for being "wedded to the teleprompter" and seemingly incapable of going off script

Salon

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Polls have value, even when they are wrong

An ABC News/Washington Post poll in September 2023 generated outrage among Democrats. The headline on the story, “Trump edges out Biden 51-42 in head-to-head matchup: POLL,” appeared designed to attract clicks rather than accurately portray where the race was on that day – or where it was headed.

The Conversation

Trump attorney paints Michael Cohen as serial liar in second day of testimony

Cohen sparred with Trump lawyer Alina Habba and said former president told him to inflate assets

The Guardian - US

Texas voters split on House, Senate handling of Paxton impeachment, poll finds

Republicans showed a more clear divide, giving the Senate higher marks than the House for how the attorney general’s impeachment was handled.

The Texas Tribune

Who is new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson?

Mike Johnson is a hardliner on abortion and LGBT+ rights, and led an effort to overturn the 2020 election results in swing states

The Independent UK

Emmer in, out: MAGA cult's death spiral

For Trump loyalists, the possibility of total government collapse is basically a positive

Salon

Republican turmoil deepens as GOP picks Mike Johnson as fourth US House Speaker nominee

Bitter infighting over the powerful position has created a struggle to find a consensus candidate

Evening Standard

Trump team's "nonsensical" Jan. 6 case

Legal expert: Trump team has "one goal" with Jan. 6 defense: "To prevent this case from ever reaching a jury"

Salon

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The Guardian - US

Nearly one in four Americans believe political violence justified to ‘save’ US

Support for political violence increased over past two years, poll finds, offering snapshot of America’s deepening polarisation

The Independent UK

Trump lashes out at Mark Meadows after ‘he’s granted immunity in Jan 6 case’

ABC News confirms The Independent reporting on ex-chief of staff’s immunity deal

The Independent UK

Rep Mike Johnson becomes fourth GOP House speaker nominee in two weeks

Louisiana congressman was picked by his party on Tuesday night, just hours after the third nominee Tom Emmer abruptly pulled out.

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Maine ballot initiative would prohibit foreign election spending

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Evening Standard

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former fixer, comes face-to-face with ex-boss in New York fraud trial

Michael Cohen was once considered a close ally of Donald Trump but now he is a key witness against him

Al Jazeera

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson as latest US House Speaker candidate

Johnson, from Louisiana, is the fourth hopeful for the job amid continued in-fighting among Republicans.

WEKU

More Americans say they support political violence ahead of the 2024 election

Nearly a quarter of Americans believe that "patriots may need to resort to violence to save the country" while an overwhelming majority think democracy is at risk in a new PRRI survey.

France 24

Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen testifies against him in NY fraud trial

In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former president's assets to “whatever number Trump told us to."

The Guardian - US

Trump chief Mark Meadows testified in 2020 election case after immunity order

Meadows testified to a grand jury about the ex-president’s efforts to overturn 2020 elections after being forced by a court order

The Independent UK

Trump boasts that he ‘killed’ Tom Emmer’s speaker bid

The GOP congressman won his party’s nomination early on Tuesday, but faced steadfast opposition from a number of right-wing members of the House Republican conference

France 24

Republican withdraws bid for House speaker hours after winning internal nomination

Republican Rep. Tom Emmer abruptly abandoned his bid to become House speaker Tuesday, withdrawing within hours of winning the internal party nomination after Donald Trump objected and hardliners refused to support him for the gavel.

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