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The Latest Breaking News on US Politics

Trump called to witness stand and fined $10k for violating gag order in fraud trial

The former president stormed out of court after the judge denied attempts to deliver a verdict in his favour

The Independent UK

Mike Johnson helped Trump on January 6 - now he’s a threat to democracy

Louisiana congressman known as ‘Maga Mike’, elected House speaker Wednesday, is staunch Trump supporter and election denier

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis trolls Trump and compares him to Biden over teleprompter use

Florida governor has seen poll numbers stagnate while Trump forges ahead

The Independent UK

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Morning Mail: Albanese meets Biden, low-carb beer warning, Maxwell blitzes Dutch in record century

Trump fined for ‘blatant disobeyal’ of a gag order while in Gaza the humanitarian crisis is worsening by the hour, the UN says

The Guardian - AU

New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority

After the House of Representatives took the unprecedented step on Oct. 3, 2023, of removing its own speaker, Kevin McCarthy of California, with eight Republicans joining all 208 voting Democrats to “vacate the chair,” what followed was weeks of uncertainty. Until conservative Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of…

The Conversation

Javier Milei endorsed by defeated rival who once sued him for defamation

Move by Patricia Bullrich, who placed third in Argentina’s presidential election, is not backed by other parts of her alliance

The Guardian - US

Billions for life-saving AIDS program need to continue, George W. Bush Institute tells Congress

Billions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that's saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W

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Election denier, climate skeptic, anti-abortion: seven beliefs of new US House speaker Mike Johnson

The relatively little-known Louisiana Republican has been thrust into the spotlight and the attention has fallen on his extreme beliefs

The Guardian - US

Candidate favoured by Donald Trump is elected US House speaker to end political chaos

Mike Johnson elected as the fourth Republican nominee after weeks of political infighting

Evening Standard

Former Trump Attorney Jenna Ellis Pleads Guilty In Georgia Election Investigation

Conservative media figure admits facilitating false statements, sentencing includes probation and community service.

Zenger

Leader of anti-immigration group Texans for Strong Borders also runs anonymous, hate-filled social media accounts

Chris Russo has anonymously aligned himself with Nick Fuentes’ white supremacist movement on various social media platforms under the username “Optics Respecter.”

The Texas Tribune

Trump shares screenshot of private texts from House speaker candidate

Chuck Fleischmann said ‘all five’ House Speaker candidates were backing Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Mike Johnson Is the Unlikely New Speaker of the House

Johnson is a relative newcomer to Congress who has never even chaired a committee, and he is a close ally of former President Donald Trump.

Reason

House finally has a speaker as Mike Johnson wins after weeks of chaos

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

The Independent UK

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Chicago Sun-Times

House chooses speaker — Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana has Trump’s backing

Republicans hope electing Johnson will unite their fractious majority and end weeks of chaos by elevating a little-known conservative to one of the highest seats of U.S. power.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans unite to elect Mike Johnson as U.S. House Speaker

All Texas Republicans in the U.S. House voted for Louisiana’s Mike Johnson to be speaker, ending a stalemate that has left the chamber leaderless for three weeks. Johnson is a deeply religious conservative who won the support of the party’s disparate factions.

The Guardian - US

Judge fines Trump $10,000 for violating gag order and says he is ‘not credible’ as witness

In court on Wednesday, Judge Arthur Engoron tells former president: ‘Don’t do it again, or it will be worse’

Evening Standard

OPINION - Open revenge, payback and blood hatred in the race for Speaker of the House: this is Republican politics

Almost every aspect of current Republican Party politics defies historical precedent and obvious logic. Even in the House of Representatives, where, traditionally, a save-our-jobs mentality has always maintained a relative stability, Congressional Republicans, over the past several weeks, have publicly broken down in comic and operatic ways.

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The Independent UK

Samantha Woll’s friend recounts slain synagogue leader’s ‘happy, fun’ final hours

‘She was happy, she was having fun,’ Michigan Senator Stephanie Chang told FOX

Salon

Meadows gets immunity, Trump berserk

Donald Trump's former chief of staff just cut an immunity deal with special counsel Jack Smith

The Independent UK

Trump narrowly avoids another gag order sanction in fraud trial

The judge warns the former president he is ‘very protective’ of his staff

The Independent UK

George Santos mocked for bizarre pitch in House speaker race

‘Santos for Speaker?’ the New York Republican asked and provided only one possible response

The Guardian - US

Tennessee voters reject mayoral candidate who refused to disavow neo-Nazis

Residents of Franklin turn out in force to rebuff Gabrielle Hanson, who failed to denounce support of white supremacist group

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott, House at impasse over school voucher bill as special session winds down

Vouchers are the governor’s top legislative priority. But he has signaled opposition to a proposed House compromise that would tie them to increased funding for public schools.

The Guardian - US

Republican Mike Johnson elected House speaker after weeks of chaos

Louisiana congressman – and the party’s fourth nominee – wins support of all 220 Republicans who cast a ballot

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