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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Kentucky roundup

Kentucky is holding elections, including for judicial offices, on Nov. 7, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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Biden reelection campaign offering joint meeting with Obama as ex-president enters 2024 fray early

President Joe Biden is raising money for his reelection campaign by offering donors the chance to meet himself and Barack Obama, meaning the former president will be entering the 2024 political fray earlier than he did during last year’s midterms or the last presidential election

The Independent UK

Two new candidates declare in New York

Two new candidates declared their intent to run for state-level offices in New York between July 31 and Aug. 6, according to Ballotpedia’s ongoing tracking. This was two more candidates than the prior week.

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The U.S. tendency to mythologize presidents may explain Donald Trump's appeal

Donald Trump faces three separate indictments — over 70 criminal and felony counts — with additional charges likely to come in the days ahead.

The Conversation

Trump campaign runs ad attacking Georgia DA who’s expected to indict him

Fulton County DA Fani Willis has been investigating former president’s alleged attempts to overturn loss to Joe Biden in state

The Independent UK

Opponents of Maine's new abortion law won't seek to nullify it through a referendum

Groups opposed to Maine's new law expanding access to abortions won’t attempt to nullify the new statute through a so-called People’s Veto referendum

The Independent UK

Lawsuit says Tennessee's US House and state Senate maps discriminate against communities of color

Tennessee is facing a lawsuit over a congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year’s elections

The Independent UK

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Trump requests to review classified documents at Mar-a-Lago ahead of trial

Trump’s lawyers asked for a secure facility to be reinstalled at the same Mar-a-Lago club where he hoarded classified documents

The Guardian - US

Trump wants permission to discuss classified evidence at location where he hoarded classified documents

Mr Trump’s home previously had a facility certified for discussion and storage of classified information

The Independent UK

Former NYPD inspector pleads guilty to obstructing probe of NYC mayor's failed presidential bid

An ex-police official has pleaded guilty to blocking an investigation into the misuse of city resources by former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during the Democrat’s failed presidential campaign

The Independent UK

Leo Louchios, an adviser to Jesse White and Alexi Giannoulias and Greektown staple, dies at 66

Mr. Louchios was a behind-the-scenes giant in the Greek community and a staple in city, county and state politics for more than two decades.

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal trial to decide whether ex-chief of staff lied to protect his boss, Illinois House speaker

A federal prosecutor has told jurors that evidence would show a former chief of staff to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan lied to a grand jury to protect his boss

The Independent UK

‘Ohio saw through the con’: abortion rights advocates celebrate Issue 1 result

While anti-abortion activists vow to ‘continue the fight’, supporters of abortion retain hope for November election

The Guardian - US

Keeping campaign promises will take time, top Johnson aide says: ‘Nothing can be done in a single year’

The pace of progress will depend on the amount of new revenue Mayor Brandon Johnson can get and when he can get it, Chicago’s COO John Roberson said.

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Contentious Mississippi GOP primary race for lieutenant governor exposes rift among conservatives

A Republican primary challenger has spent months telling people that first-term Mississippi Lt_ Gov_ Delbert Hosemann is insufficiently conservative and labeling him “Delbert the Democrat.”

Salon

Trump vows to keep talking — risks jail

Trump vowed to defy a potential protective order. He could be hit with more charges or even held in contempt

The Guardian - US

‘No Republican party’ in US today, says anti-Trump conservative judge

J Michael Luttig, who advised Mike Pence not to try to overturn 2020 election, says former president has destroyed GOP

Chicago Sun-Times

Republicans are ignoring voters who want abortion rights

Has anybody told Republicans that their anti-abortion measures are unpopular and failing all over the country, even in red states like Ohio?

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DeSantis removes elected Dem prosecutor

"This is the new voter suppression," ex-NAACP Legal Defense Fund chief Sherrilyn Ifill warned

The Independent UK

Things to know about a vote in Ohio, court action in Kansas and Utah and other abortion developments

Ohio voters rejecting a measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution is one of several developments related to abortion policy in several states this week

The Independent UK

Jack Smith obtained search warrant for Trump’s Twitter account, newly unveiled court documents show

The social media platform was fined $350,000 for failing to meet a court-ordered deadline for documents

The Independent UK

Oregon Republicans who kept boycotting votes will be barred from standing for re-election

Republicans sought to disrupt official proceedings by skipping them

The Independent UK

Atlanta begins to brace for the potential of a new Trump indictment as soon as next week

Donald Trump and officials in Atlanta are bracing for a new indictment that could come as soon as next week in a Georgia prosecutor’s investigation into the Republican ex-president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state

The Independent UK

GOP donor Anton Lazzaro sentenced to 21 years for sex trafficking minors in Minnesota

A formerly well-connected GOP donor convicted of giving teenage girls gifts, alcohol and money in exchange for sex has been sentenced to 21 years in prison on sex trafficking charges in Minnesota

Salon

Secret memo shows "real" Jan 6 architect

"You know it's a problem when your lawyer isn't willing to say he's advising you to follow the plan he's proposing"

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