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The Latest Breaking News on US Politics

Trump takes to Truth Social to give excuse for why he won’t join GOP debate: ‘Reagan didn’t’

Mr Trump skipped the Iowa debate in 2016

The Independent UK

When is the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate and how can you watch it?

Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum will ask questions of eight qualifying candidates, with Trump attendance still unclear

The Independent UK

Mississippi seeks new court hearing to revive its permanent stripping of some felons' voting rights

Mississippi is asking a federal appeals court for a second hearing on whether it can permanently strip voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies

The Independent UK

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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, August 18, 2023

14 of the 15 bills with activity this week are in states with Democratic trifectas.

Ballotpedia

Nearly 4,000 pages show new detail of Ken Paxton's alleged misdeeds ahead of Texas impeachment trial

Investigators leading the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have released nearly 4,000 pages of documents that lay out in new detail how the embattled Republican allegedly used his office to help a donor

The Independent UK

George Santos says ex-fundraiser caught using a fake name tried a new tactic: spelling it backwards

After he was caught using a fake name, an ex-fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos tried a new tactic: spelling it backwards

The Independent UK

Iowa’s evangelical kingmaker says it would be ‘a big mistake’ to count Ron DeSantis out

Bob Vander Plaats tells The Independent that evangelicals in the state ‘break late’ on who they will support

The Independent UK

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Digested week: Rudy Giuliani still hoping for his Trump loyalty to pay

A Trump presidency is Giuliani’s final hope – or failing that, some payment for all his legal work at least

The Guardian - UK

North Carolina laws curtailing transgender rights prompt less backlash than 2016 'bathroom bill'

North Carolina was ground zero in the nationwide fight over transgender rights with the passage of its 2016 “bathroom bill.”

The Independent UK

My UnPopulist Article on Supreme Court Politicization and Dangers of Schemes to Undermine Judicial Review

While there is some genuine politicization, it is not as great as often claimed. Proposals to undermine judicial review could easily end up empowering the very sort of authoritarian president progressives fear.

Reason

New Jan 6 video: Trump lawyer at Capitol

Cheseboro is alleged to be a major proponent of the stolen electors plot and spent Jan. 6 following Alex Jones

Salon

Legal twitter mocks Trump's trial ask

"He's just afraid to stand trial"

Salon

What the Republican candidates have said about January 6

Chris Christie says if Trump ‘had a risk of breaking a fingernail, he’s such a coward that he wouldn’t go up to Capitol Hill’

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

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Trump’s Republican rivals to speak in Atlanta, days after indictment

Conservative conference comes after Georgia prosecutors charged former US president over election interference.

The Independent UK

Trump ally and alleged fake electors plotter Ken Chesebro was at Capitol with Alex Jones on Jan 6

Chesebro previously invoked Fifth Amendment when asked whereabouts in Janury 2021

Chicago Sun-Times

No, Joe Biden’s not too old to run again

Joe Biden is better at 80 than at 50, Mona Charen writes. The numbers show that, if he wins, he’s likely to make it through a second term as president just fine.

The Independent UK

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a fierce Ron DeSantis critic, qualifies for GOP presidential debate

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says he's qualified for next week’s Republican opening presidential debate

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The Independent UK

Judge rejects Trump’s ‘frivolous’ fourth attempt to block E Jean Carroll case

A trial date for a second defamation case is set for 15 January, 2024

Salon

A new GOP tradition: Frontrunner to dud

It's an exact replay of DeSantis' fellow Floridian Marco Rubio's 2016 strategy. How did that work out for Rubio?

Zenger

Winning The 2024 Election Won’t Save Donald Trump From A Georgia Prison

Donald Trump's recent indictment in Georgia is arguably the strongest case against the former president

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden says US, Japan and South Korea ‘doubling down’ on joint defense against security threats – as it happened

US president, Yoon Suk Yeol and Fumio Kishida meet as they agree to take trilateral defence cooperation to ‘unprecedented levels’

The Independent UK

Biden’s awkward silence on Trump’s legal woes – and what it could mean for 2024

‘The person who is doing the most effective job of driving the indictment news is Donald Trump,’ one Democratic strategist tells Eric Garcia

Zenger

Ex-President’s Niece Calls Georgia Election Indictment ‘Beyond Ironclad’

In a recent podcast episode, Mary Trump claimed that the Fulton County case is not ironclad.

The Conversation

Georgia indictment and post-Civil War history make it clear: Trump's actions have already disqualified him from the presidency

After three indictments of former President Donald Trump, the fourth one in Georgia came not as a surprise but as a powerful exposition of the scope of Trump’s efforts to remain in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election.

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