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The country is living through history with the first-ever federal indictment of a former president. A grand jury of Miami residents charged Donald Trump with 37 federal counts, ranging from the willful retention of national defense information to obstruction of justice. Given the unprecedented situation the nation is witnessing, it…

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‘This executive order reaffirms the fact that hate has no place in our city’

Donald Trump’s attacks on the justice system after his indictment on federal charges this week are the latest step in a now eight-year campaign by the former president and his allies against the traditions and institutions that have helped maintain American democracy

Joe Biden opened his 2020 presidential run at a Pittsburgh union hall

The former president visited the restaurant after being arraigned on federal charges

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez publicly kicked off his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination with a speech Thursday evening at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.

The governor says other issues aren’t as important as breaking a House-Senate stalemate over the best course on reducing property taxes.

Loose talk about political violence has to be taken seriously, columnist Gene Lyons writes. His advice to would-be, pro-Trump insurrectionists: Read the indictment of the former president. It’s only 44 pages.

All eyes are on a secretive Senate committee that is drafting rules for an impeachment trial. Those rules are expected to be presented to the Texas Senate on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s deal with congressional Republicans staved off a federal default crisis for another two years — but also evaporated hopes for now of ending debt ceiling battles once and for all, legal experts and White House allies say.