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Brandon Johnson is Chicago’s new mayor. So what’s next for CPS?

Some of Johnson’s first decisions after his swearing-in next month will have to do with education, the issue nearest and dearest to his heart and his work over the past decade.

Chicago Sun-Times

Donald Trump’s arraignment: How the world reacted

Photos of former US President Donald Trump as he appeared in court covered the front pages of most international papers.

Al Jazeera

Trump’s indictment is unprecedented, but it would not have surprised the Founding Fathers

Much has been made of the unprecedented nature of the April 4, 2023 arraignment on criminal charges of former President Donald Trump following an indictment brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. But a closer look at American history shows that the indictment of a former president was not unforeseen.

The Conversation

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Your political rivals aren’t as bad as you think – here's how misunderstandings amplify hostility

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene drew raised eyebrows when she suggested on Presidents Day that the United States pursue a “national divorce.”

The Conversation

What does being indicted actually mean?

Hunter Biden’s indictment is the first time the child of a sitting president has been criminally prosecuted

Evening Standard

Melania goes missing as the Donald Trump show rolls into town

Former first lady Melania Trump notably absent from her husband's entourage as he faced a New York court, and back at Mar-a-Lago

The New Daily

American democracy faces a vital challenge with Trump’s circus

Trump and his supporters have given no indication that they are concerned about inciting unrest; they are encouraging it.

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Donald Trump: what he's charged with, what happens next, and what it may mean for the 2024 election

On April 4, Americans lived through a new experience: a former president of the United States officially charged with a criminal offence. Donald Trump has achieved many firsts across his media and subsequent political career – but it’s unlikely this was a first he was aiming for.

The Conversation

Trump 2024 presidential campaign sells ‘not guilty’ t-shirt with fake mugshot

Subscribers are told they will receive the top free of charge if they donate £38 to the former US president’s re-election campaign

Evening Standard

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada running for reelection

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada says she is running for reelection

The Independent UK

Who is Marjorie Taylor Greene? The US politician who told a UK journalist to 'go home'

Right-wing politician and conspiracy theorist laid into a UK journalist in an abusive rant

Evening Standard

Mike Pence will comply with subpoena to testify before January 6 grand jury – as it happened

Former vice-president will not fight a judge’s order compelling him to appear before a special grand jury

The Guardian - US

OPINION - The Standard View: Donald Trump doubles down on a false narrative

It was a striking spectacle. Donald Trump, little more than two years ago the most powerful person in the world, sat in a courtroom as the first former US president to face criminal charges.

Evening Standard

'We are living through the darkest hours of American history,' Trump says

Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 charges in connection with the alleged payment of bribes to a porn star and others when he appeared in court in New York on Tuesday. The French daily newspapers wonder if the media show won't boost Trump's chances of re-election,…

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Chicago Sun-Times

Long to-do list looms for new Mayor Johnson

From assembling a staff and cabinet to speeding up police hiring and devising a plan to stop the usual summer surge of violent crime, the new mayor has his work cut out for him. No wonder so many would-be contenders took a pass.

Axios

Trump's court drama sets up primary collision

Trump could be facing a criminal trial — maybe more than one — just as the presidential campaign heats up.

The Guardian - UK

Trump on trial: inside the 7 April Guardian Weekly

The case against Donald Trump; Cotton Capital’s ‘smoking gun’

Evening Standard

Donald Trump warned he is ‘walking a tightrope’ over judge attack

Donald Trump was warned on Wednesday that he was “walking a tightrope” after he launched a furious attack on the judge presiding over his historic criminal case in New York.

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Salon

Alvin Bragg proves skeptics wrong

Trump ruined multiple lives by cheating in the 2016 election — it was a sign of how far he'd go in 2020

The Guardian - US

Trump isn’t the ringmaster he once was. But we’re still watching his show

Despite everything, Trump now seems more likely to secure the Republican nomination. He’s still the sun around which the Republican party orbits

The Independent UK

Clyburn backs ex-staffer to lead South Carolina Democrats

Congressman Jim Clyburn is backing a former staffer in her effort to lead South Carolina’s Democrats, as the state prepares to host the party’s opening presidential primary in 2024

The Guardian - US

Trump’s indictment is about more than hush money – it’s a question of democracy

And it’s just the first of possibly many charges against the ex-president, the only US head of state to be charged with a crime

The Guardian - US

Dark money groups push election denialism on US state officials

Groups have created incubator of policies that would restrict ballot access and amplify election fraud claims

Ballotpedia

Amendment to make school board elections partisan advances in Florida

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Chicago Sun-Times

What can we expect from Brandon Johnson — Chicago’s next mayor

What will the incoming mayor do about high crime rates and low test scores? Here is what Brandon Johnson said on the campaign trail.

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