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Here’s who is in line to replace your governor in the event of a vacancy

Welcome to the Friday, March 31, Brew.

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Arrests at historic lows, murders up 50% since last election: Next mayor faces daunting challenges on public safety

Brandon Johnson says he’d hire 200 more detectives while Paul Vallas vows to build the detective ranks to 10% of overall staffing. The next mayor will also have to address the controversial spike in people being stopped for traffic violations.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump to face criminal charges in Stormy Daniels hush money probe

Donald Trump is due to be fingerprinted and photographed in a New York courthouse next week as he becomes the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges in a case involving a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Reuters

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Former President Donald Trump is charged with criminal offences - what happens next?

Donald Trump will be mugshot and fingerprinted, but he can still run for US president even if he is convicted. Sources claim he faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud

Daily Mirror

The forces behind anti-trans bills across the U.S.

The push by Christian and conservative groups represents a multimillion-dollar effort to limit LGBTQ rights.

Axios

Obamacare ruling gives Democrats new political ammo

Defending the ACA has been a tried-and-true strategy for Democrats since the GOP tried to repeal it in 2017.

Axios

Trump takes aim at Hunter Biden as he goes on Truth Social frenzy following criminal indictment

As well as hitting out at the president’s son, Mr Trump also went on to reTruth posts from some of his GOP allies who came out in support of him after news of the grand jury vote broke

The Independent UK

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Trump uses his indictment to unify GOP, even as his vulnerabilities are glaring

After the indictment news broke, the Trump GOP machine rolled out a political playbook meant to insulate him with his base. It may work, but his brand is toxic with much of the rest of Americans.

WEKU

Trump to appear in court Tuesday as Stormy Daniels interview postponed over ‘security issues’ – as it happened

Court officials confirm arraignment while Manhattan district attorney rejects House Republicans’ demands for documents and testimony

The Guardian - US

Editorial: Pence must talk: The former vice president has to tell the Jan. 6 grand jury how Trump plotted to overturn the election

Mike Pence, who served a dozen years as a member of Congress from Indiana, as well as four years as vice president under-you-know who, is entitled to the protections of the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause, which says that senators and representatives “shall not be questioned in any other Place”…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The medical debt burden

The legacy of more than two centuries of inequality that haunts Virginia and other Southern states affects us more than we may realize.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: What Florida’s assault on public education means

The conservative agenda that Florida Republicans have unleashed will fundamentally alter public education. That’s why it’s critical now when ingesting this fire hose of bad news to step back and consider the big picture: Where is our education system going? What’s driving these changes, who wins, who loses and what’s…

Tribune News Service

George Skelton: Newsom learned with oil bill: Working with lawmakers is key to passing laws

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom did something new — for him. He got aggressively engaged behind the scenes, negotiating with legislators. And it paid off.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Improving voter engagement for all Americans

Most discussions of voting tend to think of the U.S. as a monolith, when in fact every state (and territory) runs its own election system. At the National Vote at Home Institute (NVAHI), we believe that robust mailed-out ballot systems are the key to voting that is fair and equitable…

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Commentary: Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ fate is a cautionary tale for our nation’s Trump quandary

With barricades surrounding the Manhattan criminal courthouse and plainclothes officers ordered to dress in their full uniforms, it’s only human to ponder the wisdom of trying Donald Trump for a nonviolent offense related to buying a porn star’s silence.

The Independent UK

Can Ron DeSantis stop Trump’s arrest?

Despite what Trump’s MAGA allies say, the Florida governor likely has little authority to stop the former president’s extradition from their mutual home state. Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg write

The Independent UK

New Yorkers react to Trump indictment with celebration and relief: ‘A great day in American history’

Trump predicted death and destruction if he was indicted. On the day it happened, none of his supporters turned up. Alex Woodward, Richard Hall and Ariana Baio report

Irish Mirror

Donald Trump indicted: Why former US President faces criminal charges in historic first

The divisive ex-US President is likely to surrender to authorities next week

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Daily Mirror

Donald Trump breaks cover with wife Melania for first time since CRIMINAL charges

The 76-year-old former President was pictured beaming in a suit and tie at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida just hours after learning he was to be criminally charged

Daily Mirror

Donald Trump 'shocked' by indictment but 'ready to fight' claims ex-lawyer

His former lawyer says Donald Trump is 'shocked' after the 76-year-old became the first former US President in history to be charged with a crime over alleged 'hush money'

The Independent UK

Mike Pence calls Trump’s indictment ‘an outrage’

‘It appears to millions of Americans to be nothing more than a political prosecution’

The National (Scotland)

Donald Trump 'expected to surrender' to authorities after historic indictment

DONALD Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, a historic reckoning after years of investigations into his personal, political and…

The Guardian - US

News of indictment catches Trump and his team off guard

Sources say ex-president and aides believed prosecutors were reconsidering legal action and were taken by surprise by announcement

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Trump indicted by grand jury; MP says Latham tweet brought him to tears; and Paltrow prevails

It is the first time in US history that a sitting or former US president has faced a criminal indictment

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