Kevin McCarthy says ‘every American should accept’ election results The former Republican House speaker’s comments arrive as Trump’s guilty verdict is set to spark election integrity debates The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2024
Trump begs Supreme Court to intervene in hush money trial conviction Trump has said he plans to appeal last week’s verdict, which could, in theory, see the case end up in the Supreme Court The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024
Crowing about the Trump verdict will only hurt Biden – populists thrive on claims of persecution The more the political establishment damns the ex-president, the more those outside its reach are drawn to him, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024
GOP wants us to pay for Trump's crimes The whole GOP establishment has lined up behind Trump to degrade the jury system and the rule of law Salon · Jun 3, 2024
Anti-abortion rights activists navigate a new, post-Roe landscape, as state bans mean they can ‘save babies’ It’s been nearly two years since the Supreme Court announced its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling overturning federal protection for the right to an abortion, marking a momentous victory for anti-abortion activists. That decision was just the beginning – some anti-abortion groups, like Students for Life of America… The Conversation · Jun 3, 2024
Why the future of democracy could depend on your group chats I became newly worried about the state of democracy when, a few years ago, my mother was elected president of her neighborhood garden club. The Conversation · Jun 3, 2024
First Thing: Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico’s first female president Leftwing climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City triumphs with a landslide, taking between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote. Plus, Hunter Biden trial to start The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024
Speaker Johnson Slams Biden's Proposed Executive Action On Immigration Despite a recent decline in border crossings, Biden is expected to sign an executive order that aims to significantly limit asylum requests. International Business Times · Jun 3, 2024
Does Donald Trump's Conviction in New York Make Us Banana Republicans? Welcome to a system in which laws and regulations are weaponized by the powerful against opponents. Reason · Jun 3, 2024
Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says Senator Sheldon Whitehouse calls audacious request ‘definition of corruption’ amid investigation into Mar-a-Lago meeting in April The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2024
Stormy Daniels offers word of advice to Melania Trump after hush money trial verdict Adult film star says former first lady should leave her husband following his criminal conviction The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024
Why is a group of billionaires working to re-elect Trump? Oligarchs like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel aren’t just hostile to progressivism. They’re hostile to American democracy itself The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2024
Georgia elections board member denies plans to help Trump subvert election State GOP praises appointment of podcast host Janelle King as ‘integrity-minded’ as she replaces more moderate Republican The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2024
Aunt of Trump VP hopeful Tulsi Gabbard ‘killed by protege in hammer and knife attack’ Caroline ‘Sina’ Sinavaiana-Gabbard was a well-known teacher and poet who had expressed unease about her niece’s rightward political journey The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024
Latin Times · Jun 3, 2024 Claudia Sheinbaum Set To Become Mexico's First Woman President The president of the National Electoral Institute on Sunday said Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, saw an irreversible lead between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote.
Axios · Jun 3, 2024 Speaker Johnson's secret muse The two men have bridged generational, ideological and stylistic gulfs to form an extremely rare connection.
Latin Times · Jun 3, 2024 Majority of U.S. voters believe politicians play the "race-card" merely to get elected As racial tensions stir the 2024 election, voters believe that politicians speak on these issues just to get elected, rather than to change the status quo.
Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2024 Mexico elects first female president as Claudia Sheinbaum enjoys landslide victory ‘I will become the first woman president of Mexico,’ Ms Sheinbaum told crowds after electoral authorities revealed her irreversible lead
The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024 Trump joins TikTok and gains 3 million followers in two days Trump’s launch video gains 56 million views over the weekend
International Business Times · Jun 3, 2024 Claudia Sheinbaum: Cool-headed Scientist Who Will Lead Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum, the former city mayor elected Mexico's first woman president, is an environmental scientist and dedicated leftist known for keeping a cool head in times of crisis.
The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024 Donald Trump says conviction in hush money trial has been ‘very hard’ for wife Melania Former president says he would accept home confinement or jail time if sentenced but isn’t sure ‘the public would stand for it’
The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024 Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico’s first woman president New president’s big challenge is confronting organised crime and cartel violence
The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024 Donald Trump thanks Boris Johnson for defending him after hush money conviction The former president, who last week became the first to be convicted of felony crimes, shared a column by the ex-prime minister calling the trial ‘a machine-gun mob-style hit-job on Trump’
Reason · Jun 3, 2024 American Voters Need Fast U.S. Supreme Court Review of the Constitutionality of President Trump's Convictions New York state courts must rule quickly and separately, if they can under New York law, on the constitutionality under the First Amendment of President Trump's recent criminal convictions.
Newslaundry · Jun 3, 2024 Trump convicted: Divide clear in US media, Indian papers point to ‘polarising effect’ Donald Trump has become the first former American president to become a convicted felon after a New York jury convicted him on 34 felonies – linked to the falsifying of records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign.