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Trump has had a lot of lawyers but still longs for his wartime consigliere

When it comes to former President Donald Trump's legal team, it's easy to get spun in the revolving door. It seems like he's looking for a wartime consigliere — another Roy Cohn.

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Who is running for president in 2024? Harris, Trump and the full list of candidates

Trump and Harris, the Republican and Democratic nominees, are frontrunners as few other candidates remain

The Guardian - US

Pandemic relief scammers have stolen billions nationwide. Illinois is poised to get tougher on them.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign a bill that extends the statute of limitations to prosecute pandemic relief fraud. The federal government last year made a similar move, as billions in Paycheck Protection loans and other relief have been stolen or misspent across the country.

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Trump and the Republican party exemplify these five elements of fascism

Trump is often described as ‘authoritarian’. But that doesn’t really capture the more alarming aspects of his movement

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Biden begins re-relection campaign – does he have what it takes to win again?

The oldest president in US history is ditching his Covid-imposed ‘basement strategy’ for the most gruelling campaign of his life

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‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags

Many liberals celebrated when Hamtramck, Michigan, elected a Muslim-majority council in 2015 but a vote to exclude LGBTQ+ flags from city property has soured relations

The Guardian - US

Tom Fitton's advice got Trump arrested

Trump could have avoided charges if he listened to his lawyers. He trusted Judicial Watch activist instead

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Melinda Henneberger: Trump indictment is political yet ‘only strengthens him’ politically? Both can’t be true

“Why are they even doing this,” a Kansas Republican asked me the other day, “when it’s only going to give him the nomination?”

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Editorial: Too much is at stake in Trump case for Judge Cannon to preside. She should recuse

The last time U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ruled on a case involving Donald Trump and his alleged hoarding of classified documents, the dressing-down from appellate judges above her was stern and blunt.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Democrats and Republicans met to subvert a third party option. So much for caring about what voters want

This week, it was reported that a group of leading Democratic strategists and former officials — including President Joe Biden’s former chief of staff — met recently with anti-Trump Republicans to hatch a plan to “subvert” a third option for the 2024 presidential race from the group No Labels, which…

Los Angeles Times

Fabiola Santiago: Always the con man, Trump didn’t pay for anyone’s meal at Versailles like he promised

Cuban Americans who don’t support disgraced ex-president Donald Trump — and there are many of us — are disgusted and furious with his post-arraignment host, the landmark restaurant-bakery Versailles.

Miami Herald

Trump's legal travails anger some GOP voters, but that doesn't guarantee that they'll vote for him

Some Republican-leaning voters in early-voting states say they are angry about President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges that he mishandled classified documents

The Independent UK

Supermajorities in state capitols push controversial policies to the edge

A historically high number of supermajorities in state legislatures has pushed laws further to the edge on abortion, climate and transgender issues

The Independent UK

Biden returns to Philadelphia to rally with union workers in first big event of his 2024 campaign

President Joe Biden will tout his pro-labor bona fides on Saturday at his first major political rally since he formalized his reelection campaign, appearing alongside union members to make his case that his economic agenda is boosting the middle class

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A federal judge has blocked much of Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors

The judge issued an order Friday stopping an Indiana ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors from taking effect as scheduled July 1.

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President Biden to visit Los Gatos, Atherton for fundraising events with tech luminaries

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Kickstarting a bid to surpass his $1 billion fundraising haul from the 2020 election, President Joe Biden is expected to come to Los Gatos and Atherton on Monday for reelection fundraisers co-hosted by longtime Democratic supporters and Silicon Valley luminaries.

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Trump pushes to move Stormy Daniels hush money case brought by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to federal court

NEW YORK — Donald Trump has renewed his request to move the Stormy Daniels hush money case to federal court, where the drawn-out legal saga began — and he’s confident his legal arguments will get him off the hook.

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Man accused of targeting Boise’s LGBTQ+ community pleads guilty to hate crimes

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Mississippi GOP governor and Democratic challenger spar over crime, courts and trans care

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and the Democrat who is trying to unseat him this year, Brandon Presley, are trading barbs about crime, courts and transgender health care

Orlando Sentinel

California vs. Florida: DeSantis, Newsom rivalry heats up

California and Florida are home to sun, sand, surf and a sizzling showdown between two governors looking to surpass each other on the national political stage.

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Planned Parenthood files federal lawsuit to stop abortion law from taking effect in NC

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and a North Carolina OB-GYN filed a lawsuit Friday asking a federal court to declare Senate Bill 20 unconstitutional and to block it from taking effect.

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Chris Christie gains ground with voters in second N.H. poll after launching anti-Trump campaign

Chris Christie enjoyed a surge in support Friday as a second straight New Hampshire poll showed him gaining ground with voters after he announced his 2024 presidential campaign by fiercely attacking former President Donald Trump.

The Independent UK

Ex-Trump lawyer turned witness against him loses bid for release from probation

The key witness against former President Donald Trump in a New York state criminal prosecution has lost his bid for early release from probation

Chicago Sun-Times

Civic Committee aims to tackle crime from a new perspective

The Civic Committee has evolved from a standard business group issuing standard business demands to taking a much more nuanced, holistic approach to solving very difficult, perhaps intractable problems like crime.

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Springfield man on Senate floor during Capitol breach sentenced to 14 months

Thomas B. Adams, Jr., 41, was found guilty earlier this year of entering a restricted building and obstructing an official proceeding.

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