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Defiant Trump outlines potential defences against federal charges

Facing federal charges over his handling of classified documents, Trump claims he had ‘every right’ to keep the records.

Al Jazeera · Jun 14, 2023

Harris rallies Black voters, warning of threats from extremists

Vice President Kamala Harris offered a rallying cry to Black voters during a Juneteenth celebration at the White House, listing the Biden administration’s achievements and urging supporters to fight efforts by extremists to roll back those gains.

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023

Defiant Trump rails against Biden, prosecutors at New Jersey rally hours after Miami court appearance

Hours after pleading not guilty in Miami to criminal charges stemming from his hoarding of secret government documents, former President Donald Trump delivered an angry, campaign-style speech at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club.

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023

Trump arraignment sparks Capitol Hill action from supporters

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s arraignment Tuesday drew a sharper line between allies of the former president willing to use the power of their office to defend him and Republican lawmakers who want to stay out of the way of a historic federal prosecution.

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023

Defiant Trump accuses ‘corrupt’ Biden of undermining democracy with ‘evil and heinous’ federal charges

The criminally indicted former president unleashes a barrage of false statements and threatens to prosecute his political rivals after his arraignment in federal court

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023

Mandy Cohen as CDC director? Republicans in Congress tell Biden she’s ‘unfit’

North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd, Rep. Dan Bishop and other Republicans are citing Dr. Mandy Cohen’s track record during the COVID-19 pandemic in opposing her as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023

Trump turns his day in court into a campaign event despite serious political and legal threats

Donald Trump’s four years in the White House were punctuated by the spectacle and attempts at showmanship he cultivated from years as a tabloid fixture and reality star

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023

House push to override Biden veto over DC policing policy falls short

WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday was unable to advance its effort to overturn a District of Columbia policing bill, falling short of the threshold needed to override a veto by President Joe Biden.

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023

AOC says idea Trump is victim of a ‘two-tier’ justice system is an insult to Black and brown Americans

‘The idea that there’s a two-tiered justice system and somehow the person on the short end of the stick is one of the most powerful and wealthy people that this country has known? I don’t think so,’ New York Democrat tells The Independent

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023

Trump sits silently in Miami courtroom, pleads not guilty in historic case

MIAMI — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Miami federal court to a 37-count indictment accusing him of deliberately keeping at his Palm Beach estate government documents that contained highly sensitive defense, weapons and nuclear information and of obstructing efforts by U.S. authorities to reclaim them.

Miami Herald · Jun 13, 2023