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Trump seeks new trial in E Jean Carroll sex abuse case

Donald Trump's lawyers are seeking a new trial and for a $US5 million sum awarded to E Jean Carroll in a sexually abuse case to be reduced.

The New Daily · Jun 8, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court overturns Alabama’s congressional maps in Allen v. Milligan decision

On June 8, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Alabama’s congressional redistricting plan adopted in November 2021 and used in the state’s 2022 elections violated the Voting Rights Act and must be redrawn to include a second majority-Black district.

Ballotpedia · Jun 8, 2023

Far-right members of Congress rebel against McCarthy and hold up House votes

The House will hold its next votes on Monday

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Target letter a "stunning development"

The letter is no surprise "based on public reporting about the evidence," says former U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade

Salon · Jun 8, 2023

Trump braces for possible federal charges after being warned he's a target of documents probe

Former President Donald Trump and his aides are bracing for a potential indictment in the classified documents investigation as prosecutors handling the probe have been spotted at a Miami courthouse where a grand jury has been hearing from witnesses

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Senate confirms highest-ranking Muslim in gov't after earlier GOP blockade

The Senate has confirmed the highest-ranking Muslim official in the U.S. government

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

The Guardian view on the Republican primary: leader of the unappetising pack

Editorial: The candidates proliferate – but Donald Trump, running both as former president and insurgent, is far ahead of them

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023

Trump knew how to correctly declassify documents, White House official tells prosecutors

Ex-president has claimed he declassified all documents taken to Mar-a-Lago

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Democrats' Gaslighting, Republicans' Temper Tantrum Endanger America's Gas Stoves

The White House insists it doesn't want to ban gas stoves but still needs the power to do so.

Reason · Jun 8, 2023

Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions

Lawmakers this year kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023