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Trump tries to shrug off opponents’ rush to define him as lame duck

By continuing to tease a bid for a legally prohibited third term, President Donald Trump could delay what every second-term president resists: becoming a lame duck. Any president approaching the final two years of their second term eventually becomes that weakest of political birds. Lawmakers, foreign governments, political donors, journalists…

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Trump keeps 2028 door cracked, while calling law ‘very strong’ prohibiting third term

President Donald Trump has returned to floating a bid for a legally forbidden third term, offering supporters and critics hints that he might try to remain in the White House in January 2029 — but he always stops short of explaining how he might do it or declaring what would…

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Trump is pushing to have Congress ‘expunge’ his impeachments - even without a law saying its possible

The president said Congress should pass the resolution to scrub his first-term impeachments, claiming he did ‘nothing wrong’

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Judges: Trump is a threat to rule of law

Trump's attempts to impeach two federal judges draws outcry from legal experts

Salon

‘A gift’: How Trump builds power for himself with ‘no details’ trade deals - Roll Call

President Trump offers “no details” on trade deals his administration is negotiating. That's by design — to give himself even more powers.

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Legal experts slam Trump's order gutting Wilson Center, other agencies

Legal experts predicted judges would block Donald Trump's order scaling back the Wilson Center and other congressionally chartered agencies.

Roll Call

How much will the US Supreme Court shape the 2024 presidential election?

With a conservative majority on the bench, experts warn the justices could face scrutiny as they weigh election cases.

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US House Republicans hold first formal Biden impeachment hearing

House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to “provide accountability” as they probe the family finances and lucrative business dealings of his son Hunter and make their case to the public, colleagues and a skeptical Senate.

France 24

GOP inquiry "an unmitigated disaster"

The Republican witnesses' testimony appeared to hurt more than help as frustration set in in the chamber

Salon

GOP witness admits no evidence to impeach Biden at first impeachment hearing

Senior Democrat derides Republican efforts as ‘an impeachment drive based on a long debunked and discredited lie’

The Independent UK

Shutdown's shadow, Biden's speech and arguing the case: Takeaways from the House impeachment hearing

The impeachment inquiry being conducted by House Republicans can lead to the ultimate penalty for a president for what the Constitution describes as “high crimes and misdemeanors.”

The Independent UK

House Republicans start making their case for President Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing

House Republicans are making the case for pursuing an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden

The Independent UK

House Republicans short on evidence to impeach Biden, witnesses tell panel - Roll Call

House Republicans do not have enough evidence yet to justify an impeachment of President Joe Biden, two scholars told a congressional panel.

Roll Call

The first impeachment inquiry hearing into Biden was six hours. Here's what happened

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said the hearing will examine the value of an impeachment inquiry and evidence against President Biden.

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In the tale of 5 presidential impeachments, how will the latest one stack up?

House Republicans have launched an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. But this case is different — both in substance and in process — than those of former presidents Nixon, Clinton and Trump.

Roll Call

Biden impeachment probe may weaken congressional power, experts say - Roll Call

The manner in which the House GOP launched an impeachment probe against President Joe Biden threatens to cheapen the process, experts said.

The Independent UK

GOP uses state capitol protests to redefine 'insurrection'

The silencing of a transgender lawmaker in Montana marks the third time in five weeks that Republicans have attempted to compare disruptive but nonviolent protests at state capitols to insurrections

WEKU

Trump has arrived in New York for his arraignment. What's next?

The former president will spend Monday night at Trump Tower before his surrender and arraignment on Tuesday, when the historic charges against him will be unsealed.

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Editorial: North Carolina Supreme Court diminishes itself with baldly political ruling on voting cases

It didn’t take long for the new Republican majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court to reveal itself as a political caucus.

The Independent UK

AP Explains: Why the 14th Amendment has surfaced in midterms

Some attorneys and voters are using a rarely cited section of the 14th Amendment dealing with insurrection to try to stop some U.S. House members from running for re-election this year

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court confirmation hearing starts with historic mark

WASHINGTON — The weeklong Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson starts Monday heavy on history and relatively light on political drama.

Tribune News Service

North Carolina GOP pushes legal theory that would change elections nationwide. Why it might work.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican lawmakers lost their recent U.S. Supreme Court appeal to stop the 2022 elections from being held using district maps the lawmakers didn’t get to draw themselves. But some in the party hope Monday’s ruling is just the first step in a coming legal fight, and not…

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