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Then-President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Trump charged with 4 felony counts for attempt to overturn the 2020 election

9:38pm August 01, 2023

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to court documents.

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Special counsel Jack Smith arrives to give remarks on a recently unsealed indictment against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

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Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about the latest indictment against Trump

9:09pm August 01, 2023

by Emily Olson

Special counsel Jack Smith spoke briefly about the indictment and praised the men and women who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Fitch cut the United States' rating by one notch, moving it from the previous top-rated AAA to AA+, just two months after the government avoided a devastating default.

The U.S. loses its top AAA rating from Fitch over worries about the nation's finances

8:58pm August 01, 2023

Fitch cut the federal government's top rating, citing rising deficits and a steady deterioration in governance over the last two decades. The action drew a sharp rebuke from the Biden administration.

Matthew DePerno, the 2022 Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, speaks during a Trump rally in Warren, Mich. DePerno is being investigated for his involvement in an alleged scheme to tamper with voting machines.

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Former Michigan GOP attorney general nominee is charged in voting machine breach

8:35pm August 01, 2023

by NPR Washington Desk

Matthew DePerno, the most recent Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, has been charged with undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy.

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Elon Musk sues disinformation researchers, claiming they are driving away advertisers

2:24pm August 01, 2023

by Shannon Bond

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is suing the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which has documented the spread of hate speech and viral falsehoods on social media.

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Folwell lends his governor's campaign $1 million; Stein, Robinson still on top with money

1:27pm August 01, 2023

by Associated Press

Most of what North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate and State Treasurer Dale Folwell raised during the first half of the year for his campaign committee has come from $1 million that he

Morning news brief

8:14am August 01, 2023

Donald Trump's legal woes haven't hurt him in the polls. The ACLU files a lawsuit to block the country's first religious public charter school. Kenya offers to step in to bolster security in Haiti.

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Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway on October 27, 2020, in West Salem, Wisconsin.

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Up First Briefing: Teflon Don; ACLU lawsuit; Pee-wee Herman's legacy

7:48am August 01, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

Donald Trump's legal woes haven't hurt his polling numbers. The ACLU files a lawsuit to block the country's first religious public charter school. Remembering Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman.

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Donald Trump's repeated legal woes have given him a boost in the polls

5:01am August 01, 2023

Donald Trump survived many scandals as president, including two impeachments. After two indictments and a possible third, he's still the undisputed front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination.

Protestors rallied at the Statehouse in Indianapolis on July 25, 2022, in opposition to a bill to ban abortions in Indiana. After a protracted legal fight lasting almost a year, the state's highest court ruled the ban could go into effect as soon as Aug. 1.

After yearlong fight, a near-total abortion ban is going into effect in Indiana

5:00am August 01, 2023

by Morgan Watkins

Indiana's law will bar abortions except in cases of lethal fetal anomaly, rape or incest, or when the woman's life or health are seriously jeopardized. The fallout will be felt across the Midwest.