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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Republicans who dismiss former President Trump as a potential 2024 presidential candidate are "lying" or "idiotic," he told the Washington Examiner.

Driving the news: Cruz is a potential Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential race but has held off on making any official announcement. He told the Examiner that he has not made a decision about 2024 because he wants to see what Trump plans to do.

A Black pastor in Alabama has sued the police officers who arrested him while he was watering his neighbors' flowers, NPR reports.

The big picture: The pastor says that the incident violated his constitutional rights and caused him to suffer PTSD symptoms.

Rep. Parmila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said there's a link between rising threats against lawmakers and rhetoric from the Republican Party.

Why it matters: Members of Congress have faced an increasing amount of threats in recent months from the public.

A federal judge has blocked an Arizona law that restricts how people can film police officers, the Associated Press reports.

Why it matters: The judge's ruling aligns with the American Civil Liberties Union and media organizations who said the new law violates the First Amendment.

Chief Justice John Roberts defended the Supreme Court in his first public comments since SCOTUS reversed Roe v. Wade, saying the court should not bend to the wills of the people or political parties.

Why it matters: The comments come days after Vice President Kamala Harris called the Supreme Court "an activist court" that took away a "constitutional right" with the Roe v. Wade decision.

Former President Trump may face more legal trouble over the Jan. 6 riots than the Mar-a-Lago document search, former White House lawyer Ty Cobb told CBS News.

The big picture: Cobb said Trump has a "very high" chance of indictment over the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and not specifically the FBI's search at Mar-a-Lago and document seizure.

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach resigned Friday from the board of directors of We Build the Wall, a nonprofit recently accused of money laundering and fraud, the Kansas City Star reports.

The big picture: Kobach is currently the Republican candidate for Kanas attorney general, the top law enforcement position in the state.

Both former President Trump and the Department of Justice proposed four individuals who could serve as the special master in the review of the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago by the FBI in August.

The big picture: With their candidates, Trump and the DOJ have staked out different positions on the scope of the special master's potential review.

The Department of Justice and former President Trump's legal team on Friday each filed a list of proposed special master candidates to review the evidence seized from Mar-a-Lago last month.

Why it matters: The joint filing lays out a playbook for how long the process of reviewing materials may take, who may be involved and whether the criminal investigation into Trump's handling of documents will be separate from the intelligence community's review.