Mike Pence addressed Tuesday his Republican presidential rival Donald Trump's federal indictment in the Jan. 6 investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
What he's saying: "Today's indictment serves as an important reminder: Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States," Trump's former vice president said in a statement that also emphasized that the ex-president was entitled to a presumption of innocence.
Former President Trump has been indicted three times — and faces potential criminal convictions — but he's not barred from running for or assuming presidential office.
Why it matters: While Trump is the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges, his legal peril doesn't endanger his legally viable path to a second term — and could even be a boon politically, experts told Axios.
The big picture: Chutkan has previously dealt with Trump, denying his 2021 motion to halt records from being turned over to the Jan. 6 committee, writing, "Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not president."
New York Attorney General Letitia James' office said Tuesday its civil fraud case against former President Trump, his two elder sons and his business "is ready for trial," according to a court filing Monday.
Former President Trump faces a four-count indictment as part of special counsel Jack Smith's criminal investigation into the Jan. 6 attack — including "conspiracy to defraud" the U.S., according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.
Why it matters: Trump now faces two federal indictments as well as a criminal case in New York — even as he campaigns as the frontrunner in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries.
Two allies of former President Donald Trump were charged in Michigan in relation to tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, per court records.
Driving the news: Matthew DePerno, a former attorney general candidate endorsed by Trump, is facing four counts including undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy.
More than two yearsafter Congress voted to establish the National Museum of the American Latino, proponents worry that funding resistance from two Latino lawmakers could stall the project.
Driving the news: On July 19, theU.S. House Committee on Appropriations approved a funding bill that would bar the use of taxpayer money for the the museum until at least September 2024.
New Mexico residentsexposed to radiation from the world's first atomic bomb explosion and Navajo miners who later worked with uranium during the Cold War may finally get reparations after generations of people with health problems.
Driving the news: The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to include New Mexico and Navajo Nation residents in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act — a federal law scheduled to sunset next year — as part of its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
David Rubenstein,the financier and civic philanthropist, traveled to quintessentially American landmarks for a PBS series, "Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories" — culminating Tuesday night on the Golden Gate Bridge.
Why it matters: In the episodes,all free online, Rubenstein takes us to Fenway Park and the Hollywood sign, introduces us to cowboys and shows us bald eagles in Alaska — where he stayed in an Airbnb for the first time.
Americans' confidence in the U.S. military is at the lowest point in two decades, according to new Gallup data.
Why it matters: The military had retained public trust even as other institutions like the police, public schools and organized religion saw steep declines. But while it remains one of America's most trusted institutions, that trust has now started to decline.
A Georgia judge emphatically rejected Monday former President Trump's bid to halt an investigation into alleged criminal efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Driving the news: Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said in his ruling that Trump didn't have the legal standing to have evidence thrown out or disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the case at "this pre-indictment phase of the proceedings."
