Federal prosecutorsreminded former President Trump at his arraignment Thursday that the Constitution entitles him to a speedy trial. But as his lawyer made clear inside D.C.'s federal courthouse, that's the last thing he wants.
Why it matters: Now facing 78 criminal charges in three jurisdictions — with the possibility of a fourth indictment in Georgia by the end of the month — Trump's quest to regain the White House has become existential.
Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on national security charges and accused of sharing sensitive military information with China, prosecutors announced Thursday.
The big picture: Both 22-year-old sailor Jinchao Wei and Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, 26, are accused in separate cases of sharing military information to Chinese intelligence officials in exchange for cash payments. Both have pleaded not guilty to the charges they face.
Former President Trump's arrest playbook is coming into view after his arraignment Thursday in a D.C. federal courthouse.
Why it matters: Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, has followed a similar plan across his three arraignments designed to keep attention on him and his campaign.
Nearly half of Republicans say they would not vote for former President Trump if he were convicted of a felony, and 52% wouldn't vote for him if he were in prison on Election Day, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll published Thursday.
Why it matters: Trump remains the runaway favorite for the 2024 Republican nomination, but the poll suggests his legal woes could still harm his general election chances.
The Koch-backed LIBRE Initiative this week is launching a multi-state effort to counter Democratic messaging around"Bidenomics," the term the Biden administration uses to describe the president's economic record.
Why it matters: The campaign by the libertarian-leaning organization,which aims to engage Latino voters, comes as the GOP makes inroads with Hispanics, the fastest-growing voting demographic.
New York City is considering housing migrants in Central Park and Prospect Park.
Driving the news: The city is running out of measures for the tens of thousands of migrants who come seeking asylum. Now, "everything is on the table," Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom said at a news conference on Wednesday.
One of the many Shakespearean elements to the Trump prosecution is the role of former Vice President Mike Pence, who declined to testify before the House Jan. 6 committee and unsuccessfully fought a grand jury subpoena — but plays a huge role in this week's indictment of his former boss.
Why it matters: Pence's presidential campaign is struggling. But he's likely to be in the spotlight for a whole other reason if the special counsel's case against former President Trump goes to trial.
Former President Trump is set to appear in court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday as a criminal defendant in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Ron DeSantis' gubernatorial office recently hired three people who'd been laid off by the campaign, according to three sources familiar with the situation.
Why it matters: The Florida governor is leaning on his taxpayer-funded office to keep select aides in his orbit as the campaign goes through a cash shortfall that led it to dump one-third of its staff in July.
Former President Trump's legal team says he's been indicted for actions that are protected by the First Amendment — and that the First Amendment will ultimately exonerate him.
Reality check: Many legal experts say that's not true, and not really the point.
As Hollywood writers and actors strikes stretch on, states and local businesses are suffering billions of dollars' worth of losses amid the halt in production.
Why it matters: Film and TV production hubs like California, New York and Georgia now face massive budget losses even as they content with the problems of high inflation and rising cost of living.
Special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday requested a hearing to discuss whether a lawyer representing a co-defendant in former President Trump's classified documents case has a "conflict of interest."
Driving the news: Stanley Woodward, the lawyer for Trump valet Walt Nauta "has represented at least seven other individuals who have been questioned in connection with the investigation," per a Department of Justice court filing to Judge Aileen Cannon, who's overseeing the case.
Driving the news: The ex-Trump administration attorney general said on CNN that he probably wouldn't have approved the former president's third indictment as he expressed concerns about the case occurring so close to the 2024 election, but he believes "we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg" and he didn't have a problem with it as a legal matter.
The policies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) administration have led two major Black organizations to move their annual conferences to other states — with both citing the threat of "hostile" conditions, per Yahoo News.
The big picture: The moves by Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest Black fraternity in the U.S., and the National Society of Black Engineers, one of the nation's biggest student-governed organizations, come two months after the NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida, calling the state "openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals."
The U.S. State Department ordered the partial evacuation of embassy staff from Niger's capital Niamey on Wednesday due to last week's military coup in the West African nation.
The big picture: The decision to evacuate non-emergency U.S. personnel and families comes one day after the Pentagon suspended security cooperation including counterterrorism training with soldiers in the country following an attack on the French Embassy in Niamey Sunday by coup supporters, which prompted the evacuation of hundreds of foreign nationals.
