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Trump pleads not guilty and waives arraignment in Georgia election case

31-08-2023 17:27 via cbsnews.com

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty and waived arraignment in the case accusing him and others of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.That means he won't have to show up for an arraignment hearing that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee had set for next week.Trump and 18 others were charged earlier this month in a 41-count indictment that outlines an alleged scheme to s

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Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor's plane last year

31-08-2023 17:17 via cbsnews.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is acknowledging that he took three trips last year aboard a private plane owned by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.It's the first time in years that Thomas has reported receiving hospitality from Crow. In a report made public Thursday, the 75-year-old justice said he was complying with new guidelines from the federal judiciary for reporting travel.FILE - Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme

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Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up again, this time at a Kentucky event

31-08-2023 14:15 via cbsnews.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter at an event in Kentucky on Wednesday, weeks after he had a similar episode in Washington.As seen on video from a local news station, the 81-year-old McConnell was asked whether he would run for reelection in 2026. The senator asked the reporter to repeat the question before trailing off and staring straight ahead for about 10 seconds.An aide

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After Jacksonville shootings, historically Black colleges address security concerns

31-08-2023 14:03 via cbsnews.com

(AP) -- Before the fatal shootings of three Black residents in Jacksonville, Florida, over the weekend, the gunman, a young white man with swastikas painted on his rifle, pulled into a parking lot at Edward Waters University and began putting on tactical gear. Students reported him, a campus police officer approached and he sped off in his vehicle having never identified himself.The shootings dredged up memories of another infamous racist attack in the city nearly 60 years ag

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Liberal groups seek to use the Constitution's insurrection clause to block Trump from 2024 ballots

31-08-2023 14:00 via cbsnews.com

(AP) -- As former President Donald Trump dominates the Republican presidential primary, some liberal groups and legal experts contend that a rarely used clause of the Constitution prevents him from being president after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.The 14th Amendment bars from office anyone who once took an oath to uphold the Constitution but then "engaged" in "insurrection or rebellion" against it. A growing number of legal scholars say the post-Civil War clause applie

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