Here’s a quick recap of today’s developments:

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• Several Republican candidates have showed willingness to challenge Donald Trump’s claims of “political persecution” since the indictment was unsealed on Friday, revealing the full extent of the serious charges Trump faces. Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice-president who has broken with him, tried to thread the needle, simultaneously calling the allegations “very serious” while worrying about the politicization of the justice department.

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• Asa Hutchinson, a former Arkansas governor who is among the most anti-Donald Trump candidates standing for the Republican presidential nomination, said he would not vote for the former president if he is convicted of a felony.

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• But Trump has reportedly raised more than $7m since he was indicted last week, including more than $2m at a fundraising event at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, hours after appearing in a Miami federal court on Tuesday.

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• A new poll showed that, for Republican voters, Trump’s federal indictment over the Mar-a-Lago documents changes little. He remains the most popular GOP candidate for president, with 53% support, against runner-up Ron DeSantis’s 23%.

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• The attorney general, Merrick Garland, defended special counsel Jack Smith in the Department of Justice’s indictment of Trump. Smith was a “veteran career prosecutor” who has “assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law”, Garland said in his first public comments about the indictment since Trump pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges on Tuesday.

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• The House voted to reject a Republican resolution to censure the California congressman Adam Schiff over his comments about Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia. The Republican-led chamber defeated the motion by a vote of 225 to 196, with 20 Republicans joining 205 Democrats in opposition.

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• Joe Biden vetoed a Republican-led resolution that would have overturned his administration’s new limits on emissions from heavy-duty trucks. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) heavy-duty vehicle emissions rule will “make our air cleaner and prevent thousands of premature deaths by limiting hazardous heavy-duty vehicle pollution,” Biden posted to Twitter.

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• Fox News labelled US president Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator” who attempted to have “his political rival arrested” during a live broadcast of Trump’s post-arraignment speech.

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• Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has become the latest Republican to seek the 2024 GOP nomination, according to a Federal Election Commission filing. Suarezis expected to give a speech on Thursday in California, during which he is expected to formally announce his candidacy. He is the only Hispanic candidate seeking the GOP nomination and the third candidate from Florida, along with frontrunner Trump and Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis.

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has become the latest Republican to seek the 2024 GOP nomination, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.

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Suarez, 45, a Cuban-American, is in his second term as mayor after winning a resounding reelection in 2021. He is the only Hispanic candidate seeking the GOP nomination and the third candidate from Florida, along with frontrunner Donald Trump and Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis.

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A newly released poll by Quinnipiac University confirms that, for Republican voters, Donald Trump’s federal indictment over the Mar-a-Lago documents changes little. He remains the most popular GOP candidate for president, with 53% support, against runner-up Ron DeSantis’s 23%.

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Crucially, the survey was taken between 8 and 12 June – the period of time when Americans were learning that special counsel Jack Smith planned to unveil dozens of felony charges against the former president for hoarding secret materials at his south Florida resort, and conspiring to keep them from the federal government. Despite the unprecedented nature of the allegations, the survey says there has been no meaningful impact on his popularity.

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“A federal indictment. A court date on a litany of charges. A blizzard of critical media coverage. The negative impact on the former President’s standing with voters? Not much at all,” Tim Malloy, a polling analyst at the Connecticut-based university, said in a statement.

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Among all registered voters, the poll finds Joe Biden with a slight edge, at 48% support against Trump’s 44%. As for all the other Republicans in the race, none besides Trump and DeSantis polled above single-digits among GOP and GOP-leaning voters.

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After months of back-to-back interest rate hikes intended to stop the worst wave of inflation the US economy has experienced in decades, the Federal Reserve today decided to pause the increases, at least for now.

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Led by chair Jerome Powell, the independent central bank’s decision is both a sign that progress has been made in the inflation fight, and also that the Fed is keeping an eye on the knock-on effects of higher borrowing rates – such as the instability recently seen in the banking sector, which has experienced several alarming failures, but not a wider crisis. It’s unclear what the decision’s implications may be for Joe Biden, whose popularity has suffered as Americans dealt with higher prices for everyday purchases, including food and gasoline.

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Here’s more from the Guardian’s Lauren Aratani about today’s decision:

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US Federal Reserve officials have announced a pause in interest-rate hikes, leaving rates at 5% to 5.25% after more than a year of consecutive rate increases.

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The decision, made by the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), marks a shift in how Fed officials view the state of inflation, which reached a 40-year high of 9.1% in June last year as food and energy costs soared. Inflation in May was down to 4%, the lowest since April 2021.

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The FOMC said in a statement: “Holding the target range steady at this meeting allows the committee to assess additional information and its implications for monetary policy. In assessing the appropriate stance of monetary policy, the committee will continue to monitor the implications of incoming information for the economic outlook.”

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The attorney general, Merrick Garland, has defended special counsel Jack Smith in the Department of Justice’s indictment of Donald Trump.

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Garland’s comments, made at a press event on Wednesday, are the first time he has commented publicly about the indictment since Trump pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges on Tuesday, Reuters reports.

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Garland said:

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When I appointed Mr Smith, I did so because it underscores the justice department’s commitment to both independence and accountability.

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Smith was a “veteran career prosecutor” who has “assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law”, Garland continued. He added:

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Any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court.

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Asked what role he had in the indictment process, Garland replied:

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My role is completely consistent with the regulations that set forth responsibilities to the attorney general under the special counsel regulations, and I followed those regulations.

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AG Garland, when asked why he didn’t stop Special Counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents probe into Trump:

“Mr. Smith is a veteran career prosecutor. He has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors… who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law.” pic.twitter.com/LeqRyGtkMl

— The Recount (@therecount) June 14, 2023

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Republicans have spent today digesting Tuesday’s arraignment of Donald Trump, the most recent GOP politician to occupy the White House. Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice-president who has broken with him, tried to thread the needle, simultaneously calling the allegations “very serious” while worrying about the politicization of the justice department. At the Capitol, several Republican senators warned of retaliation over the charges, while a high-profile House committee announced a hearing looking into a Trump-era report that was critical of the FBI.

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Here’s what else has happened today so far:

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• Fox Newsappeared to repudiate an on-screen label that called Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator”.

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• Biden has instructed White House officials and the Democratic Party’s offices not to comment on the charges against Trump, according to a report.

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• If you have been wondering where the best place to store classified documents in your home is, here is the answer.

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Republican senators are scrambling to defend Donald Trump from the charges unveiled yesterday, and from future indictments.

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Jack Smith, the special counsel who indicted the former president over the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago, is also investigating his involvement in the January 6 insurrection, and the overall effort to overturn the 2020 election, and could file separate indictments over those matters.

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CNN reports that GOP senator Lindsey Graham has warned against doing that, while another lawmaker, John Cornyn, equated the charges against Trump to the scandal over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server:

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Lindsey Graham warns: "If the special counsel indicts President Trump in Washington, DC for anything related to January 6th, that will be considered a major outrage by Republicans because you could convict any Republican of anything in Washington DC." pic.twitter.com/5fYGwsy6o1

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 14, 2023

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On Fox News, GOP senator Marsha Blackburn was eager to draw attention to the president’s son Hunter Biden, a Republican fixation who may soon be in legal trouble of his own:

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“We feel like we caught [President Biden] … If Joe Biden and his son Hunter took this bribe, if these recordings do exist, the American individuals should know.”

— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) requires a particular counsel to analyze President Biden pic.twitter.com/CXHY581AGG

— The Recount (@therecount) June 14, 2023

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In a statement to the Washington Post, Fox News said an on-screen caption displayed last night that refers to Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator” was “addressed”.

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Fox News has long been a mainstay of American conservative media, and the chyron reading “wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested” appeared during a split-screen showing Biden while the network was covering Donald Trump’s speech at his New Jersey golf club after his arraignment.

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A Fox News spokesperson told the Post “the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed”, without providing specifics. You can read more about the dust-up, which was over the top even for a network with a history of deference to Trump, below:

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Joe Biden may be keeping quiet about Donald Trump’s indictment, but the former president’s family is out in full force and decrying the charges.

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On rightwing Real America’s Voice, Donald Trump Jr held forth with his customary apocalyptic rhetoric about the allegations against his father:

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“We are witnessing the end of the republic if this is allowed to go through.”

— Donald Trump Jr. reacts to his father’s arrest in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case pic.twitter.com/Ab4o72PXre

— The Recount (@therecount) June 14, 2023

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Joe Biden has refused to publicly comment on the federal charges leveled against his predecessor Donald Trump over allegedly hoarding government documents from his time in the White House, and Politico reports the president has also instructed Democratic party offices to do the same.

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While many top Democratic lawmakers have condemned the allegations against Trump, neither Biden nor top officials at the White House or his re-election campaign have spoken out about the indictment and his arraignment in Miami yesterday. Politico reports that some Democrats – none of whom would allow their names to be used – believe the strategy is a missed opportunity to cast Trump as reckless and boost Biden’s re-election chances.

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Here’s more from their story:

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Biden has privately told aides that he is disgusted by Trump’s behavior but is adhering to his promise that the Department of Justice would have independence from the White House. The DNC, meanwhile, has advised members of Congress seeking guidance on what to say that they should not comment on the Trump probes if they are speaking publicly in their role as Biden campaign surrogates.

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While Biden has framed his stance as in line with longstanding tradition, it is not uncommon for presidents to occasionally weigh in on ongoing criminal investigations. Biden has at times done so himself – including weighing in before the verdict was announced in the 2021 trial of the white Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd.

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Some people in Biden’s orbit believe that the moment calls for his imprimatur, outlining for the nation the gravity of a former president facing charges in a federal court. Others believe it would be political malpractice to not make Trump’s woes a campaign issue and privately said that they wish the president’s campaign would take on the issue directly.

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They argue that the charges connected to Trump’s alleged reckless mishandling of some of the United States’ top secrets shows that he is unfit for the job. And they believe that both the ongoing January 6 and Georgia election interference probes illuminate their central campaign arguments.

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The Republican-led House judiciary committee announced it would on 21 June hold a hearing with former justice department special counsel John Durham, author of a much-hyped report which found that though the FBI bungled parts of its investigation into Donald Trump’s ties with Russia, there was no proof of a deep-state conspiracy against the then president.

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The committee is chaired by Jim Jordan, a prominent defender of Trump among House Republicans, who has this year been leading a subcommittee aimed at proving to voters that “weaponization of the federal government” is to blame for the criminal cases against the former president.

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Former vice-president Mike Pence was Donald Trump’s deputy for four years, and fell out with him only when the then president pushed him to stop Joe Biden from taking office. When Pence announced his presidential campaign last week, he drew a stark contrast between himself and Trump, but that doesn’t mean he’s completely on board with the federal charges against the former president.

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“Having read the indictment, these are very serious allegations. And I can’t defend what is alleged. But the President is entitled to his day in court, he’s entitled to bring a defense, and I want to reserve judgment until he has the opportunity to respond,” Pence told the conservative editorial board of the Wall Street Journal in an interview yesterday.

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But he also was wary of the fact that the indictment was brought under the Biden administration. “After years of politicization, it’s hard for me to believe that politics didn’t play some role in this decision,” Pence said. He called on attorney general Merrick Garland to explain “what if any role he played, or his judgment played, in the decision to move forward with an unprecedented indictment of a former President of the United States”.

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Good morning, US politics blog readers. What a day yesterday was. After becoming the first former president ever to be federally indicted, Donald Trump appeared in court in Miami and pleaded not guilty to dozens of federal charges related to the classified government documents found at Mar-a-Lago. The hearing was merely the start of what is expected to be a long legal road for Trump, which could lead to him doing jail time, or simply being pardoned if he or a fellow Republican wins the White House in 2024.

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Polls continue to show a solid majority of GOP voters back him and view the charges as politically motivated, but anti-Trump Republicans pointed to the unprecedented indictment as evidence that the former president cannot be allowed his job back.

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The latest counterargument came from Mike Pence, who reversed his earlier wariness towards the prosecution by telling the Wall Street Journal “I can’t defend what is alleged”. We’ll keep an eye out today if the political calculus changes further.

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Here’s what else is going on today:

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• The state department just announced secretary Antony Blinken will travel to Beijing later this month, likely in a bid to cool tensions with China that have climbed for various reasons lately, including over the country’s affinity for spy balloons.

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• White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre briefs the press at 1.45pm ET. Will she finally offer the Biden administration’s official view on Trump’s indictment to the reporters that are sure to inquire? Almost certainly not, but you can expect them to try.

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• House Republicans have long mulled impeaching homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and while they haven’t decided whether or not to go through with that yet, the homeland security committee is at 10am holding a hearing on “Secretary Mayorkas’s Dereliction of Duty”.

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• A number of Republican candidates have confirmed willingness to problem Donald Trump’s claims of “political persecution” because the indictment was unsealed on Friday, revealing the total extent of the intense prices Trump faces. Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice-president who has damaged with him, tried to string the needle, concurrently calling the allegations “very critical” whereas worrying in regards to the politicization of the justice division.

• Asa Hutchinson, a former Arkansas governor who’s among the many most anti-Donald Trump candidates standing for the Republican presidential nomination, mentioned he wouldn’t vote for the previous president if he’s convicted of a felony.

• However Trump has reportedly raised greater than $7m since he was indicted final week, together with greater than $2m at a fundraising occasion at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, hours after showing in a Miami federal courtroom on Tuesday.

• A new poll confirmed that, for Republican voters, Trump’s federal indictment over the Mar-a-Lago paperwork adjustments little. He stays the most well-liked GOP candidate for president, with 53% help, towards runner-up Ron DeSantis’s 23%.

• The lawyer common, Merrick Garland, defended particular counsel Jack Smith within the Division of Justice’s indictment of Trump. Smith was a “veteran profession prosecutor” who has “assembled a bunch of skilled and gifted prosecutors and brokers who share his dedication to integrity and the rule of legislation”, Garland mentioned in his first public feedback in regards to the indictment since Trump pleaded not responsible to federal felony prices on Tuesday.

• The Home voted to reject a Republican decision to censure the California congressman Adam Schiff over his feedback about Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia. The Republican-led chamber defeated the movement by a vote of 225 to 196, with 20 Republicans becoming a member of 205 Democrats in opposition.

• Joe Biden vetoed a Republican-led decision that will have overturned his administration’s new limits on emissions from heavy-duty vans. The Environmental Safety Company’s (EPA) heavy-duty automobile emissions rule will “make our air cleaner and stop hundreds of untimely deaths by limiting hazardous heavy-duty automobile air pollution,” Biden posted to Twitter.

• Fox Information labelled US president Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator” who tried to have “his political rival arrested” throughout a dwell broadcast of Trump’s post-arraignment speech.

• Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has change into the newest Republican to hunt the 2024 GOP nomination, in keeping with a Federal Election Fee submitting. Suarezis anticipated to provide a speech on Thursday in California, throughout which he’s anticipated to formally announce his candidacy. He’s the one Hispanic candidate searching for the GOP nomination and the third candidate from Florida, together with frontrunner Trump and Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis.

Donald Trump has raised greater than $7m since he was indicted final week as of the earlier hour, my colleague Hugo Lowell stories, citing an individual acquainted.

New: Trump has raised greater than $7m since he was indicted final week within the Mar-a-Lago docs case as of the earlier hour, per individual acquainted.

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) June 14, 2023

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New: Trump has raised greater than $7m since he was indicted final week within the Mar-a-Lago docs case as of the earlier hour, per individual acquainted.

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) June 14, 2023

Earlier we wrote that Donald Trump reportedly raised greater than $2m at a fundraising occasion at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Tuesday, hours after showing in a Miami federal courtroom.

Trump’s crew have mentioned the previous president has raised $4.5m on-line since his federal indictment, in keeping with the New York Instances’ Maggie Haberman. If true, that will imply Trump has raised $6.6m because the indictment.

Trump crew says he raised $4.5 mill on-line since federal indictment, $2.1 mill final night time at beforehand scheduled high-dollar fundraiser

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 14, 2023

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Trump crew says he raised $4.5 mill on-line since federal indictment, $2.1 mill final night time at beforehand scheduled high-dollar fundraiser

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 14, 2023

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is anticipated to provide a speech on Thursday in California, throughout which he’s anticipated to formally announce his candidacy.

Earlier right now, a Tremendous Pac supporting Suarezlaunched a two-minute video earlier right now touted crimes charges in Miami, including that “conservative mayor Francis Suarez selected a greater path for Miami” in comparison with Democratic mayors in main cities.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez recordsdata to hitch Republican presidential race

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has change into the newest Republican to hunt the 2024 GOP nomination, in keeping with a Federal Election Fee submitting.

Suarez, 45, a Cuban-American, is in his second time period as mayor after profitable a powerful reelection in 2021. He’s the one Hispanic candidate searching for the GOP nomination and the third candidate from Florida, together with frontrunner Donald Trump and Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis.

The Home has voted to reject a Republican decision to censure Adam Schiff, the California congressman who grew to become a family identify because the lead prosecutor in Donald Trump’s first impeachment.

The Republican-led chamber defeated the movement by a vote of 225 to 196, with 20 Republicans becoming a member of 205 Democrats in opposition.

The censure decision, whose sponsors included Republican representatives Anna Paulina Luna, Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert, tried to fantastic Schiff $16m over his feedback about Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia.

Schiff was Home intelligence chair and led Trump’s first impeachment, for searching for political filth in Ukraine. He revealed a e book in regards to the Russia investigation and is now operating for Senate. He has lengthy been a high Republican goal.

225-196: The Home votes to TABLE a GOP decision to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) over his dealing with of the Russia investigation and first Trump impeachment.

20 Republicans voted with Democrats towards the trouble. 5 Democrats and a couple of Republicans voted current. pic.twitter.com/57Bo8i6nLy

— The Recount (@therecount) June 14, 2023

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225-196: The Home votes to TABLE a GOP decision to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) over his dealing with of the Russia investigation and first Trump impeachment.

20 Republicans voted with Democrats towards the trouble. 5 Democrats and a couple of Republicans voted current. pic.twitter.com/57Bo8i6nLy

— The Recount (@therecount) June 14, 2023

Joe Biden has vetoed a Republican-led decision that will have overturned his administration’s new limits on emissions from heavy-duty vans.

The veto preserves the Environmental Safety Company’s (EPA) heavy-duty automobile emissions rule that may “make our air cleaner and stop hundreds of untimely deaths by limiting hazardous heavy-duty automobile air pollution,” Biden posted to Twitter.

Earlier, I vetoed a Republican decision to repeal an @EPA customary that may make our air cleaner and stop hundreds of untimely deaths by limiting hazardous heavy-duty automobile air pollution.

This might take us backwards in our battle towards air air pollution, so I'm blocking it. pic.twitter.com/7M5S8rNGFs

— President Biden (@POTUS) June 14, 2023

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Earlier, I vetoed a Republican decision to repeal an @EPA customary that may make our air cleaner and stop hundreds of untimely deaths by limiting hazardous heavy-duty automobile air pollution.

This might take us backwards in our battle towards air air pollution, so I am blocking it. pic.twitter.com/7M5S8rNGFs

— President Biden (@POTUS) June 14, 2023

Beneath the EPA’s new requirements, truck makers should scale back emissions from heavy responsibility vans, faculty buses and motor houses to 80% under the present customary.

The EPA estimates that by 2045, the rule would forestall as much as 2,900 fewer untimely deaths yearly. Republicans opposed the EPA guidelines, arguing that they’re too difficult to implement, will enhance provide chain prices and can make vans too costly for small enterprise house owners.

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The lawyer representing E Jean Carroll has welcomed a ruling permitting the author to incorporate in an ongoing defamation lawsuit disparaging feedback Donald Trump made about her after she received her sexual abuse case towards him.

Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer for Carroll, additionally famous on Tuesday night time that she and her consumer seemed ahead to “transferring forward expeditiously” with the remaining claims after a federal choose dominated Carroll might pursue her $10m defamation case towards the previous US president that was filed following the publication of her 2019 e book wherein she accused Trump of rape and his declare she was mendacity.

This lawsuit is expounded to however separate from the case in New York wherein Carroll received a $5m civil judgment towards Trump final month – $2m for battery and $3m for defamation – when a jury discovered him chargeable for sexual abuse after he assaulted her in a division retailer dressing room within the Nineteen Nineties. Jurors in that case determined it had not been proved Trump had additionally raped her, as Carroll had alleged within the go well with filed final November in addition to within the 2019 go well with that’s ongoing.

Trump had argued in latest weeks that the continuing defamation case should be dismissed as a result of the jury in New York had concluded he by no means raped her.

Learn the total story right here:

Fox Information is outwardly feeling some emotions in regards to the “wannabe dictator” label it briefly gave Joe Biden final night time.

CBS Information caught the community slicing away throughout the White Home’s now-concluded every day press briefing, when a reporter requested Biden’s spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre in regards to the chyron:

Hmm… @foxnews cuts away from dwell protection of the White Home press briefing when a reporter asks in regards to the community's use of a graphic calling @POTUS Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’ throughout a Tuesday night time speech. Switched to somebody who rescued a 10-foot crocodile from a pool.

— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) June 14, 2023

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Hmm… @foxnews cuts away from dwell protection of the White Home press briefing when a reporter asks in regards to the community’s use of a graphic calling @POTUS Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’ throughout a Tuesday night time speech. Switched to somebody who rescued a 10-foot crocodile from a pool.

— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) June 14, 2023

Jean-Pierre declined to remark, however added a barb Fox executives had been certain to acknowledge:

Earlier than community lower away, @PressSec mentioned "There are in all probability about 787 million issues that I can say about this that was incorrect" — a delicate nod to the $787M the community paid to settle defamation go well with from Dominion Voting Methods.

— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) June 14, 2023

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Earlier than community lower away, @PressSec mentioned “There are in all probability about 787 million issues that I can say about this that was incorrect” — a delicate nod to the $787M the community paid to settle defamation go well with from Dominion Voting Methods.

— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) June 14, 2023

In different Donald Trump information, he turned 77 yesterday and celebrated proper after his courtroom date for the Mar-a-Lago prices. “Some birthday”, as Trump put it. The Guardian’s David Smith takes you inside the previous president’s not-so-happy day:

Donald Trump, the previous US president, spent his 77th birthday on Wednesday consolidating his lead within the Republican major race for 2024 below the shadow of federal felony prices – and bracing for additional authorized bombshells.

In a courtroom in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, Trump pleaded not responsible to a 37-count indictment alleging that he unlawfully hoarded nationwide safety paperwork when he left workplace and lied to officers who sought to get better them. He might face a big jail sentence if convicted.

The ex-president sought to show his historic courtroom look right into a political rallying cry and fundraising alternative. However there have been ominous indicators that he might quickly be again in courtroom.

Republican political operatives are privately apprehensive in regards to the federal prices towards Donald Trump, significantly contemplating his standing because the frontrunner for the occasion’s nomination, NBC News reports.

The story revealed earlier right now quotes a number of unnamed politicos affiliated with rival presidential campaigns, who solid Jack Smith’s indictment and the opportunity of additional prices to come back as a nasty look.

Right here’s what somebody related to Ron DeSantis thinks:

An operative in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ orbit, who requested anonymity to talk candidly with out approval from higher-ups, mentioned that “from an goal standpoint,” the federal prices Trump faces for his post-presidency dealing with of categorised paperwork are much more critical than the sooner ones round hush money payments earlier than the 2016 election.

“I don’t know what’s going to occur in Georgia,” this individual mentioned, referring to the investigation into possible election interference by Trump and his allies. “However the man goes to jail. It’s taking place. So at this level, the place we’re is ‘Who’s going to be the nominee?’ … Donald Trump broke the legislation, and admittedly, I’m not a never-Trumper. I’m actually not. However that is an excessive amount of.”

“That is one thing that if you happen to had been to get George Washington, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson and sit them down and clarify to them what’s taking place … they’d disagree with what Donald Trump was doing and would agree that he must be prosecuted,” the individual added.

That form of remark is additional than the place a lot of Trump’s rivals for the GOP presidential nomination will go publicly. Nonetheless, even out within the open, there are indications that they imagine this federal indictment is much extra critical than the final one. Most of the candidates are criticizing the Justice Division whereas avoiding giving Trump a bear hug of help.

The ideas of an aide to an unnamed marketing campaign:

“Each marketing campaign proper now that isn’t Donald Trump is receiving strain from donors to go tougher towards Donald Trump,” an aide to a rival presidential marketing campaign mentioned, including: “The strain is there. Is that the place the bigger Republican [electorate is] as an entire? Have a look at the feedback from these varied campaigns. You’d see that none of them are taking that recommendation.”

Nonetheless Mick Mulvaney, a former performing White Home chief of workers below Trump, mentioned some voters stay unconvinced of the severity of the costs over the Mar-a-Lago paperwork, NBC stories:

Mulvaney mentioned many Republicans “and even some independents” are asking, “The place’s the hurt?”

“Put one other approach: Do we actually wish to throw an ex-president in jail for a ‘technical’ violation of the legislation?” he continued. “But when they’ve proof that, say, he gave stuff to the Saudis, or even when a international operative had entry to the data, that may trigger even some hard-core MAGA individuals to cease and say, ‘Cling on … that’s an issue.’”

Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Joe Biden and Merrick Garland – to these following the previous president’s authorized troubles, these are all acquainted names. However one identify much less recognized is Aileen Cannon, the federal choose assigned to Trump’s case who will play a serious position in figuring out, amongst different issues, whether or not the proceedings are resolved earlier than subsequent yr’s presidential election. The Guardian’s Richard Luscombe has taken a detailed have a look at Cannon, who was appointed by Trump and has a historical past some say signifies partiality to the previous president:

With Donald Trump’s arraignment concluded, scrutiny of the authorized proceedings within the former president’s categorised paperwork case switches to the standing of its assigned choose – his personal appointee to the federal courtroom bench, Aileen Cannon.

Analysts have already raised issues in regards to the impartiality of the inexperienced jurist, seemingly plucked by random to deal with arguably probably the most explosive case ever to be tried within the southern district of Florida.

Her favorable rulings for Trump final yr in an earlier stage, together with a subsequently overturned resolution to nominate a particular grasp to overview the paperwork and flawed assertion he loved particular therapy below the legislation, would seem to provide justice division (DoJ) prosecutors grounds for submitting a movement for Cannon to recuse herself.

Indictment has no impression on Trump recognition, ballot finds

A newly released poll by Quinnipiac University confirms that, for Republican voters, Donald Trump’s federal indictment over the Mar-a-Lago paperwork adjustments little. He stays the most well-liked GOP candidate for president, with 53% help, towards runner-up Ron DeSantis’s 23%.

Crucially, the survey was taken between 8 and 12 June – the time period when People had been studying that particular counsel Jack Smith deliberate to unveil dozens of felony prices towards the previous president for hoarding secret supplies at his south Florida resort, and conspiring to maintain them from the federal authorities. Regardless of the unprecedented nature of the allegations, the survey says there was no significant impression on his recognition.

“A federal indictment. A courtroom date on a litany of prices. A blizzard of essential media protection. The unfavorable impression on the previous President’s standing with voters? Not a lot in any respect,” Tim Malloy, a polling analyst on the Connecticut-based college, mentioned in an announcement.

Amongst all registered voters, the ballot finds Joe Biden with a slight edge, at 48% help towards Trump’s 44%. As for all the opposite Republicans within the race, none apart from Trump and DeSantis polled above single-digits amongst GOP and GOP-leaning voters.

Asa Hutchinson, a former Arkansas governor who’s among the many most anti-Donald Trump candidates standing for the Republican presidential nomination, mentioned he wouldn’t vote for the previous president if he’s convicted of a felony.

“I’m not going to vote for him if he’s a convicted felon,” Hutchinson told Politico. “If he’s convicted of espionage, I’m not going to vote for him.”

His assertion is without doubt one of the greatest breaks with Trump but by a Republican candidate, however nonetheless not a lot of a shock. Hutchinson started his marketing campaign by calling for Trump to drop out of the race, however it seems to have price him: poll aggregator FiveThirtyEight stories Hutchinson has lower than 1% help, towards Trump’s 53.4%.