Proud Boys on defensive at sedition trial haunted by absent Trump
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Five leaders of the far-right group on trial for their role in the January 6 attack have tried to turn attention to the ex-presidentWhile federal prosecutors are casting the Capitol insurrection trial of five far-right Proud Boys leaders as an atte...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/proud-boys-sedition-jan-6-trial-trump

Justice department finds more classified documents at Joe Biden’s home
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New search turns up six more items from tenures as vice-president and in the SenateA new search of president Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware by the US justice department found six more items, including doc...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/justice-department-finds-more-classified-documents-at-joe-bidens-home

Trump is trying to make a comeback. It’s not working | Lloyd Green
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His ‘campaign event’ this week was a dud, his legal woes are growing and his cronies are viciously infightingOnce again, the legal pitfalls and enthusiasm deficit that plague Donald Trump’s bid for the 2024 Republican nomi...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2023/jan/21/trump-comeback-failure-legal-woes

Republicans squabble over abortion as 2024 primaries loom
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Potential presidential contenders walk tightrope in demonstrating hardline credentials without alienating moderatesThey came in their thousands, wearing hats, waving flags and exulting in the death of American women’s constitution...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/20/republicans-abortion-march-for-life-2024-election

Trump and lawyer ordered to pay $1m for bringing ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
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In scathing ruling, US district court judge writes, ‘misuse of the courts by Mr Trump and his lawyers undermines the rule of law’ A federal judge has ordered Donald Trump and one of his attorneys to jointly pay nearly $1m in penalties for pursuing a frivolous lawsuit...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/20/trump-and-lawyer-ordered-to-pay-1m-for-bringing-frivolous-lawsuit-against-hillary-clinton