In Kaufman County, Federal Officials Search The Homes Of Former Justice Of The Peace And His In-laws

“Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president.” — Biden campaign spokesman Michael Tyler, quoted by the New York Times.

Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records in connection with a “hush money” payment made to a porn star in the days before the 2016 election. Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts. Sentencing was set for July 11, just days before the Republican convention.

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“The White House is finalizing plans for a U. S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order as early as Tuesday,” the AP reports. “The president has been weighing additional executive action since the collapse of a bipartisan border bill earlier this year.”

Cook Political Report: “Increasingly, 2024 is a tale of two electorates: not just left versus right or white versus nonwhite, but high-engagement versus low-engagement. And, it’s a major reversal from the past.” “During the Obama era, it was generally true that Democrats performed better when more people voted (remember the “rising American electorate” of young and nonwhite new registrants in 2008 and 2012?).

Chief Justice John Roberts declined a request to meet with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) about their push for Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from upcoming Supreme Court cases dealing with the effort to overturn the 2020 election, The Hill reports.