In Thailand, Protesters Pull Out Of Talks With Government

“Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg won the biggest bet of his career last week when a jury convicted Donald Trump. But his battle with the former—and possibly next—president could continue for years,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Bragg, a Democrat, must in the coming weeks decide whether to be the first prosecutor to seek to imprison a former president—or simply leave the matter to the judge.

Donald Trump made an explicit call for the Supreme Court to intervene in his sentencing after he was found guilty in New York criminal trial. Wrote Trump: “The ‘Sentencing’ for not having done anything wrong will be, conveniently for the Fascists, 4 days before the Republican National Convention. A Radical Left Soros backed D.

Politico: “The trial, which is expected to last between three and six days, will dramatize some of the worst moments in Biden’s life. Two witnesses who may testify against him are the mothers of five of the president’s grandchildren.” “It will be the culmination of years of legal trouble for Biden — and will be a source of pain for the president, who has long told associates that he is deeply concerned about his son’s criminal exposure, including that it could jeopardize his son’s sobriety.” CNN notes it will be the “first time in American history that the child of the sitting president is going on trial.” Washington Post: For Hunter Biden, a dramatic day with his brother’s widow led to charges.

“President Joe Biden is set to sign a long-anticipated executive order as soon as Tuesday that would allow him to ‘shut down’ the southern border should crossings surge, according to four people familiar with the administration’s plans,” Politico reports. “While those people cautioned that plans are fluid, the expectation is that Biden will issue the order before heading to France in the middle of the week for a ceremony celebrating the 80th anniversary of D-Day.”

“Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory to become Mexico’s first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador whose popularity among the poor helped drive her triumph,” Reuters reports. “Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, won the presidency with between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a rapid sample count by Mexico’s electoral authority.

“Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election held Sunday by their pro-statehood party,” the AP reports. “The two ran on the same ticket four years ago under the New Progressive Party, but González, a Republican, announced her plan to challenge Pierluisi, a Democrat, in early December.