Where does Trump’s indictment depart the U.S.?

Donald Trump’s indictment for making an attempt to overturn the 2020 election has thrown the U.S. into uncharted territory forward of the presidential vote subsequent yr. Though the previous president has been charged dozens of occasions throughout three circumstances, he can still run for president and faces no marketing campaign restrictions.

But if he’s convicted on any of the felony counts, issues get sophisticated. The Constitution and U.S. legislation have clear solutions for under among the questions that will come up. Many of the massive choices would relaxation within the fingers of federal judges.

The indictment has put Mike Pence, Trump’s former vp, at the center of an extraordinary moment in U.S. politics. Pence is amongst Trump’s rivals within the race for the Republican Party nomination, and he criticized Trump on Tuesday, setting himself aside from a number of different Republican candidates who largely avoided criticizing the former president, even not directly.

The coup in Niger is totally different

At first, Niger’s coup, which started final week, resembled others which have roiled West Africa in recent times — troopers detained the president and declared they’d seized energy; overseas powers had been condemnatory however did nothing. But in current days, issues have taken a different course.

The U.S. and France threatened to chop ties with Niger, endangering tons of of tens of millions of {dollars} in help. The deposed and detained president, Mohamed Bazoum, spoke with world leaders, obtained guests and posted defiant messages on social media. And neighboring nations threatened to go to struggle — some to scuttle the coup, others to make sure its success.

Although Niger has an extended historical past of coups, Bazoum promised a democratic future. Elected in Niger’s first peaceable switch of energy in 2021, he advocated ladies’ training and tried to scale back the nation’s birthrate, the very best on the planet. After years of stagnation, the financial system had been forecast to develop 7 p.c this yr.

U.S.-trained Ukrainian troops stumble in battle

Ukrainian troops who had been skilled and armed by the U.S. and its allies have become bogged down in dense Russian minefields beneath fixed fireplace from artillery and helicopter gunships. Units obtained misplaced. One unit misplaced its benefit by delaying a nighttime assault till daybreak. Another fared so badly that commanders yanked it off the battlefield altogether.

Now Ukrainian army commanders have modified techniques, specializing in sporting down the Russian forces. But early outcomes have been blended. Ukrainian troops have but to make sweeping good points, elevating questions concerning the high quality of their overseas coaching and about whether or not tens of billions of {dollars}’ value of weapons have been in a position to remodel the army right into a NATO-standard combating power.

In Ukraine: The high-stakes standoff over grain just isn’t solely escalating tensions within the Black Sea and elevating worries over the worldwide meals provide; it’s additionally creating challenges for farmers across southern Ukraine.

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Through the service Cameo, celebrities and others could be paid to make personalised movies commemorating birthdays, bachelorette events, divorces and the like. Last month, there was a 137 percent increase in the number of accounts reactivated or created on the service in contrast with June. (Hollywood actors went on strike on July 14.)

With payments looming, Cheyenne Jackson, an actor who has appeared within the “American Horror Story” TV exhibits and in “30 Rock,” was amongst these to make the leap. “My husband cringed a little,” he stated. “But you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.”

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