The place 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. Although the previous president has been charged dozens of instances throughout three instances, he can nonetheless run for president and faces no marketing campaign restrictions.
But when he’s convicted on any of the felony counts, issues get difficult. The Structure and U.S. regulation have clear solutions for less than a number of the questions that will come up. Lots of the big selections would relaxation within the fingers of federal judges.
The indictment has put Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice chairman, on the heart of a unprecedented second in U.S. politics. Pence is amongst Trump’s rivals within the race for the Republican Get together nomination, and he criticized Trump on Tuesday, setting himself aside from a number of different Republican candidates who largely averted criticizing the previous president, even not directly.
The coup in Niger is completely 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. However in latest days, issues have taken a distinct course.
The U.S. and France threatened to chop ties with Niger, endangering lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in support. The deposed and detained president, Mohamed Bazoum, spoke with world leaders, acquired 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.
Though 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 women’ schooling and tried to scale back the nation’s birthrate, the very best on the earth. After years of stagnation, the economic system had been forecast to develop 7 p.c this yr.
U.S.-trained Ukrainian troops stumble in battle
Ukrainian troops who had been educated and armed by the U.S. and its allies have turn out to be slowed down in dense Russian minefields beneath fixed fireplace from artillery and helicopter gunships. Models obtained misplaced. One unit misplaced its benefit by delaying a nighttime assault till daybreak. One other fared so badly that commanders yanked it off the battlefield altogether.
Now Ukrainian army commanders have modified ways, specializing in carrying down the Russian forces. However early outcomes have been combined. Ukrainian troops have but to make sweeping positive factors, 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 isn’t solely escalating tensions within the Black Sea and elevating worries over the worldwide meals provide; it’s additionally creating challenges for farmers throughout southern Ukraine.
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By way of the service Cameo, celebrities and others will be paid to make personalised movies commemorating birthdays, bachelorette events, divorces and the like. Final month, there was a 137 p.c improve within the variety 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 reveals and in “30 Rock,” was amongst these to make the leap. “My husband cringed a little bit,” he mentioned. “However you’ve obtained to do what you’ve obtained to do.”
The most recent: Film and tv studios have requested for a gathering tomorrow with the screenwriters’ union to debate negotiations, the primary signal of motion in a three-month stalemate.
