PLEASE JOE, NO
Two old men, the incumbent and the former president, faced off in Atlanta. Amid fierce but farcical exchanges, Biden came off worse.
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Biden and Trump are ready to meet, but voters’ choices are made. In Atlanta, experts expect a political horror show, each side just hoping the other takes a fall.
SHARP SHOOTER
The Republican congressman from Ohio is mad about YouTube blocking videos that instruct people on how to make illegal modifications to guns.
ADVANTAGE: TRUMP
Judge Aileen Cannon stalled the ex-president’s trial for hoarding classified documents. Now she’s making Special Counsel Jack Smith prove the case should be brought at all.
ZIP IT
The former president’s gag order prevents him from attacking government employees, prosecutors, and witnesses.
ALITO, HI!
The former president was convicted on 34 criminal charges in New York state, but experts expect his lawyers to try for an end run to the U.S. Supreme Court.
DELAY, DELAY, DELAY
The former president will appeal his historic New York conviction on 34 charges, but Big Apple bureaucracy means the case is heading for a showdown right before the election.
UNHAPPY MEALS
Todd Blanche revealed in a podcast that the seven-week New York criminal trial that ended in 34 guilty verdicts gave him new gray hairs, but at least he dodged Trump’s junk food.
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N.Y. CONFIDENTIAL
Stefanik supported the former president by complaining about a judge and his clerk in Trump’s bank fraud civil suit. The Daily Beast can reveal it was rejected as groundless.
A MAN OF CONVICTION
Juan Merchan navigated dangerous terrain in the trial that produced 34 guilty verdicts—now the ex-president’s thirst for revenge will stalk each hour until sentence is passed.