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In a new court filing, Donald Trump's lawyers have speculated that the papers marked "classified" found at Mar-a-Lago may not have be classified at all - and argued that even if they are, Mr Trump has an "absolute right" to access them under the Presidential Records Act.
The filing is the latest volley in a back-and-forth between the Trump team and the Department of Justice in the struggle over the special master who will be appointed to sift through the documents seized during the 8 August search of the former president's Florida home.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump has been spotted arriving at Dulles Airport , just outside Washington, DC, in an unexplained journey from his New Jersey residence.
Filmed from a distance in indistinct footage, he arrived in casual clothes and golfing shoes alongside his Secret Service detail. Speculation over the visit is rife, but no clear explanation has been given.
Donald Trump will not be attending the Queen's funeral. Neither will any other living US president, save for Joe Biden.
That's the official word from the White House, which confirmed the details of the British government's invitation on Monday.
Read more from The Independent's Andrew Feinberg:
White House confirms Trump not invited to Queen Elizabeth's funeral
The man who takes credit for convincing Donald Trump to back Dr Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania's Senate race has a message for the media: Don't believe the polls.
Philadelphia conservative talk-show host John Fredericks says that Dr Oz has been pummelled like no other Senate candidate and is going to rebound to beat Democrat John Fetterman in November.
Democrats are keen to win the open seat as they try to hold onto the Senate, while Republicans will probably require it if they are to flip the upper chamber.
Read more from The Independent's Andrew Buncombe:
Maggie Haberman's new book Confidence Man exposes a never-before-reported aspect of Donald Trump's efforts to remain in power after his defeat.
According to Haberman, who shared the details with CNN on Monday, the former president told at least two aides that he planned to stay in the White House past Jan 6, regardless of how the Electoral College voted. He had admantly insisted the exact opposite in a news interview around the same time.
"We're never leaving ... How can you leave when you won an election?" he asked one, according to the book.
Read more in The Independent:
Trump told aides he'd 'never' leave White House after 2020 loss, new book claims
In a discussion earlier this morning about Joe Biden's recent remarks calling the Maga movement "semi-fascist" - a comment that has enraged the right-wing commentariat - host Harris Faulkner raised the strange idea that being "anti-semi-fascist" might put Democrats on the side of "antifa".
The supposed threat of violence from organised antifa protesters is a constant trope of Fox News commentary on the left, but antifa is in fact not a coherent, organised group or entity. And the nebulous application of the term is useful for hosts looking to draw an equivalence between the openly organised and sometimes deadly violence staged by some Trump supporters and the protests that roiled American cities in the summer of 2020.
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner: "But if they're anti-semi-fascist, which is how they see more than half the country now... are they pro-antifa?" pic.twitter.com/duYhULFHc9
Donald Trump was spotted by AP photographers at his property in Sterling, Virginia, just outside of the Washington DC beltway on Monday.
His otherwise unnotable outing came amid a frenzy of media speculation around the sudden, unannounced trip to the Capital region, with many openly guessing that the former president was set to meet with DoJ officials or was involved in some other situation resulting from the multitude of criminal investigations that now surround him and his allies.
Former Pres. Trump is at his Sterling, VA golf course today, per AP's @alexbrandon pic.twitter.com/YxNUFORsOf
Read more from The Independent's Gino Spocchia:
Trump unexpectedly lands in DC prompting mounting speculation over FBI probe
Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance once likened white working class voters' support for Trump to drug addiction, but he is now become one of the president's most caustic outriders anywhere on the 2022 Senate map. However, it seems that his effort to keep the vacant seat in the Republican column is struggling.
Mr Vance, whom many national Republicans worry has been almost absent from the campaign trail since winning the nomination, is polling only within the margin of error against popular Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan - who is mounting an aggressive ad campaign.
They say you can know a person by their enemies. Well, here come their bullsh*t ads. pic.twitter.com/h5MFwk3bYb
Eric Garcia reports.
Poll shows Tim Ryan slightly ahead of JD Vance in Ohio Senate race
Attorneys for former president Donald Trump are now claiming the Department of Justice has no right to use the classified documents seized during the 8 August FBI search of his property because they may not be classified at all.
In today's filing, Mr Trump's lawyers noted that federal prosecutors have asked the judge to stay her previous ruling with regard to a subset of the more than 11,000 government records taken during the search.
In the government's motion to stay the judge's previous order, prosecutors said Mr Trump "does not and could not assert that he owns or has any possessory interest in classified records".
But Mr Trump's lawyers said the government "has not proven these records remain classified," adding that the issue of classification would be "determined later".
Andrew Feinberg reports:
Trump lawyers say classified docs seized from Mar-a-Lago may not be classified
After weeks of near-silence aside from media interviews, the 6 January committee looks set to hold the first of at least two autumn hearings before releasing a report on its findings:
Mark your calendars. J6C next hearing Wednesday September 28.
New via @haleytalbotnbc & @alivitali :
The January 6th Select Committee will likely have their next committee hearing on September 28th, per multiple sources. Tomorrow morning the committee will hold a retreat to determine the path forward.
There is still no clear explanation for why Donald Trump touched down at Dulles Airport last night, but one theory has emerged: a surprise appearance at an event being headlined by Jared Kushner to celebrate the Abraham Accords signed during Mr Trump's presidency. However, cold water is already being poured on that particular theory:
Trump is not one of those others, despite being in the Va area > https://t.co/KO5OkcxLdJ
There is no indication that Mr Trump is expected at the capital's main courthouse, but per NBC's Ryan Reilly, people are on the lookout anyway...
But there are stakeout cameras there just in case!
Gino Spocchia has more.
Trump unexpectedly lands in DC prompting mounting speculation over FBI probe
Donald Trump's legal team have filed their response to the Department of Justice's motion to partially stay the order appointing a special master to sift through the documents found at Mar-a-Lago in August. The full filing can be read here, but here's a highlight, where the lawyers double down on their invocation of the Presidential Records Act (PRA):
Rhe Government's position incorrectly presumes the outcome-that its separation of these documents is inviolable and not subject to question by this Court or anyone else. Second, the Government's stance assumes that if a document has a classification marking, it remains classified irrespective of any actions taken during President Trump's term in office. Third, as noted above, the Government continues to ignore the significance of the PRA. Indeed, if any seized documents (including any purported "classified records") are Presidential records, President Trump (or his designee, including a neutral designee such as a special master) has an absolute right of access to same under the PRA. 44 U.S.C. § 2205(3). Accordingly, President Trump (and, by extension, a requested special master) cannot be denied access to those documents.
The problem for the Trump team is that violations of the PRA aren't the only alleged crime that the DOJ is investigating. The filing does not mention the Espionage Act, one of the laws cited in the warrant that authorised the search - under whose provisions Mr Trump could be barred from ever holding elected office again.
A Republican congressman from Texas gifted a flag that was previously flown over the US Capitol to a convicted participant in the violent assault on that same institution.
Louis Gohmert, a far-right representative who previously helped spread Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election, called Dr Simone Gold a "political prisoner" despite her relatively mild sentence and admitted participation in the riot. Gold plead guilty earlier this year to taking part in the riot and was sentenced to 60 days in jail for entering a restricted area.
Her sentence was far lighter than those handed down to other participants who were found to have fought with police officers or committed acts of vandalism.
But Mr Gohmert nonetheless argued that she had been treated unfairly in a statement his office released on Friday.
John Bowden reports:
GOP Rep Gohmert gifts Capitol flag to Jan 6 rioter after she's released from jail
To mark 20 months since the 6 January attack on the US Capitol, the Department of Justice has released some figures covering its effort to arrest and charge those who took part in the riot.
The full briefing is here, but here are some of the key numbers:
Given the galvanising effect of the overturning of Roe v Wade and the GOP's selection of a welter of problematic candidates, the Democrats have become genuinely optimistic about their chances of holding the Senate in November, however narrowly.
But as the New York Times points out, it's worth reflecting on the fact that in 2020, crucial Senate races the party expected to win saw them fall much shorter than expected, with the polls proving badly off in several states.
Here's a sample of where things might go wrong:
2022 Senate poll averages unskewed -- pic.twitter.com/6vHsTqf6JP
As the wrangling continues over the proposed special master review of the documents hoarded by Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Senator Mark Warner, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, has said that it is essential his panel is briefed on what was actually found at the president's home.
Some of the documents were at the highest level of classification, and reportedly included information about the nuclear defences of a foreign country as well as information pertaining to human sources - people whom Mr Warner warned could be killed if the documents fell into the wrong hands.
"Remember, what's at stake here is the fact that if some of these documents involved human intelligence and that information got out, people will die," he told CBS News. "If there are penetrations of our signals intelligence, literally years of work could be destroyed. If there's intelligence that's been shared with us by allies and that is mishandled, all of that could be in jeopardy."
Watch his remarks below.
Sen. Mark Warner, says it's "essential" the Senate Intelligence Cmte. leadership gets a damage assessment briefing on the documents fmr. Pres. Trump kept at Mar-a-Largo.
"If some of these documents involved human intelligence, and that information got out, people will die." pic.twitter.com/8eMCYn77Sz
Following the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, questions are being raised after footage taken in May 2021 has reemerged showing Donald Trump decamping from Palm Beach, Florida, to his New Jersey golf club for the summer.
In the video, originally filmed for The Daily Mail, the former president can be seen alongside a private jet as up to nine cardboard storage boxes are loaded onto the aircraft.
Better check Bedminster.
On May 6, NARA emails Trump to say material is missing and may be at MAL.https://t.co/XbEWvl9WdX
On May 9, Trump gets on a private plane from Palm Beach to Bedminster. On video, several boxes are seen loaded onto the plane. https://t.co/ZoiRY5bISx pic.twitter.com/JPd9BalcrH
Oliver O'Connell reports.
Questions raised over footage of Trump taking boxes from Mar-a-Lago to Bedminster
Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Mike Pence, appeared on Fox News yesterday to discuss the state of play in the Mar-a-Lago affair - and even for someone who has said that Mr Trump bears responsibility for the 6 January insurrection, his remarks were surprisingly blunt.
"It's certainly baffling as to why a lot of those documents are at Mar-a-Lago," he said. "It doesn't seem like it's the most secure environment. And I think there's also a question about why Trump's lawyers, apparently, were so misleading - potentially lying in the affidavit saying they'd returned all the information. I think there's a difference between playing a lawyer on TV and actually having to legal counsel."
Watch his remarks below.
Short: Having said that, it's certainly baffling as to why a lot of those documents were at Mar-a-Lago. I think there's a question as to why Trump's lawyers were so misleading. There's a difference between playing a lawyer on TV and actually having good legal counsel pic.twitter.com/P8C4v08Bcn
CNN has an exclusive report from Maggie Haberman's upcoming book Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, and it includes one of the juiciest quotes yet from the soon-to-be-released volume.
According to the author, Mr Trump told one aide after the 2020 election that "I'm just not going to leave". To another he apparently said: "We're never leaving. How can you leave when you won an election?"
The book will be released on 4 October. Read the full report here.
Shaky, blurred footage of Donald Trump touching down at Washington's Dulles Airport yesterday is fuelling rampant speculation about why the former president might have shown up in DC - with speculators shooting down each other's theories at a rapid clip:
A lot of folks have asked, but I don't have a clue why Trump is in DC. My thoughts:
1. Health issue / going to Walter Reed
2. Turning himself in? ?????
It's not often Trump does anything without fanfare, so this makes me think it's a narrative he can't control. pic.twitter.com/IGXsPzeBhb
Trump randomly flying into Dulles tonight in a golf uniform without his Red Hat and no secret service in the photo and being greeted by the Sheriff on the tarmac is really weird.
And I can't tell if his hands are behind his back.
The vibe is totally off. I have questions.
He had a red hat in his left hand.
As a former staffer who traveled with him (emphasis on the word former):
1) George is right. He's holding a hat
2) The sheriff's car is his detail's lead car
3) There's an agent opening the door and the lady in the Khakis is a plain clothes agent.
Let's not get too excited!
Also, he wears golf shoes *everywhere*. Wearing them to D.C. is indicative of precisely *nothing*. pic.twitter.com/8mhsmguwSp
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Sunday that the US must remain vigilant of the threat posed by extremism "of any kind" as the country marked the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Without naming Donald Trump, Ms Clinton said in an interview on CNN: "We have ... been reminded about how important it is to try to deal with extremism of any kind, especially when it uses violence to achieve political and ideological goals."
In an interview last year with NBC's Willie Geist, the former presidential candidate said that a bid by Mr Trump for the White House in 2024 could be the final nail in coffin of US democracy.
"If he's not held accountable and he gets to do it again, I think that could be the end of our democracy," she said at the time.
John Bowden reports:
Hillary Clinton calls out 'extremism of any kind' in interview on 9/11 anniversary
Jimmy Kimmel has praised an Indian news channel for fact-checking Donald Trump's "clearly fake" statements during a recent interview.
The former US president sat down for an exclusive interview with NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain, which aired last week on Thursday (8 September).
"Can all Trump's interviews be like this?" Kimmel quipped, adding, "He makes a clearly fake statement and cut to a graphic disproving it, with funky music behind it."
Maanya Sachdeva has more:
Jimmy Kimmel praises Indian news channel for 'fact-checking' Trump statements
The January 6 committee is planning to resume public, televised hearings on Capitol Hill later this month as the lawmakers' investigation continues to acquire witness testimony and relevant documents.
Lawmakers on the panel spent much of July laying out in public for the first time the extent of Donald Trump and his team's efforts to overturn the 2020 election even when it became clear that a massive, armed crowd was present or gathering in Washington and the potential for violence was high.
The testimony of witnesses and records obtained by the panel illustrated the far-reaching Republican effort to subvert the lawful 2020 election results and stir up anger on the right against Democrats and members of their own party who refused to go along.
Now, the lawmakers are set to return.
Jan 6 committee planning more public hearings later this month
Donald Trump spoke with British broadcaster Nigel Farage to share more of his thoughts about Queen Elizabeth II, whom he called an "extraordinary woman" that he had "good chemistry" with.
"Well it is a sad day. It's sad all over the world," said the former president when asked by Mr Farage on GB News on Thursday night what his immediate impressions were upon learning of the monarch's passing. "She was a woman that was extraordinary.... she did it so long so well," he added, noting that "she never made any mistakes."
Johanna Chisholm reports on the former president's memories of the Queen.
Trump claims he and Queen Elizabeth 'talked all night long' during his trip to UK
A Florida federal judge has tossed out the voluminous and wide-ranging lawsuit ex-president Donald Trump filed against his 2016 election rival and a host of other figures associated with the investigation into whether his presidential campaign had improper ties to the Russian government.
US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks on Thursday dismissed the former president's case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled, against most of the myriad defendants named in the lawsuit.
Andrew Feinberg reports.
Judge throws out Trump's Hillary Clinton lawsuit for 'defying logic"
Rick Wilson of the Lincoln Project said he welcomed former president Donald Trump's threats to sue the group of former Republican strategists who have released ads that sharply criticised him.
Mr Trump threatened legal action on his social networking platform Truth Social over a new ad, which aired on a local Fox affiliate and not Fox News proper.
"The Perverts and Lowlifes of the Lincoln Project are back on, where else, Fox News," Mr Trump said. "I thought they ran away to the asylum after their last catastrophic campaign, with charges made against them that were big time sleaze, and me getting many more votes in 2020 than I got in 2016."
Eric Garcia has the story.
'Go for it b****!': Lincoln Project launches fiery video at Trump after legal threat
Senator Mitt Romney urged Joe Biden to run for president in 2020 to defeat Donald Trump on the night of the 2018 midterm elections, a new book claims.
The call was reported in Gabriel Debenedetti's forthcoming book The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama, which will be released next week, The Guardian reports.
Eric Garcia reports.
Romney urged Biden take on Trump in 2018 private call: "You have to run"
President Joe Biden believes that Donald Trump and his allies in the GOP are a threat to the country, and democracy. According to a new poll, a majority of Americans agree.
The findings came in a Reuters/Ipsos poll, published on Thursday.
Poll shows Americans agree with Biden, view Trump as threat to democracy
When asked about his decision to rebuff Donald Trump and certify Joe Biden's narrow victory in his state, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he has no option but to defend his actions.
"We are all held accountable by the voters," the Republican said as he seeks a second term, noting that he hears from voters who backed Trump's effort to overturn the election and those aghast at the former president's actions.
"I give them the facts," Raffensperger said, because "Americans and Georgians are smart people."
Yet other Georgia Republicans take a different tack.
GOP candidates in Georgia split over Trump's election lies
Donald Trump's team might be still holding back some of the classified records removed from the White House during the former president's last days in office, US prosecutors have warned.
The prosecutors demanded an investigation into what they called a potential national security risk with the former president allegedly not returning all the papers even after searches at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar has the story.
More classified documents may be missing in Trump probe, US prosecutors say
Donald Trump says that "everyone wants me to run again" but has ruled out having daughter Ivanka on any 2024 ticket.
The one-term president told India's NDTV in an interview that he would not consider his daughter as his vice-president candidate, if, as expected, he runs again for the White House.
Mr Trump has been publicly flirting with taking on Joe Biden again but has yet to formally announce his candidacy.
Graeme Massie reports on the former president's comments.
Trump says 'everyone wants him' to run in 2024 but rules out putting Ivanka on ticket
Karla Hernández-Mats, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor in Florida, has said living in the state is starting to feel like the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale.
During a speech at a fundraiser, the running mate to Charlie Crist on the gubernatorial ticket took a swipe at current Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez by comparing them to characters in the 1985 Margaret Atwood novel.
Democratic candidate compares Desantis' Florida to 'Handmaid's Tale'
Donald Trump "truthed" his reaction to Queen Elizabeth II's passing on Thursday, minutes after the news was announced by Buckingham Palace.
The former president, who met the Queen in 2019, commented on the Queen's "generous friendship, great wisdom, and wonderful sense of humor", adding that she was a "beautiful lady".
"Melania and I are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Together with our family and fellow Americans, we send our sincere condolences to the Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom during this time of great sorrow and grief," he wrote in a series of "truths".
John Bowden reports.
Trump reacts to Queen Elizabeth's death: 'There was nobody like her!'
There has been much speculation as to whether other US officials or past presidents will be able to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September. The question may have been answered in a protocol document distributed to London embassies on Saturday that states each country will be limited to one head of state plus their spouse or partner.
Foreign leaders 'to be bussed to Queen's funeral as helicopters, private cars banned'
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have confirmed they will be attending.
The rules laid out by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office may have helpfully allowed US officials to sidestep the awkward possibility of both Mr Biden and former President Donald Trump attending at a time when it's unlikely either would want to be in the same room as the other.
Could Biden bring Trump to Britain for Queen Elizabeth's funeral?
Twenty-one years later, we keep alive the memory of all the precious lives stolen from us at Ground Zero, in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. To the families and loved ones who still feel the ache, Jill and I hold you close in our hearts.
We will never forget. pic.twitter.com/IZlAmyone2
The Justice Department is appealing a judge's decision to name an independent arbiter to review records seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's Florida home.
Trump documents probe: US appeals ruling on special master
Joe Biden said that the "American story itself changed" on 9/11 as he marked the 21st anniversary of terror attacks at the Pentagon on Sunday.
Mr Biden laid a wreath at a solemn service held in steady rain in Washington DC, where a moment of silence was held to mark the exact time a hijacked plane hit the Pentagon at 9.37am.
"Twenty-one years, and we still kept our promise to never forget," Mr Biden said as he recognised the impact the 2001 attacks had on the US and the world and honoured the nearly 3,000 people killed that day.
Bevan Hurley reports.
Biden quotes Queen Elizabeth in speech commemorating 9/11 anniversary
In a post on his social media network Truth Social, former President Donald Trump marked the anniversary of September 11 2001 attacks on the US.
Mitch McConnell declined to share his thoughts on former President Donald Trump's attack on his wife Elaine Chao, who served as Mr Trump's secretary of transportation.
Mr Trump went after Mr McConnell after the Senate GOP leader said that the Republicans are more likely to flip the House than the Senate because "candidate quality" is more important in statewide races, suggesting that many of the GOP nominees endorsed by Mr Trump aren't up to scratch.
Gustaf Kilander has the details.
Mitch McConnell asked to comment on Trump's attacks on his wife
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Sunday that the US must remain vigilant of the threat posed by extremism "of any kind" as the US marks the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Ms Clinton was speaking on CNN, where she was interviewed by Dana Bash on State of the Union. Her remarks echoed the grave warning that President Joe Biden delivered in a national address last week from Philadelphia about the threat Donald Trump and his continued efforts to deny the 2020 election results pose to US democracy.
John Bowden watched the former secretary of state's remarks and reports for The Independent.
Hillary Clinton calls out 'extremism of any kind' in interview on 9/11 anniversary
The West Texas regional office of Customs and Border Patrol Twitter account liked and retweeted a series of posts made by Trump administration immigration hardliner Stephen Miller, and others critical of the Biden administration on Saturday.
An internal probe is now underway.
Local Border Patrol retweets of Stephen Miller 'unacceptable and disappointing'
A Florida federal judge has tossed out the voluminous and wide-ranging lawsuit ex-president Donald Trump filed against his 2016 election rival and a host of other figures associated with the investigation into whether his presidential campaign had improper ties to the Russian government.
US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks on Thursday dismissed the former president's case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled, against most of the myriad defendants named in the lawsuit.
Andrew Feinberg has the details.
Judge throws out Trump's Hillary Clinton lawsuit for 'defying logic"
Following the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, questions are being raised after footage taken in May 2021 has reemerged showing Donald Trump decamping from Palm Beach, Florida, to his New Jersey golf club for the summer.
Questions raised over footage of Trump taking boxes from Mar-a-Lago to Bedminster
Per the White House:
"This morning, President Biden formally accepted an invitation to attend the State Funeral Service of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on September 19. He will be accompanied by the First Lady."
No word yet on if anyone else will be in the US delegation.
The January 6 committee is planning to resume public, televised hearings on Capitol Hill later this month as the lawmakers' investigation continues to acquire witness testimony and relevant documents.
Lawmakers on the panel spent much of July laying out in public for the first time the extent of Donald Trump and his team's efforts to overturn the 2020 election even when it became clear that a massive, armed crowd was present or gathering in Washington and the potential for violence was high.
John Bowden has more details.
Jan 6 committee planning more public hearings later this month
In an appearance on Howard Kurtz' Fox News show MediaBuzz, former chief of staff to Mike Pence, Marc Short says he find it "baffling" as to why such documents as found by the FBI were at Mar-a-Lago.
He also questions why former President Donald Trump's lawyers were misleading when they signed documentation saying everything had been returned.
Mr Short, who was with Pence on January 6th, said he still considers himself a Trump supporter and won't criticise ex-president directly, rather blames his aides for poorly serving him.
Watch below:
Short: Having said that, it's certainly baffling as to why a lot of those documents were at Mar-a-Lago. I think there's a question as to why Trump's lawyers were so misleading. There's a difference between playing a lawyer on TV and actually having good legal counsel pic.twitter.com/P8C4v08Bcn
Lindsey Graham is predicting that former president Donald Trump could mount one of the most unique and successful presidential campaigns in history should he choose to run in 2024.
The on-again-off-again Trump supporter and South Carolina senator made the prediction this week in a new interview with CNBC.
John Bowden reports.
Lindsey Graham: Trump could make one of 'biggest political comebacks ever' in 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris isn't taking a side in the debate over whether her party should be helping pro-Trump candidates win GOP primaries against more moderate Republicans.
Democrats, particularly the party's House of Representatives campaign arm, have taken searing criticism in recent weeks as FEC reports reviewed by news outlets have shown that the party is actively involved in efforts to back far-right candidates against more moderate Republicans in primary races around the country.
John Bowden reports.
Kamala Harris dodges on Democrats helping election deniers win GOP primaries
President Joe Biden's plans of attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II are rife with speculation about Donald Trump accompanying the delegation.
"I don't know what the details are yet but I will be going," the president had confirmed on Friday after Buckingham Palace announced the passing of the monarch at Balmoral, her longtime home in Scotland.
The funeral, expected to take place around 19 September in the same church where the Queen was crowned in 1953, will attract presidents, prime ministers and leaders from across the globe.
Namita Singh reports.
Could Biden bring Trump to Britain for Queen Elizabeth's funeral?
The Republican former secretary of state of Kansas who is running for state attorney general has resigned from the board of directors of We Build the Wall Inc, a nonprofit organisation facing allegations of money laundering, conspiracy and fraud after allegedly defrauding thousands of people who financially supported the group's mission of building a wall along the US-Mexico border.
Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist who was convicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress earlier this year, was charged in New York on 8 September in connection with the alleged scheme.
Board member Kris Kobach, who also served as the group's chief counsel, told the Kansas City Star on Friday that he has resigned from both roles, one day after Bannon surrendered to charges in New York.
Alex Woodward reports.
Kris Kobach resigns from We Build the Wall after Steve Bannon charges
The discovery of hundreds of classified records at Donald Trump's home has thrust U.S. intelligence agencies into a familiar and uncomfortable role as the foil of a former president who demanded they support his agenda and at times accused officers of treason.
While the FBI conducts a criminal investigation, the office that leads the intelligence community is also conducting a review - currently on pause pending a court order - of the damage that would result from disclosure of the documents found at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
Read more:
EXPLAINER: The intel review of documents at Trump's estate
Election officials preparing for the rapidly approaching midterm elections have one more headache: trying to combat misinformation that sows distrust about voting and results while fueling vitriol aimed at rank-and-file election workers.
Fighting bogus claims a growing priority in election offices
Trump administration White House lawyer Ty Cobb believes the former president is "in serious legal water" and that the investigation into the Mar-a-Lago papers is part of a broader inquiry into crimes relating to the Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
He also thinks that the former president's actions on January 6 could see him barred from running for the presidency ever again.
Former Trump lawyer Ty Cobb warns ex-president 'in serious legal water'
A far-right congresswoman infamous for spreading racist lies about her political enemies decided to take on a debate moderator instead of her opponent on Saturday.
Rep Lauren Boebert clashed with her Democratic opponent Aaron Fritsch in a televised debate Saturday evening in her Colorado district but reserved some of her most memorable attacks for the moderator, Edie Sonn, who is a local official.
John Bowden reports.
Debate moderator hits back at Boebert attacks: 'This debate is not about me!'