Thursday Briefing

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 12 months. Though 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 if he’s convicted on any of the felony counts, issues get difficult. The Constitution and U.S. legislation have clear solutions for under a number of the questions that may come up. Many of the massive choices would relaxation within the palms of federal judges.

The indictment has put Mike Pence, Trump’s former vp, on the middle of a unprecedented second 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 other than a number of different Republican candidates who largely prevented 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 lately — troopers detained the president and declared they’d seized energy; international powers had been condemnatory however did nothing. But in latest days, issues have taken a distinct course.

The U.S. and France threatened to chop ties with Niger, endangering a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in assist. 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 warfare — 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 women’ training and tried to cut back the nation’s birthrate, the best on this planet. After years of stagnation, the financial system had been forecast to develop 7 % this 12 months.

U.S.-trained Ukrainian troops stumble in battle

Ukrainian troops who had been skilled and armed by the U.S. and its allies have develop into slowed down in dense Russian minefields beneath fixed hearth from artillery and helicopter gunships. Units acquired 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 ways, specializing in carrying down the Russian forces. But early outcomes have been combined. Ukrainian troops have but to make sweeping positive factors, elevating questions concerning the high quality of their international coaching and about whether or not tens of billions of {dollars}’ price of weapons have been in a position to rework the army right into a NATO-standard combating drive.

In Ukraine: The high-stakes standoff over grain shouldn’t be 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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Striking actors flip to Cameo

Through the service Cameo, celebrities and others may be paid to make customized movies commemorating birthdays, bachelorette events, divorces and the like. Last month, there was a 137 % enhance 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 exhibits and in “30 Rock,” was amongst these to make the leap. “My husband cringed a little,” he mentioned. “But you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.”

The newest: Movie 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.

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