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Rudy Giuliani has conceded that he made public comments falsely claiming two Georgia election workers committed ballot fraud during the 2020 presidential race but is arguing that the statements were protected by the First Amendment. That assertion by Giuliani, who as part of Donald Trump’s legal team tried to overturn results in battleground states, came in a late July filing in a lawsuit by Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. Their lawsuit from December 2021 accused the former New York City mayor of defaming them by falsely stating that they had engaged in fraud while counting ballots at State...

With less than a week to go until the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, seven candidates say they have met the qualifications for a spot on stage in Milwaukee. But that also means that about half the broad GOP field is running short on time to make the cut. To qualify for the August 23 debate, candidates needed to satisfy polling and donor requirements set by the Republican National Committee. At least 1% in three high-quality national polls or a mix of national and early-state polls, between July 1 and August 21, and a minimum of...

When Senate Leader Mitch McConnell rose to announce his vote to acquit Donald Trump of impeachment charges in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the Republican assured the public the former president would have his day in court. “He didn’t get away with anything yet — yet,” McConnell vowed. “We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one.” But as Trump appeared in court on August 3 on federal charges that he orchestrated an unprecedented effort to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020...

Hiroshima officials criticized growing support for nuclear weapons as a deterrent resulting from uneasiness over Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions in the Koreas, commenting on August 6 as the city remembered the atomic bombing of 78 years ago. The observance came two months after Hiroshima hosted a summit of the Group of 7 major industrial nations, at which G7 leaders visited the city’s peace park and a museum dedicated to those who died in the word’s first atomic attack. The leaders issued a joint statement calling for the continued non-use of nuclear weapons, but they also justified having...