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A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Popular In Politics] Thursday, June 22, 2023 [1. Why The Latest Trump Indictment Looks So Bad For Him]( Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. [Read more]( [2. The Dobbs Divide]( Abortion [Read more]( [3. Will Voters Blame Biden For Trump’s Indictment?]( [Former President Trump Holds Rally In Pennsylvania Ahead Of Midterms]( On Tuesday afternoon, former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be arraigned at a federal courthouse in Miami. Federal prosecutors indicted him last week for keeping classified documents at his Florida resort after he left office, mishandling them and obstructing government efforts to get them back. It’s a hugely significant moment for Trump, who just became the first former president to be indicted on federal charges. But it’s also consequential for President Biden, Trump’s Democratic rival, who is in a potentially tricky position as prosecutors in his administration’s Department of Justice move forward with the case against Trump. [Read more]( [4. The Supreme Court Is Getting Less Unpopular]( [FILE PHOTO: LGBTQ activists and supporters hold rally on the steps of the Supreme Court as it hears major LGBT rights case]( Ethics scandals. A new justice. Overturning the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion. The Supreme Court has had quite a year — and the public has noticed. [Read more]( [5. Three Challenges Francis Suarez Will Face Running For President]( [2024-TOC-REP-FrancisSuarez-v02-ks-4×3]( Francis Suarez, the 45-year-old Republican mayor of Miami and poli-nepo-baby, announced Thursday he’s running for president. Jumping into the already-crowded and growing GOP primary pool, Suarez will need to find a way to stand out and break through with voters. Suarez is kicking off his campaign with a six-figure digital ad buy in Iowa, New Hampshire and, notably, Nevada, an early state with a significant Latino population. This is a signal that the first-generation Cuban-American hopes being the only Latino major candidate in the race will be part of what makes him stand out from the crowd. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: Are Millennials Getting More Conservative?]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.