From Capitol Riot to 2024 Campaign: Trump's Legal Challenges Mount

Important Updates You Don’t Want to Miss [Leading America News] --------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, August 3, 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Political News] [Political News] [Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Capitol Riot and Election Charges Amid String of Legal Challenges]( Former President Donald Trump has pled not guilty to four charges tied to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2020, and the 2020 election. Trump, who is the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2024, has been indicted on charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of an official proceeding. His attorney Alina Habba accused the Department of Justice of targeting Trump as a way of covering up news about President Biden and his family. Amidst these legal proceedings, Trump also faces a trial in New York over alleged hush money payments, an investigation in Georgia over allegations of election tampering, and two civil trials for business fraud and defamation. [Democrat Leader Melts Down Over Biden Decision - Calls Joe’s Move Totally “Shameful”]( Why would Biden do this? [Financial News] [Financial News] [Coinbase Posts Sixth Consecutive Quarterly Loss]( The U.S. cryptocurrency exchange remains locked in a legal battle with regulators. [Weather and Wall Street Conspire to Push Up Gas Prices]( Gasoline and diesel prices have risen faster than oil in recent weeks. [US Department of Agriculture News] [US Department of Agriculture News] [USDA, Washington State University Break Ground on New State-of-the-Art Agricultural Research Facility]( PULLMAN, Wash., August 1, 2023 — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Plant Sciences Building that will house scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Washington State University (WSU). [Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Round of Investments in Wildfire Protection through Community Wildfire Defense Grants]( PORTLAND, Ore., July 31, 2023 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is again accepting applications for the [Community Wildfire Defense Grant program](. [Sports and Entertainment] [Sports and Entertainment] [Sources: Big Ten OK'd to scout Oregon, UW adds]( Commissioner Tony Petitti was tasked with bringing Big Ten presidents back more information on the potential additions of Oregon and Washington. Sources cautioned to ESPN that there are many directions on how everything could play out in the big picture. [Babylon Bee] [Babylon Bee] [Mike Pence Tries Bold New Strategy Of Alienating The 80 Million People Who Voted For Trump]( U.S. — In a bold new attempt to win the 2024 election against Biden, candidate Mike Pence has decided to alienate all 80 million voters who voted for Donald Trump. [Today in History] [Today in History] [August 3]( [1880]( - American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, NY, first Commodore William L. Alden [1914]( - British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey famously remarks "The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our time." [1940]( - Lithuanian SSR is accepted into USSR [1944]( - Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies [1949]( - Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL) merge to form National Basketball Association (NBA), Maurice Podoloff elected head of new league [1975]( - Poland and West Germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans [1979]( - Fastest jai-alai shot (188 mph), Jose Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, Rhode Island [1998]( - The Oval stages first competitive cricket match played under floodlights in London when home team Surrey loses to Sussex by 8 wickets in the day/night 40-over fixture [1998]( - Irish band Boyzone release their best-selling single "No Matter What" composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman [2000]( - South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Amnesty Committee grants amnesty to Curnick Ndlovu, the KwaZulu-Natal leader of the African National Congress and United Democratic Front, for committing sabotage during December 1961 and June 1963 near Durban [More Historical Events »]( Copyright © 2023 Leading America 190 Monroe Avenue Ste 300 Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, US Click [Here to unsubscribe from Leading America.]( To Unsubscribe by email, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" as the Subject Line. [Click]( to unsubscribe from all communication](. You can read our [Privacy Policy Here](