Donald Trump Just Became the First Ex-President to Face Federal Charges

SCOTUS’s Voting Rights Stunner • Newsom’s Radical Idea • Pence’s Predicament [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Donald Trump Just Became the First Ex-President to Face Federal Charges Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Donald Trump, already [indicted]( in April in New York over hush money payments, now faces federal charges stemming from the Justice Department’s investigation into his handling of classified documents, [reports]( Bess Levin, who runs through how we got to this historic moment. Trump is still being investigated for his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, even as he remains the GOP frontrunner for the 2024 nomination. In other news, the Supreme Court upheld the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama congressional map that would have diluted Black voting power. Cristian Farias [breaks down]( the surprising opinion, in which justices John Robertsand Brett Kavanaugh sided with the Court’s liberals. The ruling could have major political ramifications, with Democrats potentially picking up additional House seats in several states. Thanks for reading and we’ll surely have more on the Trump indictment fallout today on [the Hive](. [Donald Trump]( [Report: Trump Has Been Indicted Again, This Time by DOJ for Mishandling of Classified Documents]( By [Bess Levin]( [Trump posted on Truth Social that the Department of Justice informed his attorneys that he is being indicted for the second time]( [Read more button](   [John Roberts’s Shocking Defense of Black Voting Rights]( By [Cristian Farias]( [A decade ago, the chief justice gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Why did he join the Court’s liberals (and Brett Kavanaugh!) to preserve what’s left of it?]( [Read more button](   [Kevin McCarthy’s Standing Among House Republicans Is Only Looking Worse]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [Not only are the hard-line conservatives pissed off over the debt deal, the Speaker is now playing a blame game with his own deputy in leadership.]( [Read more button](   [Gavin Newsom Has a Radical Idea for Tackling Gun Violence: Amend the US Constitution]( By [Eric Lutz]( [California’s governor proposes a long-shot bid to ratify a 28th Amendment on guns, calling for the movement to “go on the offense.”]( [Read more button](   [Mike Pence: Donald Trump Should Never Be President Again—But I Could Still Support Him]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [Even as Pence and his allies have come out of the gate hammering Trump for putting himself above the Constitution on January 6, the ex-veep isn’t ruling out backing his former boss.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast