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The US Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump must hand over his final records to a New York prosecutor investigating him, a judgement effectively establishing that a sitting president is not above the law, while also deciding that he does not have to extend the same courtesy to the House of Representatives in response to a congressional subpoena.
When responding to the ruling later on Thursday, though, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany insisted the high court did not rule against Mr Trump in the judgement because the case is being thrown back to lower courts.
This comes as Mr Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has been ordered back to prison after he broke his house arrest by visiting a New York City restaurant this week. Mr Cohen was released to his home to serve the remainder of his sentence due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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BREAKING: Mail carrier admits attempted election fraud
A West Virginia postal carrier pleaded guilty on Thursday to altering mail-in request for absentee voter ballots, according to Associated Press reporting.
The wire reports that Thomas Cooper entered the plea in federal court in Elkins to attempted election fraud and injury to the mail, US Attorney Bill Powell said in a statement.
Cooper was charged in May after eight mail-in requests for absentee voter ballots had their party affiliations altered.
Cooper, 47, of Dry Fork, held a postal contract to pick up mail in the three towns in which the voters live and delivered the forms in April to the Pendleton County clerk, according to a federal affidavit.
An investigation by the secretary of state's office found five of the ballot requests were changed from Democrat to Republican with a black ink pen, the affidavit said.
Absentee ballots became a political flashpoint nationally in recent months, often along partisan lines. Some state governors have moved to make absentee ballots more available in this year's elections because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.
Other elected officials, including President Donald Trump, have raised concerns that expanding the practice would increase the likelihood of election fraud.
Associated Press
Elon Musk already reconsidering his endorsement of Kanye West for president
What goes up must come down. And like his SpaceX rockets, Elon Musk's support of Kanye West for president appears to have fallen back to Earth.
Musk's new-found scepticism came after West's first interview as a presidential candidate in Forbes revealed plans to run the White House like Wakanda, which would assume the fictional home of Black Panther was also anti-abortion and anti-vaccinations.
"We may have more differences of opinion than I anticipated," Musk said in a now-deleted tweet, according to screenshots circulating across Twitter on Thursday.
This guy right here has the full story.
'Creepy' Trump vs 'Creepy' Biden
Who will reign supreme in the battle between "Creepy Trump" and "Creepy Biden" for control of the free world in a game we call "Creepy Politics"?
As The Independent's Louise Hall reports, a new political attack advert against Donald Trump has hit out at the president's past behaviour around women, including his own daughters.
The two-minute clip uses comments made by Kellyanne Conway against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to highlight the president's own behaviour.
Ms Conway says that Mr Biden has had "a lot really creepy statements" and "actions" in the past.
In the interests of hearing from both sides of the creepy aisle, below is the "Creepy Joe Biden" compilation from way back in 2019.
Who is creepier? Cast the vote that matters most in 2020 down in the comments below.
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