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US economic policy
Biden gets a low rating despite economic brightening
Americans are taking a brighter view of the economy as inflation eases, but few believe that's thanks to President Joe Biden. This is shown by several opinion polls, the latest of which comes from the Wall Street Journal.
About three in five voters don't like how Biden has handled the economy, and a few more thumb down his handling of inflation, according to the WSJ poll.
That voters, despite improved prospects, do not believe that the White House has handled the economy well is a cloud of worry for Biden, because an improved economy normally benefits an incumbent president who wants to be re-elected, the newspaper writes.
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The charges against Trump
Analysis: Hard to use 14th Amendment against Trump
In the United States, a debate has been sparked about whether Donald Trump can be excluded from the presidency with the support of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, writes Aaron Blake in the Washington Post.
According to the amendment, anyone who has "participated in rebellion" or "helped or facilitated" the state's enemies is prohibited from holding public office - but in Trump's case there is not much to go on, he continues.
"The closest Trump gets to a sedition charge is the obstruction of justice charge - something many are charged with after January 6."
The amendment was used in the years after the Civil War to prevent those who fought for the losing southern states from being given public power, writes Masood Farivar in an analytical text for the Voice of America.
Trump's supporters claim it's a legal tool for a genuine rebellion, which they don't believe the storming of the Capitol was — but ultimately that's up to the courts to decide, he continues.
"The legal challenges to Trump's candidacy have only just begun their way through the judiciary, and may ultimately reach the Supreme Court."
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The charges against Trump
Trump files to have Georgia judge replaced
Former US President Donald Trump's lawyers on Monday submitted an application to replace Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is to judge in the trial on election influence in Georgia, reports Reuters.
The lawyers argue that Chutkan's previous statements about the storming of the Capitol indicate that she is not objective.
They specifically cite a statement she made during a 2022 court hearing. Chutkan then said the defendant, who was accused of complicity in the storming, "was driven by blind loyalty to a person who, by the way, is still walking free today."
According to Trump's lawyers, this is proof that the judge believes that Trump "should be prosecuted and imprisoned".
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