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Trump defends presidential immunity, even for assassinating political rivals ( english.elpais.com )

Judge Florence Pan put Trumps’s lawyer John Sauer on the spot: she asked him whether, absent an impeachment conviction, a president could be prosecuted for selling nuclear secrets, pardoning criminals, or ordering a special commando to assassinate a political rival....

New batch of unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents claim that former presidents Clinton and Trump and tycoon Richard Branson were part of the pedophile’s circle of clients ( english.elpais.com )

The new documents include court petitions, e-mail exchanges, photographs and some victim statements, which — always taken with great caution — include explosive accusations with unverified indirect testimonies about some of the people who moved within Epstein’s circle, including the ubiquitous Prince Andrew of England,...

The dangerous impact of ‘fake news’ on the lives of Spanish speakers in the United States ( english.elpais.com )

“The Spanish-speaking community in the United States is especially vulnerable [of falling for fake news],” explains Tamoa Calzadilla, a Venezuelan journalist and one of the founders of Factchequeado — a platform that tracks the misinformation that most affects Spanish speakers. The organization is fighting back against the...

Mississippi has a history of voter suppression. Many see signs of change as Black voters reengage ( english.elpais.com )

Recent interviews with Black voters, voting rights groups, candidates and researchers show that the voter fatigue felt by many has been widely shared in a state where nearly 40% of the overall population is Black. This year, political dynamics have combined to begin changing that, leading many voters to reengage.

New York City sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town, to anywhere in the world ( english.elpais.com )

Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, has described the situation as a crisis and has begun to warn that shelters are so full that migrants will soon be forced onto the street as winter approaches. “I cannot say this enough. You know, we are out of the room,” he told reporters this week. “And it’s not ‘if’ people will be...

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