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Trump’s legal challenges are just getting started

Trump’s legal challenges are just getting started

Apple News Today
Feb 15, 2021 11 min
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<p>Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate for a second time this weekend, but his legal troubles may just be beginning. <a href="https://apple.news/AhIxpcQekTi-1b1IOyBwFmQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> has a roundup of his post-impeachment legal challenges. And <a href="https://apple.news/ARiUP9jDDRQ-hDGCWsbBkow?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> looks at recent developments in Trump investigations in Georgia and New York.</p> <p>Today, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization. <a href="https://apple.news/AN1KVMwDWTLe-bI4198i-SA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> breaks down the challenges she is facing during a tumultuous period of global trade. And Okonjo-Iweala tells <a href="https://apple.news/AIArFAKREQJijKhEnmnSZZw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> that among her biggest priorities will be the role of the WTO in combating climate change and addressing the coronavirus pandemic.</p> <p>Attacks against Asian Americans are on the rise, including in the San Francisco Bay Area. <a href="https://apple.news/AByIoR-35TumXATVvfTsTTg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> spoke with the executive director of the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council, which has documented nearly 3,000 incidents of attacks against anti-Asian from across the country since the pandemic began last March. And <a href="https://apple.news/Aq8CkRA1DSt60KsBPCOKk_Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC News</a> reports on recent actions by the Biden administration to tackle this issue.</p> <p>In 2019, Taylor Swift announced that she would rerecord and rerelease her back catalog. On Friday, she dropped her new version of &ldquo;Love Story,&rdquo; and the song has already topped the U.S. iTunes chart. The <a href="https://apple.news/AHESw3gKPREuofwohTpohOQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explains why this enterprise is such a savvy business move.</p>

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