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Former U.S. President Donald Trump said in a court filing on Tuesday that he would plead not guilty to criminal charges in a revised indictment accusing him of attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

Florida’s department of environmental protection has fired a whistleblower who exposed and sank governor Ron DeSantis’s secretive plan to pave over environmentally sensitive state parks and build lucrative hotels, golf courses and pickleball courts.

James Gaddis, who worked for the agency for two years as a cartographer, was terminated for “conduct unbecoming a public employee”, according to a letter he received on Saturday.

His leaking of the proposals sparked a furious backlash that united Republicans with Democrats and environmental advocates, and forced DeSantis into a humiliating climbdown last week in which he admitted the plans were “half-baked” and were “going back to the drawing board”.

Speaking with the Tampa Bay Times on Monday, Gaddis said preservation of the state parks was more important to him than his position.

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A former New York state government official who worked for the former governor Andrew Cuomo and current governor, Kathy Hochul, was charged on Tuesday with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government, federal prosecutors revealed in a sprawling indictment.

Linda Sun, who held numerous posts in New York state government before rising to the rank of deputy chief of staff for Hochul, was arrested on Tuesday morning along with her husband, Chris Hu, at their $3.5m home on Long Island.

Cars accompanying Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s motorcade crashed Monday as the Democratic vice presidential nominee was en route to a campaign event in Milwaukee.

A staff member in a van carrying members of the press appeared to have a broken arm, according to a pool reporter traveling with the governor, after the vehicle was “violently thrown forward” as vehicles collided. Walz’s car was reportedly not involved in the pileup, and it continued on toward the scheduled campaign event.

Vice President Harris’s running mate kicked off the Labor Day holiday by meeting with local leaders in Minnesota. His motorcade was traveling to Wisconsin, where he is scheduled to deliver remarks at the Milwaukee Area Labor Council’s Laborfest.

Other reporters traveling with the governor reportedly suffered scrapes and bruises, and another was feared to have a concussion. The Hill has reached out to the campaign for further details.

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The resounding impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to neuter an obstruction charge used in Jan. 6 cases will face fresh scrutiny Wednesday when a rioter’s resentencing tests whether prison terms in such cases must be reduced.

Since the high court’s June decision, scores of rioters have asked judges to push back or reconsider already-imposed sentences. Prosecutors have said in court filings that a “case-by-case” analysis of the obstruction cases is underway to determine how to move forward and whether harsher sentences can stand.