Appeal court judge denies Trump’s third attempt this week to delay hush money trial – as it happened

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• Judge denies Trump's third attempt this week to delay hush-money trial
• Arizona Republicans block abortion-ban repeal after denouncing court ruling

The Arizona supreme court decision upended Donald Trump's gambit on abortion, a day after the former president sought to neutralize the political issue by declining to support a national abortion ban.

Trump had hoped that his announcement on Monday would keep abortion rights mostly out of the conversation ahead of the November elections, but Tuesday's ruling showed just how difficult it will be to do that, the Washington Post's Dan Balz writes.

All abortion politics are national, not local. Abortion developments - new laws, new restrictions, new stories of women caught up in heart-wrenching and sometimes life-threatening decisions - are no longer confined to the geography where they take place. They are instantly part of the larger debate.

There is no safe harbor for Trump and the Republicans at this point. The abortion issue is no less complex and no less difficult for many Americans than it was while Roe was in force. But politically the winds have shifted, and done so dramatically.