Ron DeSantis to cut a third of staff amid flagging primary campaign – as it happened

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• DeSantis slashes more than a third of staff as campaign flounders
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Federal prosecutors could hand down another indictment against Donald Trump this week, likely for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection. But as the Guardian's Kira Lerner reports, a new study of US democracy indicates his legal troubles present a threat to the country's stability:

The June federal indictment of Donald Trump is radicalizing" support for the use of force on behalf of the former president and current presidential candidate, according to the author of a recent survey about threats to democracy.