🚨 Axios PM: Trump expects third indictment

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Open in app View in browser   Presented By Meta   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Jul 18, 2023 ☀️ Good Tuesday afternoon! Today's PM — edited by Erica Pandey — is 638 words, a 2½-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for the copy edit. ⚡ Please join Axios Pro: Energy Policy reporter Jael Holzman on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET for a virtual event exploring how electrification and national security concerns are supercharging Hill support for mining. Guests include Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). Register here.     📦 1 big thing: Trump expects arrest Reporters set up outside the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Fla., for a Trump hearing today on the classified documents case. Photo: Will Greenlee/Treasure Coast Newspapers via Reuters Former President Trump announced on social media that he received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith saying he's a target of the grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump wrote that the letter, which he said he received Sunday night, gives him "4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment." Between the lines: Democratic lawmakers had largely avoided weighing in on Trump's first two indictments. But the possibility of a third one — based on the Jan. 6 attack — is making them more vocal, Axios' Andrew Solender writes. This time, it's personal: Members of Congress were targets of the Capitol attack. Many feel Trump evaded accountability when the Senate voted to acquit him. "People feel it when you're the victim," Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) told Axios. "Our government wasn't just the victim, but the people in the room were the victims as well." Spotted in Fort Pierce, Fla., today ahead of Trump's pretrial hearing. Photo: Eric Hasert/Treasure Coast Newspapers via Reuters "A mob of insurrectionists violently attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6th in order to halt the peaceful transfer of power," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) tweeted. "The American people deserve to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth," he added. It's a shift in tone for Jeffries, who reacted to the first two indictments with brief statements focused on the impartiality of the justice system. By coincidence, a pretrial conference on the documents case is being held this afternoon in Fort Pierce, Fla. Share this story ... Catch up on Trump investigations.     2. 🇺🇸 Race in America... in 6 words Cover art: Kadir Nelson   Michele Norris, the well-known columnist and radio host, asked people to do something unusual: In just six words, write about your experience of race in America. "Race. Your Story. 6-Words. Please Send." The results of The Race Card Project, which she created in 2010, will be in a book, "Our Hidden Conversations," out Jan. 16. Some examples, out of 500,000+ responses Norris received, via her publisher, Simon & Schuster: "You're Pretty for a Black girl." "White privilege, enjoy it, earned it." "Lady, I don't want your purse." "My ancestors massacred Indians near here." "Urban living has made me racist." "I'm only Asian when it's convenient." Share this story ... More on the book.     A message from Meta The metaverse will give doctors new tools to make decisions faster     In the ER, every second counts. Doctors will use the metaverse to visualize scans and make decisions faster — to help patients get the specialty care they need in a timely manner. The metaverse may be virtual, but the impact will be real. Explore more possibilities with the metaverse.     3. Catch me up Data: The Generation Lab. Chart: Axios Visuals 🎓 3 in 4 young Americans believe it's unfair for colleges to consider applicants' legacy status, according to a Generation Lab poll. The fairness of legacy admissions has become a nationwide debate after the end of affirmative action. Go deeper. 🌡️ An airport in Iran saw a heat index — or "feels like" temperature — of 152°F this week. Such temperatures make human survival difficult. Studies have shown that Persian Gulf countries would be among the first to exhibit heat beyond survivable limits. Go deeper. 🇰🇵 A soldier who was facing U.S. military discipline crossed the border from South Korea to North Korea, becoming the first American detained in the North in nearly five years. Get the latest.     4. 🌮 Taco Tuesday fight ends Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios   The fight over the "Taco Tuesday" trademark is over, Axios' Kelly Tyko writes. Taco John's confirmed to Axios today that it will abandon its longtime trademark registration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after Taco Bell fought to free it. Restaurants across the country can now use the term to promote Tuesday specials without fear of cease-and-desist letters. Taco John's owned the Taco Tuesday registration in 49 states. A business called Gregory's owns it in New Jersey. Share this story.     A message from Meta Augmented reality will help students gain more hands-on experience     Students will use augmented reality to look inside the circulatory system and see how it powers the human body. The impact: They will gain a deeper understanding of how our bodies work. The metaverse may be virtual, but the impact will be real. Explore more possibilities with the metaverse.   Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. 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