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The candidate has denied the allegations.

Missouri seems to be willing to join the gerrymandering push and redraw their congressional districts.

In New Jersey, a judge ruled that Alina Haba was working unlawfully as the U.S.

attorney.

In New York,

An appeals court threw out Trump's half-a-billion-dollar civil fraud penalty.

To be clear, Trump wasn't exonerated.

The court just found the penalty was too severe.

In Maryland, Baltimore businessman Ed Hale Sr.

announced his campaign for governor after switching parties from Democrat to Republican.

Michigan residents are upset by Trump's order requiring a coal plant to stay up even though it was set to close being extended.

They're worried he'll use the emergency powers to force the plant to stay open throughout his term.

Minnesota's DFL revoked the endorsement of a left-wing candidate for mayor of Minneapolis.

Progressives in the state are outraged.

North Carolina's coast was hit by effects from Hurricane Erin, but luckily avoided a direct impact.

In South Dakota, Gold and Black Hills is setting up another fight over the area between corporate interests and the natives who own the land by treaty, but the government tends to ignore the treaty.

In Texas, a Democrat who has been in Texas politics for half a century has decided if the new gerrymandered map survived legal challenges, he won't run again.

This isn't a surrender, though.

This is him passing the torch to a much younger candidate.

In Virginia, the Democratic candidate for governor is leading the Republican candidate by seven points.