11 Jul 2023

USA correspondent Ron Elving

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 11 July 2023

Ron Elving is a Senior Editor and Correspondent, Washington Desk for NPR news. Ron says Ukraine and NATO are top of mind this week. Congress has returned but is very much at loggerheads. And former President Donald Trump continues to get bad news on the legal front but dominates the 2024 Presidential campaign picture as other candidates spin their wheels. 

Former US president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023. - Former US president Donald Trump arrived for a historic court appearance in New York on Tuesday, facing criminal charges that threaten to upend the 2024 White House race. (Photo by Seth WENIG / POOL / AFP)

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