Article snippet: Perhaps most jarring to this year’s freshmen, three Democrats in their late 70s are running unopposed in elections this week for the top leadership spots in the House. It was filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The new president of Mexico has built his entire political career on defending the poor. Now, President Trump is testing how firmly he will live up to that. The Harvard Law professor said he still believes that the president is immune from the potential crimes the probe is focused on. Pressley’s announcement came days after the Globe reported that just over half of the House Democrats from New England were publicly supporting Pelosi. Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to the seat in April, is facing Democrat Mike Espy, who was a cabinet secretary in the Clinton administration. The president has flummoxed his own aides by repeatedly seeking new spending while ruling out measures needed to address the country’s unbalanced budget. By next year, the national plague could be in retreat. Opinion | Philip Heymann and William Ruckelshaus There is clear legal and political framework forbidding the president’s selection of Matthew Whitaker to supervise the Mueller investigation. Editorial Make no mistake, Trump chooses his battles carefully, and his choice to disparage yet another institution critical to a well-functioning democracy is no idle rant. <?EM-dummyText [This is dummy text for the sto... Link to the full article to read more