CNN Inside Politics

First: Voters in Ohio reject a measure that would have made it easier for Republicans trying to make it harder for women to get an abortion. 

Plus: Do Republicans solemnly swear to support whoever is the nominee? We explore the "loyalty pledge" required in order to make the first debate stage. 

And: In a new interview, Joe Biden defends his climate credentials but dances around a big, unfulfilled promise. 

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First: A special election in Ohio today will tell us a lot about 2024 and just how much abortion rights will motivate voters. The vote comes as brand-new poll numbers show a second straight summer of deep discontent with the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. 

Plus: Ron DeSantis replaces his campaign manager. Will the third shakeup of his campaign in less than a month be a charm? 

And: House Republicans say an impeachment inquiry is the one and only way to move forward versus Joe Biden. New CNN reporting pins down when they plan to do this. 

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First: Donald Trump faces a 5:00pm deadline to fight a Justice Department request. The former president claims it's an attempt to shut him up. Prosecutors say it's to stop the defense from bullying witnesses into silence. 

Plus: Joe biden heads west to literally point to progress. It's part of his plan to make Americans feel and see how Bidenomics is changing their lives for the better. 

And: A "woke up" call? New polling suggests a red meat term is now overcooked, even among Republicans with plenty of appetite for owning the left. 

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First: Donald Trump indicted again! But he considers it as a 'badge of honor'. Charges against him are piling up, including orchestrating a plot to overturn the election. Will this cause GOP voters to have second thoughts?

Plus: Donald Trump's Attorney John Lauro talks about Donald Trump's legal strategy. He claims the DOJ is attacking Trump's freedom of speech. Also could a federal judge punish Donald Trump over a threatening message on social media?

And: As President Joe Biden is running for re-election on a strong economy, can he convince voters that his 'Bidenomics' plans are working?   

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First: The trial against Donald Trump takes shape as a federal judge sets a date to decide when prosecutors will present their case - a timeline careening into a campaign. Meanwhile, the former president issues a plea to the Supreme Court. 

Plus: Kevin McCarthy unloads an angry tirade over the special counsel's indictment, sidestepping Trump's election lies that led to a deadly attack in the building where the Speaker of the House serves. 

And: New CNN reporting spotlights Joe Biden's strategy to make sure Americans know their roads, dams and ports, and jobs attached to them are thanks to him. 

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Today's show begins as Donald Trump, the former president and current GOP front-runner for 2024, prepares to leave New Jersey, board his private jet, and make his way to a federal courthouse just steps away from where democracy was under siege during the January 6th, 2021 insurrection. Trump will be arraigned later today for allegedly orchestrating a plot to overturn the free and fair election he lost in 2020. 

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The special counsel charges Donald Trump with conspiring to shatter the American experiment. The 45-page indictment narrates a plot to stay in power after losing an election. And it does so with some new evidence, including real-time notes from then Vice President Mike Pence. 

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First: The grand jury investigating Donald Trump meets again and the nation is on pins and needles. If/when is a formal indictment coming? 

Plus: A new national poll shows the current and former presidents running even, indicating Trump's indictments haven't tanked his chances of winning again. 

And: A former Hunter Biden business partner tells Congress that the future president's son put his father on speakerphone 20 times. Democrats say it was all part of an illusion. Republicans see it as a Joe Biden lie. 

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First: As Team Trump asks donors to help foot his enormous legal bills, his Mar-a-Lago co-conspirator accused of trying to destroy evidence for the boss sees the inside of a federal court. 

Plus: The latest polls indicate Republican voters continue to fall in line behind the former president, as Ron DeSantis' reasons for running appear to fall flat. 

And: President Joe Biden acknowledges his seventh grandchild for the first time and hopes the matter becomes private. 

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First: New evidence and charges against Donald Trump as he faces more accounts of obstructing justice in the documents case. An indictment in the January 6th probe could be imminent.

Plus: Florida governor Ron DeSantis fights to stay in second place while picking fights with black republicans over slavery.

And: House republicans make moves toward impeaching Joe Biden. Is this an impeachment in search of a crime?

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