Geoff Bennett:
Seven candidates for the Republican presidential nomination hold their second debate tonight. They will meet at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
But, as with the first debate, former President Trump won't be there. Instead, he will be speaking to striking autoworkers and others just outside Detroit at a non-union auto supplier.
A federal judge in Washington today rejected former President Trump's request that she recuse herself from his election subversion case. Mr. Trump had accused Judge Tanya Chutkan of making biased statements against him. He is accused of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
Senator Bob Menendez and his wife pleaded not guilty today to federal corruption charges. The New Jersey Democrat said nothing as he left a courthouse in New York after the arraignment. He's accused of taking bribes of cash and gold to aid Egyptian interests and local businessmen. More than half of all Senate Democrats are now calling for Menendez to step down.
An American soldier who fled to North Korea in July is now back in U.S. custody. Army Private Travis King was taken to China today and transferred to American officials.
In Washington, a State Department spokesman said Sweden helped arrange King's release, but he played down any talk of a thaw in relations with North Korea.
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