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Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Friday, December 2. I'm Nailaboodoo.

Here's what we're covering. The UN warns of a global food crisis. Plus, the post-pandemic decline

of six flags. But first, another legal setback for Donald Trump. Our weekly politics data play

is today's one big thing. This week in politics saw new leadership in Congress,

legislation on same-sex marriage, and Senate passage of a bill to prevent a national real strike.

Here to break it down for all of us in our Friday politics state of play is Axios' managing

editor for politics, Margaret Tulliv. Hi, Margaret. Hi, Nailaboodoo.

Margaret, first on breaking news last night on the DOJ's criminal investigation into Donald Trump,

a ruling that's another roadblock for the former president. Well, Nailabood, this is an important

ruling. This was an appeals court, not just any appeals court, the 11th Circuit, which is a

conservative lean circuit. The appellate court striking down the judges ruling that had allowed

the appointment of a special master to begin with. The judges say the law is clear. We cannot

write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after

the execution of that warrant, nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so.

They say that if that were allowed to stand, it would be a radical reordering of case law

and would violate separation of powers limits. And so this is clearly a setback for Donald Trump

and a victory for the Justice Department. Another big story from this week, the founder of

Oathkeeper Stewart Rhodes and a top deputy Kelly Megs were both found guilty of seditious conspiracy

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