Fox still in legal peril over election lies after settling with Dominion – live

Media empire still faces defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic as shareholders reportedly considering trip to the courts

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Good morning, US politics readers. Fox may have yesterday forestalled a lengthy trial by agreeing to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5m to settle its defamation lawsuit, but its lawyers will remain plenty busy for the time being. The media empire remains in legal peril over Fox News’s enthusiastic promotion of various lies regarding the 2020 election, with another defamation lawsuit from global election firm Smartmatic still pending and even the company’s shareholders reportedly pondering a trip to the courts. We’ll be keeping an eye out for any developments in these cases today.

Here’s more of what to expect:

Joe Biden is heading to a union training facility in Maryland where he’ll contrast “his vision for the economy with Maga House Republicans’ vision”, according to the White House. This comes as negotiations over raising the US debt limit heat up.

House Republicans are going after Washington DC again, this time with a disapproval resolution targeting a police reform bill the city recently enacted.

Mike Pence, who sure seems like he wants to run for president, is expected to again criticize (obliquely) Donald Trump in a speech today, Politico reports.