Jun 27 Dueling campaign events deepen Trump-DeSantis rivalry By Michelle L. Price, Holly Ramer, Will Weissert, Associated Press In the critical early voting state of New Hampshire, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to “actually” build the U.S.-Mexico border wall that former President Donald Trump tried but failed to complete. Later, Trump accused the governor of supporting cuts to… Continue reading
Jun 27 Court dismisses Ivanka Trump from fraud lawsuit against her father By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press The civil lawsuit, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, accused former President Donald Trump of padding his net worth by billions of dollars and misleading banks, insurance companies and others about the value of his assets. It also… Continue reading
Jun 27 Supreme Court ruling makes it harder to convict someone of making a threat By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The Biden administration had warned that the internet and social media have expanded the number and kinds of threats in recent years, including online harassment, intimidation and stalking. Continue reading
Jun 27 Why Biden is eager to run on the economy, while voters still have their doubts about ‘Bidenomics’ By Josh Boak, Associated Press For President Joe Biden, there's a happy confluence of the coming 2024 reelection campaign and a favorable turn in recent economic data. Continue reading
Jun 27 New federal estimate finds more than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen The numbers issued Tuesday by the U.S. Small Business Administration inspector general are much greater than the office's previous projections and underscore how vulnerable the Paycheck Protection and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs were to fraudsters… Continue reading
Jun 27 WATCH: Where Russia’s military goes after Wagner Group uprising By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn, Yasmeen Sami Alamiri Russia’s Vladimir Putin dropped criminal charges yesterday against Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the mercenary group that led a short-lived revolt against the Russian military late last week. Continue reading
Jun 27 Zooey Zephyr, trans state lawmaker, and fiancée Erin Reed spread hope at Pride By Drew Costley, Hannah Schoenbaum, Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press Zephyr and Reed, both 34, have emerged as a vanguard, a power couple spreading hope to fellow transgender people amid a year in which hundreds of bills were proposed or passed that restrict their rights in health care and other… Continue reading
Jun 27 FBI, Homeland Security ignored ‘massive amount’ of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press A Senate committee's report says the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed or ignored “a massive amount of intelligence information” before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S Capitol. Continue reading
Jun 27 Court date postponed for Trump valet in classified documents case By Adriana Gomez Licon, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A lawyer for Walt Nauta told a judge Tuesday that Nauta had not yet been able to find a Florida-based attorney and was stuck in Newark, New Jersey and had been unable to fly down because of a canceled flight. Continue reading
Jun 27 Supreme Court upholds North Carolina ruling, declines ‘independent state legislature’ theory By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has ruled that North Carolina's top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law. Continue reading