Jun 10 Trump completes mandatory presentencing interview for hush money conviction By Michelle L. Price, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press The former president was quizzed by a New York City probation officer for a report that will be compiled and presented to trial judge Juan M. Merchan prior to Trump's July 11 sentencing. Continue reading
Jun 10 Judge Cannon denies Trump bid to dismiss certain counts, but strikes paragraph from classified documents indictment By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump and two of his associates had sought to throw out more than a half-dozen of the 41 counts in the indictment. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 5:40 News Wrap: Supreme Court will hear Meta appeal over Cambridge Analytica scandal lawsuit In our news wrap Monday, the Supreme Court will take up an appeal from Meta over a shareholder class action lawsuit on the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, polls predict the far-right National Rally party would win the snap elections in France,… Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch 6:23 What the prosecution and defense said during closing arguments in Hunter Biden's trial By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan Jurors started deliberations Monday in Hunter Biden's gun trial in Delaware. He is accused of lying on federal forms about his drug use to illegally purchase a gun. Following his historic conviction on 34 felony counts, Donald Trump sat for… Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch 9:47 Tamara Keith and Leigh Ann Caldwell on how Biden and Trump are courting Latino voters By Amna Nawaz, Matt Loffman NPR’s Tamara Keith and Leigh Ann Caldwell of The Washington Post join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including where Republican lawmakers stand on reproductive rights, the stark differences between Trump and Biden on key policy issues and… Continue watching
Jun 10 New Jersey businessman testifies Sen. Bob Menendez made him assurances about legal troubles By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Prosecutors contend that a car, along with gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash found in the couple's Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home, were bribes paid by three businessmen, including Jose Uribe, to get the senator to… Continue reading
Jun 10 Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has his first parole hearing in more than a decade. Here are 3 things to know By Heather Hollingsworth, Jack Dura, Associated Press Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, is 79. If this parole request is denied, it might be a decade or more before… Continue reading
Jun 10 Civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies at 95 By Christopher Weber, Travis Loller, Associated Press Lawson was an apostle of nonviolent protest — and close adviser to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction. Continue reading
Jun 10 Hunter Biden gun trial jurors begin deliberations By Claudia Lauer, Michael Kunzelman, Randall Chase, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press In his closing argument, the prosecutor pointed to deeply personal testimony, text messages, photos and Hunter Biden's own words in his 2021 memoir to argue that the president's son clearly knew he was in the throes of a crack addiction… Continue reading
Jun 10 Stand up for 'innocent life,' Trump says in message to Christian group seeking to eradicate abortion By Michelle L. Price, Peter Smith, Associated Press Donald Trump has repeatedly taken credit for the overturning of a federally guaranteed right to abortion — having nominated three of the justices who overturned Roe v. Wade — but has resisted supporting a national abortion ban and says he… Continue reading