May 22 Judge to hear arguments to dismiss Trump's Florida classified documents case By Terry Spencer, Eric Tucker, Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump are due in court Wednesday for the first time since the judge indefinitely postponed the trial earlier this month. The… Continue reading
May 21 Judge presiding over Trump election case wins election to keep seat, DA Fani Willis wins Dem primary By Kate Brumback, Associated Press Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, the judge presiding over the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, has won an election to keep his seat. Continue reading
May 21 U.S. says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them By Michael Phillis, Matthew Daly, Associated Press The agency on Monday issued an alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation's drinking water. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 4:31 Giuliani, Trump allies arraigned in Arizona fake electors scheme By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan, Matt Loffman The legal fallout from alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election continued in Arizona on Tuesday. Rudy Giuliani and nearly a dozen other allies of Donald Trump were arraigned on charges connected to the plot to… Continue watching
May 21 Watch 7:58 How Trump's alleged hush money payments led to his charges in New York By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz Donald Trump’s defense team rested its case Tuesday in the trial brought against the former president by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Next week, both sides will make their closing statements to the jury and then deliberations will begin. While… Continue watching
May 21 Hunter Biden's appeal to halt his federal gun trial is rejected By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The full 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to pause the case against the president's son while his challenges to the prosecution on multiple fronts play out. His bid to dismiss the case had previously been rejected by a… Continue reading
May 21 Judge dismisses felony convictions of 5 former military officers in U.S. Navy bribery case By Associated Press A federal judge has dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" in one of the Navy's biggest corruption cases. Continue reading
May 21 Trump's campaign says it will begin accepting contributions through cryptocurrency By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The Trump campaign launched a fundraising page Tuesday that allows "any federally permissible donor the ability to give" to its political committees using any crypto asset accepted through the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange. Continue reading
May 21 WATCH: Protesters against Israel's war in Gaza interrupt Blinken repeatedly in the Senate By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denounced the chief prosecutor of the world's top war crimes court for seeking the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading
May 21 DOJ sues Oklahoma over new state law setting penalties for those living in the U.S. illegally By Sean Murphy, Associated Press Oklahoma is among several GOP-led states jockeying to push deeper into immigration enforcement as both Republicans and Democrats seize on the issue. Continue reading