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Immunity Ruling Leaves Judge Facing Tough Calls on Trump’s Election Indictment
At some point soon, the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity will land back with the judge who is handling the case from which it sprang — the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election.
Menendez ‘Sold the Power of His Office,’ Prosecutor Says
NEW YORK — When FBI agents raided the New Jersey home of Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, they found envelope after envelope of cash, a federal prosecutor told a jury Monday. Cash stuffed in bags, cash stuffed in the pockets of the senator’s jackets, cash stuffed in his boots. Gold bars worth thousands of dollars.
Columbia Removes 3 Deans, Saying Texts Touched on ‘Antisemitic Tropes’
NEW YORK — Three Columbia University administrators have been removed from their posts after sending text messages that “disturbingly touched on ancient antisemitic tropes” during a forum about Jewish issues in May, according to a letter sent by Columbia officials to the university community Monday.
French Election Yields Deadlock as Left Surges and Far Right Comes Up Short
PARIS — France faced a hung parliament and deep political uncertainty after the three main political groups of the left, center and right emerged from snap legislative elections Sunday with large shares of the vote but nothing approaching an absolute majority.
For Some Young Couples, Saving on Rent Means Moving in Together Early
For Caroline Li and Colin Wang, moving in together after dating for eight months was a matter of serendipity and urgency. Last fall, Wang, 28, was completing his final year of medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles, when he learned that the two-bedroom apartment he shared with one roommate had a mold infestation. He had to move out immediately, but had trouble finding new housing.
These Obscure Democrats Could Soon Become Kingmakers
They are lawyers and school board members, labor activists and faith leaders, lifelong Democrats and party newcomers. Some of them just turned 18; others are pushing 80. These are the people who make up the 3,939 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Some are elected, and some are selected — each state party has its own rules — for what is normally a ceremonial task: nominating their candidate for president.
Divided and Undecided, 2024’s America Rhymes With 1924’s
Things should have been settled. The weary delegates should have already chosen a presidential nominee, packed up their Welcome to New York souvenirs and returned home in time for the nation’s celebration of what it stood for.
3 Dead After Being Struck by Pickup Truck in Downtown Manhattan
NEW YORK — Three people were killed and at least eight others were injured after a driver plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of people celebrating July 4 in a park on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, authorities said. Police said that the driver was intoxicated.
New York Moves to Clean Up Times Square After a Spate of Crimes
NEW YORK — A man attacked with a machete. A young woman killed after police said a 22-year-old woman stabbed her in an unprovoked attack near the Port Authority bus terminal. A carpenter waiting for a co-worker in the bus station stabbed nine times as he sat and read.
At Hot Dog Eating Contest, a Chance to Crown a New King
NEW YORK — It is the Fourth of July in New York City, and that can mean only one thing. No, not fireworks, sweaty subway rides and family cookouts. It is time for the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island.
Biden’s Team Scrambles to Contain First Democratic Defections
President Joe Biden and his advisers rushed to stem the first serious defections inside the Democratic Party since his shaky debate last week, as leading Democrats lent legitimacy to questions about his mental acuity and raised the specter of replacing him atop the ticket.
Architects of the Trump Supreme Court See Culmination of Conservative Push
WASHINGTON — Back in 2016, a colleague handed Donald McGahn, then a top legal adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, an appeals court opinion that eloquently and powerfully echoed much of what McGahn saw as the evils of an out-of-control federal bureaucracy.
A Major Part of Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan Is Restored
Major components of President Joe Biden’s student loan repayment plan can continue to operate as lawsuits challenging it wind through the legal system, a federal appellate court ruled Sunday. That frees the administration to cut certain borrowers’ payments by as much as half, a benefit that had been previously scheduled but blocked.
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