CHARLOTTE — In his first mention of the likely Democratic presidential nominee, Donald Trump told a Wednesday night crowd here that “KAH-mala” Harris was the “new victim we have to defeat.” A short time later, tying her to the war in Ukraine, he went with a different variation of her first name: “KUH-mala.” And about […]Read More
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s falsifying business records conviction should not be reversed because of the Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity ruling for reasons including a wealth of incriminating evidence, prosecutors said in a court filing made public Thursday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office wrote that the Supreme Court’s decision giving broad meaning to […]Read More
Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest developments in a stubborn 2024 race that’s showing some signs of being shaken up. (Make sure you’re subscribed to this newsletter here. And also listen to Campaign Moment podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and elsewhere. We had a brand-new episode Wednesday on Kamala Harris’s VP […]Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday that she would support the creation of a committee of judges to examine potential violations ofthe Supreme Court’s new ethics code, speaking out as President Biden and others are increasingly calling for reform at the high court. In an interview before a crowd of judges and lawyers […]Read More
The National Basketball Association has rebuffed longtime media partner Warner Bros. Discovery’s bid to keep airing games after next season. The NBA told the media company it doesn’t believe it holds legal matching rights for the league’s new media deal. It instead plans to move ahead with Amazon as its third partner, along with ESPN and NBCUniversal, in […]Read More
Economic activity in the U.S. was considerably stronger than expected during the second quarter, according to an initial estimate Thursday from the Commerce Department. Real gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services produced during the April-through-June period, increased at a 2.8% annualized pace adjusted for seasonality and inflation. Economists surveyed by Dow […]Read More
The federal judge overseeing Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy proceedings threatened to force the former New York mayor to testify under oath about the state of his finances after Giuliani failed to explain how he plans to pay roughly $350,000 in administrative fees incurred in the case. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane in the Southern District of […]Read More
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) announced Tuesday that he plans to resign effective Aug. 20, creating a Senate vacancy in the wake of his federal bribery conviction. Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) subsequently said he plans to exercise his duty as the state’s governor to make a temporary appointment to fill the Senate vacancy “to ensure the […]Read More
Vice President Harris addressed an influential teachers union in Houston on Thursday morning before traveling to Washington to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the afternoon, a preview of the delicate political and policy terrain she must navigate during her shortened and frenetic presidential campaign. Calling herself a “proud product of public education,” […]Read More
President Biden and Vice President Harris will hold separate bilateral meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, as U.S. leaders say they are in the final stages of closing a deal that will pause the fighting in Gaza and release hostages. The meetings, part of Netanyahu’s hours-long visit to the White House, come […]Read More