Judge delays Trump’s sentencing in hush money case to eye high court ruling on presidential immunity
Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until Sept. 18. The judge agreed Tuesday to put it off while weighing the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump had been scheduled to face sentencing July 11 on his New York conviction on felony charges…
Read MoreStock market today: Wall Street barely budges ahead of inflation report
Stocks are barely budging on Wall Street as markets wait for a key report on inflation. The S&P 500 was down less than 0.1% in afternoon trading Thursday. The Nasdaq composite was up 0.3%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 19 points. Walgreens Boots Alliance sank more than 24% after reporting results that fell…
Read MoreMillions are sweating it out as a heat wave nears its peak from Midwest to Maine
SQUAM LAKE, N.H. (AP) — A heat wave is moving closer to the breaking point from the Midwest to New England as millions of people sweat it out for another day. The National Weather Service says the heat will peak Thursday in the eastern Great Lakes and New England, and on Friday or the weekend…
Read MoreHalf a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking an expansive election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S. It comes after the Democratic president's own aggressive immigration crackdown at the southern border earlier this month that enraged advocates and many Democratic lawmakers. The White…
Read MoreUnanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of abortions in the U.S. last year. It marked the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The justices concluded that the abortion opponents lacked the legal right…
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