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2 adults dead, child critically injured in Maryland apartment fire

Jul. 02, 2024 09:43 AM EDT

LARGO, Md. (AP) — Two adults died and a child was hospitalized in critical condition after flames tore through an apartment building early Tuesday in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. A man died on the scene and a woman was found dead later while crews searched a three-story...

Biden's campaign announces a $264 million fundraising haul in 2nd quarter during post-debate anxiety

Jul. 02, 2024 08:37 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden 's reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee reported raising $264 million in the year's second quarter, an impressive haul that may help them calm fears within their own party about last week's shaky debate performance. The...

Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling

Jul. 02, 2024 08:12 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for next week. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling...

Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness

Jul. 02, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won't stand trial before the November election. That closely watched ruling, which drew sharp dissent...

After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of law

Jul. 01, 2024 21:54 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecution would make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election. ...

Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial

Jul. 01, 2024 20:50 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending...

What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump's 2020 election interference case

Jul. 01, 2024 21:30 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. The Supreme Court did not dismiss — as Trump had...

Swedes take a new step in parental leave. Grandparents can now get paid to take care of grandkids

Jul. 01, 2024 16:29 PM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden launched a groundbreaking new law on Monday that allows grandparents to step in and get paid parental leave while taking care of their grandchildren for up to three months of a child’s first year. The development comes after the Swedish...

The Supreme Court rules for a North Dakota truck stop in a new blow to federal regulators

Jul. 01, 2024 15:49 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to new, broad challenges to regulations long after they take effect, the third blow in a week to federal agencies. The justices ruled 6-3 in favor of a truck stop in North Dakota that wants to sue over a regulation on debit...

US Supreme Court Latest: Court sends Trump’s immunity case back to lower court

Jul. 01, 2024 14:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court extended the delay in the criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election, reducing the chance that Trump could be tried before the November election. In a historic ruling, the justices said Monday for the...