A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s quest to erase his criminal conviction heads to a federal appeals court Wednesday. It’s one way he’s trying to get last year’s hush money verdict overturned. A three-judge panel is
Pulse massacre survivors are set to revisit the nightclub before it’s razed

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Survivors and family members of the 49 victims killed in the Pulse nightclub massacre nine years ago are getting their first chance Wednesday to walk through the long-shuttered, LGBTQ+-friendly Florida venue before it’s
Weinstein jury deliberations scrutinize one accuser’s account

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Harvey Weinstein’ssex crimes retrial are drilling down on one of the three charges against him: a rape accusation from a woman who also said she had a consensual relationship with him.
Newspaper executive and former West Virginia lawmaker Doug Skaff Jr. dies in highway accident at 48

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Doug Skaff Jr., a West Virginia newspaper executive and former Democratic legislative leader, died Tuesday following an accident on Interstate 79. He was 48. Skaff was president of HD Media, which publishes the
US slashes in half its request for Lockheed’s F-35 fighter jets, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -The Pentagon is scaling back in half its request to Congress for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 jets, Bloomberg on News reported on Tuesday. A U.S. Defense Department procurement request document sent to Capitol Hill this week asked
Takeaways from New Jersey’s primaries: GOP nominee’s win is also a victory for Trump

NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey primary voters have chosen their GOP nominee — and President Donald Trump notched a win in his endorsement belt — in one of two high-stakes governor’s races being held this
Army restores the names of seven bases that lost their Confederate-linked names under Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven Army bases whose names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders are all reverting back to their original names, the Army said Tuesday. The announcement came just hours after President Donald
Judge tosses lawsuit over Trump’s firing of US African Development Foundation board members

A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s dismantling of a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., dismissed the case on Tuesday,
North Carolina GOP sending immigration crackdown bills to Democratic Gov. Stein

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans at the North Carolina legislature gave final approval Tuesday two pieces of legislation that would compel state agencies to participate in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and would toughen a recent law
US Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on federal charges from skirmish at New Jersey immigration center

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver was indicted Tuesday on federal charges alleging she assaulted and interfered with immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center while Newark’s mayor was being arrested after he tried