Two and a half years after a New York jury convicted Donald Trump of 34 felony counts , lawyers for the president are set to appear in a Manhattan courtroom to argue the case be overturned.
Trump's attorneys at the white shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell argue the case is the "most politically charged prosecution in our Nation's history" and should be reversed.
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Black candidates from both political parties made history in 2026, with six governors set to serve across U.S. states and new key milestones in Congress.
An Indiana man who admitted killing his girlfriend's two children was executed early Thursday in the first of three lethal injections scheduled for the same day in the U.S. Jeffrey Weisheit killed the children, ages 8 and 5, by setting fire to his girlfriend's house in the Evansville area in 2010. Weisheit died at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. The lethal injection started just after midnight and he was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m., according to Noelle Russell, Indiana Department of Correction chief communications officer.
A passenger plane flying from Dublin to Rome was on Thursday diverted to a French air force base after a bomb threat.
The California congressman has been traveling the country and building prominence among progressives.