Biden’s campaign announces a $264 million fundraising haul in 2nd quarter during post-debate anxiety
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee have reported raising $264 million in the year’s second quarter. It’s an impressive haul that may help them calm fears within their own party about last week’s shaky debate performance. The total announced Tuesday includes $127 million collected during June alone, when the campaign says it took in more than $33 million on the day of the debate and in its aftermath. Biden also has $240 million in cash on hand, outpacing the $212 million it reported having last month. Republican Donald Trump’s campaign has yet to release its fundraising totals for the quarter.
Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers have sent a letter to the New York judge in his hush money criminal case seeking permission to file a motion to set aside his guilty verdict. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cites the U.S. Supreme Court’s Monday ruling on presidential immunity and asks the judge to delay Trump’s sentencing while he weighs the high court’s decision and how it could influence the hush money case. The Associated Press obtained the letter Monday night. The Republican ex-president’s lawyers argue the Supreme Court’s decision confirms a defense position that prosecutors should have been precluded from introducing some evidence they said constituted official presidential acts.
The Latest | Overnight strike kills 9 in Khan Younis, hours after Israel ordered a mass evacuation
An Israeli strike has killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. The overnight strike comes shortly after Israel ordered the evacuation of parts of the city ahead of a likely ground operation. The strike hit a home near the European Hospital, which is inside the zone that Israel said should be evacuated. After the initial evacuation orders, the military said the facility itself was not included, but most patients and medics have already been relocated. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says some 250,000 people are in the evacuation zone. That’s over 10% of Gaza’s population and includes many who already fled earlier fighting. Palestinians and aid groups say nowhere in the territory feels safe.
At least 60 are dead and scores are injured after a stampede at a religious event in northern India
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Officials say at least 60 people are dead and scores are injured after a stampede at a religious gathering of thousands of people in northern India. More than 150 people have been admitted to hospitals after the crush in a village in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state. A medical official says the death toll may still rise. Local media say the stampede occurred as attendees rushed to leave after the event. Police say overcrowding may have been a factor. Initial reports suggest that over 15,000 people had gathered for the event that had permission to host about 5,000.
As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian voters say they are disenchanted ahead of the country’s runoff presidential election on Friday. It is only the second runoff vote since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979. Just under 40% of the voting public cast a ballot in the first poll last week. Public rage simmers after bloody crackdowns on dissent and years of Iran’s economy cratering to new lows. Hard-line former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili faces little-known reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, who likely needs a widespread turnout to win the presidency. Those who told the AP they weren’t voting described their decision as their own, not part of an organized boycott.
Le Pen first had success in an ex-mining town. Her message there is now winning over French society
HENIN-BEAUMONT, France (AP) — In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political strategy, her party’s electoral success came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech. The same promises to bring back good jobs and upend the political elite that long resonated here have found a national audience. Le Pen implanted herself in the northern town of Henin-Beaumont in the early 2000s. She hoped to win over disenchanted voters feeling left behind by the new economy and growing tired of decades of Socialist local governance. It was the start of a decade-long effort to detoxify her anti-immigration National Rally and win over voters from across French society.
Hurricane Beryl rips through open waters after devastating the southeast Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl is roaring across the Caribbean Sea as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. At least four people have died after Beryl slammed ashore in the southeast Caribbean. A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica and a hurricane watch for Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. Beryl is expected to start losing intensity on Tuesday but still to be near major hurricane strength as it passes near Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm ever to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.
Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness
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 was far from the only opinion handed down in the court’s busy final few weeks, though. The court also dealt this session with cases involving gun control, regulatory powers, abortion, social media, homelessness and the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis’ first hit. He barely got paid
FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right” would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. And yet Crudup spent his later years working on farms on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. He received scant songwriting royalties because of an exploitative record contract. He died in 1974. The 70th anniversary of Presley’s recording of ”That’s All Right” is Friday. And while Presley’s version is considered a cultural milestone, Crudup has received some recognition in recent years. The bluesman was briefly portrayed in the 2022 biopic “Elvis.” And the state of Virginia plans to install a highway marker honoring Crudup.
Devout athletes find strength in their faith. But practicing it and elite sports can pose hurdles
It’s been 100 years since a Scottish runner famously refused to race on a Sunday at the Paris Olympics because of his Christian beliefs. But devout top athletes say elite sports performance still poses some hurdles for the faith practices that are central to their lives on and off the field. At this summer’s Paris Olympics, much of the controversy has centered around Islam. That’s because France’s unique secularism principles forbid its athletes from wearing headscarves as well as other visibly religious symbols. But athletes of different faiths argue sports organizations should better respect the breadth of religious practices. To many, faith and spirituality are essential to mental well-being, a growing concern in sports.
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