ATLANTA (AP) — The attorneys general for California and New York are praising a federal judge’s decision to block President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections. The judge in Massachusetts on Friday sided with the Democratic state attorneys general, who called the Republican president’s executive order overreach. Trump’s order sought to compel officials to require…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, says he came to the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs to support him but couldn’t enter the packed courtroom. Dressed in white, Ye arrived at Manhattan federal court before noon Friday. He responded “yes” when asked if he was…… MORE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in federal court in Tennessee. Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador who had been living in Maryland before he was wrongfully deported in March. He was returned to the U.S. last week to face the smuggling charges. A…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices leaped, and stocks slumped on worries that escalating violence following Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could damage the flow of crude around the world, along with the global economy. The S&P 500 sank 1.1% Friday and wiped out what had been a modest gain for the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans’ views of the economy have improved as inflation has stayed tame and the Trump administration has reached a truce in its trade fight with China. The preliminary reading of the University of Michigan’s closely watched…… MORE