FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS SCHEDULED FOR A PRE-SENTENCING PROBATION INTERVIEW ON MONDAY.
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, HE’LL TAKE PART IN THE INTERVIEW VIRTUALLY FROM HIS RESIDENCE AT MAR-A-LAGO IN FLORIDA.
USUALLY, THESE INTERVIEWS TAKE PLACE IN PERSON.
AND — IN ANOTHER UNPRECEDENTED MOVE — TRUMP’S ATTORNEY, TODD BLANCHE, WILL ALSO BE THERE FOR THE VIRTUAL MEETING AFTER THE JUDGE IN THE CASE GAVE THE O-K.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS CONVICTED LAST MONTH ON ALL 34 FELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. HE HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING.
SENTENCING IS SET FOR JULY 11-TH.
TRUMP WAS BACK ON THE 20-24 CAMPAIGN TRAIL ON SUNDAY IN LAS VEGAS — WHERE THOUSANDS OF HIS SUPPORTERS CAME OUT FOR A RALLY DESPITE THE RECORD HEATWAVE IMPACTING THE AREA.
AT LEAST THREE OF HIS SUPPORTERS HAD TO BE TAKEN AWAY BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL AS TEMPERATURES REACHED THE TRIPLE DIGITS.
THE RALLY CAME JUST DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TEMPORARILY CLOSING THE U-S/MEXICO BORDER.
TRUMP CRITICIZING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S HANDLING OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER —
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
“This is the worst border in the history of the world. No third world country has a border like that.”
“The first thing we’re going to do is we’re going to close that border tight as a drum, and we’re going to let people come in, but only legals.”
REPORTS INDICATE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS CONSIDERING A PROPOSAL TO SHIELD UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE MARRIED TO AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM DEPORTATION.
THOUGH IT HAS NOT YET BEEN PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR REVIEW.
MEANWHILE, THE FEDERAL GUN TRIAL OF THE PRESIDENT’S SON HUNTER PICKS BACK UP TODAY IN DELAWARE.
THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP THIS WEEK.
A KEY MEMBER OF ISRAEL’S WAR CABINET HAS RESIGNED.
BENNY GANTZ — ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S BIGGEST POLITICAL RIVAL — HAS STEPPED DOWN… AFTER NETANYAHU FAILED TO MEET THE DEADLINE GANTZ GAVE HIM TO COME UP WITH A POST-WAR PLAN TO REPLACE HAMAS IN GAZA BY JUNE 8-TH.
IN A SPEECH SUNDAY… THE RETIRED ARMY GENERAL SAID IT WAS A “COMPLEX AND PAINFUL” DECISION.
BENNY GANTZ | FORMER ISRAELI MINISTER
“Regrettably, Netanyahu is preventing us from advancing toward true victory, which is the justification for the ongoing and painful cost (of war). That is why we are leaving the emergency government today, with a heavy heart but with full confidence.”
NETANYAHU ISSUED A BRIEF STATEMENT CALLING ON GANTZ NOT TO QUOTE “ABANDON THE CAMPAIGN”.
GANTZ’S RESIGNATION WAS DELAYED BY A DAY DUE TO ISRAEL’S RESCUE OF FOUR HOSTAGES FROM HAMAS CAPTIVITY IN GAZA
THE HAMAS-RUN GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY SAID AT LEAST 274 PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED IN THE ISRAELI AIR AND GROUND RAID… AND HUNDREDS MORE WERE WOUNDED.
AFTER HIS PARTY SUFFERED A MAJOR SETBACK IN THE EUROPEAN UNION PARLIAMENT’S FOUR-DAY ELECTION – FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON MADE A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT SUNDAY — DISSOLVING THE LOWER HOUSE OF FRANCE’S PARLIAMENT AND CALLING FRENCH VOTERS BACK TO THE POLLS IN THREE WEEKS.
MACRON’S MOVE TOWARD SNAP NATIONAL ELECTIONS CAME AFTER HIS RENAISSANCE PARTY WAS DEFEATED BY THE FAR-RIGHT NATIONAL RALLY PARTY AS PART OF THE ELECTIONS FOR THE 720-SEAT EU PARLIAMENT.
— WITH THE NATIONAL RALLY PARTY PROJECTED TO RECEIVE AROUND 32 PERCENT OF THE VOTES – MORE THAN DOUBLING THAT OF MACRON’S PARTY.
IN AN ADDRESS TO THE NATION – MACRON TELLING FRENCH VOTERS — WITH DISSOLVING THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY — HE HAS DECIDED TO GIVE BACK TO THEM “THE CHOICE FOR THE FUTURE” OF THEIR COUNTRY’S PARLIAMENT “WITH A VOTE.”
EMMANUEL MACRON | FRENCH PRESIDENT
“This decision is serious, a hard one, but it is above all an act of confidence – confidence in you, my fellow citizens, in the capacity of the French people to make the fairest choice for themselves and for future generations, confidence in our democracy, so that the voice can be given to sovereign people, nothing can be more republican.”
THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PART IN TWO ROUNDS – THE FIRST ON JUNE 30TH AND THE SECOND ON JULY 7TH.
A RODEO BULL ESCAPED FROM AN ARENA IN OREGON, INJURING AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE BEFORE WRANGLERS CAPTURED IT.
THE INCIDENT UNFOLDED DURING THE SISTERS RODEO SATURDAY NIGHT IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT CROWD. AFTER HOPPING A FENCE, THE BULL CHARGED THROUGH A CONCESSION AREA.
THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTED THAT SEVERAL AMBULANCES RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.
FOUR INDIVIDUALS WERE HOSPITALIZED; HOWEVER, ALL HAVE SINCE BEEN RELEASED. THE RODEO CONTINUED SUNDAY WITH ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE AS PLANNED.
ONE OF APPLE’S BIGGEST EVENTS OF THE YEAR KICKS OFF MONDAY IN CALIFORNIA.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS — THE WORLDWIDE DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE WILL SEE APPLE SHOWCASING ITS ADVANCEMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – WHICH THE TECH COMPANY HAS REPORTEDLY DUBBED “APPLE INTELLIGENCE.”
SPECIFICALLY — APPLE IS EXPECTED TO HIGHLIGHT A-I UPGRADES TO ITS SIRI TALKING ASSISTANT.
REPORTS HAVE SAID APPLE HAS HELD TALKS WITH OPEN A-I AND GOOGLE TO LICENSE THEIR A-I SOFTWARE.
APPLE IS ALSO SLATED TO DEBUT ITS LATEST OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR ITS DEVICES.
CEO TIM COOK IS SCHEDULED TO DELIVER THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS.
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THE TENNIS COURT THIS PAST WEEKEND – WHEN CARLOS ALCARAZ WON THE FRENCH OPEN.
WITH HIS VICTORY ON CLAY SUNDAY – THE 21-YEAR-OLD SPANIARD BECAME THE YOUNGEST MALE PLAYER — TO WIN GRAND SLAM TITLES ON ALL THREE DIFFERENT SURFACES — AND THE SIXTH MAN OVERALL TO ACHIEVE THAT FEAT.
HE IS ALSO THE FIRST MALE PLAYER TO WIN HIS FIRST THREE GRAND SLAM TITLES ON THREE DIFFERENT SURFACES.
ALCARAZ WON ON GRASS AT WIMBLEDON IN 2023 — AND ON THE HARD COURT AT THE U-S OPEN IN 2022.