Former President Donald Trump posted a video to his platform Truth Social on Monday, April 8, sharing his stance on abortion. In the video, Trump said he wants to leave that decision up to the states. This video received mixed reactions. While Trump is facing backlash on both sides of the aisle for taking the…

Special counsel Jack Smith urges the Supreme Court to reject former President Trump’s claims of immunity in the election interference case, and Tesla settles a lawsuit over a 2018 crash involving its Autopilot system. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Court filings on immunity claim, bid to delay…

Donald Trump faced two legal defeats Thursday, April 4, as judges in Florida and Georgia dismissed his efforts to drop charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results and his retention of classified documents post-presidency. Amid his campaign against President Joe Biden for the Nov. 5 election, these are among the legal battles…

After President Joe Biden issues a warning on a call with the Israeli Prime Minister, Israel announces plans to increase humanitarian aid. And, you may be out of luck if you’re still looking for that Airbnb for the upcoming eclipse. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, April 5, 2024. Israel commits…

A New York judge Wednesday, April 3, denied former President Donald Trump’s request to delay his hush money trial. The former president was seeking a delay until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on April 25 on his claim of presidential immunity. The judge ruled Trump waited too long to bring up this argument. Trump’s lawyers argued its…

Days after an Israeli strike killed seven aid workers, President Joe Biden is expected to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And rescuers in Taiwan search for dozens who remain missing while trying to reach hundreds still stranded after the devastating earthquake. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Thursday, April 4,…

In a lawsuit filed on Monday, April 1, the Marion County Record — a weekly newspaper in Kansas — and its publisher, Eric Meyer, said that raids by the local police department at the newspaper’s offices and the publisher’s home subjected its staff to unreasonable searches and seizures. The lawsuit also alleges that the raid…

A federal judge in Boston ruled Monday, April 1, that migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis nearly two years ago can proceed with a lawsuit against the charter company responsible for their transportation to the Massachusetts island. The lawsuit, brought by three Venezuelan migrants and an immigrant rights group, accuses DeSantis’…

President Biden chastised what he called an “extreme” Florida Supreme Court ruling upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban and triggering an even more restrictive policy. “Yesterday’s extreme decision puts desperately needed medical care even further out of reach for millions of women in Florida and across the South,” Biden said in a statement Tuesday.

The Florida Supreme Court on Monday, April 1, made two pivotal decisions concerning the state’s abortion ban. The court upheld a 2022 law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy which paves the way for an even stricter ban after six weeks to be implemented. Signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2023, the six-week ban is among…