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More fiery exchanges at Donald Trump's money trial as his former attorney testifies. Families involved in Brown v. Board of Education met with President Joe Biden to mark the case's 70th anniversary. And Israel was accused in world court of trying to "destroy Palestinian life." |
👋Hey Thursday! Laura Davis here. It's time for to get caught up on the news! |
More fiery exchanges at Trump trial |
Former President Donald Trump's defense team tried to undermine star witness Michael Cohen's credibility at Trump's New York hush money trial Thursday. |
🗣️ What they're saying: "That was a lie!" Trump lawyer Todd Blanche exclaimed about Cohen's testimony that a call with Trump's bodyguard Keith Schiller was about paying porn star Stormy Daniels to stay silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump. |
Cohen delivered crucial testimony for the prosecution earlier this week, telling the jury not only that Trump instructed him to pay $130,000 to Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, but also that Trump approved a scheme to cloak his reimbursement to Cohen as monthly payments for legal services. 👉 More updates from the courtroom. | Michael Cohen, a former attorney for Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, heads to court for second day of cross-examination at Trump's criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, New York City on Thursday. David Dee Delgado, Reuters |
Brown v. Board of Education at 70: Biden's historic meeting |
It's been a decade since Cheryl Brown Henderson, the daughter of the namesake plaintiff in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education civil rights case, last stepped foot in the White House, meeting the nation's first Black president, Barack Obama. When the Kansas native and founder of the Brown Foundation returned this Thursday for a conversation with President Joe Biden and other families involved in the case, she was celebrating another milestone – the 70th anniversary of the May 17, 1954, decision that led to the desegregation of schools. The case became a catalyst for major civil rights developments, from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the Fair Housing Act of 1968. 🤝 A historic meeting. |
Israel 'must be stopped': South Africa says to World Court |
South Africa asked the top international court Thursday to order a halt to the Rafah offensive, accused Israel of genocide and said the country's war effort "must be stopped" to protect the Palestinian people. South Africa's legal representatives at the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, said Israel's shutdown of the Rafah and Kerem Shalom border crossings has plunged Gaza into unprecedented levels of humanitarian need. "From the onset, Israel's intent was always to destroy Palestinian life and to wipe them off the face of the earth," said South African law professor Max du Plessis. "Rafah is the final stand." 👉 More updates. | Tents are set up by displaced Palestinians amid the devastation in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. -, AFP via Getty Images |
Biden invokes executive privilege to keep interview tapes confidential |
President Joe Biden invoked executive privilege Thursday to keep the recording of his deposition about storing classified documents at his home confidential as House Republicans set two committee votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to release the recording. |
At issue: Recordings of the controversial interview that led Special Counsel Robert Hur to report that Biden is a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." 🔎 Here's what we know about the investigation. | | | | Israeli officials have denied genocide claims, say they have stepped up efforts to provide humanitarian aid in Gaza. | | | |  | The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues rules on mortgages, car loans and credit cards. But critics said its funding was unconstitutional. | | | | A new study by AARP and S&P Global says family caregivers are struggling and need more support to stay on the job. Here's what they hope changes. | | | | Families involved in Brown v. Board of Education are marking the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court case in Washington with President Joe Biden. | | | | The government is spending millions of dollars to tell the stories of more Americans, from Japanese shut in internment camps to Mexican 'braceros.' | | | | Just when you thought President Joe Biden's America couldn't get worse, this happens: Chuck E. Cheese cancels its signature animatronic band. | | | | Frances Griffin kept family lore from uncle Frank Hryniewicz, who was on USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor in 1941. Now she can visit him at Arlington. | | | | Cincinnati shortstop Elly De La Cruz is trending towards baseball's first 100-steal season in nearly 40 years. | | | | The famed Las Vegas Strip business announced the closure Wednesday according to a post on social media, noting the property will soon "transform." | | | | The Grandma McFlurry, a new McFlurry flavor made with hard candy and syrup, was inspired by grandmas everywhere. | | | | | Brighten your day with one of our games. | | | | | |
