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Michael Cohen faced stern questioning on the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial. President Joe Biden slaps new tariffs on electric vehicles and other goods from China. And the FBI warned LGBTQ Pride Month events could be targets of terror. |
👋Hey Tuesday! Laura Davis here with all the news you need to know. |
Trump's lawyers cross-examine Michael Cohen |
In their first crack at him, Michael Cohen faced stern questioning from Donald Trump's defense team Tuesday in the former president's hush money trial. The disbarred lawyer told jurors Monday that he was following Trump's orders when he bought porn star Stormy Daniels's silence about an alleged affair with Trump. But Trump's attorney, Todd Blanche, avoided addressing the specifics of the payoff at the center of the case while working to show that Cohen may have had a motive to lie about his former boss. At one point, he asked if Cohen had been "obsessed" with Trump, whom he once idolized, and asked Cohen to confirm he hadn't been lying when he said nice things about Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign. "At that time, I was knee-deep into the cult of Donald Trump, yes," Cohen said. 👉 Here are highlights from Tuesday's proceedings. | Michael Cohen a former attorney for Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, departs to testify at Trump's criminal trial, over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Manhattan state court in New York City on Tuesday. Cheney Orr, REUTERS |
Biden raises tariffs on Chinese EVs, other goods |
President Joe Biden is hiking tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors and several other goods imported from China, escalating a trade war between the two world's largest economies as the Biden administration accuses Chinese competitors of unfair practices in industries the U.S. is trying to grow. The moves, which come amid rising tensions between the U.S. and China, are designed to protect American industries in clean energy that the administration has targeted with major investments to try to catch up with China. |
Lobster liquidation looms |
Red Lobster has abruptly closed dozens of restaurants across the country. A look at the restaurant chain's website reveals 87 stores temporarily closed across 27 states, with some of them having their kitchen equipment up for auction on an online restaurant liquidator. The liquidation website lists auctions for 48 locations that have closed, ending on Thursday, and that each winner will receive the "entire contents of the Red Lobster location they bid on." 🦞 What we know + see the list of closures. | Red Lobster has closed dozens of restaurants across the USA. Torin Halsey / Times Record News / USA TODAY Network |
A target on Pride Month events? |
Federal authorities have issued a public service alert warning that foreign terrorist organizations may potentially target LGBTQ+ "events and venues" during Pride Month in June. No specific threats or intelligence suggesting targets were mentioned in a statement from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security. But officials said efforts by foreign terrorist organizations "to commit or inspire violence" against holiday celebrations, including Pride events or LGBTQ+-related venues, are compounded by the current heightened threat environment in the United States and other Western countries. 👉 Here's what we know about the warning. | | | | For nearly half a century, one man dominated the girls' nightmares. He turned the darkness into something they would forever fear. | | | |  | Dozens of workers were on their way to a Florida farm when their bus crashed and overturned in Marion County, killing at least eight, officials said. | | | | President Joe Biden's pause of an arms shipment and a State Department report on Israel's conduct in Gaza are a turning point for the Democrat. | | | | "CBS Mornings" co-anchor Gayle King is gracing the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue with models like Kate Upton. | | | | Willson Contreras broke his arm getting hit by a swing last week, shining a spotlight on the risk catchers are taking in the name of efficiency. | | | | Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker went after Pride Month, transgender people and "bad policies" during a commencement ceremony at Benedictine College. | | | | The details of the Stormy Daniels testimony can't be overlooked or dismissed by anybody who cares about the presidency. | | | | More tribal councils have banned the governor from state lands following her accusation connecting drug cartels and tribal leadership. | | | | A nationwide cream cheese recall has been issued for Schreiber Foods spreads sold at stores like Aldi and Hy-vee over possible salmonella risk. | | | | Ivory James Welch III, the suspect in a Mother's Day triple homicide in Mississippi, was shot and killed in a shoot-out with Arizona state troopers. | | | | | Brighten your day with one of our games. | | | | | |
![Emergency workers work the scene of a fatal bus crash carrying laborers that overturned Tuesday morning, May 14, 2024 off West State Road 40 in west Marion County, about a mile west of SW 140th Avenue. As of 8:30 a.m. Eight people had died and more than two dozen more were injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials on scene said the laborers worked for a private company and were being taken to a watermelon farm. There is no name on the side of the bus, and the owner of the private company was aboard the vehicle and had to be transported to a hospital after the crash. No additional details were available as of 9:05 a.m. There were 53 people aboard the bus, officials said. Eight died, eight more were critically injured and the rest had minor or no injuries, but still were taken to local hospitals for evaluation.[Doug Engle/Ocala Star Banner]2024](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/14/NOSB/73683871007-oca-bus-crash-01.JPG?crop=1378,1377,x1201,y0&width=456&disable=upscale&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
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