New York prosecutors push back on Trump’s immunity claim

Judge Juan M. Merchan said he will rule Sept. 6 on the former president’s request to overturn the verdict and dismiss the indictment.

Israel recovers 5 hostage bodies from Gaza

Israel has now pronounced dead more than a third of the roughly 110 hostages who remain in Hamas captivity.

 
Kroger-Albertsons merger on hold, for now

The $24.6 billion proposed deal between Smith’s parent company and Albertsons was first proposed in October 2022, and got immediate pushback from some politicians.

Judge threatens to sanction Hunter Biden’s legal team

U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi accused lawyers for the Democratic president’s son of “misrepresenting the history” of the case.