Month: June 2023

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is being charged by the Department of Justice with two minor tax offenses and one weapons offense, according to a court document released Tuesday. Hunter Biden is expected to plead guilty to tax evasion charges, according to the filing. He has agreed to enter into a pretrial diversion agreement in connection with the charge of unlawful carrying of a firearm “by a person who is an unlawful user or addict of a controlled substance.” It was not immediately clear when Hunter Biden, 53, will appear in court. In a statement to Spectrum…

09:34 ET: Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty – CNN Breaking News Alerts – Podcast on CNN Audio 9:00 a.m. ET: Lost Side Passengers, Andrew Tate Accused, Paris 2024 Raid and More 5 things listen toCNN 5 things Tuesday, June 20 On PC On Mobile Smart Speakers Global US Political Business podcast Hear the news as it breaks, right in your podcast app. From the team behind CNN 5 Things. 9:34 AM ET: Hunter Biden pleads guilty Breaking news alerts from CNN June 20, 2023 9:37 AM EDT Hunter Biden to plead guilty to 3 federal charges. Listen for more details. CNN…

A federal judge in Florida has set a test date for the case of former President Donald Trump’s classified documents. District Judge Aileen Cannon scheduled the trial to begin on August 14. according to a court document premiered Tuesday morning. According to the filing, the trial will be held in U.S. District Court in Fort Pierce, Florida, and all pretrial motions must be filed by July 24. Former President Trump faces 37 felony counts related to his alleged mishandling of classified information, including 31 counts of willful withholding of national defense information. Trump pleaded not guilty last week to all…

A Florida judge has set an initial trial date of August 14 for former President Donald Trump in the Department of Justice case over his withholding of secret documents. Judge Aileen Cannon set the preliminary trial date for about two months after Trump’s appearance in her courtroom in Fort Pierce, Florida. The judge said in a filing Tuesday that all pretrial motions must be filed by July 24. However, Trump and his team are expected to push to delay the trial through these motions, making it unlikely that the August 14 date will be held. Trump pleaded not guilty last…

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To receive it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Former President Donald Trump offered a dizzying array of new justifications Monday for keeping classified material after leaving the White House and refusing to return it to the National Archives and Records Administration. “I was very busy,” he told Fox News’ Bret Baier, explaining that he wanted to go through all the boxes identified by the archives to remove personal items before handing them over. Trump said he wanted to remove “all kinds of things, golf…

Last week, police were searching the remote Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal’s Algarve, about 35 miles from where the three-year-old boy disappeared in 2007 while on a family vacation in Praia da Luz. For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up to our free emails for breaking news Soil from a Portugal reservoir searched by police last month is reportedly being compared to samples from prime suspect Christian Brueckner’s camper van. Detectives believe Brueckner visited the remote Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal’s Algarve region days after…

Drone footage shows the scale of destruction in Odesa after the Russian attack For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up to our free emails for breaking news Four of Vladimir Putin’s attack helicopters were shot down by Ukraine’s air defenses last week, a Ukrainian military official said. Two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters have been shot down since last Friday, the commander of the Ukrainian air force said. Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of Ukraine’s air force, said a Russian Ka-52 helicopter was hit by an anti-aircraft…

Burning cement truck crash closes I-670 in downtown Kansas City Injuries are reported after a collision Updated: 6:33 AM CDT June 20, 2023 Hide transcript Show transcript CENTER LOOP AFFECTING A LOT OF TRAFFIC THIS MORNING. IT’S A CEMENT TRUCK WITH AN SUV. WE HAD A FIRE HERE TOO. WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT OR A PART OF IT. AND STILL NO word on injuries. YOU CAN SEE THE RAMP ABOVE THIS ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, SIX, 770, ABOUT 535 IS DEFINITELY CARBINED. CHARRED OR THERE IS SOME SMOKE DAMAGE. MAYBE, OR MAKE A…