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AP Headline News - May 14 2024 14:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Phayapunzwani. In New York appeals court upholds former President Donald Trump's gag order, AP correspondent Julie Walker reports. A New York appellate court denies and dismisses Donald Trump's appeal of his gag order in his hush money criminal trial, finding that Judge Juan Mershon properly determined that Trump's public statements posed a significant threat to the integrity of the testimony of witnesses before court Trump had this to say. Trump's lawyers argued the gag order is an unconstitutional curve on the presumptive Republican nominees free speech rights. In its ruling a five judge panel of the intermediate appeals court noted Trump wasn't claiming that the gag order had infringed on his right to a fair trial. At Court in Manhattan, Julie Walker. Eight people are dead and at least 40 are injured as a farm worker's bus overturned in central Florida. Ashley Smith is a resident of Marion County where the crash occurred. I moved out here five years ago and the traffic has been extremely worse since moving out this way. President Joe Biden is hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, solar cells, steel, aluminum and that's adding to tensions with Beijing. In remarks, he made comments about the decision just moments ago. For all this tough talk on China, it never occurred to my predecessor to do any of that. Bottom line, I want fair competition with China and not conflict and we're in a stronger position to win that economic competition at 21st century against China than anyone else. China maintains the tariffs are in violation of the global trade rules. The United States originally helped establish through the World Trade Organization. This is AP News. AP correspondent May Anderson has today's Small Business Monitor. Federal grants can be a huge boost for small businesses and some federal agencies do better at giving grants to small businesses than others. The Small Business Administration released its annual scorecard measuring how well federal agencies meet their small business contracting goals each year. Overall, the federal government has a goal to award 23% of contracts to small businesses. In fiscal 2023, 28.4% were awarded to small businesses, amounting to $178.6 billion. It's the third year of exceeding the goal, according to the SBA. The SBA said contracts support over a million jobs in industries like manufacturing, construction and technology. 10 federal agencies received an A+ grade on the annual scorecard, including the SBA, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and others. Two agencies received a B, the lowest grade awarded, May Anderson, New York. I'm Haya Punjwani, AP News. An official message from Medicare. A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. Maybe you can save too. With Medicare's extra help program, my premium is zero and my out-of-pocket costs are low. Who should apply? For people making less than $23,000 a year, or married couples who make less than $31,000 a year. Even if you don't think you qualify, it pays to find out. Go to ssa.gov/extrahelp. Paid for by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Summer is meant to be easy, it's meant to be savored, so don't spend your summer weekend waiting in line for ice coffee. Satisfy your ice coffee craving in your own kitchen with mispresso, create consistently delicious ice coffee that's never watered down at the touch of a button. This summer, enjoy limited edition tastes like the beach-inspired tropical coconut flavor over ice before you even leave home. Be your own barista, making exceptional ice coffee at home with mispresso. Back to the ice, meant to be simple, visit mispresso.com. We need a receptionist. From managing visitors to risk reduction and office scheduling, trust Sign-In App for your confident workplace, cloud-secure with App Convenience. Sign-In App keeps your office and business on track. Start for free at signinapp.com.