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AP Headline News - May 16 2024 10:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Falle. Donald Trump's Hush Money trial is back on this morning in New York. Every legal scholar that I've been able to read said there's no case, there's no crime, it's a disgrace that it was allowed to happen. Michael Cohen's been on the witness stand putting the former president right at the heart of the Hush Money scheme. The AP's Julie Walker is covering the trial in Manhattan. With prosecutors Hush Money case against Donald Trump barreling toward its end, their star witness Michael Cohen is back in the hot seat today as defense lawyers try to chip away at his crucial testimony, implicating the former president. The trial is now in its fourth week and it resumes with potentially explosive defense cross-examination of Cohen, whose credibility could determine the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's fate in this case. Trump pleading not guilty to charges, he falsified business records to cover Hush Money payments. Cohen telling jurors he paid Stormy Daniels to stay quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, which he denies, and then getting reimbursed by Trump. I'm Julie Walker. President Biden is claiming executive privilege over audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Herr at the center of a Republican effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland and contempt of Congress. Her found some evidence that Joe Biden had willfully retained classified information at some point in the past, but concluded that it was not sufficient for criminal charges. And as for those two upcoming debates between President Biden and Donald Trump, the AP White House correspondent, Zeke Miller, Donald Trump and Joe Biden believe that in a head-to-head debate with the other guy, that they will come out looking better and that both those things, those things can't be true, but that reflects their private confidence. Honda says it'll invest billions to deliver electric vehicles around the world. To nations including the U.S., this is AP News. It's a first, a Mexican taco stand has gotten a Michelin star. A Michelin star is a coveted symbol of dining excellence. In some of the grandest restaurants, never get one. But in Mexico City, the tiny Tacos el Calipa de Leon just did. A 10-foot-by-10-foot establishment in the San Rafael neighborhood. The secret replacement microcuration for Steve says chef Arturo Rivera Martinez, saying his taco has only a tortilla, red or green sauce, and that's it. That and the quality of the meat. The other secret is heat. El Calipa de Leon's steel grill is cranked up to 680 degrees. And it takes up half the taco stand's space. So when Michelin representatives came to present one of their heavy, full-sleeved white chef's jackets, Rivera Martinez did not put it on. That's for customer impressions. That said, while bouncing on our toes. I'm Ben Thomas. And I'm Rita Foley, AP News. An official message from Medicare. A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. Maybe you can save two. With Medicare's extra help program, my premium is zero and my out-of-pocket costs are low. Who should apply? Single 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.