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AP Headline News - Jul 02 2024 09:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Folley. Just hours after that historic Supreme Court ruling granting presidents brought immunity from prosecution, former President Trump's lawyers are asking the judge to set aside his conviction in a hush money trial. The AP's Jennifer King, The letter to Judge Juan Marchon seeks permission to file a motion and asks him to delay Trump's July 11th sentencing while he weighs how the High Court's decision could influence the New York case. Trump's lawyers argue that the Supreme Court confirmed their position that some evidence like Trump's social media posts about Michael Cohen should have been precluded because they constituted official presidential acts. Last year, a U.S. federal judge denied Trump's bid to move the trial, ruling that the evidence suggests the allegations of falsifying business records pertain to Trump's personal life and do not "reflect in any way the color of the president's official duties." Monday's Supreme Court ruling delays Trump's election interference trial in Washington and all but rules out a trial before the election. Jennifer King, Washington. President Biden says the historic ruling from the Supreme Court on presidential immunity would embolden Donald Trump to do whatever he wants to if he's elected. I know I will respect the limits of the presidential powers I have for three and a half years. But any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law. Monster Category 5 hurricane barrel is expected to weaken, but still be near major hurricane strength when it passes near Jamaica on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center's Eric Blake. We expect a storm to begin to lose some strength later today, but we've still expected to be a powerful hurricane when it affects Jamaica on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center's Eric Blake. The storm's been smashing the Southeast Caribbean. The Biden administration is proposing a new rule to protect workers from fierce heat, delivery and construction workers, landscapers, farm workers, factory workers, among others. This is AP News. Now a trip to the Poop Museum in Arizona. Here's an interesting place in Arizona to take the kids this summer vacation. This is the Poosium. It's the world's largest collection of fossilized poop. Everything from the largest copper light from a Tyrannosaur all the way down to a little termite. George Franson created the Poosium with some 7,000 specimens. One believed to have come from a Tyrannosaurus rex. He says they're full of biological information. prehistoric animal diet, physiology, environment and animal interactions. The Poosium is located on Route 66. In Williams, Arizona. I'm Jackie Quinn. Greece's warning of a dangerous wildfire summer, saying the public's help is essential in limiting the impact of wildfires. I'm Rita Foley, AP News.