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Trump, Vance
campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance both hit the campaign trail to boost Republican enthusiasm ahead of the midterm elections. Trump was traveling to Texas and Oklahoma, kicking off a 32-day campaign blitz he says will do a better job of promoting his administration’s accomplishments.
Vance campaigned in Florida. A recent poll shows only 17% of U.S. adults approve of Trump’s handling of the cost of living. Republicans are concerned about their chances in the election, which will determine control of Congress.
Trump has blamed poor public relations for the party’s challenges. Democrats say Trump and Vance are desperate to rally their base as the elections approach.
Judge denies
Clancy motion
BOSTON (AP) -- The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case has denied a defense motion to find her not guilty due to a lack of evidence. On Tuesday, Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington tried to persuade Judge William Sullivan that prosecutors had not offered any proof that Clancy had killed her three children.
The trial ended in a mistrial. Prosecutors argued there was plenty of evidence, calling Reddington’s claim “laughable.”
During that trial, Reddington didn’t dispute that Clancy killed the children at the family’s home in 2023. Instead, the defense sought to persuade the jury that the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse was not criminally responsible because of mental disease, a rare condition called postpartum psychosis.
Court to hear
immigration case
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has agreed to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for detained immigrants. The high court will consider whether immigrants have a right to a hearing to determine if they should remain detained while challenging their possible deportation.
Appeals court judges from nine of 11 federal circuits have separately concluded that detaining immigrants without a bond hearing violates federal law. Those decisions conflict with rulings by the 5th and 8th circuits, which held that immigrants accused of illegally entering the U.S. must be detained while their deportation cases are pending.
Attorneys from President Donald Trump’s Republican administration argue the circuits’ split is “disrupting the orderly administration of immigration law.”
Renee Good’s
family sues
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minnesota.
The two lawsuits were filed by Good’s partner, Becca Good, and brother Brent Ganger. Renee Good, a mother of three, was fatally shot Jan. 7 as protests against immigration raids flared across Minneapolis.
Speaking at a news conference to announce the lawsuits, Becca Good said: “I’m here today because last January the whole world had to watch as our entire universe was destroyed.”