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| Former President Donald Trump is expected to continue his appeal to the Supreme Court. Doug Mills/The New York Times |
Trump’s immunity claim rejected
A federal appeals court denied former President Donald Trump’s claim that he was immune from prosecution for plotting to overturn the 2020 U.S. election.
The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel was unlikely to be the final word on the issue: Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Still, the ruling signaled an important moment in American law, answering a question that had never been addressed by an appeals court: Can former presidents escape being held accountable by the criminal justice system for things they did while in office?
The court ruled that Trump was subject to federal criminal law, and would have to stand trial, like any other American.
“We cannot accept that the office of the presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter,” the three judges wrote.
What’s next: If the Supreme Court declines to hear the case, or decides it quickly, a trial could begin before the November election. But if the justices take their time, a trial might not begin until after the election. If Trump returns to the White House, he could ask the Justice Department to dismiss the case, or try to pardon himself.
Related: Details on the four criminal cases against Trump.
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| An Israeli strike on Rafah, in southern Gaza, on Tuesday. Mahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
Hamas answered cease-fire proposal
Hamas has responded to a proposal that could stop fighting in the Gaza Strip, release the remaining hostages there and allow more aid to reach Palestinians, but no deal has been struck, U.S. and Qatari leaders said.
The announcement marked a hint of optimism after four brutal months of war, though it was unclear how Israel would respond to Hamas’s counterproposal. An Israeli official said that Hamas wanted a deal only if it ensured its continued control of Gaza and ended the war — both conditions rejected by Israel.
“There’s a lot of work to be done, but we continue to believe that an agreement is possible and indeed essential, and we will continue to work relentlessly to achieve it,” said Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state.
The announcement came after Israel’s defense minister suggested that Israeli troops could push south to Rafah, which has absorbed more than a million Palestinians since the start of the war.
More news of the war: Israel disclosed that at least 30 of the remaining 136 hostages taken by Hamas have died.
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| King Charles III meeting midwives and nurses at Buckingham Palace last year. Toby Melville/Reuters |
Cancer diagnosis could change how the crown operates
King Charles’s cancer diagnosis will force him from the public eye for the foreseeable future, which could lead the royals to rethink how they present themselves in a social-media age.
Charles, 75, took part in 425 royal engagements in 2023, his first full year on the throne, according to a count by The Daily Telegraph. Even a temporary absence of the king from the public stage would put heavy pressure on the skeleton crew of working royals.
The future of the family’s engagement, royal watchers argue, may lie in technology and social media — the combined X and Instagram accounts of the royal family have about 18 million followers, far easier to reach than guests at galas.
Family: The greatest immediate burden is likely to fall on Charles’s 41-year-old heir, William, who will have to function as an understudy for his father. Prince Harry, who fell out with his father and brother after withdrawing from royal duties and moving to California with his family, returned to London to visit Charles.
Related: The sovereign’s honesty about his diagnosis may have raised more questions than it answered.Continue reading the main story
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When a 55-year-old Asian elephant lost her appetite because of chronic foot problems, veterinarians turned to a novel treatment: a severe case of the munchies.
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A festival where art and sports collide
In France, art and sports rarely mix. But the “Hors Piste” festival at the Pompidou Center in Paris, which consists of an art exhibition and a series of live performances designed to “question and subvert the rules of sport,” brings them together as Paris prepares to host the Olympics this summer.
The performances, held in the center’s theater and galleries, include one in which eight amateur soccer players describe how the sport has empowered them and the performer and director Rébecca Chaillon questions their assertions. It ends with the players kicking balls at a helmeted Chaillon until she keels over, as if to underline the pain sports can cause to those who struggle to relate to their ideals, a viewpoint worth considering as the world gears up for the Olympics.
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