Today’s edition of quick hits.
* The hearing will be delayed until at least September 18: The judge in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial on Tuesday approved a delay of the former president’s sentencing after his lawyers asked for more time to review the potential impact of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision.”
* Disbarred: “Rudy Giuliani, the disgraced former New York City mayor who tried to overturn former President Donald Trump’s election loss, was disbarred in the state of New York on Tuesday, yet another repercussion for the team that spread lies about mass voter fraud after Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory.”
* The latest Jan. 6 sentence: “A Florida man was sentenced to more than three years in prison Tuesday for assaulting police during the Capitol riot. Raymund Cholod, 54, of Tampa, accepted a plea deal in February for one felony count of assaulting, resisting or impeding police.”
* Encouraging statement from the Fed: “Inflation in the United States is slowing again after higher readings earlier this year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday, while adding that more such evidence would be needed before the Fed would cut interest rates. After some persistently high inflation reports at the start of 2024, Powell said, the data for April and May ‘do suggest we are getting back on a disinflationary path.’”
* A prospective bird flu vaccine: “The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people, as concern grows about cases in dairy cows across the country, federal officials announced Tuesday.”
* At the border: “Illegal crossings along the U.S. southern border fell to a 3-year low in June following President Biden’s drastic move to curtail asylum and continued efforts by Mexico to stop migrants heading north, according to preliminary Customs and Border Protection data obtained by CBS News.”
* Hmm: “The Trump Organization has signed a new deal with a Saudi real estate company to build a residential high-rise tower in the city of Jeddah, extending the family’s close ties with the kingdom.”
* A case worth watching: “The House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit Monday against Attorney General Merrick B. Garland over the Justice Department’s refusal to release audio of a special counsel interview with President Joe Biden. … A transcript of Hur’s interview with Biden has been released but the president earlier this year invoked executive privilege over the audio.”
* Spartz’s career has featured one strange development after another: “Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., has been charged with weapons violation at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority confirmed to NBC News on Monday.”
See you tomorrow.
