One court docket tossed Donald Trump a monetary lifeline in his fraud case whereas one other set a date for his hush money trial. A robust spring snowstorm unleashed blizzard situations throughout the Midwest and Plains. And Boeing’s CEO will step down as the corporate faces a security disaster.
👋 Hey, Monday! Laura Davis right here. I’m again within the saddle after per week in Florida visiting my sister. Denver greeted me with a giant snowstorm! Hope you had an amazing weekend. Let’s get caught up on the information.
But first: One group, two legal guidelines. 🔎 A glance contained in the Appalachian city the place abortion is authorized on one facet however not on the opposite.
Trump will get a break – and a trial date
Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants have to put up solely a $175 million bond or deposit to defend their property as they attraction their actual property fraud trial loss, an appeals court docket dominated Monday. The ruling helps Trump as he has scrambled to provide you with the money earlier than New York Attorney General Letitia James may begin going after his property. The former president has been struggling underneath the burden of not simply the $454 million civil fraud judgment but additionally an $83.3 million defamation trial loss to E. Jean Carroll.
A court docket date: Also on Monday, New York Judge Juan Merchan stated Trump’s felony hush money trial will begin with jury choice on April 15. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business data to cowl up a $130,000 hush money cost to grownup movie actress Stormy Daniels. 👉 What to know.
📈 Truth Social, Donald Trump’s struggling social media platform is ready to begin buying and selling on the Nasdaq inventory alternate Tuesday underneath the ticker that bears his initials: DJT. Here’s what to know.
UN Security Council calls for Gaza cease-fire
The United Nations Security Council authorized a decision Monday demanding an instantaneous cease-fire in Israel’s offensive in Gaza through the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and the unconditional launch of all hostages held by Hamas. The U.S. abstained and the 14 different member nations voted to approve the decision.
Why now? Efforts to go related cease-fire resolutions had failed 4 instances − three had been vetoed by the U.S. But there was a rising rift between the Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the rising humanitarian disaster in Gaza and Israel’s insistence on the necessity for a army offensive within the refugee-packed metropolis of Rafah.
But now: In an try to tamp down tensions, U.S. nationwide safety spokesman John Kirby stated Israel stays a powerful ally, including that buddies “can disagree.” But the U.S. abstention was met with sturdy resistance by the Israeli authorities. 📍 The latest on the scenario.
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Departures at Boeing amid security disaster
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down by 12 months’s finish in a broad administration shakeup triggered by the planemaker’s sprawling security disaster, which stemmed from a midair panel blowout on a 737 Max jet. The planemaker additionally stated Stan Deal, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO, would retire.
How did we get right here? Calhoun has been underneath strain ever for the reason that Jan. 5 incident, when a door plug ripped off an Alaska Airlines flight. The firm is going through heavy regulatory scrutiny, and U.S. authorities curbed manufacturing whereas it addresses security and high quality considerations. ✈️ Everything we all know in regards to the shakeup.
Snowstorm brings blizzard warnings
Brrrrr! A robust storm is dumping heavy snow and blizzard situations throughout the north-central United States, prompting extreme climate warnings and shutting faculty and roads. Meteorologists say the storm may dump 6 to 12 inches from central Nebraska to northeastern Minnesota. Heavy snow and gusty winds approaching 50 mph will produce blizzard situations into early Tuesday, the National Weather Service stated. And throughout the Mississippi Valley and central Gulf Coast, thunderstorms able to producing tornadoes had been anticipated Monday evening and early Tuesday. ❄️ See the forecast.
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