Daily Briefing: From a Trump trial to a Biden trial
The felony gun trial for Hunter Biden will be the first in U.S. history for the child of a sitting president. Mexico has elected the nation's first female president. Simone Biles won her ninth all-around national gymnastics title — but her performance of character might have shined the brightest.
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Hunter Biden trial begins in Delaware
Days after former President Donald Trump's historic conviction, a federal gun trial against President Joe Biden's son Hunter begins on Monday in Wilmington, Delaware, and is expected to explore the depths of Biden's drug use.
The case involves a bizarre series of events in which Biden purchased a gun in the state that authorities recovered after it was thrown into a trash can outside a grocery store weeks later.
Biden faces three firearms felonies. The first two relate specifically to a form he filled out to purchase a gun, accusing Biden of lying about his drug use on the form. The third charge pertains to Biden's possession of a firearm while he was allegedly an unlawful user or addicted to controlled substances.
Prosecutors have a mountain of evidence showing Biden's drug use. So far, defense attorneys have unsuccessfully sought to toss the case using arguments that the charges are legally defective.
Who might have retrieved the gun from the trash? This case all started with an odd 2018 incident involving a hand gun that ended up in a trash can outside an upscale grocer in Delaware.
Mexico elects its first female president
Claudia Sheinbaum will become Mexico's first female president. Besides the mantle of being the first woman to hold her position, the winner of Sunday's election faces an arduous task: leading a country of almost 130 million inhabitants besieged by a spiral of drug violence and an economy that is slowing after its post-pandemic recovery. She takes on the thornier legacies left behind by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, including a less confrontational approach to drug cartels, costly infrastructure projects criticized for their environmental damage, and trade disputes with the United States and Canada.. Read more
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Colleges withhold degrees from students after pro-Palestinian protests
For some college students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests, campus activism has cost them their degrees – at least for a while. Students denied conferment – some of whom have faced arrests, expulsions, suspensions and other disciplinary action – say they're in limbo and are being made into examples. As they await appeals processes and the results of university investigations, they're preparing for an uncertain future. But they told USA TODAY that none of them regret their part in campus protests.
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Photo of the day: Simone Biles earns 9th US title
Biles hasn’t lost an all-around gymnastics meet in more than a decade, and that streak was never in jeopardy at U.S. nationals, where she won her record ninth all-around national title Sunday night. And on top of dominating the mat, Biles demonstrated a strength in character.
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