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Donald Trump shrugs off his possible indictment as he uses his first presidential campaign rally for the 2024 election to take aim at his political opponents. He tells the crowd in Waco, Texas that he is being investigated for something that "is not a crime, not a misdemeanor, not an affair." SOUNDBITE
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called the New York Times newspaper a "garbage paper" at his rally at the Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut on Saturday.
The United States calls the death of six-year-old Gaza girl Hind Rajab, who days earlier had pleaded for help, "heartbreaking" and urges a prompt Israeli investigation. "It is just a devastating account, a heartbreaking account, for this child, and of course there have been thousands of other children who have died as a result of this conflict," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, adding, "We have asked the Israeli authorities to investigate this incident on an urgent basis." SOUNDBITE
The White House attacks a devastating special counsel report for making "gratuitous and inappropriate" comments about US President Joe Biden's age and memory. "When the inevitable conclusion is that the facts and the evidence don't support any charges, you're left to wonder why this report spends time making gratuitous and inappropriate criticisms of the president," White House spokesperson Ian Sams tells reporters during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
Former US President Donald Trump leaves the Trump Tower as his sexual assault defamation trial in New York is expected to resume. Writer Jean Carroll, 80, is seeking more than $10 million alleging that Trump defamed her when he mocked her sexual assault accusations by saying she "is not my type." The jury will decide only how much Trump should be forced to pay her. IMAGES
A convoy drives away from Donald Trump's mansion in Florida, ahead of his surrender to custody in New York, after he became the first American president to be charged with a crime. IMAGES