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Trump says Elon Musk will interview him Monday

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 Trump says Elon Musk will interview him Monday The planned interview comes on the heels of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will be interviewed on Monday night by Elon Musk, the billionaire who runs Tesla, SpaceX, and social media site X. The former president’s planned talk with Musk comes on the heels of Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. It also follows the disclosure of probes of a Trump-supporting political action committee that Musk says he created. “ON MONDAY NIGHT I’LL BE DOING A MAJOR INTERVIEW WITH ELON MUSK — Details to follow!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth CNBC has requested comment from Musk. On Monday, the North Carolina Board of Elections told CNBC it had opened an investigation of the ...

Judge in Trump’s hush money case delays date for ruling on presidential immunity

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Judge in Trump’s hush money case delays date for ruling on presidential immunity NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is pushing back a date for a key ruling on presidential immunity until two days before Trump’s scheduled sentencing. The immunity decision had been due Sept. 6, with the sentencing set for Sept. 18. But then Trump’s lawyers asked Judge Juan M. Merchan last week to rule first on their  renewed bid to get the judge to step aside from the case . In a letter made public Tuesday, Judge Juan M. Merchan postponed the immunity ruling to Sept. 16 — if it’s still needed after he decides next week whether to recuse himself. Merchan said the Republican presidential nominee is still due in court Sept. 18 for “the imposition of sentence or other proceedings as appropriate.” Trump lawyer Todd Blanche and the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is prosecuting the case, declined to comment. A jury  found Trump guilty  in May of falsifying ...