Good evening. Here the last one at the end of Tuesday.
1. Extraordinary Testimony Revealed How Donald Trump demanded to march with his supporters to the Capitol while the riots were going on.
Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Mark Meadows, Trump’s chief of staff, said Trump knew his supporters were armed and could become violent, but he wanted security measures lifted — and that he was trying to take the wheel of the presidential limousine from a Secret Service agent when he was told he could not go to the Capitol.
Among the revelations presented by the January 6 committee today:
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Hutchinson said Meadows was concerned as early as Jan. 2 that Trump’s rally might spiral out of control, telling her, “It could get really, really bad on Jan. 6.”
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Meadows, as well as Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, both expressed an interest in being pardoned for their roles in the attack, Hutchinson said.
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As rioters chanted “Hang Mike Pence,” Trump sanctioned the violence; Hutchinson testified that Meadows said of Trump, “He thinks Mike deserves it.”
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Hutchinson testified that Trump became furious when he learned that William Barr, the former attorney general, had publicly shot his false claims of voter fraud. He threw plates and splattered ketchup on the wall.
“This is the smoking gun,” an expert told The Times, adding that today’s hearing shows a case for Trump’s criminal culpability on “incendiary conspiracy charges.”
2. The White House is under increasing pressure to reverse the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion.
Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s health secretary, said he had instructed his agency to take a number of measures, including ensuring federal programs cover drug abortion in cases of rape or incest or when the mother’s life is at risk. But, he warned, there was “no panacea” to maintain access to abortion. Many Democrats feel the party’s initial response has been painfully inadequate.
3. At least 51 people died after a red-hot tractor-trailer was abandoned near San Antonio.
It is one of the worst cases of migrant deaths in the US in recent years. The bodies of at least 46 people were found in or around the truck. At least 16 people, including children, were taken to area hospitals for heat exhaustion and dehydration, where three died.
Three people were arrested, including the driver of the tractor-trailer. The Mexican foreign minister said the dead included 22 Mexicans, seven Guatemalans and two Hondurans.
5. Today’s primaries are full of drama†
Races for governor in Colorado, Illinois and New York could determine access to abortion in a post-Roe world. In New York, Governor Kathy Hochul has been trying to win her primary for a chance to become the first woman to be elected governor of the state.
In Colorado, Republican voters face primary candidates who are among the most vocal in their denials of President Biden’s victory. In Illinois, Trumpist Rep. Mary Miller is competing with Rodney Davis, a more moderate Republican. In Mississippi, Michael Guest, a Conservative member of the House, is vulnerable after voting for a bipartisan investigation into the Capitol riot.
And voters in Oklahoma will choose the likely successor to James Inhofe, whose retirement will open up a Senate seat in a reliably conservative state. Follow the live report from The Times here.
In other election newsPresident Biden and his administration are annoyed by calls for him not to stand for re-election.
7. The Michigan Supreme Court said: charges in the Flint water crisis cases were invalid.
The court ruled that prosecutors wrongly relied on a one-man jury to bring charges against senior state officials such as the former governor. Rick Cutter. That has turned some of the most notable prosecutions in recent state history on its head, and leaves residents whose tap water has become poisonous with no opportunity to answer to a criminal court.
Prosecutors said they were reviewing the decision. It was not clear whether they would file new charges in connection with the crisis, which led to the deaths of at least nine people from Legionnaires’ Disease and thousands of elevated lead levels.
In other legal newsGhislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Manhattan federal court for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to abuse underage girls.
8. Serena Williams lost in the first round of Wimbledon in her first singles match in a year, defeated in a thrilling third set tiebreak by Harmony Tan of France.
From the start, Tan Williams kept on guessing and stretching. It was a lopsided performance from Williams, the best women’s player of her era, as the 40-year-old tried to shake off the rust of a year-old injury and outsmart 115th-ranked Tan.
For tennis fans, “The Tennis Podcast” has become the conscience of the game and how the sport communicates with itself. It all started around a dining table.
9. A food crawl powered by the crawling motion†
A group of swimmers in Brooklyn sometimes splash out for thousands during foodie swims for treats like barbecue and pizza.
Capri Djatiasmoro, who is 70 and has hosted the swim since 2010, swam more than a mile for a lobster roll around Coney Island on Sunday. In between bites, she said people were starving after long swimming and that “knowing this lobster roll was here for me was great motivation.” Next up: a 10-mile Key lime pie dive from Coney Island to Red Hook.
10. And finallyhow to choose a song for karaoke.
Just because you love a song doesn’t mean you should sing it, and many classic songs — like Whitney Houston’s and Journey’s — should probably be avoided unless you’re a trained singer, warns Garvaundo Hamilton, who wrote the Karaoke World Championships won. in 2020 and who sings to himself for at least four hours a day.
And consider taking your drink neat. “Cold drinks aren’t good for your throat,” Hamilton said. But karaoke is meant to be fun: expect to be supported as long as you make a genuine effort.
Make it a melodious evening.
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