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Attorneys for former President Donald Trump, Todd Blanche (center) and Chris Kise (third right), leave the
Alto Lee Adams Sr. United States Courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, Tuesday.
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Bloomberg News A federal judge on Tuesday heard opposing arguments for when to set the politically charged trial of former President Donald Trump on a 38-count indictment accusing him of mishandling of classified materials at his Palm Beach estate. Trump’s lawyers urged U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to postpone what promises to be a complex and controversial criminal trial involving scores of sensitive government secrets until after the 2024 presidential election. U.S. Justice Department prosecutors argued to start as early as December, saying Trump’s political aspirations aren’t legal grounds for indefinite delay. Cannon did not make a deci-
sion during the two-hour hearing in the Fort Pierce federal courthouse, but said she would make a decision promptly and seemed to signal she was prepared to move forward with the trial before the election. “I think some deadlines can be established now,” she told Trump’s lawyers. Cannon, a Trump appointee who joined the federal in 2020, had asked both sides to be prepared to address the trial schedule issue as well as the crucial sharing of documents under the Classified Information Procedures Act at the Tuesday afternoon hearing. A special counsel’s team of prosecutors are pushing for the trial this year and defense attorneys are seeking an indefinite delay because of the huge volume of evidence and a looming election that has Trump
the apparent early front-runner candidate for the Republican nomination. Some legal experts said that it’s understandable why the defense lawyers may need more time to prepare for such a complex trial, but questioned their political motives on an indefinite postponement – possibly beyond the November 2024 election so that, if Trump defeats Democratic incumbent Joe Biden, Trump can close the case or pardon himself. “I think there are better arguments to make to get a substantial delay, but by injecting political arguments into the mix, they are making a mistake and will cause the judge to react negatively,” said longtime Miami defense See Trump, Page A9
US, China seek thaw on climate as world broils under extreme heat Bloomberg News U.S. climate envoy John Kerry was resolute as he sat across from his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday: The global warming crisis “cannot be solved” without both nations working together, he said. Countries are “looking to this meeting to see if we can move beyond the real differences we have,” Kerry said of negotiations between the two superpowers, held as heat waves bake much of the planet and temperature records shatter. “Of all the topics in the world, there can’t be differences on this.” While talks got underway, some 84 million Americans were under heat warnings and advisories, and Chinese state media reported the Xinjiang region had logged its hottest-ever temperature. The three days of talks aim to carve a path for collaboration on climate change through the rocky terrain of the U.S.-
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Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry at a hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, DC, July 13. China relationship, amid disputes over human rights, trade controls and Taiwan. They follow on the heels of visits to Beijing by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken aimed at tamping down tensions between the rivals. For his part, Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua on Monday cast the talks as a chance to pursue “substantial” outcomes. Simply the
resumption of regular U.S.-China dialogue on climate would be a step forward, experts say. A positive result would help guard against an unraveling of the relationship the next time it is tested by a wayward balloon or a U.S. official’s visit to Taiwan. The idea is “to help protect against the relationship spinning out of control whenever there’s a geopolitical fracas,” said Thom Woodroofe, founding director
of the Asia Society’s China Climate Hub. It also would inject momentum into global climate talks four months before the critical COP28 summit in Dubai. From the 2015 Paris Agreement to a global pact in Glasgow six years later, almost every major recent diplomatic achievement on climate has come only after a U.S.-China pronouncement paved the way. “It’s always an enormous boon to the multilateral process when the two are talking and finding ways to find new ways to get in alignment and move their engagement forward,” said David Waskow, director of the World Resources Institute’s international climate initiative. Even as a matter of carbon math, the countries are essential to climate progress. China is the world’s No. 1 greenhouse gas emitter today. But the U.S., currently
SUISUN CITY — It’s a busy time for the city, reported City Manager, Greg Folsom, in his monthly message focusing on June 2023. Suisun City began its fiscal year on July 1, after passing a budget in late June. Include was a competitive compensation package for police officers to not leave for other jobs and attract officers. “These raises will put Suisun City police offi- FOLSOM cers at around the median for our comparative agencies. Council also prioritized paying a competitive wage throughout the organization and set all wages to at least 90 percent of the median of competing agencies. These pay raises do come at a cost and labor costs
will be up pretty significantly for this new fiscal year. However, turnover throughout the organization should be reduced, resulting in overall better service to the community,” Folsom wrote. The Lawler Apartment Homes are slated to open this month. The community offers two- and threebedroom homes at 1120 McCoy Creek Way. City staff has conducted initial inspections for the project and is allowing the owner to begin the leasing process with specific conditions while the remainder of the items is being addressed. The owners of the Pickering Property, at Railroad and Sunset Avenues have until Thursday to clear the See Suisun, Page A9
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FAIRFIELD — A recently released report, “U.S. Cable & Internet Market Size and Household Spending Report 2023,” found the average household in Fairfield spends $1,123 on cable and Internet, 3 percent lower than the U.S. yearly average of $1,161. The results were released by doxo, a network providing household bill-pay services across the United States. The data shows 431 towns and cities in California and the average U.S. household’s cable and internet bill has increased by 1.7 percent since 2022. Specifically for Fairfield, doxo’s data shows that: Per month, the average household spends $120 on cable and Internet bills, which is 2 percent higher than the U.S. monthly
average of $118. The average monthly amount spent on Cable and Internet in the state of California overall is $117. Almost 80 percent of households in Fairfield pay for cable and Internet on a monthly basis. Fairfield residents spend $2,891 a month, or $34,693 a year on the ten most essential household bills which is 41.3 percent higher than the national average of $2,046. The report breaks it down this way, on an average monthly basis: n Mortgage: $2.194. n Rent: 1,808. n Auto loans: $485. n Utilities: $339. n Health Insurance: $329. n Auto Insurance: $165. n Cable & Internet: $120. n Mobile: $101. n Alarm & Security: $96. See Cable, Page A9
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