Manhattan prosecutors dispute Trump claim that…

Manhattan prosecutors dispute Trump claim that criminal conviction should be overturned – as it happened

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This blog is closing now, but you can read our report on Harris’ meeting with Netanyahu. Here’s a rundown of the day’s key developments:

Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu met for talks on Thursday, as White House officials said Israel and Hamas were “closer now than we’ve been before” to reaching a ceasefire deal. Biden was expected to put pressure on Netanyahu to commit to at least the first stage of a three-part deal.
Netanyahu also met with Kamala Harris, who struck a sharper tone than Biden in her comments afterwards. She said she had told the Israeli prime minister she had “serious concerns” about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and that she would not “stay silent”. However analysts pointed out that her stance did not depart from the administration’s official policy of expressing concern for ordinary Palestinians while continuing to supply Israel with weapons for its assault.
Netanyahu said he also met with tech mogul Elon Musk after his address to Congress on Wednesday. Musk, who has a history of cosying up to far-right leaders, was Netanyahu’s guest at the address.
The Manhattan prosecutors who secured Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction disputed the former US president’s claim that the verdict should be set aside in the wake of a US supreme court ruling on presidential immunity. In a court filing dated 24 July and made public on Thursday, the prosecutors said the supreme court’s ruling had no bearing on their case, which stemmed from hush money paid to a porn star.
Kamala Harris sought to bolster her pro-labor credentials on Thursday during an address to one of the US’s biggest unions, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention, in the latest in a blitz of appearances since Joe Biden endorsed her as his successor on Sunday.
Barack Obama is on the verge of publicly endorsing Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, after the pair spoke several times on the phone in recent days, according to a report.
Kamala Harris accused Donald Trump of trying to cancel the second presidential debate, which is scheduled for 10 September. “I’m ready to debate Donald Trump. I have agreed to the previously agreed upon September 10 debate. He agreed to that previously,” the vice-president said. In a statement late Thursday, the Trump campaign said arrangements for the debate could not be finalized until Harris was officially confirmed as the nominee.
The Harris for President campaign launched its first official video, capping a week during which Kamala Harris broke funding records and quickly clinched enough delegate support to become the presumptive Democratic party nominee.
New polling indicates Kamala Harris has re-engaged voters turned off by Joe Biden’s candidacy, and is vying closely against Donald Trump in crucial swing states.
A vast majority of Black Americans trust Kamala Harris and distrust Donald Trump – 71% compared to 5% – according to the largest-known survey of Black Americans since the Reconstruction era.
Elena Kagan, a member of the three-justice liberal minority on the supreme court, said she would support creating an enforcement mechanism for its recently adopted code of ethics, according to a report.
Prosecutors have asked a judge to reject Donald Trump’s appeal of his conviction in New York on charges related to falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments.
Christopher Wray, the FBI director, raised questions during a hearing on Wednesday in Washington about whether Donald Trump was actually shot by a bullet during the assassination attempt against the former president earlier this month or whether he was instead struck by shrapnel.