Trump returning to Capitol Hill to meet with GOP lawmakers; inflation cools in May; Celtics take 3-0 NBA Finals lead

Hot Off The Wire

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted April June 13 at 7:30 a.m. CT:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. GOP lawmakers find themselves newly energized and reinvigorated by Trump's bid to retake the White House. This is despite the federal charges against Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and his recent guilty verdict in an unrelated hush money trial. He is expected to visit House and then Senate Republican campaign headquarters near the Capitol to discuss party priorities. It's his first as the party’s presumptive nominee. He's also speaking at the Business Roundtable.

BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — A Group of Seven summit has opened in Italy. Premier Giorgia Meloni has welcomed the G7 leaders and formally opened their closed-door talks on Thursday. Meloni in her opening remarks likened the bloc of industrialized nations to Puglia's famed olive trees with strong roots and branches pointing toward the future. Negotiators reached agreement hours before the official opening of the summit on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral.

In other news:

• President Joe Biden faces first lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at the border.
• House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio.
• Presidential election a prime target for foreign disinformation, intelligence officials say.
• AP-NORC poll About half of US adults approve of Trump's conviction, but views of him remain stable.
• The White House isn't ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden after his conviction.
• Federal Reserve sees some progress on inflation but envisions just one rate cut this year.
• US inflation cooled in May in a sign that price pressures may be easing.
• Baltimore's busy port fully reopens after bridge collapse, and a return to normal is expected.
• Elon Musk drops lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI without explanation.
• Six years after the Parkland school massacre, the bloodstained building will finally be demolished.
• Southern Baptists narrowly reject formal ban on churches with any women pastors.
• The Celtics take a stranglehold of their NBA Finals series against the Mavericks, an NBA legend passes away, the Sun put their WNBA best record on the line at Chicago, a busy night in Major League Baseball sees the Yankees take over the league's best record, and the PGA's U.S. Open tees off Thursday.

—The Associated Press

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