Trump endorses Mike Johnson for reelection as House speaker ahead of perilous vote The Washington Post

The decision by the judge, Juan Merchan, comes less than a month after a jury found Trump guilty on all counts in the hush-money trial in New York.

A severe thunderstorm watch continues until 11 p.m.; on Friday, an excessive heat warning is in effect.

These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a persistent summertime threat. This time, Alaska’s capital city fortified itself…