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Today’s Big Stories
1. Ex-Adams aide pleads not guilty to new bribery charges
Mayor Eric Adams’ longtime confidante and former chief adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, was indicted today on charges that she accepted more than $75,000 in bribes during her time at City Hall.
Lewis-Martin, who resigned from her role days before she was indicted on separate corruption charges last December, pleaded not guilty to the new charges in court this morning.
2. Beaches to remain closed to swimming Friday amid rip current threat
The city’s public beaches will remain closed to swimming Friday as Hurricane Erin continues to bring dangerous rip currents to the area.
While Erin will be passing “well offshore” of the five boroughs tonight, the city says coastlines could see waves of up to 16 feet. Coastal flooding is expected during high tide tonight and tomorrow morning.
3. Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump
A New York appeals court today threw out the massive financial penalty a state judge imposed on President Donald Trump, while narrowly upholding a finding he engaged in fraud by exaggerating his wealth for decades.
The ruling spares Trump from a potential half-billion-dollar fine but bans him and his two eldest sons from serving in corporate leadership for a few years. Trump, in a social media post, claimed “total victory.”
A judge ruled today that President Trump’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as the the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
The court, saying the administration used “a novel series of legal and personnel moves,” held that Habba’s term as the interim U.S. attorney ended in July, and the Trump administration’s maneuvers to keep her in the role without getting confirmation from the U.S. Senate didn’t follow procedures required by federal law.
The State Department said today that it’s reviewing the records of more than 55 million foreigners who hold valid U.S. visas for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules.
In a written answer to a question posed by The Associated Press, the department said that all U.S. visa holders are subject to “continuous vetting” with an eye toward any indication that they could be ineligible for the document.
6. California is set to act fast after Texas advances congressional maps to boost Republicans
The national redistricting battle enters its next phase today as California Democrats are scheduled to pass a new congressional map that creates five winnable seats for their party, a direct counter to the Texas House’s approval of a new map to create more conservative-leaning seats in that state.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has engineered the high-risk strategy in response to President Trump’s own brinkmanship. Trump pushed Texas Republicans to reopen the legislative maps they passed in 2021 to squeeze out up to five new GOP seats to help the party stave off a midterm defeat.