 Here’s what you need to know to get the day started: | | | Why this is the indictment that could harm Donald Trump | | |  | Former U.S. president Donald Trump, seen here at an event on June 1 in Des Moines, Iowa, said Thursday that he's been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents. (Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press) | | | Former U.S. president Donald Trump announced Thursday he's been indicted and been ordered to appear in a Miami court next Tuesday, on what his lawyers say are seven charges, including Espionage Act violations over wilful mishandling of classified documents.
"I'm an innocent man," Trump said in a video late yesterday. "This is warfare for the law. We can't let it happen."
So the breaker of political barriers is about to bust a new one. The first president to be impeached twice, he recently became the first ex-president charged with a crime. He now becomes the first ex-president charged twice, and the first charged with federal crimes.
Make no mistake: this is in a different legal league than his earlier arrest this spring on New York state charges of hush money payments to hide a sexual affair.
Even some vocal Trump critics questioned that earlier arrest, calling those charges weak. His former attorney general, Bill Barr, called it a miscarriage of justice.
Barr views this case differently, suggesting it could do actual political damage as the public learns about it.
"I've said for a while that I think this is the most dangerous legal risk facing the former president," Barr told CBS earlier this week, speaking of the documents investigation.
"From what I've seen there's substantial evidence there.… There's no excuse for what he did here."
Trump's most serious Republican primary rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, denounced the indictment and promised to reform the Justice Department.
Congressional Republicans are hinting they'll fight back against the government, using their investigative power: "[We] will hold this brazen weaponization of power accountable," tweeted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. | | | | | Panthers rally past Golden Knights to cut Stanley Cup Final deficit | | |  | (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) | | | | Carter Verhaeghe, left, scores the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 win in Game 3 of the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Final at FLA Live Arena on Thursday in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers win cut the series lead of their opponents, the Vegas Golden Knights, to 2-1. Read more from Game 3 here. | | | | | | | | | In brief | | | As the smoke from hundreds of out-of-control wildfires dances and lingers above hundreds of North American communities, experts warn about the risks to human health from toxic particles those clouds carry. And because no home is perfectly sealed, air quality indoors can still be affected. "On average, whatever the air pollution level outside is — inside is probably about half that," explains Dan Westervelt, associate research professor at Columbia University's Climate School. "And so when you're talking about the kind of levels that we've been seeing in the Mid-Atlantic U.S., half of that is still pretty dangerous." From what kind of filters to where best to put an air purifier, we ask experts how to clear the air. Read the full story here.
One of Canada's largest faith-based charities has won a settlement over a set of publications that falsely claimed it was a "front" to fund terror groups abroad. Islamic Relief Canada reached the out-of-court settlement earlier this month in a lawsuit against Thomas Quiggin — a former military officer turned self-described researcher who last year emerged as one of the more recognizable names in the truck convoy protests — and six others who it argued made "false, malicious and defamatory" statements aimed at harming the charity. "This case illustrates the kind of misinformation that legitimate aid organizations too often face in carrying out their vital humanitarian missions," said Usama Khan, Islamic Relief Canada's CEO. The exact terms of the settlement have not been made public, but as part of it, the defendants issued a statement of clarification acknowledging their statements were "unfounded." Read the full story here.
At first, Devin Hutchinson couldn't quite make sense of the email from PricewaterhouseCoopers, sent on behalf of the Supreme Court of British Columbia demanding his general contracting business pay back over $15 million in loans and interest owed to a company he's never dealt with. "I thought it was some kind of a scam," he said. Turns out, he was partially right. Only the scam part happened months ago, when Greg Martel, the Victoria mortgage broker and alleged Ponzi-schemer, appeared to have used the name of Hutchinson Contracting on documents, purportedly to give an air of legitimacy to the fake investments into non-existent real estate projects he was peddling. Hutchinson has never done business with Martel or his company and said he certainly has never received any loans. Read the full story here.
It will likely be hard to convince Canadians struggling with newly increased mortgage payments, but until very recently money has been free. Until recently, during that latest surge in inflation, borrowing to buy something was actually a lot cheaper than waiting to buy it a year later. That is because what economists call real interest rates were negative. Even this week as the Bank of Canada increased interest rates by another quarter of a percentage point to 4.75, the bank's benchmark rate remains only slightly higher than the current rise in average prices. But even that's relatively new. As Bank of Canada deputy governor Paul Beaudry explained on Thursday in a speech in Victoria, real interest rates have been plunging all over the world since the early 1990s. According to Beaudry, that could be about to change, not just until inflation is under control but over the long term. Read more analysis from CBC’s Don Pittis.
Soccer legend Lionel Messi had many options for where to take his career after a stint at Paris Saint-Germain. So his decision to cross the pond and play in North America was surprising. But maybe it shouldn't have been. News broke this week that the Argentine great will join Major League Soccer's Inter Miami, with some details still to be worked out. But he's not the first global soccer superstar to make a late-career move to this side of the Atlantic — something he seemed to acknowledge when announcing his move to Miami and the MLS. Read here on a few other players who've made the jump.
Now here's some good news to start your Friday: It’s National Indigenous History Month, and joy and hope feature prominently in this year’s theme. Tyrell Bird, a young man in Manitoba, embodies those two words. He dropped out of high school six times, but this spring, he graduated from the University of Manitoba with a bachelor of arts degree. Bird plans to go on to teachers’ college, so he can support students the way one of his teachers supported him. Read more on Bird's story here. | | |  | Politics roundup: David Johnston, budget tactics and byelections | From foreign interference to attempts to block the budget, we dive into some of the top stories simmering in Ottawa, in the final couple weeks before MPs break for the summer.
Listen to today's episode | | | This week we have two topics. We're asking about what you did when rental prices got too high and how do we fix sky high rental increases? And in our second topic, we want to hear about your conversations with kids around wildfire smoke and climate change. Are you a parent or teacher, or if your child has something to say, fill out the details on this form and send us your stories on either topic. | | | Today in history: June 9 | | | 1870: Charles Dickens, the author of 15 major novels, including A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations, dies at age 58.
1881: Sea captain Angus Walters, skipper of the famed schooner Bluenose, is born in Lunenburg, N.S.
1968: The first national televised debate of Canadian political leaders is held. It featured Pierre Trudeau, Robert Stanfield, Tommy Douglas and Réal Caouette.
1973: Secretariat becomes thoroughbred horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. New Brunswick-born jockey Ron Turcotte rode the horse to an incredible 31-length victory in the Belmont Stakes. | | | (With files from CBC News, The Canadian Press, The Associated Press and Reuters) | | | | |  | CBC NEWS APP | The most convenient way to get your news
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