President Biden announces a deal offered by Israel to end with war with Hamas. Former President Trump says he'll appeal his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to a hush money scheme. And the Texas Supreme Court rejects a challenge to the state's abortion law over medical exceptions.
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Former President Trump remains defiant after being convicted on 34 felony counts. He'll be sentenced in July. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
Former President Donald Trump is now a convicted felon following the verdict in his New York hush money trial. The guilty verdict on all 34 counts marks the end of the criminal trial, and ushers in the beginning of what could be a long and winding set of legal challenges. And sentencing is scheduled for July, just days before the Republican National Convention where the former president has long been expected to become the GOP's official presidential nominee and continue with his campaign.
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In August of 1964, an event occurred off the waters of North Vietnam that would have repercussions that would echo in US foreign policy for decades.
Two alleged confrontations between US Navy vessels and North Vietnamese ships set off a chain of events that resulted in a dramatic escalation in the United States' involvement in Vietnam and a subsequent backlash that would change military policy to the present day.
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For the first time in American history, a former U.S. president has become a convicted felon. What's next for former President Trump and the 2024 presidential campaign?
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Former President Trump found guilty on all 34 counts in his so-called hush money criminal trial. Guilty verdict for Chad Daybell for killing wife and girlfriend's 2 children. Massive hack at Ticketmaster. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
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