One section of Philadelphia's busy I-95 collapsed Sunday morning after a tanker truck "carrying a petroleum-based product" caught on fire underneath an overpass, officials said.
State of play: Traffic has been shut down along both sides of the interstate near the collapse and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a Sunday evening briefing "at least one vehicle is still trapped beneath the collapsed roadway." There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Alex Soros is taking control of his father, George Soros', $25 billion empire, the financier and his younger son confirmed in an interview with the Wall Street Journal Sunday.
The big picture: George Soros had said previously that he didn't want any of his five children to take over his Open Society Foundations, but the 92-year-old philanthropist told the WSJ that he's now handed that and the rest of his empire to his 37-year-old son because "he's earned it."
Two heavyweight centrist groups are aggressively feuding over whether a third-party ticket could win in 2024 if there's a rematch between President Biden and former President Trump.
Why it matters: The bipartisan group No Labels has serious cash to launch an independent campaign no matter what critics say — but the center-left think tank Third Way (and other Democrats across the country) are going to the mat to prevent a $70-million effort it is convinced will help the GOP.
Greensboro, N.C. — Former President Trump capped off an action-packed day post-indictment by casting a 37-count federal indictment as a "demented persecution of our movement."
Why it matters: Trump's final appearance before appearing in court next week is an indication of how he plans to campaign as his legal programs continue to unravel — by portraying the indictments as attempts to stop him from returning to the White House.
The harmful veil of smoke that enveloped the country's economic and political power centers this week presented bankers and lawmakers with an in-your-face demonstration of what climate change looks, feels and smells like.
Never in the history of American politics has one man survived and even thrived off more terrible news than Donald Trump.
Why it matters: The former president has racked up impeachments, investigations, and indictments at a pace never seen in America. Yet he persists — and often comes out stronger.
Driving the news: "Mr. Licht, sorry about that! I'd like to apologize to Mr. Licht!" Trump said Saturday at the North Carolina GOP Convention, in an apparent acknowledgement of the role CNN's Trump town hall played in Licht's downfall.
Greensboro, N.C. — In their first remarks since former president Donald Trump's federal indictment, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former vice president Mike Pence rushed to defend their rival.
Why it matters: It foreshadows a tightrope that the other candidates running for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination will walk through the primary season.
Former President Trump rolled out a new video on Truth Social on Saturday, in the wake of being indicted for 37 felony counts related to retaining classified information and obstruction of justice in a federal classified documents probe.
The big picture: The two-minute video uses actor Matt Damon's monologue from "Air" as narration.
For Donald Trump, the 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the White House — it's a fight to stay out of prison.
Legal experts say it's unlikely that Trump's criminal trial in federal court will be resolved before the November 2024 election. So whoever wins the presidency could be in position to influence Trump's case.
Former President Trump's indictment paints an astonishing picture: U.S. government secrets — about its nuclear program, military plans, intelligence briefings and more — were stuffed into cardboard boxes at Mar-a-Lago where "tens of thousands" of people might have come across them.
Why it matters: The 49-page indictment details how boxes were kept on a ballroom stage, in an office, a bedroom, a bathroom and even a shower at Trump's club.
