Driving the news: That's according to Biden's re-election campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond, who told ABC News Sunday: "The president has said from the beginning that he wanted an independent Justice Department. ... we're not going to focus on Donald Trump's legal problems."
The Justice Department is investigating a shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, which left three Black people dead as a "hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism," Attorney General Merrick Garland said Sunday.
The big picture: Sheriff T.K. Waters said at a news conference Sunday the 21-year-old white shooter wore a tactical vest and used an AR-15-style rifle featuring swastikas and a Glock handgun in Saturday's attack at a Dollar General store near Edward Waters University before fatally shooting himself.
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday he would have certified the 2020 election results, though in a different capacity than then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Driving the news: Ramaswamy was the only candidate during last week's GOP primary debate who was not asked if he felt Pence did the right thing in certifying the 2020 election results.
Ex-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie expressed surprise Sunday over some of his fellow Republican candidates advocating for former President Trump as the party's nominee — even if he's convicted of crimes.
Driving the news: "The most amazing part of the debate to me, was the idea that, you know, the majority of my competitors believe that you can have a convicted felon as our nominee for president and that they support that and that he could win," Christie said during an interview on ABC's "This Week."
Three Marines have died following an aircraft crash off Australia's northern coast, officials said Sunday.
The big picture: The Marine Rotational Force - Darwin confirmed that its aircraft, U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey, crashed on Australia's Melville Island while transporting Marines as part of a regular exercise, according to a statement Sunday.
Museums that focus on racial violence and antisemitism have begun using holograms, artificial intelligence and virtual reality to allow visitors to have simulated "conversations" with Holocaust survivors and hear the words of enslaved people.
Why it matters: The use of technology such as generative AI to create immersive displays is aimed at fighting bigotry — and comes amid rising concern that AI also can fuel racism by amplifying bias from human-generated content on the internet.
Former President Trump's 2024 campaign had its best day of fundraising yet after the release of his mug shot in Fulton County, aides tell Axios.
The big picture: The iconic image — the first of a U.S. president and representing 13 of Trump's 91 pending criminal counts — took over the internet in the hours after its release.
Former President Trump's surprise post of his mug shot on the social platform formerly known as Twitter was done because he wanted the image to reach a huge audience, his aides tell Axios.
Why it matters: It was the first time in more than 2 1/2 years that Trump posted on Elon Musk's platform now known as X — and was a signal that Trump might resume posting on the platform that was his main megaphone before and during his presidency.
Over a dozen of former President Trump's close allies face growing legal bills when he's least able to help — and they're turning to desperate measures to raise money for their fights.
Why it matters: Trump's co-defendants in the Fulton County case each need legal teams that could cost well into the six figures.
