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Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Tuesday, December 17, 2024. This is the excerpt.

Today, a New York judge upholds Trump's hush money conviction, plus the latest from a school shooting in Wisconsin, and a look at the debate over sub-minimum wage for people

with disabilities. A New York judge yesterday upheld President-elect Donald Trump's felony conviction for falsifying records to cover up a hush money sex scandal.

In doing so, Judge Juan Mershahn rejected his claim that a sweeping recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity had nullified his Manhattan criminal case.

For now, the ruling keeps in place Trump's criminal conviction,

though through a spokesman, he immediately vowed to fight it.

If Mershant's ruling is upheld, Trump will make history on January 20th

as the first criminal felon to occupy the White House and serve as president.

Separately, Trump has asked Judge Mershahn to dismiss the entire New York criminal case

as a result of his November election victory.

Mershahn did not rule on that argument yesterday.

Two people were killed and six others injured yesterday after a 15-year-old student suspect

opened fire at a private school in Madison, Wisconsin.

Police said multiple students are in critical

condition. Authorities said the shooter was pronounced dead on the way to a local hospital and

appeared to die from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities revealed harrowing details about how

police were alerted to the deadly shooting, saying that a second grader alerted police by calling

911. You can read more with a link

in today's show notes. A new proposal to abolish the sub-minimum wage for people with

disabilities is being met with mixed reaction. I spoke with USA Today, Congress campaigns, and

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