Deadline approaches for Trump; ex-Minneapolis officer faces sentencing; ‘Barbie’ joins $1 billion club | Hot off the Wire podcast

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» The Justice Department has asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington to step in after he released a post online that appeared to promise revenge on anyone who goes after him. Prosecutors want U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to issue a protective order concerning evidence in the case. Chutkan gave Trump’s legal team until 5 p.m. Monday to respond to the government’s request.

» Authorities say three passengers died after a charter bus carrying up to 50 people collided with a vehicle on an interstate in Pennsylvania.

» Emergency officials say three people were killed after two firefighting helicopters collided in Southern California while fighting a blaze in Riverside County.

» Russia unleashed a missile and drone barrage across parts of Ukraine that officials in Kyiv say killed six people, as Moscow followed through on its promise to retaliate for a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday.

» Pope Francis says his recovery from his latest abdominal surgery is going well.

» Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer to face sentencing in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, is expected to learn Monday whether he’ll spend any additional time in prison.

» In sports, there were great performances throughout the majors on Sunday, the U.S. women’s soccer team goes down down under and Lucas Glover earns a spot in the St. Jude Championship.

» “Barbie,” which Greta Gerwig directed and co-wrote, added another $53 million from 4,178 North American locations this weekend, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Warner Bros. said the film will cross $1 billion before the end of the day. Second place went to “Meg 2: The Trench,” with $30 million, while “Oppenheimer” landed in third place in its third weekend, with “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” close behind in fourth.

» Rapper Tory Lanez is expected to be sentenced for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet and wounding her.

» Country superstar Keith Urban and Kix Brooks of powerhouse country duo Brooks & Dunn will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame this year.

» Actor Mark Margolis, who indelibly played murderous former drug kingpin Hector Salamanca in “Breaking Bad” and its prequel “Better Call Saul,” has died at 83 following a short illness, his son announced.

» The Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted its class of 2023 on Saturday.

» Elon Musk says his potential in-person fight with Mark Zuckerberg would be streamed live on his social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.