Biden tops Trump in May fundraising
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump was outraised by Joe Biden in May, taking in $74 million for his reelection, but he maintains a sizable advantage in cash on hand over the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The pro-Trump effort, which includes fundraising by the Republican National Committee, on Saturday reported its total days after Biden and Democrats said they had amassed nearly $81 million last month for his White House bid.
Trump reported having $265 million in the bank at the end of May. Biden and Democrats have yet to disclose their comparable numbers for that period, but the figures were expected to be available later Saturday once the campaign made its official filing with the Federal Election Commission. The total was $103 million in the bank at the end of April.
Trump's campaign announced last week that it raised $14 million last Sunday, which was the president's birthday.
Biden on Monday brought in $6 million at a single event featuring Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a onetime rival for the nomination. He plans a fundraiser Tuesday with former President Barack Obama.
Trump's campaign has begun wide-scale general election ads, spending about $24 million on television and digital spots over the past month, but it has come as the president's standing in both public and private surveys has taken a hit.
Suspect sought in Atlanta eatery arson
ATLANTA -- Investigators said Saturday that they have issued an arrest warrant for a woman in connection with a fire at a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta during protests over the police shooting of a black man.
Natalie White is a suspect in the arson and investigators are asking for help finding her, Atlanta Fire and Rescue said in a Twitter post.
The post included surveillance pictures of White, 29, in a store, but no additional identifying information.
Several people are suspected of trying to set fires in the restaurant before the blaze finally spread, fire officials said.
Atlanta police officers were called to the Wendy's on June 12 over complaints of a car blocking the drive-thru lane. Officers found Rayshard Brooks asleep in the car.
The officers spoke to Brooks, who was black, for more than 40 minutes, but things quickly turned violent when they tried to handcuff him, according to body-camera video.
An autopsy found Brooks was shot twice in the back. Garrett Rolfe was fired from the Police Department immediately after the shooting and is charged with felony murder. The 27-year-old Rolfe is white.
California utility's bankruptcy plan OK'd
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali issued an order Saturday confirming Pacific Gas & Electric's Chapter 11 plan that will cover billions of dollars in damage claims stemming from catastrophic California wildfires linked to the company's equipment.
The judge said in an earlier written decision that he planned to approve the plan because the alternative would leave tens of thousands of fire survivors with "no other options on the horizon."
Pacific Gas & Electric needed the judge to sign off on its plan before the end of this month to qualify for a state wildfire insurance fund. That will help it cover damage claims from any future blazes sparked by its power lines.
Pacific Gas & Electric filed for bankruptcy in January 2019 after its equipment was implicated in wildfires that killed more than 100 people and burned tens of thousands of homes across Northern California. It was the largest utility reorganization in U.S. history. The company is emerging from Chapter 11 saddled with nearly $40 billion in debt after it agreed to settle claims from people, insurers and local government agencies for $25.5 billion.
2nd officer in Floyd case posts bond
MINNEAPOLIS -- A second former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd is out of jail after posting bond.
According to online records, J. Kueng, 26, posted bond of $750,000 and was released from the Hennepin County jail, with conditions, on Friday.
Kueng is charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and manslaughter in the May 25 death of Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after another officer, Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for nearly eight minutes.
Another former officer charged with aiding and abetting in Floyd's death, Thomas Lane, 37, posted bond earlier this month. The third ex-officer charged with aiding and abetting, Tou Thao, 34, remained in jail Saturday. Chauvin, 44, is being held in lieu of $1 million bond at Minnesota's maximum security prison in Oak Park Heights.
Kueng's attorney did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment Saturday. Lane's attorney, Earl Gray, has said that Lane was a rookie, and that the only thing he did was hold Floyd's feet so he couldn't kick.
All four officers were fired after Floyd's death. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
-- Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports