Biden invokes executive privilege on special counsel recording demanded by GOP (thehill.com)
President Biden has invoked executive privilege to block House Republicans from obtaining audio recordings of his interviews with special counsel Robert Hur over his handling of classified documents....
Raw-milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)
Illicit fentanyl is entering the US at highest rates ever (www.dw.com)
Officials seized more than 115 million pills containing fentanyl in 2023. The opiate is often mixed with street drugs and linked to overdoses....
Exclusive: Bank of America banker who died had sought to leave, citing long hours, recruiter says (www.reuters.com)
The 35-year-old Bank of America (BAC.N) investment banker who died from a blood clot earlier this month wanted to leave the U.S. bank because he was working more than 100 hours a week, according to an executive recruiter who spoke with him about seeking a new job.
Morehouse College might halt graduation ‘on the spot’ if there are disruptions when President Biden speaks (www.cnn.com)
Aid for Gaza will soon flow from pier project just finished by US military, Pentagon says (apnews.com)
Monet painting fetches $35 million at New York auction (www.lemonde.fr)
Trump, allies are laying the groundwork to contest potential election loss (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the election’s legitimacy even as opinion polls show the Republican presidential candidate leading in battleground states....
'Dark Times': Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI (www.commondreams.org)
As conservatives put religion in schools, Satanists want in, too (www.nbcnews.com)
The Satanic Temple is known for trolling the religious right, but in its fight for religious pluralism, it’s become a powerful foe....
Mother fatally mauled by pack of dogs in Quitman, Georgia, 3 children taken to hospital (www.usatoday.com)
As conservatives put religion in schools, Satanists want in, too (www.nbcnews.com)
Who is Harrison Butker's Wife? All About Isabelle Butker After NFL Star's Controversial Speech Shocks Internet (haor.org)
Isabelle Butker (age 30, born in May 1994) is a former college basketball player. She is widely known as the wife of Harrison Butker, the placekicker for the
University of Georgia pulls out of ‘Cop City’ lawsuit requesting public records (www.theguardian.com)
Dean of law school orders first amendment clinic to curtail core work, including on Atlanta Police Foundation case...
Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Citizens for Sanity was one of top political spenders last election cycle and is back for 2024 with more extreme messaging...
Google layoffs: A timeline of the company's job cuts and restructuring into 2024 (www.businessinsider.com)
Google layoffs in 2023 affected about 6% of the company's global workforce, or about 12,000 people, starting in January....
Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza (apnews.com)
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show (www.washingtonpost.com)
A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City’s mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the group....
Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester (apnews.com)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice....
Fewer people in the US plan to buy EVs this year, study shows (www.reuters.com)
The number of buyers in the U.S. considering an electric vehicle purchase in 2024 has fallen from a year ago due to a shortage of affordable cars, inadequate charging infrastructure and ignorance about EV benefits, a study by J.D. Power, opens new tab has shown....
The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff (www.reuters.com)
May 15 (Reuters) - The day before Elon Musk fired virtually all of Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging division last month, they had high hopes as charging chief Rebecca Tinucci went to meet with Musk about the network’s future, four former charging-network staffers told Reuters....
U.S. Navy Completes Gaza Aid Pier, Deliveries Imminent (Updated) (www.twz.com)
Justice Department to seek tougher sentences for AI-fueled election crimes (www.cnn.com)
Federal prosecutors will pursue tougher sentences in cases in which artificial intelligence is used to commit an election-related crime, including threatening violence against election workers and voter suppression, Deputy US Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Monday....
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, who killed Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 (www.usatoday.com)
