South Carolina implements one of US’s most restrictive public school book bans (www.theguardian.com)
Gathered at Camp David, Biden's family tells him to stay in the race and keep fighting (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden’s family used a Sunday gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his dreadful debate performance, and some members criticized how his staff prepared him for the faceoff, according to four people familiar with the discussions....
Georgia's largest newspaper calls for Joe Biden to exit race 'immediately' (www.newsweek.com)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution joins the New York Times in calling for President Biden to exit the 2024 race after last week’s debate.
In Georgia, conservatives seek to have voters removed from rolls without official challenges (apnews.com)
They’re asking election administrators to use their data to purge voter registrations, which means names could be removed in a less public process than a formal voter challenge. The strategy could mean electors won’t be summoned in advance to defend their voting rights and the identities of those seeking to purge voters...
‘Epidemic’ of sex trafficking alleged at Red Roof Inn hotels across US (www.independent.co.uk)
Instances of anti-LGBTQ vandalism reported in nearly two dozen states during Pride Month (www.nbcnews.com)
Los Angeles’s Mayor Was Contemplating a Mask Ban. She Just Got Covid. (newrepublic.com)
'The way our districts are drawn is BS:' Ohio redistricting effort moves toward fall ballot (www.dispatch.com)
Banker Who Slugged Woman at NYC Pride Event Charged With Assault (www.thedailybeast.com)
Etsy to ban sale of most sex toys, explicit content, and more (mashable.com)
Online retailer Etsy will prohibit sales of most sex toys, content that depicts sex acts and genitalia, and more starting July 29....
US Supreme Court rules Trump has immunity for official, not private acts (www.reuters.com)
Trump Tower is coming to Saudi Arabia | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
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How the Chevron ruling could slow the FDA and will affect critical drug development and response times. (www.politico.com)
The Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling could have implications for speedy drug research
Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic 'unfolding in slow motion' (www.reuters.com)
Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts....
Open Primaries Initiative supporters to deliver verified signatures to Secretary of State (www.boisestatepublicradio.org)
Taiwan raises travel alert for Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau over Beijing's new judicial guidelines introducing death penalty for supporters of Taiwanese independence (www.jurist.org)
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Gang violence in Haiti has displaced 300,000 children, the United Nations says (www.npr.org)
Children are more than half of the nearly 580,000 people who have become homeless in the last four months. The spike in violence began in late February after a series of coordinated attacks on key government infrastructure eventually led Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign in April....
7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll (apnews.com)
A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as the high court is poised to rule on major cases involving former President Donald Trump and other divisive issues....
Alec Baldwin’s case on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss (apnews.com)
A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing....
Microdosing and tripping on mushrooms is on the rise in U.S. (www.npr.org)
16-year-old Quincy Wilson now the youngest-ever male US track Olympian (www.independent.co.uk)
Under pressure on plane safety, Boeing is buying stressed supplier Spirit for $4.7 billion (apnews.com)
Boeing announced plans to acquire key supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion, a move that it says will improve plane quality and safety amid increasing scrutiny by Congress, airlines and the Department of Justice....
Trump loyalists plan to name and shame ‘blacklist’ of federal workers (www.theguardian.com)
Armed with rhetoric about the “deep state”, a conservative-backed group is planning to publicly name and shame career government employees that they consider hostile to Donald Trump....
A teen tech whiz nicknamed 'God's influencer' will become the first millennial saint (www.npr.org)
Behind the ‘last firewall’: Hill Democrats scramble to save themselves (www.politico.com)
As President Joe Biden’s campaign scrambles to calm nerves about the president’s disastrous debate performance, Democrats on Capitol Hill are growing increasingly furious at those around him and increasingly despondent about his prospects for re-election — and their own chances of winning House and Senate majorities....