‘It would be devastating’: inside Trump’s plan to destroy the EPA (www.theguardian.com)
Rosendale sets up messy GOP Senate primary in Montana (www.politico.com)
Claims that Jan. 6 rioters are 'political prisoners' endure. Judges want to set the record straight (apnews.com)
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth condemned the depiction by Trump and Republican allies of Jan. 6 defendants as “political prisoners” and “hostages.” Lamberth also denounced attempts to undermine the legitimacy of the justice system for punishing rioters who broke the law when they invaded the Capitol....
Russia Is Boosting Calls for ‘Civil War’ Over Texas Border Crisis (www.wired.com)
Dartmouth Players Are Employees Who Can Unionize, U.S. Official Says (www.nytimes.com)
Live audio of the US Supreme Court: oral arguments to decide if Trump is eligible to run for president (www.supremecourt.gov)
How the Rockefellers and Billionaire Donors Pressured Biden on LNG Exports (www.wsj.com)
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Americans face ‘increased financial stress’ as credit card, auto bills pile up (creditnews.com)
4.0 magnitude earthquake recorded about 100 miles off Florida coast in Atlantic Ocean (abcnews.go.com)
Inside the graffiti-covered L.A. skyscrapers that drew global attention (www.washingtonpost.com)
FBI: Self-proclaimed ‘sniper’ planned attack on Texas-Mexico border (www.valleycentral.com)
According to the complaint, Perry’s phone was seized, and showed extensive contact with Faye leading up to his arrest....
NASA found a super-Earth. It's in a tantalizing place. (mashable.com)
New Study Finds Subsidizing Transit Actually Makes It More Efficient (usa.streetsblog.org)
McDonald's is promising 'attention to affordability' after the price of Big Mac meals hits $18 (fortune.com)
Taylor Swift threatens legal action against Florida student who tracks her jet | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
New York vigilantes take down ‘migrant’ on live TV – but he was from the US (www.theguardian.com)
A listener's guide to Supreme Court arguments over Trump and the ballot (apnews.com)
There will be no cameras in the courtroom when the Supreme Court hears arguments over whether Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Republicans are redefining the word ‘equal’ in an Iowa anti-trans bill (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. renters are taking corporate landlords to court for collusion (www.cnbc.com)
Behind the border mess: Open GOP rebellion against McConnell (www.politico.com)
The Republican leader told POLITICO that his critics “had their shot” already. But conservatives are not done whacking him over the immigration-for-Ukraine aid implosion.
New York Spends Biden Cash on Highways Over Public Transit (nysfocus.com)
Finally NY is adding the lanes necessary to reduce congestion!
Pounding rains force millions of gallons of raw sewage to spill from L.A. County sewers (www.latimes.com)
Heavy rains pummeling Southern California for the last several days are forcing millions of gallons of raw sewage to spew from sewer connections across Los Angeles County and flow into coastal waters off Long Beach and San Pedro, according to health and sanitation officials....
NASA launches a billion-dollar Earth science mission Trump tried to cancel (arstechnica.com)
Why isn’t the Biden administration suing Texas for taking over the job of Border Patrol? (www.nbcnews.com)
The Biden administration has not sued. It did win a Supreme Court ruling that it could take down the razor wire that Texas has deployed in Shelby Park and elsewhere, which the administration said has led to drowning deaths among migrants. It has now cut razor wire in some sections of the border, but not in Shelby Park, which it...
Cargo train locomotive derails in Colorado, spilling 100s of gallons of diesel (apnews.com)
The locomotive of a cargo train derailed in northern Colorado early Wednesday, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel, authorities said....
