"People are angry": Mike Johnson faces bipartisan uproar over Intelligence Committee picks (www.axios.com)
Both picks were bound to be inflammatory:...
Biden Asylum Order Doesn’t Move Needle - Trump’s retrospective job rating better than Biden’s current numbers (www.monmouth.edu)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/monmouthpoll_us_061224/
Lynn Conway, revolutionary trans computer scientist & activist, dies at 86 (www.lgbtqnation.com)
A jet missing since 1971 has been found at the bottom of Vermont's Lake Champlain (www.npr.org)
How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed at least 274 Palestinians in Gaza (www.msn.com)
Anchorage Alaska police won't release bodycam video of 3 shootings. It's creating a fight over transparency (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/anchorage-police-body-cameras-k…
Swimmer Trying to Make Olympic History Is Left Off the U.S. Team (www.nytimes.com)
NYTimes gift article, no paywall
Biden's asylum halt leaves migrants unsure and rattled (apnews.com)
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
Fossil fuel firms are biggest beneficiaries of investor-state dispute settlement courts which have awarded $114bn of public money...
Colorado GOP calls LGBTQ+ people 'godless groomers' in Pride month email: 'God hates flags' (www.advocate.com)
Russia co-opts far-right politicians in Europe with cash, officials say (wapo.st)
A Kremlin-backed media outlet — the Prague-based Voice of Europe — funneled hundreds of thousands of euros to far-right politicians, officials say.
Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign (www.propublica.org)
Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, and a grant of shares and cash from Trump’s media company....
Why investors are doubling down on Truth Social despite Trump's historic conviction (www.npr.org)
China’s Chang’e-6 probe successfully lands on far side of the moon | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Chad Daybell sentenced to death in triple murder of family - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Pride event canceled because they were going to give away banned books (www.lgbtqnation.com)
What polls say about Trump’s conviction and the 2024 presidential race (www.axios.com)
A YouGov poll conducted in the wake of the verdict found that 27% of voters said the conviction made them less likely to vote for Trump, while 26% said they were more likely to vote for him and 39% said the verdict “makes no difference” in how they’ll vote.
Man charged with attempted murder, hate crimes after driving car onto sidewalk outside yeshiva (abc7ny.com)
Video shows the car driving up onto the sidewalk and chasing a group of young men, several of which fled into the Mesivta Yakov School for safety....
Millions of older Americans still grapple with student loan debt, hindering retirement (www.cbsnews.com)
Graduating with student loan debt is an all too common reality for new college degree holders beginning their careers. But there’s another, often overlooked cohort of debtors facing their own set of challenges: Americans over the age of 55 approaching their retirement years....
Louisiana could become first state to require display of Ten Commandments in classrooms (www.cnn.com)
The Alitos, the neighborhood clash and the upside-down flag (www.nytimes.com)
Inside the escalating conflict on a bucolic suburban street that Justice Alito said prompted a “Stop the Steal” symbol at his home....
Trump Hush-Money Trial Live Updates: Prosecution Delivers Closing Arguments (www.nytimes.com)
Mr. Trump, 77, is charged with falsifying 34 business records to hide Mr. Cohen’s reimbursement for a $130,000 hush-money payment he made to Ms. Daniels. Mr. Trump has denied the charges and the sexual encounter....
Police Make First Arrest for Assault on Pro-Palestine Protesters at UCLA [Edward Carver | May 24, 2024 | Common Dreams] (www.commondreams.org)
The arrest followed a CNN investigation that documented the hourslong attack and identified key perpetrators from the pro-Israel mob.
How Mexico’s cartels infiltrated the tortilla business (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Top UN court demands Israel halt military operations in Rafah (thehill.com)
Israel must immediately halt its military operations in the area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the United Nations top court ruled on Friday....