"No words for this": Legal experts pan Aileen Cannon's "outrageous" pro-Trump bias (www.salon.com)
Judge Cannon has appeared confused by basic legal concepts and indulged the Trump defense team’s wildest arguments...
Israel Used U.S.-Made Bombs in Strike That Killed Dozens in Rafah [Robin Stein, Christiaan Triebert, and Haley Willis | May 29, 2024 | NY Times] (www.nytimes.com)
A Times visual analysis found that munition debris filmed at the scene was remnants of a GBU-39, a bomb designed and manufactured in the United States.
Judgment day looms for Donald Trump in New York | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
His reputation, future, and even perhaps the White House’s destiny, will on Wednesday be placed in the hands of 12 citizens of his native New York City, proving that not even once-and-possibly future commanders in chief are above the law....
T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4 billion deal (www.cnbc.com)
Uvalde families sue makers of AR-15, 'Call of Duty,' Meta over mass shooting (abcnews.go.com)
Boebert ridiculed for fumbling sign of the cross during House Oversight Committee hearing (www.salon.com)
Florida man sentenced to 3 years in prison for firebombing California Planned Parenthood clinic (apnews.com)
A 21-year-old Florida man was sentenced Monday to three and a half years in prison for firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022, federal prosecutors said....
Trump, reciting songs and praising cannibals, draws yawns and raises eyebrows (www.yahoo.com)
Target will only sell Pride Month collection in some stores after backlash in 2023 (abcnews.go.com)
Chicago police won't discipline 9 officers tied to Oath Keepers extremist group (chicago.suntimes.com)
Chicago Police Department leaders said Thursday they have decided not to punish any officers whose names appeared on the leaked membership list of the Oath Keepers, an anti-government extremist group that played a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol....
Wisconsin school district says active shooter 'neutralized' outside middle school, lockdown ordered (apnews.com)
White House bolsters transgender health protections, rolls back Trump admin rule (thehill.com)
From skipping meals to working more to moving in with mom and dad—that's how Americans are trying to afford housing (fortune.com)
Tesla (TSLA) releases Q1 2024 deliveries: disastrous results (electrek.co)
Ex-Trump adviser says former president ‘hasn’t got the brains’ for dictatorship (www.theguardian.com)
A former national security adviser in the Donald Trump White House has said that the ex-president “hasn’t got the brains” to helm a dictatorship, despite his admiration for such rulers....
Best Buy offers to screen LGBTQ nonprofit donations after conservative pressure, filing shows (www.nbcnews.com)
In an email exchange with a conservative think tank, tucked into an SEC filing, the electronics retailer offered to screen its employee groups’ donations to LGBTQ causes....
A new US-run pier off Gaza could help deliver 2 million meals a day – but it comes with security risks (theconversation.com)
After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their ERs slowed to a crawl (kffhealthnews.org)
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3 separate shootings erupt within 1 hour in Jacksonville Beach, Florida (abcnews.go.com)
Three separate, unrelated shootings erupted within an hour in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, on Sunday night, leaving one person dead and several hurt, according to authorities....
Starving Children in Gaza 'Cannot Wait' Weeks for US Port, Aid Groups Say (www.commondreams.org)
“Children in Gaza cannot wait to eat,” said Jason Lee, country director for Save the Children in the occupied Palestinian territory. “They are already dying from malnutrition and saving their lives is a matter of hours or days—not weeks.”...
A plastic fork, a phone, a car part: why does the LAPD keep shooting people holding harmless objects? (www.theguardian.com)
Police killed Jason Maccani as he held a fork, one of many cases of confused Los Angeles officers rushing to use lethal force...
Capital One-Discover merger may face stiff antitrust review in Washington (wapo.st)
American woman goes missing in Madrid after helmeted man disables cameras (www.nbcnews.com)
Police in Madrid and Fort Lauderdale were notified, launching investigations on each side of the Atlantic....
Hiker Found After Week Missing in California Blizzard (voxheadlines.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...
