Republicans will no longer get to handpick their judges when they sue Biden (www.vox.com)
The federal judiciary’s new rules target “judge shopping.” That’s terrible news for Matthew Kacsmaryk and other partisan judges....
Judge denies Trump’s request to throw out classified documents case (www.theguardian.com)
Aileen Cannon indicates that argument from ex-president’s attorneys that law is too vague is question for jury at trial...
More Migrants Are Drowning in the Rio Grande Than Ever. No Agency Is Keeping Track of How Many. (www.texasmonthly.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/migrants-drowning-rio-grande/
Prosecutors: A 'network' of supporters helped fugitives avoid capture after Capitol riot (apnews.com)
A Florida man charged with interfering with police during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol is connected to a “network” of supporters who have helped other Capitol riot defendants avoid capture by the FBI, prosecutors said in a court filing this week....
The economy was just hit with a one-two punch of bad data (fortune.com)
Australia reinstates funding to UNRWA to provide aid in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Australia is reinstating funding to a key UN aid agency amid concerns about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, while calling on Israel to allow lifesaving supplies into the territory “now”....
AIPAC Talking Points Revealed (prospect.org)
Bernie Sanders unveils 32-hour workweek bill with no loss in pay for workers (thehill.com)
The IRS launches Direct File, a pilot program for free online tax filing available in 12 states (apnews.com)
After weeks of testing, an electronic system for filing returns directly to the IRS is now available to taxpayers from 12 selected states....
LGBTQ teen Nex Benedict died by suicide, medical examiner says (abcnews.go.com)
Very sad situation.
‘Death trap’: Israeli forces kill six in new attack on Gaza aid seekers (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli forces have shot dead at least six Palestinians and wounded 83 in Gaza City as they were waiting for food and humanitarian supplies at the Kuwait Roundabout, an area where large groups of people gather for arriving aid trucks....
Israel again massacres Palestinian civilians who had gathered to obtain humanitarian aid in Gaza (euromedmonitor.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/17439722...
Recession odds are 'very high' as economy looks poised to see an unemployment wave and plunging consumer spending, chief economist says (www.businessinsider.com)
SEC charges 17 individuals for alleged $300M Ponzi scheme targeting Latino community (thehill.com)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged 17 people for their alleged roles in a $300 million Ponzi scheme that targeted more than 40,000 predominantly Latino investors, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Houston, Texas, on Thursday....
Pet DNA testing company in doghouse after identifying human as canine (www.theguardian.com)
DNA My Dog received human genetic sample and identified it as a malamute, shar-pei and labrador, according to news station
Nearly half of young adults have 'money dysmorphia,' survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
The economy is fine! We just have… money dysmorphia. /s...
Customer Service Company That Worked With Disney, Comcast Will Pay $2M to Workers to Settle Lawsuit Over Pay Practices (www.propublica.org)
Four Years On, Covid Has Reshaped Life for Many Americans (www.nytimes.com)
Covid was declared a national emergency on March 13, 2020. Even as the threat of severe illness and death has faded, the pandemic’s effects linger....
US pause on funding UN's main Palestinian relief agency UNRWA may become permanent (www.reuters.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/MTvC6
CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms (krebsonsecurity.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/16231775
Kansas will pay $1 million over the murder of a boy torture victim whose body was fed to pigs (apnews.com)
Kansas will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over a 7-year-old boy’s murder in 2015 alleging that the state’s child welfare agency should have removed him from an abusive home before he was starved and tortured and his body was fed to pigs....
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6% (news.gallup.com)
The Terrifying Christian Nationalist Crusade to Conquer America (www.thenation.com)
Republicans’ House majority is their smallest in decades, and shrinking (www.washingtonpost.com)
Republicans are entering a months-long stretch of legislating with their smallest House majority in decades. And the margin is about to tighten even more....
Virginia Lawmakers Approve Commission to Examine Universities’ Displacement of Black Communities (www.propublica.org)
