Trump says he has 'no choice' but to support electric vehicles because Elon Musk 'endorsed me very strongly' (www.businessinsider.com)
Senior economic aide Sperling leaving White House to work on Harris campaign. (www.voanews.com)
CDC, WHO mull stronger mpox warnings as deadlier strain continues to spread (www.nbcnews.com)
Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ (www.theguardian.com)
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Modern hurricanes are rewriting the rules of extreme storms (www.bbc.com)
Fuelled by heat from ocean waters, hurricanes are sometimes known as nature’s steam engines. As they barrel over the oceans, they turn its heat into brutal kinetic energy that flattens islands and inundates coastal cities, taking months of urgent repair work to heal. Ocean temperatures are now breaking all records, and these...
‘This is climate change’: Scottish beach eroding by 7 metres a year (www.theguardian.com)
Senior economics aide Gene Sperling is leaving the White House to work on the Harris campaign (apnews.com)
White House senior adviser Gene Sperling is leaving his administration position to work with Vice President Kamala Harris’ election campaign as the Democrats step up efforts to challenge Donald Trump on policy issues in November’s election....
US completes withdrawal from last base in Niger. (www.voanews.com)
Oklahoma schools in revolt over Bible mandate (thehill.com)
March on DNC protests Trump appearance at NABJ. (prismreports.org)
Tech CEOs are backtracking on their RTO mandates—now, just 3% of firms asking workers to go into the office full-time (fortune.com)
Many tech firms have spent the last two years summoning workers back into the office—all the while threatening them with layoffs. Even Zoom reverted to in-person working last year....
J.D. Vance’s trans law school friend accuses him of using trans kids “as a political ploy” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Two US battleground states seen vulnerable to post-election chaos (www.reuters.com)
Surprised GA isn’t in their report: usnews.com/…/georgia-election-board-rolls-back-so…
“Now Is the Time to Take Action”: Carbon Monoxide Poisonings After Hurricane Beryl Are the Highest Since Texas Winter Storm. (www.propublica.org)
JD Vance says he was asked in front of his wife if he had 'any secret family' during vice presidential vetting (www.businessinsider.com)
Sen. JD Vance recounted being asked if he had a “secret family” during the vice presidential vetting process, which he found intrusive and bizarre, especially since his wife was present....
Harris campaign launches GOP outreach, led by former NC justice. (ncnewsline.com)
Bitcoin Bros and the MAGA Faithful Converge in Nashville — and Embrace an Alternate Reality (theintercept.com)
Nashville has become a magnet for far-right media figures like Ben Shapiro, who moved his media company, the Daily Wire, to the city in 2020, bringing a wave of anti-trans activism that has made Tennessee increasingly cruel toward LGBTQ+ people. Meanwhile, Nashville, which is often described as a blue dot in a red sea, has seen...
US expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous vehicles. (www.voanews.com)
Bangladesh prime minister resigns as deadly anti-government rallies grip nation | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Monday after weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations gripped the South Asian nation....
LGBTQ+ people are coming out even younger than before, but 1 in 5 still hasn't come out at all (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits He Left a Dead Bear in Central Park (www.nytimes.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, confessed on Sunday that he had left a dead bear cub in Central Park in Manhattan in 2014 because he thought it would be “amusing.”...
Kamala Harris was less than 20ft from pipe bomb on Jan 6, report reveals (www.independent.co.uk)
Vice President Kamala Harris was less than 20 feet from a “viable” pipe bomb on January 6, according to a new report from Homeland Security’s internal watchdog....
Trump congratulates Putin for Biden's historic prisoner swap (www.salon.com)
Casualties after third Israeli strike on school in a week (www.bbc.com)
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