Americans can no longer afford a summer vacation (www.newsweek.com)
Trump's Camp Says It Has Nothing to Do With Project 2025 Manifesto -- Aside From Writing It (theintercept.com)
The Trump campaign attempted to distance itself from the conservative Project 2025 playbook on Friday. Despite significant overlap between Project 2025 personnel and staffers from former president Donald Trump’s administration and campaign, Trump issued a statement saying he had “no idea who is behind” the project....
Papal arch enemy Archbishop Vigano found guilty of schism and excommunicated (www.reuters.com)
Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a fierce ultra-conservative critic of Pope Francis, has been found guilty of schism and excommunicated, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said on Friday. Vigano, the papal envoy in Washington from 2011-2016, went into hiding in 2018 after alleging that the pope knew for years about sexual...
UT-Austin spares pro-Palestinian protesters from suspension, offers them probation instead (feeds.texastribune.org)
In letters sent out to students this week, first reported by KUT, university officials said it would be appropriate to suspend them for their actions during the protests but would give them the option to take “deferred suspension” instead, a form of probation that would allow students to remain in class and keep the...
Crews battle South Hill fertilizer warehouse fire in sweltering heat (www.wral.com)
Reformist Pezeshkian elected president of Iran in runoff vote, defeating hard-liner Jalili (www.pbs.org)
Supporters of Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and longtime lawmaker, entered the streets of Tehran and other cities before dawn to celebrate as his lead grew over Jalili, a hard-line former nuclear negotiator....
2nd local radio host says they were given questions ahead of Biden interview (abcnews.go.com)
Cyclist fined for kissing wife during Tour de France (www.bbc.com)
The governing body said the fine was for “unseemly or inappropriate behaviour during the race and damage to the image of the sport”.
Appeals Court Restores $26M Judgment Against ‘Unite The Right’ Rally White Supremacists (newsone.com)
“Ephemeral Streams” Are Critical—and a Supreme Court Decision Puts Them at Risk (www.motherjones.com)
127 degrees: Heat record shattered in Death Valley, with high temperature of 130 in forecast (abc7.com)
Biden’s doctor reportedly met with top neurologist at White House (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden’s doctor met with a leading Washington DC neurologist at the White House this year, it was reported on Saturday....
Fiery railcars with hazardous material mostly contained after derailment in North Dakota (apnews.com)
GOP Lawmaker Slammed For Calling White House Press Secretary ‘DEI Hire’ (atlantadailyworld.com)
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Head of group responsible for Project 2025 threatens violence if people challenge their "revolution" (www.salon.com)
“And so I come full circle on this response and just want to encourage you with some substance that we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” he said.
Reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential vote | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, Iranian state news agency Press TV reported Saturday citing the country’s election headquarters, beating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote at a time of tensions at home and abroad.
Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body (www.theguardian.com)
US study that researchers say highlights chemicals’ ubiquity also shows PFAS association with seafood and red meat
Who is in the new Labour cabinet? (www.theguardian.com)
With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times
France asks two Chinese spies to leave the country after attempt to forcibly repatriate exiled Chinese dissident (www.lemonde.fr)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/509234...
Foreign companies consider moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “die-hard” Taiwanese independence advocates (www.taipeitimes.com)
Companies consider moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “die-hard” Taiwanese independence advocates...
Trump World ‘panicking’ as Project 2025 gets on the radar of voters (www.msnbc.com)
JPMorgan Chase warns 86 million customers they might have to start paying for their bank accounts (finance.yahoo.com)
The potential charges, says Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan, are a result of new regulatory rules that cap overdraft and late fees. Lake says Chase will be passing along those increased expenses to customers, which would put an end to now-free services such as checking accounts and wealth...