Stormy Daniels testimony reveals the triumph of #MeToo (www.salon.com)
‘It wasn’t a big deal’: secret deposition reveals how a child molester priest was shielded by his church (www.theguardian.com)
"We are so innocent": Trump fumes after judge denies 2nd motion for mistrial (www.salon.com)
Trump and Republicans slam Biden over pledge to withhold weapons from Israel over Rafah (www.usatoday.com)
In a Truth Social post, Trump attacked Biden − and Hamas − by accusing the president of “taking the side of these terrorists, just like he has sided with the Radical Mobs taking over our college campuses.”
CFPB rule to save Americans $10 billion a year in late fees faces possible last-minute freeze (www.cnbc.com)
Naming names, it’s up to Texas Judge Mark T. Pittman.
Nearly half of cancer patients have more than $5,000 in medical debt, even though most are insured (www.nbcnews.com)
How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel (www.nytimes.com)
The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, traveled to Columbia University two weeks ago to decry the “virus of antisemitism” that he said pro-Palestinian protesters were spreading across the country. “They have chased down Jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them,” he said to jeers from...
Cruise ship docks at New York City port with 44-foot dead endangered whale caught on its bow (www.yahoo.com)
Family of Air Force airman, 23, fatally shot by Florida sheriff's deputy demands release of bodycam video (www.nbcnews.com)
A teen said a deputy threatened him as he filmed his mom's arrest. A jury awarded him $185,000. (apnews.com)
Trump Media investor convicted of insider trading ahead of merger (abcnews.go.com)
3 skiers missing in Utah avalanche, search underway: Police (abcnews.go.com)
New bill aims to limit harmful heavy metals found in baby food (www.cnn.com)
Homeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer, coffee maker (apnews.com)
US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei, sources say | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Saudi forces 'told to kill’ to clear land for eco-city (www.bbc.com)
Catholic Group Defrocks AI Priest After It Gave Strange Answers (futurism.com)
I used resume spammers to apply for 120 jobs. Chaos ensued. (www.businessinsider.com)
Despite numbers showing a healthy economy overall, lower-income spenders are showing the strain (abcnews.go.com)
Half of Gaza water sites damaged or destroyed, BBC satellite data reveals (www.bbc.com)
Barron Trump to step into the political arena as a Florida delegate at the Republican convention (www.nbcnews.com)
The position as an at-large delegate for the Florida Republican Party will be the highest-profile political role thus far for Barron, former President Donald Trump’s youngest son....
No one will take credit for calling state police on UVa campus protesters: Neither the governor's office nor the school's president nor the university police chief have taken credit for the decision (dailyprogress.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/article_ea6bd3f0-0c0b-11ef-bc6c…
Small-Town Politics, National Consequences: The Supreme Court takes up a Texas power struggle involving allegedly retaliatory arrests of two councilwomen. (www.texasobserver.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/small-town-politics-national-co…
Study reveals "widespread, bipartisan aversion" to neighbors owning AR-15 rifles (www.psypost.org)
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that across all political and social groups in the United States, there is a strong preference against living near AR-15 rifle owners and neighbors who store guns outside of locked safes. This surprising consensus suggests that when it comes...