Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist. (newrepublic.com)
She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway. (www.texastribune.org)
In December 2022, Miranda and her partner, Levi Langley, packed up the whole family, all their possessions and their pet chameleon and set out for Texas. It was time to come home....
Judge partially strikes down Georgia ban on giving voters food and water in polling lines (www.cnn.com)
A federal judge on Friday narrowed a section of Georgia election law that banned the practice of handing out food and water to voters waiting in line to cast ballots, as well as halted enforcement of a requirement that voters put their birth dates on the outer envelope of their ballots.
Democrats refuse to help GOP out of House speaker mess, trashing Jim Jordan as an 'insurrectionist' (www.nbcnews.com)
Democrats are standing firm in their refusal to bail out the House Republican majority as it struggles to elect a new speaker 10 days after after booting Rep. Kevin McCarthy....
‘Get Help’ – Elon Musk Blasted for Mocking Ukraine With Fake Zelensky Picture (www.kyivpost.com)
‘Get Help’ – Elon Musk Blasted for Mocking Ukraine With Fake Zelensky Picture The world’s richest man has continued his campaign against Kyiv, this time by using a fake picture of President Zelensky to mock Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion....
Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns (www.nytimes.com)
A small town in Kansas has become a battleground over the First Amendment, after the local police force and county sheriff’s deputies raided the office of The Marion County Record....
Donald Trump fined $5,000 for violating gag order in New York fraud trial and warned twice about imprisonment (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 by a New York judge on Friday for violating a gag order not to speak about any members of the court staff – and was warned twice about possible imprisonment....
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs law restricting release of her travel, security records (apnews.com)
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law Thursday restricting release of her travel and security records after the Legislature wrapped up a special session marked by a fight to more broadly scale back the state Freedom of Information Act....
New school bus route is a 'disaster,' Kentucky superintendent admits. Last kids got home at 10 pm (www.fox2detroit.com)
Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp. chairman (www.cnn.com)
New video shows Philadelphia Police officer shot Eddie Irizarry within seconds of getting out of patrol car (www.inquirer.com)
The video shows that Officer Mark Dial shot and killed Irizarry within five seconds of getting out of his cruiser.
After $700 Million U.S. Bailout, Trucking Firm Is Shutting Down (www.nytimes.com)
X will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet. (fortune.com)
X (Twitter) to soon begin charging $1 annual subscription in order to tweet and interact....
Special counsel obtained search warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account (www.cnn.com)
The special counsel investigation into Donald Trump secured a search warrant of the former president’s Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, according to a newly unsealed court filing.
Pinal Sheriff Mark Lamb’s office spent $200K on guns and ammo from an ‘inmate welfare' fund (azluminaria.org)
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office run by U.S. Senate candidate Sheriff Mark Lamb has spent at least $217,000 from a jail commissary fund that Arizona lawmakers mandated be used “for the benefit and welfare of inmates” to instead buy a cache of weapons, ammunition and ballistic vests....
California governor signs law requiring gender-neutral bathrooms in schools by 2026 (www.cnn.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring K-12 schools to provide gender-neutral bathrooms by July 2026....
A livid Donald Trump rants against judge hearing his New York fraud case (www.dailykos.com)
Donald Trump has been in a New York court today to defend himself against charges of longtime financial fraud, but during a recess in the proceedings, he targeted the judge hearing his case with a livid, deluded eight-minute rant....
FBI searches for growing number of Jan. 6 fugitives (www.cbsnews.com)
For one of the biggest moments of his life, Eric Bochene wore a faded white t-shirt and sat in an empty, green-walled conference room, straining to hear the volume from the computer. He grimaced as the virtual conference technology glitched. And he frequently voiced his frustration with his situation....
Gay Louisiana doctor says he’s leaving the state over its ‘discriminatory’ legislation (www.nbcnews.com)
Dr. Jake Kleinmahon, who is just one of three pediatric heart doctors with his specialty in Louisiana, said he feels like the state has targeted families like his.
'Barbie' makes history with $1 billion at the box office (www.cnn.com)
“Barbie” has answered the billion-dollar question with a resounding “yes.” Barely three weeks into its run, writer-director Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster has raked in an astounding $1.03 billion at the global box office, according to official Warner Bros. estimates. This makes Gerwig the first solo female director with a...
Workers are the unhappiest they've been in 3 years—and it can cost the global economy $8.8 trillion (www.cnbc.com)
Trump’s Truth Social tipped FBI to man killed during arrest attempt for Biden threats (www.cnbc.com)
The social media company owned by former President Donald Trump in March tipped off the FBI about threats made by a Utah man who was fatally shot Wednesday by FBI agents as they attempted to arrest him for threatening to kill President Joe Biden, NBC News reported.
Police who fatally shot a pregnant woman are sued by her family in Colorado (apnews.com)
Destinee Thompson was supposed to be on her way to lunch with her stepmother in August 2021 when Colorado police, mistaking her for a robbery suspect, fatally shot the pregnant mother as she fled in her minivan.
Previously Secret Memo Laid Out Strategy for Trump to Overturn Biden’s Win (www.nytimes.com)
A lawyer allied with President Donald J. Trump first laid out a plot to use false slates of electors to subvert the 2020 election in a previously unknown internal campaign memo that prosecutors are portraying as a crucial link in how the Trump team’s efforts evolved into a criminal conspiracy....
Facebook is Blocking Canadians’ Posts About the Assassination of a BC Sikh Leader. Their Posts Were Targeted by India’s Government. (pressprogress.ca)
Canadian Sikh Facebook users receive notifications that their posts are being taken down because they’re in violation of Indian law
