Jack Dorsey departs Bluesky board. (techcrunch.com)
Sen. Tim Scott dodges on whether he would accept 2024 election results (www.nbcnews.com)
The senator, who ran for the Republican nomination for president last year, repeatedly refused to say whether he’d accept this year’s presidential election results, regardless of who wins....
Israel-Gaza war: Three soldiers killed in Kerem Shalom rocket attack (www.bbc.com)
Trump compares Biden admin the ‘Gestapo’ and attacks prosecutor in dark donor speech (www.independent.co.uk)
Kristi Noem walks back claim that she met Kim Jong Un as memoir comes under scrutiny (www.independent.co.uk)
Law Firm Defending Trump Seeks to Withdraw From a Long-Running Case (www.nytimes.com)
Kristi Noem defends apparent threat to kill Biden’s dog Commander: ‘Say hello to Cricket’ (nypost.com)
Democratic convention organizers work to balance free speech with safety amid tensions over protests (www.nbcnews.com)
U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel (www.axios.com)
The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, two Israeli officials told Axios....
A Columbia professor wanted to document history. NYPD arrested him outside his home (www.usatoday.com)
Gregory Pflugfelder had just finished the final class of his career at Columbia. In 28 years at the university, he achieved many accolades as a professor of history who taught a popular course on Japanese monsters – mostly focused on Godzilla and "the role of the monstrous in the cultural imagination."...
Driver dies after crashing into security barrier around the White House complex, authorities say (www.nbcnews.com)
The Secret Service said security protocols were put in place and that there was no threat to the White House....
RNC chief counsel resigns after two months (www.cnn.com)
The Republican National Committee’s chief counsel Charlie Spies has resigned two months after accepting the position....
Police tactics at campus protests reveal disparities in approaches to public order and lessons learned from 2020 protests (www.cnn.com)
As universities and colleges turn to police to clear their campuses of protests over Israel’s assault on Gaza that continue to ripple across the nation, the response by law enforcement is under heightened scrutiny after thousands were arrested since mid-April....
Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn (www.ft.com)
Israel is being charged with war crimes for killing a boy in the West Bank (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Southeast Asian Americans face the brunt of racist attacks among Asians in U.S., new study finds (www.nbcnews.com)
While many Americans believe anti-Asian hate has passed, experts say many communities are still living in fear....
Superintendent fired after allegedly investigating students for not applauding her daughter enough (www.latimes.com)
A San Diego-area school district superintendent was fired this week, nearly a year after students alleged she threatened to ban them from graduation ceremonies after they inadequately applauded her daughter at a banquet....