Former Obama adviser: Kushner engaged in ‘level of corruption that we’ve just never seen’ with foreign relations (thehill.com)
Hawaii is "on the verge of catastrophe," locals say, as water crisis continues (www.cbsnews.com)
In Hawaii, one of the most important sayings is ola i ka wai, “water is life” — a phrase that not only sums up what it means to exist on an island, but what it means to live, period. But now, one of the largest of the island chain’s land masses is facing a triple threat to its sole freshwater source, and if it isn’t...
Many FBI agents are struggling to make ends meet. Housing costs are to blame (www.wbur.org)
Many FBI agents based in cities with a high cost of living are struggling to make ends meet, forcing them to make hours-long commutes or double up in apartments, according to bureau and Justice Department officials....
DOJ thinks Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on tribal lands (grist.org)
Aid ‘still not reaching Gaza’, as top US official warns famine has started (www.theguardian.com)
A promised surge in aid into Gaza that Benjamin Netanyahu promised Joe Biden a week ago has so far failed to materialise, aid workers say, as the US aid chief confirmed that famine is beginning to take hold in parts of the besieged coastal strip....
Florida can’t ban teacher from asking students to use her preferred pronouns, judge rules (www.theguardian.com)
Katie Wood, a transgender algebra teacher, has long gone by ‘Ms Wood’ but the law required students to say ‘Teacher Wood’...
As his trans daughter struggles, a father pushes past his prejudice. ‘It was like a wake-up.’ (www.nbcnews.com)
Dusty Farr is fighting for his transgender daughter’s right to use the girls’ bathroom at her Missouri high school....
The Fed may have no choice but to tip the US into recession, economist says (www.businessinsider.com)
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Trump’s crusade against mail-in ballots undercuts campaign pitch to vote early (www.theguardian.com)
Campaign toils to convince Republicans to vote early, crucial to winning the election, while ensuring they don’t annoy Trump...
Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com” (arstechnica.com)
Automatic text replacement let users spoof URLs ending in x, like netflix.com....
Sketchy Botox shots spark multistate outbreak of botulism-like condition (arstechnica.com)
So far at least six people in two states have fallen ill; four of them were hospitalized....
US says Russian hackers stole federal government emails during Microsoft cyberattack (techcrunch.com)
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that Russian government-backed hackers stole emails from several U.S. federal agencies as a result of an ongoing cyberattack at Microsoft....
Finance guru Dave Ramsey slams 'awful' Gen Zers and millennials who live with their parents: 'They suck. They can't buy a house because they don't work' (fortune.com)
Maine lawmakers face down death threats & advance bill protecting gender-affirming care (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Dow tanks 500 points in biggest sell-off of 2024 as JPMorgan slides and inflation fears flare up (www.cnbc.com)
Texas' skyscrapers are going dark to keep billions of birds safe (www.bbc.com)
About two billion birds fly through Texas in the spring – and lit-up buildings pose a deadly risk. Turning out the lights at night could save countless fatal collisions....
Who are the swing voters in America? | The Economist (www.economist.com)
The two percentage points of vote share that Mr Trump has gained since 2020 come from three sources. The largest group is people who supported Mr Biden last time, but are now undecided, backing minor candidates or not planning to vote, who outnumber those making the same shift from Mr Trump’s camp. These voters account for 0.9...
College enrollment is up. The financial aid mess could bring it crashing down. (www.vox.com)
Who wants to be a trillionaire? Don’t laugh. That’s exactly where America’s oligarchic policies are taking us. (www.motherjones.com)
Rich Americans are getting second passports, citing risk of instability (www.cnbc.com)
Trump and Johnson Trump build alliance on the falsehood of the stolen election (www.cnn.com)
House Speaker Mike Johnson will stand Friday with Donald Trump at an appearance that will amplify the former president’s most damaging falsehood: that America’s democratic elections are catastrophically tainted by fraud....
Hormel settles pork price-fixing lawsuits for $11 million (www.startribune.com)
Hormel Foods will pay more than $11 million to settle class-action lawsuits alleging the company worked with other pork producers to illegally fix prices and overcharge customers, according to court records....
The Silver or the Lead: How White Collar Crime Prosecutors Get Punished (www.thebignewsletter.com)
The Chief Prosecutor in Elkhart, Indiana, Is Accused of Misconduct for Making Contradictory Allegations (www.propublica.org)
A new motion has accused the elected prosecutor in Elkhart, Indiana, of misconduct, alleging she presented contradictory versions of the truth against two men in connection with a shooting that occurred more than 20 years ago....
