False right-wing reports about Trump trial jury instructions fuel threats against judge (www.nbcnews.com)
Orcas are still smashing up boats – and we've finally worked out why (newatlas.com) Orcas just want to have fun…
For 20 Years, I Couldn’t Say What Donald Trump Did on the Set of The Apprentice. Now I Can. (slate.com) Bill Pruitt, a former producer for The Apprentice whose NDA just expired after 20 years, writes in Slate that Donald Trump used the n-word during the production of the show — and there are tapes of him doing it.
WP: US concerned about Ukrainian strikes on early-warning radars on Russian soil, official says (kyivindependent.com)
Reuters: France could soon send its military instructors to Ukraine, sources say (kyivindependent.com)
Bullets before ballots: Dozens of Mexican candidates have been killed as cartels seek more control (www.latimes.com)
Texas Democrat who joined GOP in supporting ban on gender-affirming care for minors loses primary (apnews.com)
Louisiana could become first state to require display of Ten Commandments in classrooms | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case (apnews.com)
Two New Giant Pandas Coming to Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute From China by End of the Year (nationalzoo.si.edu)
‘A dying empire led by bad people’: Poll finds young voters despairing over US politics | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Ukraine's Zelenskyy is expected in Normandy for commemorations of 80 years since D-Day, Macron says (apnews.com)
Former Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis’ law license suspended after guilty plea in Georgia election interference case | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
House Speaker Dade Phelan wins runoff, surviving challenge by Texas GOP’s far-right forces (www.texastribune.org)
Biden campaign on Trump verdict: 'No one is above the law' (www.nbcnews.com)
Roberts declines meeting with Senate Democrats about Alito controversy (thehill.com)
Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons (www.politico.com)
Ron DeSantis hopes to raise at least $10M to boost Trump (www.nbcnews.com)
False right-wing reports about Trump trial jury instructions fuel threats against judge (www.nbcnews.com)
Orcas are still smashing up boats – and we've finally worked out why (newatlas.com)
Orcas just want to have fun…
For 20 Years, I Couldn’t Say What Donald Trump Did on the Set of The Apprentice. Now I Can. (slate.com)
Bill Pruitt, a former producer for The Apprentice whose NDA just expired after 20 years, writes in Slate that Donald Trump used the n-word during the production of the show — and there are tapes of him doing it.
WP: US concerned about Ukrainian strikes on early-warning radars on Russian soil, official says (kyivindependent.com)
Reuters: France could soon send its military instructors to Ukraine, sources say (kyivindependent.com)
Bullets before ballots: Dozens of Mexican candidates have been killed as cartels seek more control (www.latimes.com)
India may have recorded its hottest temperature ever amid severe heat wave (abcnews.go.com)
Texas Democrat who joined GOP in supporting ban on gender-affirming care for minors loses primary (apnews.com)
Florida sticks by social studies standard teaching ‘benefit’ of slavery (www.politico.com)
Top Biden aides signal openness to letting Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons (www.politico.com)
Louisiana could become first state to require display of Ten Commandments in classrooms | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case (apnews.com)
Two New Giant Pandas Coming to Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute From China by End of the Year (nationalzoo.si.edu)
Trump Boasted About Sex With Stormy in Tahoe, Athlete Says (www.thedailybeast.com)
Trump’s Outreach to the Libertarians Was an Absolute Train Wreck (www.thenation.com)
Why the State Department's intelligence agency may be the best in DC (www.vox.com)
Germany’s Far-Right Party Is Running Hateful Ads on Facebook and Instagram (www.wired.com)
‘A dying empire led by bad people’: Poll finds young voters despairing over US politics | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Ukraine's Zelenskyy is expected in Normandy for commemorations of 80 years since D-Day, Macron says (apnews.com)
Former Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis’ law license suspended after guilty plea in Georgia election interference case | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
House Speaker Dade Phelan wins runoff, surviving challenge by Texas GOP’s far-right forces (www.texastribune.org)