BCA identifies officer in Daunte Wright shooting  —  Monday night, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified the officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center Sunday.  —  The BCA identified the long-time veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department as Officer Kim Potter.

Trump: McConnell ‘helpless’ to stop Biden from packing court  —  Former President Trump said late Monday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is “helpless” against considerations by President Biden to expand the number of Supreme Court justices serving on the bench.

Lachlan Murdoch dismisses ADL complaint, says Fox sees no problem with Tucker Carlson's ‘replacement theory’ remarks  —  New York (CNN Business)Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch dismissed the Anti-Defamation League's demand that the company f ire host Tucker Carlson …

The warning signs of a longer pandemic  —  All the things that could prolong the COVID-19 pandemic — that could make this virus a part of our lives longer than anyone wants — are playing out right in front of our eyes.  —  The big picture: Right now, the U.S. is still making fantastic progress on vaccinations.

Another cruise line will require vaccines; DeSantis says no  —  SilverSea Cruises became the second major cruise line to announce it will require COVID-19 vaccinations for all passengers when it resumes global itineraries on June 5.  —  The decision could set up a confrontation with Florida …

And like that —poof—he was gone.  —  A note about me and Mother Jones.  —  3 hr ago  —  Personal news: I am no longer editorial director at Mother Jones.  You need to find new reasons to pretend to cancel your subscriptions.  —  I was hired at MJ in July of 2013 as their engagement editor.

Arclight Cinemas And Pacific Theatres Won't Be Reopening; Parent Company Decurion Hands Keys Back To Landlords  —  EXCLUSIVE: Refresh for more details The last thing we needed to hear as the box office and exhibition were rebounding from the pandemic was a piece of bad news …

NCAA Board of Governors Statement on Transgender Participation  —  The NCAA Board of Governors firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college sports.  This commitment is grounded in our values of inclusion and fair competition.

Israeli Defense Officials Warn Leaks on Iran Operations ‘Will Blow Up in Our Faces’  —  Some officials fear that inter-agency battles for prestige and political motives are leading to the series of reports and could push Iran to a severe reaction  —  A recent series of reports attributing …

Scoop: Biden weighs Ken Salazar for ambassador to Mexico  —  The Biden administration is vetting Ken Salazar, a former senator and Interior secretary, to serve as U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: President Biden is close to publicly naming a slate of ambassadors.

‘Darn’ Tootin' It Is!':  Gov. Tate Reeves Again Declares Confederate Heritage Month, SCV Says  —  Despite asking Gov. Tate Reeves' office since late March if he planned to again declare April as Confederate Heritage Month with no response, this publication just found what appears to be this year's proclamation.

The Supreme Court Broke Its Own Rules to Radically Redefine Religious Liberty  —  Late on Friday night, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Tandon v. Newsom, which blocked California's COVID-related ban on religious gatherings in private homes.  Chief Justice John Roberts dissented …

‘Felt like a setup’: WhatsApp chat shows Gaetz ally scrambling to contain fallout  —  MIAMI — The feds were closing in.  And Rep. Matt Gaetz's friend, Joel Greenberg, was in a panic.  —  The Florida county tax collector was five days away from a federal indictment for sex trafficking involving …

The rise of domestic extremism in America  —  Data shows a surge in homegrown attacks not seen in a quarter-century  —  Domestic terror incidents by year  —  Domestic terrorism incidents have soared to new highs in the United States, driven chiefly by white-supremacist …

Why it's good that corporations are defending democracy  —  With more corporations making public displays of support for democracy amid ongoing GOP assaults on voting rights, it's easy to mock them for “wokeness,” or to discern deeply cynical motives at play.

Will Smith movie ‘Emancipation’ abandons Georgia over voting restrictions  —  LOS ANGELES — Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith will move production on their big-budget, runaway slave thriller “Emancipation” out of Georgia in protest over the state's controversial new voting restrictions.

Subpoenaing the Brookings Institution, Durham Focuses on Trump-Russia Dossier  —  The special counsel scrutinizing the Russia inquiry, a Trump-era leftover, appears to be retreading ground that an inspector general explored in 2019.  —  WASHINGTON — Exiled from Twitter …

D.C.'s rising libertarian star, with her ‘healthy skepticism of state power,’ secures an influential podcast  —  Jane Coaston hates the phrase “the Black community.”  The 33-year-old journalist always jokes about her next “Black community meeting,” mocking the idea that she and millions …

A Clash of Wills Keeps a Leonardo Masterpiece Hidden  —  The Louvre inspected the “Salvator Mundi” and certified it as the work of Leonardo da Vinci.  But it kept those findings secret after a squabble with the painting's owners.  —  French curators had worked for a decade to prepare …

Race-ing Roe: Reproductive Justice, Racial Justice, and the Battle for Roe v. Wade  —  The full text of this Article may be found by clicking on the PDF link to the left.  —  Amidst a raft of major Supreme Court decisions, a relatively quiet concurrence has planted the seeds for what may precipitate …

Reuters to name Alessandra Galloni as its next editor-in-chief  —  (Reuters) -Reuters News is set to name one of its top editors, Alessandra Galloni, as its next editor-in-chief, the first woman to lead the globe-spanning news agency in its 170-year history.

Marijuana legalization has won  —  Marijuana legalization is sweeping states from Virginia to New Mexico.  The writing is on the wall.  —  The US is nearing a tipping point of sorts on marijuana legalization: Almost half the country — about 43 percent of the population …

Andew Yang and the Age of Blah  —  Yeah yeah yeah NFT, Cryto-Currency, UBI, Electric Car, just get me the hell out of here  —  The mood among political observers in New York is glum, fatalistic, mordant: Andrew Yang is going to be mayor.  His campaign of corny jokes, silly spectacles …

Biden picks former New Jersey attorney general to lead DEA  —  Anne Milgram, a critic of the criminal-justice system, would shape drug enforcement amid a worsening opioid crisis, if confirmed.  —  The Biden administration plans to tap Anne Milgram, a former state attorney general, prosecutor …

John Cornyn's ugly, transparent attempt to paint Biden as a Manchurian Candidate  —  For almost the entirety of the 2020 presidential general election campaign, Republicans tried in vain to make Joe Biden's lack of a public profile an issue.  The aim was threefold: (1) They wanted to make him look weak …

The High Cost of Clearing Tent Cities  —  Late in March, authorities in Los Angeles attempted to remove a large encampment of unhoused people who had settled in tents along Echo Park Lake.  Such encampments are increasingly common sights on sidewalks and beneath overpasses in U.S. cities …

Democrats dare GOP to filibuster Asian American hate crimes bill  —  Senate Republicans are weighing whether to mount the first official filibuster of the new Congress — a move that would re-ignite debate over whether the minority has too much power to block most bills.

Ted Cruz Says ‘Americans Will Die’ From Biden-Approved Aid to Palestinians  —  Texas GOP Senator Ted Cruz said that President Joe Biden's recent announcement that Palestine will receive $250 million in U.S. funding will lead to Americans and Israelis getting killed.