US House candidate Bouchard says he impregnated 14-year-old when he was 18  —  U.S. House candidate Anthony Bouchard had a relationship with and impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18, he told the Star-Tribune late Thursday, hours after he disclosed the relationship in a Facebook Live video to his supporters.

Trump administration secretly obtained CNN reporter's phone and email records  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent, the latest instance where federal prosecutors have taken aggressive steps targeting journalists in leak investigations.

An interview with Emily Wilder, recent Stanford grad fired from AP job over criticisms of Israel  —  Emily Wilder, a journalist and 2020 graduate of Stanford University, started a new job as an Associated Press news associate based in Maricopa County, Arizona, on May 3.

The threat of violence now infuses GOP politics.  We should all be afraid.  —  American politics is being conducted under the threat of violence.  —  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who has a talent for constructive bluntness, describes a political atmosphere within the GOP heavy with fear.

GOP Senators Dig In Against January 6 Commission  —  Many say they still haven't read the legislation.  But they have problems with it.  —  Good morning.  I know some of you are tired of January 6 coverage.  But we think this is a critical moment for congressional Republicans.

Los Angeles Mayor Calls Attack on Diners ‘Anti-Semitic’  —  The attack came amid escalating violence in Israel and Gaza that has sparked protests in the United States.  —  Local officials and Jewish leaders in Los Angeles on Thursday condemned an attack against Jewish diners outside …

Covid on the Run  —  The pandemic may now be in permanent retreat in the U.S.  —  I want to end this week by showing you two Covid-19 charts.  They contain the same message: The pandemic is in retreat.  —  In the United States, there is now an excellent chance that the retreat is permanent.

Florida investigating Sidney Powell's Defending The Republic fundraising campaign  —  Nobody knows how many millions the former Trump lawyer has raised or where the money has gone.  —  1 hr ago  —  Investigators for the state of Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services …

Inside Biden's ‘quiet,’ ‘relentless’ diplomatic scramble on Gaza … WASHINGTON — As the first rocket fire was exchanged between Israel and Hamas, President Joe Biden settled on a strategy.  And as he had throughout the 2020 campaign, Biden adhered to it despite mounting criticism from Republicans and even his own Democratic Party.

Sen. Ted Cruz insulted a ‘woke, emasculated’ U.S. Army ad.  Angry veterans fired back.  —  The first half of the TikTok video shows a muscular Russian man with a shaved head doing push-ups, jumping out of a plane, and staring down the scope of a rifle.  The second half shows …

Since leaving office, Trump has charged the Secret Service more than $40,000 to use space at Mar-a-Lago  —  Former president Donald Trump charged the Secret Service more than $40,000 this spring for rooms that Trump's own protective detail used while guarding him at his Mar-a-Lago Club, according to federal spending records.

Corporate Media's Double Standard: They Attack Whomever They Want, But You Cannot Criticize Them  —  On Monday, The Washington Post's media reporter Paul Farhi contacted me to say that he had spoken with numerous editors and journalists at The Intercept, who voiced to him a wide range of personal and professional accusations about me.

David Brooks Interviews Joe Biden  —  What happened to Joe Biden?  Many people thought he was a moderate incrementalist, but now he's promoting whopping big legislative packages that make many on the progressive left extremely happy.  —  I asked him that when I spoke on the phone with him this week.

Report: USPS ‘Internet Covert Operations Program’ Is ‘Much Broader in Scope Than Previously Known’  —  The program 'includes analysts who assume fake identities online, use sophisticated intelligence tools, and employ facial recognition software.  - Parler  — Gab  — MeWe  — Buffer

Bitcoin Miners Are Giving New Life to Old Fossil-Fuel Power Plants  —  The lofty prices of cryptocurrencies have investors sinking money into electricity generation, risking a backlash  —  Across America, older fossil-fuel power plants are shutting down in favor of renewable energy.

The Shock Jock Texts That Could Be Critical in the Matt Gaetz Probe  —  If Joel Greenberg was Matt Gaetz's wingman, Joe Ellicott was Greenberg's right-hand man.  And texts between Greenberg and Ellicott show an attempt to cover up sex with a minor.  —  Text messages between Rep. Matt Gaetz's wingman …

Maricopa County will need new voting machines after GOP's audit, Arizona secretary of state says  —  Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said Thursday that the voting machines Republicans turned over to private companies as part of their audit of the 2020 election were not safe for use in future elections.

Texas Pushes to Obscure the State's History of Slavery and Racism  —  Texas is awash in bills aimed at fending off critical examinations of the state's past.  —  Every morning, schoolchildren in Texas recite an oath to their state that includes the words, “I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God.”

How Andrew Yang Won Over Orthodox Brooklyn  —  A slew of influential ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders endorsed Mr. Yang, motivated by one overriding issue: “Yeshivas, yeshivas, yeshivas.”  —  The campaign material began appearing in Yiddish earlier than usual this year, declaring that the best defense …

Trump to hold rallies in Florida, Georgia, Ohio and North Carolina  —  Former President Donald Trump revealed Thursday that he will hold campaign-style rallies in four battleground states in the coming weeks as speculation swirls that he'll mount another bid for the White House in 2024.

Ex-FBI chief gave $100K to Biden grandkid trust as he sought ‘future work’: Hunter emails  —  Former FBI Director Louis Freeh gave $100,000 to a trust for two of President Biden's grandchildren as he sought to pursue “some very good and profitable matters” with him, newly surfaced emails revealed Thursday.

Blinken confirms the U.S. does not want to buy Greenland after Trump proposal  —  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday confirmed that the United States does not seek to buy Greenland, after then-President Donald Trump had proposed buying the island, sparking diplomatic fallout.

The techlash is a bust  —  After three and a half years, the U.S. backlash against tech's biggest firms has failed to dent or daunt them.  —  The big picture: Today, Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook are massively richer, more powerful and more determined to push their products and services deeper …

Martin Bashir: Inquiry criticises BBC over ‘deceitful’ Diana interview  —  The BBC fell short of “high standards of integrity and transparency” over Martin Bashir's 1995 interview with Princess Diana, an inquiry has found.  —  Bashir acted in a “deceitful” way and faked documents to obtain the interview, the inquiry said.

Pakistan FM invokes antisemitic slur - CNN Video  —  Discussing Israel's actions in Gaza, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Israel has “deep pockets” and “they control media,” prompting strong pushback from CNN's Bianna Golodryga.

Kevin McCarthy Is the Pathetic ‘Leader’ Republicans Deserve … The biggest obstacle to Republicans regaining the House in next year's election is the follower who Peter Principled his way to the top of the caucus.  —  Republicans, conventional wisdom suggests, are destined to take back the House of Representatives next year.

Rep. Greg Pence votes against commission into ‘Hang Mike Pence’ US Capitol insurrection  —  Rashika Jaipuriar Kaitlin LangeIndianapolis Star  —  Thirty-five Republicans, including Indiana's Rep. Trey Hollingsworth, joined Democrats Wednesday to pass a bill to create an independent commission …

Pro-Palestinian protesters shout ‘f***ing Zionist’ and one person is burned in NYC altercation  —  NEW YORK (JTA) — One person was burned when two fireworks were thrown from a car amid an altercation with anti-Zionist protesters in a heavily Jewish New York City business district, according to police.