QAnon's Wildest Moments From Their Massively Disturbing Conference  —  The ‘For God and Country: Patriot Roundup’ conference had Michael Flynn calling for a military coup and Roger Stone's social media advisor calling for Hillary Clinton's execution.  —  DG

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows to defund state Legislature after voting restrictions bill fails, threatening salaries  —  “No pay for those who abandon their responsibilities,” Abbott tweeted Monday.  —  Copy link  —  Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday he would veto the section of the state budget …

After defeating restrictive voting bill, Texas Democrats send loud message: ‘We need Congress to do their part’  —  Texas Democrats who defeated a Republican effort to pass a suite of new voting restrictions with a dramatic, late-night walkout from the state House chamber on Sunday have a message …

Maureen Dowd Talks ‘Mare of Easttown’ With Kate Winslet  —  The star of ‘Mare of Easttown’ is back on the sides of buses.  Without airbrushing.  —  Philly's a tough town.  —  If there's a quintessential story about the City of Brotherly Love, it's this one: In 2015 …

His arrest sparked the Tulsa Race Massacre.  Then Dick Rowland disappeared.  —  He liked to call himself “Diamond Dick.”  —  Dick Rowland, a tall teenager with velvet skin, wore a diamond ring as he shined shoes in downtown Tulsa.  Rowland, 19, had recently dropped out of Booker T. Washington High School …

Turkish agents capture nephew of US-based cleric overseas  —  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish agents have captured a nephew of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen in an overseas operation and have brought him to Turkey where he faces prosecution, Turkey's state-run news agency said Monday.

Christian pastors are ‘exhausted’ trying to stop parishioners from believing in QAnon: Evangelical leader  —  Evangelical leader Russell Moore tells Axios that belief in QAnon is becoming an increasing problem within many Christian denominations throughout the United States.

Twitter May Start Labeling Your Tweets Based on How Wrong You Are  —  Twitter is one of many social media companies that's struggled to keep misinformation from running rampant on its platform over the years.  Its latest attempt to move the needle looks to be a tiered warning label system …

Russia to form 20 new military units in west to counter NATO  —  Russia's defense minister says the military will form 20 new units in the country's west this year to counter what he described as a growing threat from NATO  —  MOSCOW — Russia's military will form 20 new units in the country's west …

What's wrong with the NY Times' report on children's deaths?  So much.  —  It's a one-sided article that obscured whether Hamas was an information source, which deaths were caused by ‘friendly fire,’ and why Israel used force at all  —  On the front page of its May 26, 2021 edition …

Biden honors war dead at Arlington, implores nation to heal  —  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden honored America's war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground and extolling the sacrifices of the fallen for the pursuit of democracy, “the soul of America.”

Cuomo is using his waning power to block mask sanity for kids  —  Last week, the Commack School District on Long Island wanted to do the sane thing and make masks optional for children.  The move is long overdue.  The state COVID positivity rate is under 1 percent, and deaths and hospitalizations have dropped precipitously.

Senior figures attack ‘obstruction’ of ICC's Palestine investigation  —  Exclusive: Open letter signed by dozens of European ex-officials calls for end to ‘unwarranted public criticism’ of inquiry into alleged war crimes  —  More than 50 former foreign ministers, prime ministers …

Anarchists and an increase in violent crime hijack Portland's social justice movement  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — The church, on the edge of this city, was built to hold thousands, and on this drizzly day the pews of Mannahouse were filled with hundreds of mourners, scattered throughout the broad …

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 53% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Biden's job performance.  Forty-five percent (45%) disapprove.  —  The latest figures include 32% who Strongly Approve of the job Biden …

The Denver Nuggets Were in a Portland Hotel as It Was Surrounded by a Furious Crowd Seeking Andy Ngo  —  Leftist demonstrators had previously tackled and punched a man who fled to the hotel for safety.  —  The Denver Nuggets basketball team was staying in The Nines hotel in downtown Portland …

‘Slimy’ FBI bigwig sexually harassed his juniors, drank on the job  —  A “slimy” and “creepy” high-ranking FBI agent groped three of his female subordinates, made inappropriate sexual comments in the workplace and regularly drank on the job, according to documents obtained by The Post.

A fight over Jim Crow Road divides rural Northern California town  —  As the story goes, a Native Hawaiian man came as a Gold Rush pioneer to a mountainous swath of Sierra County to strike it rich.  —  His name was given to a ravine, a stream and a street off scenic Highway 49 …

Generation of veterans left with ‘emptiness’ after slow end to failed war  —  Those who fought there say they are conflicted, angry, and sad, but knew for years that Afghanistan would never be ‘won.’ … At the beginning of the Afghanistan War in 2001, every American eye was glued to the television.

Bennington ‘white nationalist’ charged with witness tampering  —  BENNINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A self-described white nationalist charged with violating Vermont's gun magazine capacity law now faces charges of witness tampering.  —  Vermont State Police say Max Misch, 38, of Bennington was arrested …