Statement of Concern  —  The Threats to American Democracy and the Need for National Voting and Election Administration Standards  —  We, the undersigned, are scholars of democracy who have watched the recent deterioration of U.S. elections and liberal democracy with growing alarm.

At Texas event with QAnon ties, Louie Gohmert downplays Jan. 6: 'It wasn't just right-wing extremists'  —  Over the weekend, hundreds gathered in Dallas for a four-day conference with ties to prominent QAnon figures to listen to keynote speakers who repeated false claims that former president Donald Trump won …

Trump is telling people he thinks he'll be ‘reinstated’ as president in August, according to a report  — Former President Donald Trump is reportedly floating another idea about unlawfully taking power.  — Trump is said to have echoed a far-right conspiracy theory that he'll be “reinstated.”

Anthony Fauci's pandemic emails: ‘All is well despite some crazy people in this world’  —  Fauci's correspondence from March and April 2020, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, offers a peek into his world during the frantic early days of the coronavirus crisis

Meat Plant Closures Are Spreading After a Cyberattack on JBS  — Some U.S. shifts canceled for Tuesday, Facebook posts show  — Sunday attack forced JBS to shut down some IT systems  —  A cyberattack on JBS SA, the world's largest meat producer, has forced the shutdown …

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Build Black Wealth and Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap … One hundred years ago, the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “Black Wall Street,” was ruthlessly attacked by a violent white supremacist mob.

Nikki Fried Running for Florida Governor  —  MIAMI — Nikki Fried, Florida's agriculture commissioner, declared her candidacy for governor on Tuesday, casting herself as the Democratic Party's best option to defeat Ron DeSantis, the popular Republican incumbent, given her role as the only statewide elected Democrat.

The GOP Has Discovered Joe Biden's Political Superpower  —  Something strange has been happening to my in-box.  It's still a wasteland, a ghastly stream of spam and requests from an endless array of politicians and political organizations.  But the GOP fundraising emails — usually the loudest …

Biden administration to cancel oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge  —  The Interior Department will suspend several oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Tuesday, according to three individuals briefed on the decision, overturning one of Donald Trump's …

Republicans fear Trump will lead to a ‘lost generation’ of talent  —  As Donald Trump ponders another presidential bid, top Republicans have grown fearful about what they're calling the party's “lost generation.”  —  In conversations with more than 20 lawmakers, ex-lawmakers, top advisers and aides …

Tulsa isn't the only race massacre you were never taught in school.  Here are others.  —  With President Biden commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre Tuesday, many Americans are learning for the first time about the nation's long history of racist massacres, particularly during …

We can applaud Naomi Osaka without disparaging the media  —  Naomi Osaka's decision to withdraw from the French Open has sparked necessary conversation about athletes and mental health.  It was so important to her that she was willing to sacrifice a potential $1.8 million in prize money to put her own peace first.

Memphis exhumes body of Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest from city park  — Remains of Confederate general and wife will be relocated  — Forrest owned enslaved people and led the Ku Klux Klan  —  Workers have begun digging up the remains of a Confederate general, Nathan Bedford Forrest …

Global Shortages During Coronavirus Reveal Failings of Just in Time Manufacturing  —  Global shortages of many goods reflect the disruption of the pandemic combined with decades of companies limiting their inventories.  —  In the story of how the modern world was constructed …

Man arrested on hate crime charges after allegedly punching 55-year-old Asian woman  —  A New York man was arrested Monday and is facing hate crime charges after allegedly punching a 55-year-old Asian woman.  —  Video from the incident shows a man passing by the woman outside of a restaurant …

SC Rep. Nancy Mace's home vandalized with Antifa symbols: 'It's such a violation of one's privacy'  —  Republican's Charleston home targeted over Memorial Day weekend  —  Rep. Nancy Mace: Biden is ‘throwing gasoline on the fire’ with $6T budget despite inflation fears

Secret Service Spending $34,000 on Fancy Porta Potties in Bedminster This Summer  —  The agency is looking after a high-profile protectee summering in the small New Jersey town—and his name is Donald Trump.  —  The Secret Service is spending nearly $35,000 to rent portable toilets …

America Has a Drinking Problem  —  Few things are more American than drinking heavily.  But worrying about how heavily other Americans are drinking is one of them.  —  The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock because, the crew feared, the Pilgrims were going through the beer too quickly.

Barack Obama Interview: Joe Biden Is ‘Finishing the Job’  —  I'm Ezra Klein, and this is “The Ezra Klein Show.”  —  [MUSIC PLAYING]  —  So in preparation for this episode, I have spent the last few weeks very deep in the mind of Barack Obama.  I read the first volume of his presidential memoirs, “A Promised Land.”

Iran Rearming Hamas with ‘Thousands of New Rockets’  —  The Iranian regime is giving Hamas terrorists resources to produce “thousands of new rockets” in the Gaza Strip, according to a new report in Tehran's state-controlled media.  —  Following a two-week-long war with Israel this month …

In pictures: Bank Holiday Monday brings hottest day of the year  —  People headed to beaches, parks and pub gardens to enjoy the sunshine as the Bank Holiday weekend brought the warmest weather of the year and blue skies for much of the UK.  —  Monday saw the hottest day of the year so far …

Putin to press Biden on human rights of Capitol rioters, Russia says  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to press President Biden on the “human rights” of Capitol rioters when they meet this month in Switzerland, the country's top diplomat says.

West Virginia Giving Away Guns During Vaccine Lottery  —  (WTRF)- During his Tuesday coronavirus briefing, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice gave full details of West Virginia's new vaccine incentive program.  —  'Faster we get them across the finish line, the more money we save,'said Gov, Justice.

Anti-Vax COVID-19 Conspiracy Theorist Rick Wiles Hospitalized With COVID-19  —  When the COVID-19 virus began to spread around the world in late 2019 and early 2020, right-wing broadcaster and anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist Rick Wiles immediately declared it to be a plague sent by God …

California defies conservative critique of progressiveness |  The Sacramento Bee  —  Why conservatism's success depends on California's failure  —  Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last few years, you've probably noticed that conservatives hate California.  In fact, it's an obsession.