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.

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

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 …

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 …

Feds move to drop charges for Capitol riot defendant  —  Federal prosecutors have moved to drop all charges against a New York area man accused of involvement in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, after an investigation determined he did not enter the Capitol building, officials said.

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 …

Trump's company puts D.C. hotel lease up for sale, again  —  The former president's company previously considered selling the lease to its luxury Washington hotel before covid struck  —  Former president Donald Trump's company has again hired a broker to sell the lease to its D.C. hotel …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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.

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.

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 …

80% of cruise enthusiasts would prefer to sail with vaccine requirement  —  Eighty percent of likely cruisers want to resume sailing on ships that require vaccinations, according to a survey conducted over the Memorial Day weekend by the consumer-focused travel website CruiseCritic.com.

Woke Institutions is Just Civil Rights Law  —  Why Conservatives Won't (and Can't) Fight for Influence, and What to Do About It.  Followup to “Why is Everything Liberal?” and “2016: The Turning Point”  —  11 hr ago  —  Liberals control institutions because they care more about politics, a disparity that grew larger around 2016.

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 …

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.”

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.

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.

Tucker Carlson opens Memorial Day show by denigrating the military  —  “Our military at times does not seem interested in protecting the country,” Carlson noted, on a weekend when public personalities and elected officials were under the microscope for messaging before and during the holiday weekend.