Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat, Cruises in New Mexico House Race  —  Ms. Stansbury won a landslide victory in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.  The result is likely to hearten national Democrats worried about the 2022 midterms.

Hedge fund guru tied to Jeffrey Epstein scandal hit with lawsuit over alleged hush money  —  A New York woman has filed a defamation lawsuit against Leon Black, alleging that the hedge fund titan sexually assaulted, harassed and intimidated her, then paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars …

POLITICO Playbook: Infrastructure day: What to watch for in Biden's one-on-one with Capito  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING OVERNIGHT — Via our House elections guru Ally Mutnick: “Democrat MELANIE STANSBURY claimed a resounding victory Tuesday night in a contested special election for Congress …

National Enquirer Parent, Ex-CEO Fined for Breaking Election Law in 2016 Campaign  —  FEC cites hush payment to ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal, who said she had an affair with Donald Trump  —  The publisher of the National Enquirer agreed to pay $187,500 as part of a settlement …

Flynn's Coup Talk Is a Warning About the MAGA Violence Ahead  —  IT'S HAPPENING HERE … The collapse of American democracy that Sinclair Lewis wrote about nearly a century ago as a fictional cautionary tale is what retired general Mike Flynn is calling for now.

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 …

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 …

The Republican plot to steal the 2024 election  —  Republicans have spent nearly seven months making bogus charges of fraud in the 2020 election under the banner of “stop the steal.”  Now they have segued into a “start the steal” offensive to ensure that they will win the 2022 and 2024 elections …

Harris to lead Biden administration's voting rights effort  —  President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the administration's efforts on voting rights as Republican state lawmakers across the country attempt to enact voting restrictions.

Anti-Government Activist in Belarus Stabs Himself in Courtroom  —  Before his apparent suicide attempt, Stepan Latypov said he had been tortured and his family threatened, amid President Alexander G. Lukashenko's efforts to stifle dissent.  —  MOSCOW — An opposition activist …

Arizona wants to use Zyklon B to execute inmates on death row  —  Hydrogen cyanide gas, named by the Third Reich as Zyklon B, was used by the Nazis to kill over a million people in the Holocaust.  The state of Arizona now wants to use it in executions.  —  The state of Arizona is preparing …

‘SpongeBob’ and ‘Transformers’ Cost U.S. Taxpayers $4 Billion, Study Says  —  A new report details ViacomCBS's use of a labyrinthine tax shelter to sell rights to its shows and films overseas.  —  Dismissed by critics and devoured by fans, “Transformers: Age of Extinction” …

Covid Hope Over Fear  —  We look at the effects of the C.D.C.'s new mask guidance on Covid cases and vaccinations.  —  When the C.D.C. reversed its Covid-19 guidelines last month and said that vaccinated Americans rarely needed to wear masks, it caused both anxiety and uncertainty.

Nikki Fried, only statewide elected Democrat in Florida, launches challenge to DeSantis  —  Florida's Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is officially running for governor.  —  The lone statewide elected Democrat announced on Tuesday that she will challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis …

The Conservative Media Double-Standard  —  The same people who advocated for HCQ and complain about election fraud are outraged over the lab-leak miss.  —  9 hr ago  —  1. Humanitarian Disaster  —  I want to be very clear about this: America is doing great against COVID right now.

The jobs report that could upend Biden's economic agenda  —  The jobs numbers for May hold big implications for the U.S. economy — and for Biden.  —  The next monthly U.S. employment report may not show the robust growth that President Joe Biden needs to help pass his sweeping agenda.

Louie Gohmert Says He Isn't a QAnon Supporter, Just a Moron  —  VERY FINE PERSON … This is maybe not the compelling defense that the congressman seems to think that it is.  —  Some people spent Memorial Day at parades or BBQing with friends, but not Loonie Louie Gomhert …

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 …

TSMC Says Construction of Arizona Chip Plant Is ‘Well Underway’  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said it's moving forward with plans to build a $12 billion chip plant in Phoenix, a step toward addressing U.S. concerns over reliability and security in the tech supply chain.

Mayor Breed wants to add more than $1 billion to fighting homelessness in San Francisco over next two years  —  Mayor London Breed is proposing more than $1 billion in new funding to address homelessness over the next two years — a staggering amount that she hopes will finally make a dent in San Francisco's most vexing problem.

Just How Rigged is the “Rigged Game”?  —  “The Division of Light and Power,” the new book by Dennis Kucinich, is an epic chronicle of American corruption  —  Dennis Kucinich has always been ahead of his time.  It's both his distinction and his curse.  As a presidential candidate in the 2000s …

Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, in January.Credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters  —  Much has been written, dissected, said and analyzed about the similarities between former U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

PHOTO: Trump Met Man Who Helped Organize ‘Patriot Caravans’ On January 6  —  Good morning!  It's time to get up!  —  HOUSEKEEPING: Before we get started, a little programming note — The Uprising is normally going to be free for all readers on Monday and Thursday while the other two issues each week …

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 …