Government Finds No Evidence That Aerial Sightings Were Alien Spacecraft  —  The strange objects witnessed by Navy pilots remain unexplained, but officials briefed on a new study say they are not secret technology from a classified American program.  —  WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials …

Anthony Fauci urges China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers  —  Biden adviser calls for help on solving question of whether Covid ‘leaked’ from facility  —  Joe Biden's chief medical adviser has called on China to release the medical records of nine people whose illnesses might …

Facebook to end a longtime exception made for politicians who break its rules  —  The change is part of a series of responses to the Facebook Oversight Board's ruling on former president Trump.  —  Facebook plans to announce Friday that it will no longer automatically give politicians a pass …

Sinema and Manchin's Nihilistic Bipartisanship  —  We are in the eye of the storm of American democratic collapse.  There is, outwardly, a feeling of calm.  The Biden administration is competent and placid.  The coronavirus emergency is receding nationally, if not internationally.

Alleged US Capitol rioter who heckled police for ‘protecting pedophiles’ served jail time for statutory rape of 14-year-old girl  —  (CNN)A Trump supporter accused of storming the US Capitol and heckling police officers for “protecting pedophiles” previously served jail time after being convicted …

What whistleblower case reveals about Florida's COVID response |  Miami Herald  —  What Rebekah Jones saw behind the scenes at the Florida Department of Health  —  Just hours after the police entered her home, guns drawn and warrant to seize her electronics in hand, Rebekah Jones …

Maggie Haberman Is Right  —  Donald Trump really does believe that he, along with two former GOP senators, will be ‘reinstated’ to office this summer.  —  WORLD  —  Were Wuhan Lab-Inquiry Opponents Worried about Provoking China?  —  By JIMMY QUINN June 3, 2021

Biden can't quit infrastructure talks and progressives are losing their minds  —  Progressive activists have mostly kept their cool as President Joe Biden's infrastructure negotiations with Republican senators stretch on longer than planned.  —  But with talks ongoing and new concessions being offered …

As Trump readies summer rallies and speeches, allies worry he's stuck in the past  —  (CNN)A cadre of aides and advisers working to tame Donald Trump's obsession with the 2020 election, including his fixation with debunked voter fraud theories and ballot audits, are realizing the task at hand is much tougher than they thought.

FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11  —  Christopher Wray points to Russian actors, calls for coordinated fight across U.S. society  —  FBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency is investigating about 100 different types of ransomware, many of which trace back to actors in Russia …

U.S. Employers Added 559,000 Jobs in May  —  Unemployment rate fell to 5.8% in a pickup of the labor market's recovery  —  U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate fell to 5.8%, in a pickup of the labor market's recovery from the pandemic amid signs that businesses struggled to fill job openings.

US taps groups to pick asylum-seekers to allow into country  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. instead of being rapidly expelled from the country under federal pandemic-related powers …

Pence says he and Trump may never ‘see eye to eye’ on Jan. 6 insurrection  —  In his second public address since leaving office, former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday put a little space between himself and his ex-boss, saying he and former President Donald Trump might never “see eye to eye” on the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Allen West resigns as chair of Texas Republican Party  —  The move raises speculation that West is preparing to run for a statewide office.  —  Copy link  —  Texas GOP Chairman Allen West announced his resignation Friday morning, raising speculation he could run for statewide office.

Tiananmen: Hong Kong vigil organiser arrested on 32nd anniversary  —  Pro-democracy activist Chow Hang Tung has been arrested by Hong Kong police on the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.  —  Ms Chow is vice chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance which organises annual vigils …

A Top Editor Becomes Her ‘True Self’  —  Gina Chua is returning to the Reuters offices post-pandemic as one of the most senior transgender journalists in the country.  —  For most people, the pandemic lockdowns will be remembered as a time that shrank our worlds, stripping away most of life as we knew it.

Ron Johnson is still weighing whether to run for a third senate term next year, but says he's ‘panicked’ for the nation  —  Bill Glauber Craig GilbertMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  The Milwaukee Press Club got the full Ron Johnson on Thursday.  —  In a virtual session that lasted an hour …

Iran warships appear to begin first Atlantic crossing as U.S. warns against weapons transfers  —  Two Iranian Navy ships rounded the Cape of Good Hope for the first time and appear to be headed across the Atlantic, continuing a journey U.S. officials believe could ultimately end in Venezuela …

Hating Trump is no excuse for comparing 1/6 to 9/11  —  “I'd like to see Jan. 6 burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11.”  —  So said George Will on ABC's “This Week” on Sunday, in what is a growing chorus by super-serious people in political media pushing a super-insulting comparison between …

The Groupthink That Produced the Lab-Leak Failure Should Scare Liberals  —  As we sift through the lab-leak debacle, the good news is that the healthy antibodies in the system are still strong enough to overcome the groupthink that produced the original error.

Ex-Judge is on Track to Lead Review of Giuliani's Seized Materials  —  The judge, Barbara S. Jones, conducted a similar screening during the investigation into Michael D. Cohen.  —  Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Rudolph W. Giuliani have recommended that Barbara S. Jones …

The World Needs Answers on Covid's Origin  —  China wants the issue to go away.  The U.S. should use all of its tools to keep the pressure on Beijing.  —  Covid-19 began trickling out of Wuhan, China, at least a year and a half ago.  The world still knows far too little about the origins of the outbreak.

TikTok just gave itself permission to collect biometric data on US users, including ‘faceprints and voiceprints’  —  A change to TikTok's U.S. Privacy Policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users' content.