Meadows Pressed Justice Dept. to Investigate Election Fraud Claims  —  Emails show the increasingly urgent efforts by President Trump and his allies during his last days in office to find some way to undermine, or even nullify, the election results.  —  WASHINGTON — In Donald J. Trump's final weeks …

Federal Judge Overturns California's 3-Decade-Old Assault Weapons Ban  —  The judge said the ban was a “failed experiment.”  California's governor called the ruling “a direct threat to public safety.”  —  A federal judge in California on Friday overturned the state's three-decade-old ban …

At Once Diminished and Dominating, Trump Prepares for His Next Act  —  The former president speaks on Saturday to the North Carolina Republican convention, as he resumes political speeches and rallies.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump, the former president of the United States …

Gen. Charles Flynn, brother of former national security adviser, takes reins of US Army Pacific  —  FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Gen. Charles Flynn took command of U.S. Army Pacific on Friday, vowing to continue transforming the 90,000-soldier force into one that can meet the challenge of a rising China.

Memorial Day mic cut: Hudson American Legion Post's charter suspended, leader resigns  —  The charter of Hudson's American Legion post was suspended as its leader resigned Friday after a veteran's mic got cut while he spoke about Black Americans' role in the history of Memorial Day.

Media continues to lionize Anthony Fauci, despite his damning emails  —  It's official: Dr. Anthony Fauci is Teflon, at least when it comes to an American media that seems mostly petrified of challenging him in any way despite ample material with which to work.

The GOP is failing to make a villain out of Biden and has run out of ideas - so now they're getting desperate and turning on their own.  — Biden's popularity has left Republicans in a state of chaos.  — They've resorted to culture wars in an attempt to drum up relevancy …

G-7 countries reach agreement on 15 percent minimum global tax rate  —  The accord announced by finance ministers could reshape tax obligations of multinational corporations  —  Finance ministers for the G-7 advanced economies announced an accord that could reshape the tax obligations of multinational corporations around the world.

Trump on idea to run for House seat in 2022 in a bid to become Speaker and launch an impeachment inquiry against Biden: 'It's very interesting'  — A radio host suggested to Trump that he should run for a House seat in 2022 and become Speaker.  — Trump responded that it was a …

AOC Set To Back Maya Wiley In The NYC Mayor's Race  —  This is a special breaking news issue of The Uprising, a daily politics newsletter.  If you enjoyed this story and want to read more like it, please sign up!  —  Rep, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), one if the most influential progressives …

The health insurance public option might be fizzling.  The left is OK with that. … WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama abandoned a public insurance option to win moderate support for the Affordable Care Act in 2009, progressives were enraged.  —  A decade later, Joe Biden campaigned …

The partisan divide in vaccinations is starker than you realize  —  The partisan divide in Covid-19 vaccinations is becoming starker as the nation inches toward President Joe Biden's goal of providing at least one shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4, complicating efforts to reach …

Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump and why obstruction of justice matters … Elected officials don't have the right to break the laws the rest of us have to follow.  And they also shouldn't be able to obstruct justice when they're under investigation.  If anything, the bar should be higher for our elected officials.

Arizona Senate Releases Emails Related to Election ‘Audit’ to American Oversight  —  On Friday, the Arizona Senate released to American Oversight more than 500 pages of records related to the sham “audit” of ballots cast in Maricopa County.  The records include the emails of Senate President Karen Fann …

Days before Rep. Mike Nearman helped protesters breach Capitol, he coached constituents just how he'd help them do it  —  Just days before Rep. Mike Nearman helped armed protesters enter the closed Oregon Capitol building in December, endangering fellow lawmakers and Capitol employees …

How Everything Became ‘Cancel Culture’  —  Congresswoman Liz Cheney was canceled.  —  So her sympathetic Republican colleagues — ranging from Rep. Ken Buck to Sen. Joni Ernst to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan — declared as she was abruptly stripped of her position in party leadership last month …

‘Jeb is Heartbroken’: Bush Inner Circle Responds to George P. Bush's Trumpian Campaign Launch  —  The recent campaign launch by a Bush family scion has upended their longstanding unity, causing heartbreak behind the scenes and even a rare public rebuke from a longtime Bush loyalist.

McEnany: Women in Biden admin get ‘glowing’ profiles after ‘hit pieces’ for female Trump officials  —  Reports say Annie Leibovitz photographing Biden press secretary Jen Psaki  —  McEnany: Mainstream media ‘fawning’ over Biden admin with weak questioning, ‘glowing’ profiles

Home price appreciation is peaking  —  The Daily Shot: 03-Jun-21  —  Administrative Update  —  Please note that clicking on “unsubscribe from The Daily Shot” at the bottom of the letter will not cancel your subscription.  It will just remove you from the distribution list, and you will still have access to The Daily Shot online.

The state of Alabama took his gun away.  When authorities gave it back, he shot and killed his wife. … HOOVER, Alabama — Late one night in February 2019, a 31-year-old woman in a troubled marriage was rushed to an emergency room in a Birmingham, Alabama, suburb, with a gunshot wound in her upper right arm.