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 …

Justice Dept. Obtained Gag Order on Times Executives in Secret Fight Over Email Logs  —  A push by prosecutors to secretly seize data about four Times reporters' emails began in the Trump administration and continued under Biden.  —  WASHINGTON — In the last weeks of the Trump administration …

Manhattan DA brought Trump Organization controller to testify before special grand jury: Sources  —  Jeff McConney has testified in the probe of Trump's finances, sources say.  —  One of the most senior officials in the Trump Organization has testified before a special grand jury empaneled …

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

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.

In Response to Oversight Board, Trump Suspended for Two Years; Will Only Be Reinstated if Conditions Permit  —  Last month, the Oversight Board upheld Facebook's suspension of former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts following his praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol on January 6.

FBI demands USA Today hand over names of EVERYONE who read story about two FBI agents killed during Florida child porn raid but newspaper REFUSES First Amendment ‘violation’  — The article was about a child porn raid that killed two of its agents - the suspect committed suicide afterwards

McGahn Breaks Little New Ground in Closed-Door Testimony  —  A transcript of the former White House counsel's appearance, which ended a two-year dispute between the Justice Department and Congress over a subpoena, will be made public next week.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald F. McGahn II …

Bing Censors Image Search for ‘Tank Man’ Even in US  —  “There are no results for tank man,” the Bing website reads after searching for the term.  —  Joseph Cox  —  Bing, the search engine owned by Microsoft, is not displaying image results for a search for “Tank man,” even when searching from the United States.

Bargain hunters pounce as Trump condo prices hit decade lows  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The building has stunning Manhattan skyline views, its spa offers deep-tissue massages, and the fancy restaurant off the lobby serves up prime steaks.  Best of all, many apartments at the Trump World Tower …

Hackers Breached Colonial Pipeline Using Compromised Password  — Investigators suspect hackers got password from dark web leak  — Colonial CEO hopes U.S. goes after criminal hackers abroad  —  The hack that took down the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. and led to shortages across …

‘The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind’  —  A psychiatrist lecturing at Yale's Child Study Center spoke about ‘unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way.’ … KH: Your bio online says you are a “Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, with expertise in violence …

Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks Recall Heated Health Care Summer of 2009  —  Once again, a bipartisan group of senators is seeking to bridge a deep policy divide, but the lesson of failed negotiations on the Affordable Care Act has left Democrats skeptical about an infrastructure deal.

‘His presence is dominating’: How state and local Republican parties are turning ever more toward Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Months after Donald Trump left the Oval Office, Republicans at the state and local level are cementing their loyalty to the one-term president, assuring that Trump will remain …

Belgium's Van Ranst: Covid scientist targeted by a far-right sniper  —  For nearly three weeks Belgium's leading virologist has been living in a safehouse with his wife and 12-year-old son, guarded by security agents.  —  While scientists across the world have come under attack throughout the pandemic …

Dianne Morales refuses her staff union's demands  —  Dianne Morales, once a rising New York City mayoral candidate, refused her newly formed staff unions' demands on Friday, likely extending an impasse that has mired her campaign in internecine drama just weeks before the June 22 Democratic primary election.

Trump called Arizona Senate president to thank her ‘for pushing to prove any fraud’ in election, emails show  —  Newly released emails sent to and from Arizona state senators reveal that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani reached out personally to urge GOP officials …

Why Trump's utterly bonkers ‘reinstatement’ ideas matter  —  One of the earliest signs came in early February.  Donald Trump and his team issued assorted written statements and legal filings which went to comedic lengths to avoid use of the phrase “former president” — suggesting …

EXCLUSIVE: British doctor Peter Daszak who tried to gag the Wuhan lab leak theory is seen outside his million-dollar home in upstate NY as it's revealed he has IGNORED Congress' demands for answers  — DailyMail.com spotted Dr. Peter Daszak outside of his million dollar home in an affluent neighborhood …

A Middle Class Rebellion Against Progressives Is Gaining Steam  —  A specter is haunting America, a great revolt that threatens to dwarf the noxious rebellion led by Trump.  The echoes of a another potentially larger pushback can already be heard in progressive America.  But it's not towards socialism, as many suggest.

Sinema's Position on the Filibuster Echoes Goldwater's Case Against Civil Rights  —  Her claim that the Senate must change “behavior” not “rules” calls to mind her Arizona predecessor's argument that fighting racism required changing “hearts” not laws.  —  Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema's latest reasons …

Obama: Presidential center will promote Chicago's South side  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Barack Obama continued a push to build support for his presidential center on Chicago's lakefront on Friday, urging business leaders in the city to get involved with the project.

In Delaware, Biden Indulges One of His Oldest Habits: Commuting  —  Still adjusting to the White House, the president sees Delaware as a place where he can be on display but still have his privacy protected.  —  REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Everyone here has a Biden story.

Senate Democrat Blocks Military Sexual Assault Bill  —  The bill's filibuster-proof.  But Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Jack Reed is blocking a vote.  —  Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) arrives for a vote in the U.S. Capitol, May 26, 2021.  —  “Consensus” is not a word you hear much in the United States Senate these days.

New York City Can't Just Gentrify Its Way Back to Normal  —  Outdoor cafes and to-go cocktails are scenes from a privileged lockdown.  What is the plan for neighborhoods that were struggling before Covid?  —  Ms. Bellafante writes the Big City column, a weekly commentary on the politics, culture and life of New York City.

You Can Have My Mask When You Pry It off My Cold, Dead Face  —  I'm not ready for a future in which I just go around without a visible display of my self-righteousness.  —  Sure, I've read the studies that say masks probably don't do much of anything, and yes, I've been quintuple-vaccinated.