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 …

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.

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

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

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.

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 …

‘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 …

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.

Microsoft's Bing Temporarily Blocked Searches of Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ Image  —  Company says ‘accidental human error’ caused problems with results for image linked to 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing  —  Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine blocked content …

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.

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.

U.S. Capitol Attack Is Reshaping The Federal Counterterrorism Budget  —  The Biden administration has requested millions of dollars in new funds for the FBI and Justice Department in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.  —  Five months after supporters of former President Donald Trump launched …

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 …

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 …

All eyes on DeSantis  —  Ron DeSantis is sitting in the ballroom of Pittsburgh's Wyndham Hotel facing the famous confluence of three rivers.  The waterways carry coal barges, kayaks, jet skis, and bass boats.  It is a scene that reflects the area's past and developing future.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Republicans want to change state election laws.  Here's how they're doing it.  —  Passing new election laws has been one of the top priorities for Republican state legislators in 2021 — and they are working from similar playbooks to tighten or restrict the old policies even in states with very different election systems.

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.