Trump Kept Asking if China Was Shooting Us With a ‘Hurricane Gun’  —  The then-leader of the free world also inquired whether the U.S. could bomb China in retaliation for the alleged hurricane attack  —  Near the beginning of Donald Trump's time in office, the then-president had a pressing question …

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump  —  Musk spoke virtually at a Future of the Car event hosted by the Financial Times.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter's ban on former president Donald Trump.  —  Musk, the Tesla CEO who is soon to own Twitter …

Fox News Poll: Three-way race in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary election  —  The race remains wide open as 18% of voters are undecided on who they will back in the May 17 primary.  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for May 10  —  Mehmet Oz and Kathy Barnette gain significant ground as support …

Multiple fake electors cooperating in Georgia criminal probe of Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election  —  (CNN)Prosecutors in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election have interviewed several individuals who served as fake GOP electors from the state …

The J. D. Vance I Knew  —  Last week, Politico reported on a strange leak from the J. D. Vance campaign.  A super PAC supporting the Ohio Republican—who won the party's nomination for Senate on May 3—had commissioned opposition research to help Vance defend against his vulnerabilities.

Alex Mooney Rides Trump Endorsement to West Virginia House Primary Win  —  Representative Alex Mooney handily defeated a House colleague and fellow Republican, David McKinley, in a primary in West Virginia that again proved both the power of an endorsement by former President Donald J. Trump …

Delaware State University ‘incensed’ after lacrosse team's bus stopped, searched in Georgia  —  A college women's lacrosse team feels traumatized after its charter bus was stopped by police while traveling through Georgia, an incident that has left the school's president “incensed.”

Poll: Confidence in Supreme Court has collapsed since conservatives took control  —  A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Americans' confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court has collapsed over the last 20 months — a period that began with former President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans installing …

About a Boy: The Roots of Putin's Evil  —  Putin's childhood taught him many lessons that shape his thinking and actions to this day: that might makes right, that existing hierarchies can only be changed through violence, that force is the only language that matters, that power is always a zero-sum game.

How Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot Escaped From Russia  —  After more than a decade of activism, Maria Alyokhina disguised herself as a food courier to evade the police — and a widening crackdown by President Vladimir Putin.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Inside the Republican campaign to take down Madison Cawthorn  —  The freshman congressman picked a fight with top GOP leaders in his state.  They gave it to him.  —  Last November, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) texted his state's junior senator, Thom Tillis, about a tweet from the senator's wife.

A Baby Formula Shortage Leaves Desperate Parents Searching for Food  —  Some parents are driving hours at a time in search of supplies.  Others are watering down formula or rationing it, hoping for an end to the shortage.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

‘Succession’ star glues hand to Starbucks counter in protest  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and activist James Cromwell has gone from “Succession's” Uncle Ewan to real-life supergluin' — pasting his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter on Tuesday to protest the coffee chain's extra charge for plant-based milk.

Rick Scott says Biden is ‘unwell’ and should resign, as president hammers ‘ultra-MAGA’ agenda  —  Scott calls Biden ‘incoherent, incapacitated and confused’  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for May 10  —  Sen. Rick Scott Tuesday called on President Biden to resign, alleging that Biden …

How Politics Poisoned the Evangelical Church  —  The movement spent 40 years at war with secular America.  Now it's at war with itself.  —  “Before i turn to the Word,” the preacher announces, “I'm gonna do another diatribe.”  —  “Go on!” one man yells.  “Amen!” shouts a woman several pews in front of me.

Jewish passengers accuse Lufthansa of discrimination for flight ban  —  The airline says it is reviewing an incident in Frankfurt, Germany, in which workers appeared to single out Jewish travelers based on appearance and names  —  Several Jewish travelers say the airline Lufthansa discriminated …

Hawley Introduces Bill to Strip Disney of Special Copyright Protections  —  Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Copyright Clause Restoration Act, a new bill to strip woke corporations like Disney of special copyright protections.  Senator Hawley's bill would limit …

The ACLU Has Lost Its Way  —  The lurid spectacle that is Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard hasn't just tarnished his star and hers with allegations that he beat her and violated her with a bottle or that she severed part of his finger and emptied her bowels in the marital bed.

District requires Lyman High School to cover 'Don't Say Gay' protest photos in yearbook  —  District says some of publication did not meet school board policy  —  SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - Lyman High School yearbooks are on hold after Seminole County Public Schools reviewed the publication …

Garcetti likely knew of top aide's alleged misconduct, Grassley's office concludes  —  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti likely knew about a top aide's alleged sexual misconduct, according to a new report from Sen. Chuck Grassley's office that could undermine Garcetti's quest to be ambassador to India.

Opinion Once again, GOP hostage-taking is on the verge of working  —  Here's what “bipartisanship” looks like these days: Republicans hold important legislation protecting all Americans hostage, and Democrats give in to GOP demands and hand the hostage-takers a policy victory.

House gives green light to staffer unionization  —  The House voted Tuesday to allow close to 10,000 of its employees to bargain collectively and form unions, the biggest expansion of congressional staffer rights in three decades.  —  The move comes amid a swelling tidal wave of grievances from staff …

Negativity bias, personality and political ideology  —  Nature Human Behaviour (2022) Cite this article  —  Abstract  —  Research suggests that right-wing ideology is associated with negativity bias: a tendency to pay more attention and give more weight to negative versus positive stimuli.

Trump Managed to Body-Shame an Aircraft Carrier  —  Donald Trump has an awe-inspiring gift for being weird in utterly original ways.  Former presidents were afraid of flying, hospitals, and the number 13.  Trump has a fruit phobia.  His White House predecessors didn't care for broccoli or smoking.

Recall of Chesa Boudin just got its first endorsement from an elected S.F. official  —  District Two Supervisor Catherine Stefani became the first San Francisco elected official to publicly support the removal of District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a progressive prosecutor facing a highly contentious recall election on June 7.