9-year-old describes escaping out a window during the Uvalde school shooting as anger mounts over law enforcement's response  —  (CNN)As a gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last week and began firing, one student says his teacher — wounded by bullets — had to text 911 for help after a phone call did not go through.

Lawyer Who Plotted to Overturn Trump Loss Recruits Election Deniers to Watch Over the Vote  —  A central figure in the scheme to reverse the 2020 election is mobilizing grass-roots activists into an “army of citizens” trained to aggressively monitor elections.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Nancy Pelosi's Husband Paul Arrested for DUI in Napa (UPDATE)  —  UPDATE  —  5:54 AM PT — 5/30 — Paul was involved in a car crash, and that's how officers spotted him.  At 10:26 PM Saturday night, the CHP got a call about a 2-car crash in the Napa area, this according to the collision report obtained by TMZ.

Austin pushing to effectively decriminalize abortion ahead of ruling on Roe  —  The state's so-called trigger law, which would take effect 30 days after a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe, includes the nation's harshest criminal penalties on abortion.  —  The city of Austin is attempting …

Merrick Garland warns of democracy under threat in Harvard speech  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland warned about threats to democracy in the U.S. and abroad in a commencement speech at Harvard University on Sunday. … - Garland also urged the students, members of the 2020 and 2021 graduating classes …

Fox News Anchor Makes Impassioned Call for Gun Control, Cuts Off Colleague Who Said Biden 'Isn't Uniting': 'He Can't Do It Alone'  —  Fox News anchor Arthel Neville made an impassioned call for gun control in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas …

Opinion How the U.N. became a tool of China's genocide denial propaganda  —  Before U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet made her long-awaited tip to China last week, the Biden administration and the human rights community urged her not to let Beijing turn the visit …

The Putinologist: CIA chief's long history with Putin gives him special insight  —  Half of Washington, D.C., is in the business of analyzing Vladimir Putin's every word and move these days.  But when CIA Director William Burns speaks of the Russian leader, an autocrat waging a brutal war on Ukraine, his words carry unusual weight.

362 School Counselors on the Pandemic's Effect on Children: ‘Anxiety Is Filling Our Kids’  —  In a Times survey, counselors said students are behind in their abilities to learn, cope and relate.  —  American schoolchildren's learning loss in the pandemic isn't just .

What makes the AR-15 style rifle the weapon of choice for mass shooters?  —  The mass murder last week at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has something in common with America's deadliest massacres - the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.  Variations of the AR-15 were used in this month's massacre …

Trump calls Capitol attack an ‘insurrection hoax’ as public hearings set to begin  —  Former president intensifies attacks on Liz Cheney at Wyoming rally and endorses her Republican primary challenger in midterm elections  —  Joanna Walters in New York and agencies

Arlington National Cemetery to conduct 154th Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony  —  will host its 154th National Memorial Day Wreath-Laying Ceremony on Monday.  —  The U.S. Army Military District of Washington will participate in the ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier …

What America Needs Is a Liberalism That Builds  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Early in Joe Biden's presidency, Felicia Wong, the president of the liberal Roosevelt Institute, told me that Biden was badly misunderstood.  He's been in national politics for decades …