Trump rejected lawyers' efforts to avoid classified documents indictment  —  The former president was not interested in attempting to negotiate a settlement in the classified documents investigation  —  One of Donald Trump's new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022 …

Pardoning Is Not Enough: We Must All Perform Seppuku for Donald Trump  —  Some people have been skeptical about the presence of motivational speaker/venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race.  My colleague Charlie Cooke cruelly accused him of “not really running for president.”

Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of Jordan Neely  —  Neely's death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner.  —  A grand jury has indicted former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Feds: Human brains, skin stolen from Harvard morgue, sold on black market  —  A group of people stole and sold off human remains from Harvard Medical School's morgue, federal prosecutors say, with a grand jury indicting the morgue's manager and his wife, among others.

White Starbucks manager who ran Philly store where two black men were refused access to bathroom - sparking protests - is awarded $25M as jury finds she was fired because of her race  — Shannon Phillips won her lawsuit against the coffee giant and got $25.6million

Miami GOP Mayor Francis Suarez jumps into presidential race  —  He is the third candidate from Florida running for the GOP nomination.  —  Miami GOP Mayor Francis Suarez filed federal paperwork Wednesday to join the crowded Republican field for president, becoming the third candidate from Florida running for the GOP nomination.

Remembering Robert Gottlieb, Editor Extraordinaire  —  At Knopf and The New Yorker, Gottlieb was an editor of unexampled accomplishment—someone who seemed to have read everything worth reading and to have published a fair amount of it, too.  —  Early this year, Film Forum …

Community outrage after Burlington, MA Middle School students counter-program Pride celebration  —  I guess it's taken as a given now that Middle Schoolers should be encouraged to celebrate Pride month.  That's certainly the case in Burlington, Massachusetts where on June 2 the school encouraged students …

US deploys fighter jets to Middle East after ‘unsafe and unprofessional behavior’ by Russian planes  —  The US military deployed F-22 fighter jets to the Middle East this week due to concerns about ‘unsafe and unprofessional behavior,’ by Russian aircraft, the US military announced on Wednesday.

Former Fox Executive: Is It Time for the FCC to Take a Close Look at Rupert Murdoch's Licenses?  —  A judge found Fox News knowingly broadcast fake news.  Will the feds do anything about it? … As Tucker Carlson said almost nightly on his Fox News show, “I'm just asking the question!”

Man who wanted to kill gay people when he opened fire in a small Montana town is sentenced to 18 years  —  No one was struck in the shooting in 2020 in Basin, population around 200, but officials say John Howald shot up one home and intended a mass killing.  —  A Montana man who fired …

The Gross Spectacle of Murder Fandom  —  After four University of Idaho students were killed, TikTok and Reddit sleuths swarmed the campus.  The community is still struggling with the wreckage they left behind.  —  The reporters arrived in news vans and satellite trucks that trundled …

Tesla's “Self-Driving” System Never Should Have Been Allowed on the Road  —  Elon Musk's automatic driving technology seems to be roughly an order of magnitude more deadly than human drivers.  —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seen during a meeting with France's Finance Minister Bruno Lemaire outside Paris, France, on May 15, 2023.

Bill Cosby sued in Nevada by 9 women who accuse him of sexual assault  —  Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed SB129 on May 31, which eliminated the civil statute of limitations in sexual abuse cases involving adults.  —  Nine women filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Bill Cosby in the state …

Four major environmental groups endorse Biden's reelection  —  Four major environmental groups endorsed President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection for president on Wednesday night, ahead of his speech at a League of Conservation Voters dinner in the nation's capital.

State Department cables: Wuhan Institute of Virology conducted classified research  —  Three previously unreleased State Department cables obtained by U.S. Right to Know include new information about classified research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  —  One cable alleges evidence …

Hoping to Avert Nuclear Crisis, U.S. Seeks Informal Agreement With Iran  —  The talks reflect a resumption of diplomacy between the United States and Iran after the collapse of negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal.  —  Michael Crowley reported from Washington, Farnaz Fassihi from New York and Ronen Bergman from Tel Aviv.

Ron DeSantis, open fascist  —  Luckily this guy has as much chance of being the GOP nominee as I have of displacing Nikola Jokic as Denver's starting center next season.  Still this is a chilling reminder of which way the wind is blowng: … Disciplined coherent fascism is to some extent …

U.S. Marine, 2nd Man Arrested on Federal Charges Stemming from Firebombing of Planned Parenthood Clinic in Orange County  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California  —  SANTA ANA, California - Special agents with the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service …

Broader Support for Abortion Rights Continues Post-Dobbs  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — After rising to new heights last year, Americans' support for legal abortion remains elevated in several long-term Gallup trends.  — A record-high 69% say abortion should generally be legal in the first three months of pregnancy.

Michigan city votes against allowing Pride flags on public property after contentious council meeting  —  The city council in Hamtramck, Michigan, says Pride flag ban is about respecting religious rights of its citizens  —  A Michigan city near Detroit has decided against allowing Pride flags …