Republicans privately acknowledge Trump's legal woes are serious this time  —  Many GOP operatives who spoke with NBC News said the federal indictment is serious — and could cause problems for the party.  —  It's long been Republican orthodoxy that no matter what Donald Trump does, the GOP base will stick with him.

Fox News Chyron Calls Biden a ‘Wannabe Dictator’  —  The onscreen text appeared Tuesday beneath split-screen footage of President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, who had been charged with federal crimes hours earlier.  —  A Fox News chyron appeared to refer to President Biden as a …

Judge in Trump Documents Case Has Scant Criminal Trial Experience  —  Judge Aileen M. Cannon, under scrutiny for past rulings favoring the former president, has presided over only a few criminal cases that went to trial.  —  Michael S. Schmidt reported from New York, and Charlie Savage reported from Washington.

No Labels Is Helping a Firm that Raises Money for Right-Wing Extremists  —  The self-proclaimed centrist group is using a vendor that assists election deniers, MAGA Republicans, and the radical Trump right.  —  No Labels is a political outfit that hails political centrism, calls for bipartisanship …

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

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 …

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.

Southern Baptists refuse to let Saddleback Church back into the denomination for women pastors  —  The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors.

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 …

Ex-Chief of Staff John Kelly Claims Trump Is Absolutely Terrified of Documents Indictment: 'He's Scared Sh*tless'  —  Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff assessed that the ex-president's blustery defiance throughout his arraignment day was a facade designed to mask his serious fear of the legal danger he faces.

Woman, 28, arrested for posing as 17-year-old student at Louisiana high school  —  A mother and daughter were arrested in Louisiana this week for allegedly using fraudulent paperwork to enroll the daughter, who is an adult, in a high school near New Orleans, authorities said.

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement  —  Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a modest pace.  Job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low.  Inflation remains elevated.  —  The U.S. banking system is sound and resilient.

Mar-A-Lago Sought 380 Foreign Workers During Time Trump Had Access To Classified Documents  —  Mar-a-Lago looked to employ 380 short-term foreign workers from 2017 to 2022, when Trump had access to classified documents, initially as president and ultimately as a former official living at the club.

How much did Congress lose by defunding the IRS?  Way more than we thought.  —  The White House and Congress recently agreed to claw back more than $20 billion earmarked for the Internal Revenue Service.  This deal was, ostensibly, part of a grand bargain to reduce budget deficits.

As more schools target ‘Maus,’ Art Spiegelman's fears are deepening  —  Right-wing culture warriors pushing restrictions on classroom instruction sometimes defend these measures by insisting that they avoid targeting historically or intellectually significant material.

Olympic ski jumper Patrick Gasienica dies in motorcycle crash at 24  —  “Patrick was an incredible competitor, teammate and friend,” USA Nordic posted on Twitter.  —  BULL VALLEY, Ill. — Olympic ski jumper Patrick Gasienica, who competed for the United States last year in the Beijing Games, has died.

Trump raised $2 million hours after arraignment  —  The fundraising haul came at a fundraiser in Bedminster, N.J.  —  Former President Donald Trump raised about $2 million at the first major fundraiser of his campaign, only hours after his arraignment in Miami.

Conservative caucus model budget takes aim at ‘woke’ policies, slashes spending by $16.3T  —  The Republican Study Committee (RSC), the largest conservative caucus in the House, put a heavy focus on opposing “woke” policies in its annual model federal budget, while proposing $16.3 trillion in spending cuts over a decade.

U.S. Army Soldier Pleads Guilty To Terrorism Charges For Attempting To Assist ISIS To Conduct Deadly Ambush On U.S. Troops  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York  —  U.S. Army Private First Class Cole Bridges Provided Tactical Guidance in Attempt …

House blocks resolution to censure Adam Schiff  —  The House on Wednesday effectively killed a resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), voting for a Democratic-led motion to table the measure.  —  The chamber voted 225-196-7 to table the resolution.

Trump Support Unchanged In Immediate Wake Of Federal Criminal Indictment, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Economy & Preserving Democracy Top List Of 2024 Election Issues  —  mail_outline  —  Less than a week after former President Donald Trump was indicted on 37 federal charges tied …

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.

AFL-CIO to Endorse Biden for Re-Election as Parties Jockey for Union Voters  —  Labor federation's move comes roughly a year earlier than in past cycles, kick-starting get-out-the-vote efforts  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden is expected to be endorsed by the AFL-CIO this week ahead …

Is ‘No Nudity on the White House Lawn’ Really Too Much to Ask?  —  On the menu today: Sure, it's just one social-media influencer who chose to bare breasts on the White House lawn during the Pride event on Saturday.  But perhaps it is what inevitably happens when people are bombarded with messages to …

House lawmakers float bypassing GOP hardliners  —  Some House members are proposing that House Republicans try to bypass the right-wing hardliners in their conference. … - Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a prominent member of several centrist and bipartisan groups, floated doing an end-run around …

Marine Arrested in Firebombing of Planned Parenthood Clinic  —  Prosecutors say he is one of two suspects in last year's Molotov cocktail attack.  —  Two men, one of them an active-duty Marine, were arrested Wednesday for allegedly firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, California, last year.