Trump's Boxes and Clinton's Sock Drawer  —  A president chooses what records to return or keep and the National Archives can't do anything about it.  —  Although the indictment against Donald Trump doesn't cite the Presidential Records Act, the charges are predicated on the law.

What Actually Happened at Trump's Arraignment?  —  Monday afternoon around 12:00 p.m. finds me outside the entrance to the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. federal courthouse in Miami-where Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at 3:00 pm.  Like a lot of journalists …

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 …

Why CNN and MSNBC Didn't Carry Trump's Post-Arraignment Speech Live  —  “There is a cost to us as a news organization to knowingly broadcast untrue things,” Rachel Maddow told MSNBC viewers.  Meanwhile, on Fox, a chyron referred to President Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator.”

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.

GOP senator blocks arms sale to Hungary for stalling Sweden's NATO bid  —  The rare move by Sen. James E. Risch comes as relations between the U.S. and Hungary have become increasingly combative as Budapest complicates the Western response to Russia's war in Ukraine

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.

Cartels Are Using Pharmacies To Sell Fake Pills Laced With Fentanyl and Meth to Unwitting Tourists  —  Tourists can buy opioids and benzos in Mexico without prescriptions.  Many of the pills are fake and laced with fentanyl and meth, a VICE News investigation with the Bunk Police shows.  —  MX

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 …

A Moon of Saturn Has All the Ingredients Needed for Life  —  Data from NASA spacecraft revealed phosphorus is present in the subsurface ocean of Enceladus  —  A salty ocean hidden under the icy shell of a tiny moon orbiting Saturn has all the key building blocks of life, suggesting the world is habitable, according to new research.

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.

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.

Larry Summers Was Wrong About Inflation  —  There aren't many Americans who've benefited from the past two years of inflation.  But Larry Summers is probably one of them.  —  In February 2021, the celebrated economist warned that Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan was excessively large …

Bud Light Loses Title as Top-Selling U.S. Beer  —  What if the Most Powerful Way to Live Longer Is Just Exercise?

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.

Beyoncé blamed for stubbornly high Swedish inflation  —  ‘Bills, Bills, Bills’ singer's Stockholm shows drive up hotel prices, contributing to higher than expected reading for May  —  Central bankers looking for somebody to blame for persistent price pressures have a new target: Beyoncé.

Fatality at Lake Crescent  —  Contact: Public Affairs Office, 360-565-3005  —  On June 9th at 2:10 PM, Olympic National Park was notified of an overturned kayaker on Lake Crescent near the Log Cabin Resort. 37-year-old Travis Valenti from Massapequa, New York was kayaking with his fiancée when his kayak began taking on water.

J.D. Vance Helped Lobbyists Weaken His Rail Safety Bill  —  The Ohio senator quietly delayed the timeline for safer tank cars that regulators say could help prevent train spills like the one in East Palestine.  —  For nearly a decade, lawmakers and railroad regulators have been trying …