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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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

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

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.

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.

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 …

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.

White Starbucks Manager Fired Amid Furor Over Racism Wins $25 Million  —  The company fired a former regional manager because of her race amid the fallout from the arrests of two Black men at a Philadelphia store, a federal jury found.  —  The episode plunged one of America's most ubiquitous brands into crisis.

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

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.

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 …

Archdiocese of Washington Tiptoes Around Pride Mass at Biden's Parish  —  An LGBTQ “Pride Mass” scheduled to take place Wednesday evening at President Joe Biden's preferred parish appears to have the support of the Archdiocese of Washington.  —  Asked if the archdiocese supports the mass …

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.