Appeals Court Denies Another Trump Attempt to Delay Trial  —  Donald J. Trump's lawyers sought to pause his Manhattan criminal trial as they argued that it should be moved, but a judge rejected their appeal.  —  One week before Donald J. Trump is set to go on trial for criminal charges in Manhattan …

Biden slams Trump abortion comments: ‘simply lying’  —  President Biden slammed former President Trump on Monday for saying he thinks abortion policies are best left to the states, and for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee's role in overturning Roe v. Wade.

‘Profoundly ahistorical’: 4-star generals side with Jack Smith, tell Supreme Court Trump's immunity claims are ‘assault’ on democracy  —  A distinguished group of retired four-star generals and admirals from the U.S. military have argued in a brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday …

Elon Musk Didn't Want His Latest Deposition Released.  Here It Is.  —  Musk is being sued for falsely suggesting a 22-year-old Jewish man was part of a neo-Nazi brawl.  —  Elon Musk was deposed last month over his role in allegedly promoting a false conspiracy theory that a 22-year-old Jewish man participated in a neo-Nazi brawl.

‘Donald Trump did this’: New Biden abortion ad features a woman who says she almost died because of the Texas ban  —  The ad was released hours after Trump said that he believes abortion laws should be left to the states, sidestepping the national ban that some of his supporters want.

Sonia Sotomayor's retirement is a political IQ test  —  Are you into politics to win — or to feel good about yourself?  —  Sonia Sotomayor, one of the three remaining liberal Supreme Court justices, will turn 70 years old in June, is diabetic and had one parent who died at a young age.

Men punching random women in NYC: A desperate last gasp of the male rage fueling MAGA  —  Random NYC attacks are an extreme manifestation of men feeling entitled to women's time and attention  —  Men are punching random women on the streets of New York City.

RFK Jr.'s New York state director says her ‘No. 1 priority’ is preventing a Biden victory  —  A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pitching Republican voters to support his independent presidential bid by arguing that Kennedy will help Donald Trump defeat Joe Biden if he's on the ballot in New York.

Las Vegas attorney kills 2, self in Summerlin law office shooting: sources  —  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Three people are dead following a shooting Monday morning in a law office in a building near Red Rock resort in Summerlin, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill.

President Joe Biden Outlines New Plans to Deliver Student Debt Relief to Over 30 Million Americans Under the Biden-Harris Administration  —  Today, Biden-Harris Administration leaders will fan out across the country as President Biden announces his Administration's new plans to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans.

Trump's $175 Million Bond Is Even Shadier Than It Looks  —  BOILERPLATE  —  New information shows that the insurance company that swooped in and bailed out Trump with a $175 million bond isn't on a list of vetted companies—and wrote a bizarre contract.

Traduzione in lingua inglese  —  Declaration “Dignitas Infinita”  —  on Human Dignity Presentation  —  During the Congresso of 15 March 2019, the then-Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith decided to commence “the drafting of a text highlighting the indispensable nature of the dignity …

Saying prosecutors should focus on Antifa, judge frees white supremacist in beating  —  In his sentencing memo Thursday, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney made it clear why he was letting Tyler Laube off lightly.  —  It wasn't just because of what Laube did or didn't do …

Elizabeth Warren says she believes Israel's war in Gaza will legally be considered a genocide  —  “If you want to do it as an application of law, I believe that they'll find that it is genocide, and they have ample evidence to do so,” Warren said of the case before the ICJ.

Justice Department rejects House GOP bid to obtain audio of Biden interview with special counsel  —  Washington — The Justice Department rejected a request from two Republican-led House committees that it turn over an audio recording of former special counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Joe Biden.

GOP Senate hopeful suggests nursing home residents are too close to death to vote  —  Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde expressed doubts about the 2020 election results by arguing nursing home residents are too close to death to vote, newly released audio shows.

Donald Trump Fundraiser May Have Broken the Law  —  A fundraising event hosted by a charitable organization and linked to Donald Trump may have broken the law if it explicitly benefited his campaign, as an IRS rule bars charities from endorsing candidates for elections.

The increasingly authoritarian-curious Republican Party  —  Donald Trump is eyeing a more authoritarian second term in the White House.  And, increasingly, Republicans seem inclined to support that goal.  —  Polling on the GOP's appetite for a more powerful chief executive has been slow in coming.

William Shatner promotes fighting climate change amid solar eclipse  —  Star Trek actor William Shatner told NBC News on Monday that there's no point in going into space if we “can't come back” to Earth due to the environment.  —  NBC's Maura Barrett pressed Shatner with a climate change question …

Whoopi Goldberg: Abortion is ‘not mentioned’ in the Ten Commandments  —  The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg argued on Monday that abortion is “not mentioned” in the Ten Commandments while discussing former President Donald Trump's social media video stating his stance on abortion.

Inside the Election Denial Groups Planning to Disrupt November  —  Groups like True the Vote and Michael Flynn's America Project want to mobilize thousands of Trump supporters by pushing baseless claims about election fraud—and are rolling out new technology to fast-track their efforts.

Ron DeSantis hosts donors at South Florida casino with an eye toward what's next  —  The idea of running for president again in 2028 did not come up directly, but attendees said you could “read between the lines.”  —  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gathered about 100 top supporters …