R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain  —  The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has emphasized his vitality and relative youth compared with the leading Democratic …

Judge Cannon Postpones Trump Case Citing Backlog Of Motions She Failed To Rule On  —  Not.  Subtle.  —  Judge Aileen Cannon has done her duty by not doing her job.  —  It was clear for months that the Trump-appointee was going to hold this trial after the 2024 election, or never — and preferably the second.

Biden says he will stop sending bombs and artillery shells to Israel if they launch major invasion of Rafah  —  Programming note: CNN's Erin Burnett's full interview with President Joe Biden airs at 7 p.m. ET on “Erin Burnett OutFront”  —  President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday …

Marjorie Taylor Greene triggers vote on motion to oust Speaker Johnson  —  There were audible boos from lawmakers as Greene spoke on the House floor.  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene leaves a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, whom she has vowed to remove from his leadership post, at the Capitol, May 7, 2024.

When Trump Attacks Our Elections, We Will Have No Excuse  —  Donald Trump and his Republican allies have no intention of accepting the outcome of a free and fair election.  They are boasting about building a voter suppression war machine.  They have told us their plans to intimidate election officials and voters.

FreedomWorks Is Closing — And Blaming Trump  —  The libertarian organization couldn't survive the populist shift in the Republican Party.  —  FreedomWorks, the once-swaggering conservative organization that helped turn tea party protesters into a national political force, is shutting down …

Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry  —  A few years back, a writer in a developing country started doing contract work for a company called AdVon Commerce, getting a few pennies per word to write online product reviews.  —  But the writer …

McCarthy vs. Gaetz: The GOP's never-ending feud  —  Seven months after the Florida firebrand led the ouster of the former speaker, tempers are running hotter than ever — with McCarthy lauding Gaetz's new primary challenger.  —  Kevin McCarthy is escalating his revenge campaign against Rep. Matt Gaetz.

Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT  —  Stack Overflow is overflowing with salt.  —  Stack Overflow, a legendary internet forum for programmers and developers …

Georgia appeals court will review decision that kept Fani Willis on Trump case  —  A Georgia appeals court agreed Wednesday to review a lower court ruling in former President Trump's 2020 state-level election case allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue overseeing it, per a filing.

RFK Jr.'s new hire who downplayed Jan. 6 appears to have been at the Capitol during the attack  —  Photos and videos from outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, uncovered by online sleuths and NBC News appear to show Zach Henry, a right-wing influencer now working for Kennedy's campaign.

Trump asks NY appeals court to expedite the appeal of the gag order in hush money case  —  Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court to rule on their challenge to the gag order limiting what the former president can say about witnesses in the criminal hush money trial, according to people familiar with the matter.

Biden on Trump: He 'didn't build a damn thing'  —  The president's speech on Wednesday was designed to claim credit for positive economic news — but also shake voters' views that his predecessor got stuff done.  —  President Joe Biden on Wednesday cast a major new investment in battleground Wisconsin …

Kristi Noem Calls Off Disastrous Book Tour, Canceling Hits on Fox News and CNN at Last Minute  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) appears to have ended her media tour to promote her new book as both Greg Gutfeld and Dana Bash announced last minute cancellations from the governor.

U.S. to empower asylum officials to reject more migrants earlier in process  —  The Biden administration is planning to announce a new regulation as early as Thursday that is designed to allow immigration officials to deport migrants who are ineligible for U.S. asylum earlier in the process …

Georgia just made it a lot easier to challenge elections — and a lot harder to vote in them  —  With the 2024 presidential election just six months away, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on has signed legislation that makes critical changes to the state's election laws, including expanding the options …

College anti-Israel agitators could be sent to Gaza under new House GOP bill  —  'I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn't last a day, but let's give them the opportunity,' says Rep Randy Weber  —  FIRST ON FOX: A new House Republican bill would send any person charged …

World's top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target  —  Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds  —  Hundreds of the world's leading climate scientists expect global temperatures …

$10 Million To Harvard, Brown And Others Flowed From The “State Of Palestine”  —  Troubling grants and contracts classified in the federal database funded anti-Israel curriculums, professorships, and tuition.  —  In February 2020, Brown University, an Ivy League school with a tax advantaged …

Stormy Daniels details Trump's sleazy contempt for women  —  PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers.  Appreciate our independent journalism?  Then please sign up to support us.  —  📈 Subscribe to Public Notice 📈

Squad Rep's YouTube Page Is a Conspiracy Theorist's Dream  —  RUBE TUBE  —  Jamaal Bowman has insisted his days of engaging with fringe content are behind him.  His active YouTube account shows otherwise. … Old (internet) habits die hard.  —  When The Daily Beast revealed in January …

New Hampshire Pol Who Called Teens ‘Ripe’ Won't Apologize to His ‘Haters’  —  WORDS MATTER  —  New Hampshire Rep. Jess Edwards stirred outrage with his explanation for why he opposes raising the marriage age to 18.  —  The New Hampshire lawmaker who called teenagers “ripe” and “fertile” …

Does the public understand that “variant” means “vaccine resistant”?  —  Getting boosted is critical because the virus is changing.  Other forms of mitigation are critical to slow the rate of change.  —  Last week, the WHO announced that it will recommend creation of a new booster for the JN.1 variant of COVID-19.