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International Criminal Court:
Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine  —  Today I am filing applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in the State of Palestine.
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CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war  —  The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes …
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says  —  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday after an hourslong search through a foggy …
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ABC News:
Iran's President Raisi dead in helicopter crash, former foreign minister blames US sanctions
Reuters:
Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Helicopter Carrying Iran's President Has Crashed, State Media Reports
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Why isn't Donald Trump in jail already?  —  Donald Smith would be in a cell by now! … “Why isn't Donald Trump in jail already?”  —  It's a fair question, particularly in light of the flagrant gag order violations in Trump's Manhattan criminal trial, both by the man himself and his surrogates.
Discussion: Kansas Reflector
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Exclusive: Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock amidst anti-trans boycott effort  —  At 4:37 p.m. on Sunday, August 13, 2023, far-right, anti-LGBTQ influencer Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok posted a pre-transition photograph of transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, calling her “a dude,” on Twitter, now known as X.1
Discussion: Althouse
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The truth about crime in DC  —  On May 15, Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) went to the floor of the House of Representatives and said he supported a federal takeover of Washington, D.C.'s criminal justice laws “to improve public safety in our nation's capital... as violent crime skyrockets.”
ProPublica:
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe  —  Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies.  Her bosses halted her work.  As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water …
Discussion: New Yorker
Politico:
Trump claims he wants to testify at his trial.  No one else thinks he should.  —  “Anybody testifying for their own sake, it doesn't play out well,” said one Trump ally.  —  On the eve of his criminal trial, Donald Trump told reporters in Florida that he would take the stand and testify if necessary.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Scared about America losing democracy?  Texas is already gone  —  “I might go to Dallas to murder looters,” a then-active duty U.S. Army sergeant named Daniel Perry texted a friend in the spring of 2020, as protest marches over the police murder of George Floyd swept across Texas and the nation.
Josh Siegel / Politico:
Trump's EPA chief thinks Biden's climate rules are doomed.  But will Biden's dollars survive?  —  Andrew Wheeler also doesn't rule out returning for Trump 2.0: ‘Whenever a president or a governor asks you to do something for your country, you step up and you do it.’
David Smith / The Guardian:
Biden: what would Trump have done if the Capitol riots had been led by Black Americans?  —  The US president Joe Biden asks at civil rights event: ‘what do you think he would have done ... if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol?’  —  Joe Biden has launched one of his most scathing attacks yet …
Discussion: CBS News, PJ Media and New York Times
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
America's largest LGBTQ rights group plans $15 million swing state blitz to re-elect Biden  —  The Human Rights Campaign is launching a spending push in six key states to rally “equality voters” — and warns that many still need to be persuaded to vote for Biden.
Politico:
‘Hell no’: Endangered Senate Dems chafe at relentless GOP drive to tie them to Biden  —  Senate Democratic hopefuls in red and purple states must carve out distance from the president to keep running ahead of his numbers — while dodging hits that they're shifting gears to win reelection.
Discussion: American Greatness
Washington Post:
Biden team braces for upcoming trials of Hunter Biden  —  President's son faces two federal cases in June that could draw attention from Trump's legal problems  —  At 8:30 a.m. on June 3, Hunter Biden is scheduled to report to Courtroom 4A in Wilmington, Del., facing his most dire legal peril …
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Is This Suburban New York Charity a Terrorist Front Group?  —  The Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation is named in a lawsuit alleging anti-Israel groups coordinate with Hamas  —  At first glance, the Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation (WESPAC) seems unremarkable …
 
 
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Katherine Dailey / Politico:
Republicans want Menendez's Senate seat. Trump devotion is getting in the way.
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Podhorzer / Weekend Reading:
Supreme Gaslighting  —  Once again, Alito says the quiet part out loud.  Is anyone listening?
Discussion: The Bulwark
New York Post:
RFK Jr. lists voting address at Westchester home — that's in foreclosure and neighbors have never seen him
Discussion: The Guardian and Democrats
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Axios:
Senate Democrats don't believe Biden's bad polls, either
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ends NRA Speech With ‘Horror’ Warning Set to Dramatic QAnon Music
Discussion: Newsweek and Business Insider
Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian:
Biden vows to fight ‘poison of white supremacy’ at Morehouse speech