Judge in Trump Documents Case Rejected Suggestions to Step Aside  —  Two federal judges in South Florida privately urged Aileen M. Cannon to decline the case when it was assigned to her last year, according to two people briefed on the matter.  She chose to keep it.

June 2024 State Polls: Trump Maintains Edge over Biden  —  Democratic US Senate Candidates Outperforming Biden  —  New Emerson College Polling/The Hill state polls find former President Donald Trump with a slight edge on President Joe Biden in Arizona (47% to 43%), Georgia (45% to 41%) …

FBI raids home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao  —  Federal agents raided the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao early Thursday morning in a probe that included searches of three properties connected to a politically influential family that runs the city's curbside recycling program.

Investigators for 9/11 families examine video taken by man with ties to Saudi intelligence referencing a “plan”  —  For more than two decades, the U.S. position has been that al Qaeda acted alone on September 11th, but a newly public video has raised questions about whether …

Supreme Court rules for ex-council member in Texas arrested after criticizing city official  —  Sylvia Gonzalez alleged she was arrested for criticizing the city manager of Castle Hills, Texas, and organizing a petition to remove him from office.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …

Jamaal Bowman's got the youth vote at least  —  NEW YORK MINUTE: With ten days to go before the city budget is due, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams hasn't reached a deal with the mayor on preschool funding.  —  Members of her Budget Negotiating Team are rallying before the council meeting today with UFT …

Manhattan DA drops charges against most of the Columbia University protesters  —  Of the 46 people arrested in connection with the occupation of the university's Hamilton Hall, 31 had their charges dismissed.  —  Nearly all of the people who were arrested inside Columbia University's Hamilton Hall …

Trump gets the final word at CNN debate after coin flip  —  Former President Donald Trump will get the final word when he debates President Joe Biden on CNN next week, after a coin flip to determine podium placement and the order of closing statements.  —  The coin landed on the Biden campaign's pick …

Top Florida law enforcement official sues DeSantis, alleging he was fired for blowing the whistle  —  The official says he warned of issues over migrants and public records.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at press conference at the Hollywood Fire Rescue Station 5, on June 14, 2024.

“I can't stay quiet”: Melinda French Gates backs Biden in first-ever POTUS endorsement … - French Gates said earlier this year that she was resigning from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she co-founded with her ex-husband Bill Gates. … - Biden's emphasis on protecting reproductive rights …

Timothy Mellon, Secretive Donor, Gives $50 Million to Pro-Trump Group  —  The cash from Mr. Mellon, a reclusive billionaire who has also been a major donor to a super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is among the largest single disclosed gifts ever.  —  Timothy Mellon …

US says Ukraine can hit inside Russia ‘anywhere’ its forces attack across the border  —  The policy is not limited to the Kharkiv region, U.S. officials said.  —  The U.S. has told Ukraine it can use American-supplied weapons to hit any Russian forces attacking from across the border …

Mike Bloomberg gives $20 million to help Biden beat Trump  —  The former New York mayor, who receive a presidential medal of freedom last month, has been one of the biggest Democratic donors in recent years.  —  Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire entrepreneur …

Will Donald Trump choose Doug Burgum as his running mate?  Website fuels VP speculation  —  The intrigue surrounding who former President Donald Trump will pick as his running mate grew Thursday after political observers noticed that a website combining North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's name …

How to design a tech regulation (permalink)  —  It's not your imagination: tech really is underregulated.  There are plenty of avoidable harms that tech visits upon the world, and while some of these harms are mere negligence, others are self-serving, creating shareholder value and widespread public destruction.

Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords on Their IVF Journey: ‘Freedom to Start a Family Is Under Threat’ (Exclusive)  —  In an exclusive essay for PEOPLE, the married Arizona lawmakers share how a gunman stole their dreams of having a child together — and why they fear politicians will do the same to other families

Is Wikipedia Politically Biased?  —  Executive Summary  — This work aims to determine whether there is evidence of political bias in English-language Wikipedia articles.  — Wikipedia is one of the most popular domains on the World Wide Web, with hundreds of millions of unique users per month.

Police arrest Republican lawmaker amid nighttime gunshot reports in in Lansing, Mich.  —  Rep. Neil Friske was arrested in connection with “a felony-level offense,” authorities said.  —  Police arrested a Republican lawmaker early Thursday while responding to reports of possible gunshots in Michigan's capital city, authorities said.

Bob Good Trails in Battle for His Virginia Seat, but Primary Remains Too Close to Call  —  Both the congressman and his Trump-backed challenger are election deniers, raising the question of whether either would accept an adverse result in his own race.  —  Representative Bob Good …

😨 Axios AM: Dems fear Biden loss … It's Juneteenth, the federal holiday marking Black emancipation from enslavement.  Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 19, 1865, freeing enslaved people in the westernmost Confederate state. … 1 big thing: Dems fear Biden loss

Senate Democrats launch investigation into Jared Kushner's business … - This included a $2 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, even though PIF staff reportedly raised red flags. … - So far Affinity has invested in at least eight companies …

Supreme Court rules against convicted drug mule who claimed no knowledge of drugs in car  —  Delilah Guadalupe Diaz argued that testimony suggesting she likely knew of the presence of drugs in her vehicle when she was stopped unlawfully undermined her defense.

Neo-Nazis Are All-In on AI  —  Extremists are developing their own hateful AIs to supercharge radicalization and fundraising—and are now using the tech to make weapon blueprints and bombs.  And it's going to get worse.  —  Extremists across the US have weaponized artificial intelligence tools …

California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls  —  The California Supreme Court on Thursday took the rare step of removing a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom by ruling the change would have upended the way government works.