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Sneak preview of Pete Hegseth’s 8AM press conference tomorrow: “Warfighter” “Lethality” “Boys” “Men” “Mission” “Patriots” “Leadership of President Trump’ “Deep State” “Woke” “Fake News” “DEI” “Biden”

If a law enforcement federal agent thought what they were doing was legal, that it wasn’t a morally ambiguous police matter furiously tinged with far Right, white power politics, they wouldn’t be wearing masks. They know what they are doing is wrong. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I call on the Hungarian authorities to allow the Budapest Pride to go ahead. Without fear of any criminal or administrative sanctions against the organisers or participants. To the LGBTIQ+ community in Hungary and beyond: I will always be your ally.

Senate Republicans are using a parliamentary maneuver to mask $3.8 trillion from a tax bill that could push America’s national debt beyond $40 trillion: Here's your Evening Briefing

RUIZ: Did you read the report & fact-check its sources prior to publication? RFK JR: I did not fact check RUIZ: It included citations to sources that don't exist. How does that happen? RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions are accurate RUIZ: They did not exist. How can they be accurate?

If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge. Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden. This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy. It’s not America. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...

CNN: Three sources tell CNN that according to an early U.S. Intelligence assessment, the U.S. Military strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country's nuclear program and likely only set it back a few months

Breaking News: The U.S. strikes on Iran set the country’s nuclear program back by only a few months, a classified report said.

A Florida judge seeking a nomination to the federal judiciary turned a procedural ruling on one of Trump’s nonsense SLAPPs into a MAGA diatribe. Then he got his nomination. The Florida Bar needs to investigate.

The rule of law lives or dies on our willingness to act—occasionally with grim resolve. It’s time for people who value justice to screw their courage to the sticking place. https://trib.al/8yrhf4O

Asked about his decision to fire the entire vaccine advisory committee of the CDC, RFK Jr. asserted that "children get between 69 and 92 vaccines before they’re 18," among other lies. Fact check: the number is closer to between 24 and 50. https://trib.al/21kWSWn

Trump may have embarked on a new strategy for undermining the judiciary called “court-baiting.” The tactic entails forcing the judiciary to take potentially unpopular decisions that are necessary to protect constitutional principles, then attacking them for those decisions.

Tariffs will cause recession, says Musk Elon Musk has predicted that President Trump’s tariffs will lead to a recession in the second half of the year.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) was criticized after she offered a "haunting" response to a constituent concerned about health care cuts in the Republican budget bill, and now she's doubling down by giving a faux apology.

“We need to do some rewriting … so this document is not used against the DNI or POTUS,” said Joe Kent, Tulsi Gabbard’s chief of staff, according to leaked emails viewed by The New York Times. https://trib.al/j9A5aJj

🗣 Bill Gates: Elon Musk’s cuts will kill a million children The Microsoft founder has accused the world’s richest man of dooming young lives in the developing world by helping to slash America’s overseas aid budget

The Trump family’s cryptocurrency business just got a $2B investment from a firm backed by the United Arab Emirates government. With this deal, they will be enriched beyond most people’s comprehension—and they have the UAE government to thank for it.

This May 22 dinner is a high crime and misdemeanor. A president of the United States can’t use the office to enrich himself in this way, from potentially anonymous donors for whom he might do favors. This is as textbook as corruption gets.

Exclusive: The Pentagon inspector general has expanded an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sharing of military plans to a second Signal chat that included his wife and brother

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday he was ending the Defense Department’s Women, Peace and Security program which he termed a ‘Biden initiative’ that was enacted by President Donald Trump in his first term.

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth bragged about ending a military program he described as “yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative.” But that initiative—the Women, Peace & Security program—was started by Trump administration in 2017 ...