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Memeorandum- Donald Trump speaks out on Phil, Jack, Saudi Arabia and the PGA that got away (Michael Bamberger/GolfDigest.com)Michael Bamberger / GolfDigest.com: Donald Trump speaks out on Phil, Jack, Saudi Arabia and the PGA that got away — After a reporter's story on Trump's lost 2022 PGA, the former president called unannounced to weigh in with his own thoughts. — After a reporter's story on Trump's lost 2022 PGA, the former president called unannounced … […]
- De Blasio Will Run for House Seat in Newly Drawn District (Nicholas Fandos/New York Times)Nicholas Fandos / New York Times: De Blasio Will Run for House Seat in Newly Drawn District — Bill de Blasio, the ex-mayor of New York City, said on Friday that he would run for Congress in a new district that includes parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan. — Bill de Blasio, the former mayor of New York City …
- The 2024 Presidential Election Is on the Ballot This Year (Ryan Cooper/American Prospect)Ryan Cooper / American Prospect: The 2024 Presidential Election Is on the Ballot This Year — If Republicans seize control of swing-state election administration in the midterms, they will steal the presidency. — State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, gestures to the crowd during …
- Russia moves toward dropping age limits for military service. (New York Times)New York Times: Russia moves toward dropping age limits for military service. — Finland's state energy provider said Russia had cited the company's failure to pay in rubles, but Moscow is also angry over Finnish moves to join NATO. Gerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor …
- ESPN analysis: NBA owners, mum on China relationship, have more than $10 billion invested there (Mark Fainaru-Wada/ESPN)Mark Fainaru-Wada / ESPN: ESPN analysis: NBA owners, mum on China relationship, have more than $10 billion invested there — On the eve of the current NBA playoffs, the league's games returned to state-run TV in China after a nearly three-year ban. It was a quiet return, with nary a word from New York or Beijing trumpeting …
- A lesbian mom raised her son for two years. An Oklahoma judge erased that in 15 minutes. (The 19th)The 19th: A lesbian mom raised her son for two years. An Oklahoma judge erased that in 15 minutes. — Kris Williams was removed from her son's birth certificate in a case experts say could test the boundaries of marriage equality. — For the first two years of her son's life, Kris Williams read him the book …
- Exclusive: Trevor Reed details surviving horrendous conditions in Russian psychiatric treatment facility (CNN)CNN: Exclusive: Trevor Reed details surviving horrendous conditions in Russian psychiatric treatment facility — You can watch Jake Tapper's exclusive interview with Trevor Reed in a CNN Special Report: “Finally Home: The Trevor Reed Interview,” on CNN and CNN International on Sunday, May 22, at 8 p.m. ET.
- Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show (Jonathan Franklin/NPR)Jonathan Franklin / NPR: Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show — Christian Cooper, the bird-watching Black man who was the target of false accusations during an encounter in New York City's Central Park in 2020, has a new TV show airing on National Geographic.
- It's time for local journalists to reckon with the racism we overlooked (Margaret Sullivan/Washington Post)Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: It's time for local journalists to reckon with the racism we overlooked — The massacre in Buffalo exposed not just violent racial hatred but the legacy of inequitable policies from years ago. — BUFFALO — When a gunman opened fire at a Buffalo supermarket last weekend …
- FBI failing to address white supremacist violence, warns former special agent (Ed Pilkington/The Guardian)Ed Pilkington / The Guardian: FBI failing to address white supremacist violence, warns former special agent — Michael German, who infiltrated white supremacist groups in the 1990s, says the FBI continues to underplay the scope of the threat — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is failing to address the rising scourge …
- Donald Trump speaks out on Phil, Jack, Saudi Arabia and the PGA that got away (Michael Bamberger/GolfDigest.com)
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