NEW: Tina Peters, newly freed by Colorado Gov Jared Polis (D), begins her MAGA media tour by telling Steve Bannon that Democrats are cheating on elections and she was imprisoned as retribution for exposing voting machines that flip votes.

That big boom heard around Boston was like a meteor:

Whoa. I think I heard this in Providence, not as strong as reports from Boston suggest, but around that time I wondered if there had been an isolated thunderclap from the current windstorm

Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscope slide. 🫧🐻🧪

NEW: I confirmed with the White House that the US is creating a facility in Kenya to send Americans for Ebola quarantine and treatment. Experts are appalled. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The patterns are clear

Interlochen, the famed arts center in Northern Michigan, will raze the building that was once named 'Epstein Lodge,' after Jeffrey Epstein - a donor and former camper. By @kdailey.bsky.social / @michiganadvance.com

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn it for centuries.

At least one woman is now in limbo after US officials moved her to Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, and now say they won’t bring her back because of the Ebola travel ban – despite a judge’s order for her return. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Love it: the night after he was kicked off of CBS for good, Stephen Colbert hosted a public access show in southeast Michigan.

CBS News Radio is shutting down Friday night after nearly a century on the air. The storied service started in 1927 and gave rise to such icons as Douglas Edwards, Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow.

Nice story here on US Surgeon General nominee Nicole Saphier and her line of pseudo-science supplement products. Thanks to @bymichellersmith.com for reaching out to discuss these latest revelations/developments. 🛟 😷 sociology 🧭 health policy polisky lawsky polisky

Please read @bymichellersmith.com 's latest on Trump's pick for surgeon general, and how Amazon responded when Michelle posed questions about her herbal supplements www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump surgeon general pick sells a supplement that contains an ingredient prohibited by the US military and which health experts have warned can cause liver damage. Amazon opened an investigation into the products after the Guardian inquired whether they comply with its policies on supplement sales

Researchers from watchdog group glued trackers to chain’s cups and found not one ended up at a recycling facility

Blames the paper for not being good enough without any acknowledgement of the trust he broke.

From Monday 12p to Tuesday 12p, there will be a 24-hour public reading of the (released) Epstein files In New York epsteinfilibuster.com#stream

The media empire built by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government is swiftly unravelling following an election last month ​that abruptly ended his rule... Senior figures at some of the most prominent pro-Orban ‌outlets have been pushed out. www.reuters.com/business/med...

Journalism majors in positive territory, too

Congratulations are in order. I closed all my tabs

"the weight of his collection was so substantial that engineers were brought in to reinforce the flooring beneath it."

The @us.theguardian.com has an excellent new video podcast! Congratulations to colleagues @cartersherman.bsky.social Kai Wright @rachump.bsky.social @jmenjivar.bsky.social and team First episode is here: youtu.be/k6iGsCJBsmo?...

Stateside, the new podcast at @us.theguardian.com, with hosts @cartersherman.bsky.social and Kai Wright, focuses on big, in-depth conversations about our country right now. It's so well done on every level. The first episode dives into the gutting of voting rights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6iG...

Exclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted by Samuel Alito in his opinion relied on unusual methodology, a Guardian analysis has found

After 15 years of reporting on infectious disease outbreaks, what continues to fascinate me about them is the challenge of making high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius is a perfect example My story in @science.org is here (and a thread to come): 🧪 #IDsky

"It is information funded by taxes, and that belongs to the American people. This data is often how the government decides what to do: what is a problem, what is a policy priority, what should be funded. It tells the story of America." theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Just catching up on my Jeopardy watching, and wow! Hats off to "bureaucrat and law student from New Jersey" Jamie Ding. What a run!

Stateside with Kai and Carter. A new Guardian podcast just trying to make sense of it all. Coming 13th May, subscribe for updates: www.youtube.com/@statesidep...

By Frank Carini, @ecorinews.bsky.social: Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t understand the fascination to spend money to save and then maintain a bridge to nowhere. For once, I agree with the Rhode Island Department of Transportation.

A New Hampshire Republican. A German Holocaust denier. A suspicious bottle of baby oil. An NPR investigation reveals how the alarming rise of antisemitic conspiracy theories reached a state capitol. n.pr/4cTPF39

“A guest at the dinner, Erin Thielman, a military veteran, left the ballroom to call her son, and heard three loud bangs that she believes to be gunfire. “She saw a man fall flat right in front of her. “He was carrying what appeared to be a rifle and magazines.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Wolf Blitzer was apparently near the scene. He says around 6 gunshots were fired.

Wolf Blitzer, calling from inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, says he was “a few feet away” from the shooter

SCIENCE

Eagle-eyed Provincetown Independent editor Ed Miller finds that Beth McDermott, Gannett's "AI-assisted reporter," is back on the beat. #journalism provincetownindependent.org/opinion/2026...

The event was themed to celebrate “250 Years of the First Amendment” but the topic of free speech didn’t really come up during Trump’s remarks or otherwise, sources told Variety. (In fact, the First Amendment and the rest of the Bill of Rights were adopted on Dec. 15, 1791 —less than 235 years ago.)

The executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies. n.pr/4d0E5EA

"He lied": Senator Ron Wyden accuses RFK Jr of lying to him, and cites reporting by the Guardian's @bymichellersmith.com and the @apnews.com @aliswenson.bsky.social. Their reporting has been entered into the record. Here was our story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"If there hadn’t been an outbreak when Renae was a baby, I don’t think she would have contracted it. She was eligible for the vaccine just seven months later, and I gave it to her, but it was too late."

NEW: How exactly has Alex Jones avoided paying the Sandy Hook families a single dime of what he owes? I wrote about it here, and spoke to Chris Mattei, an attorney for some of the families, and Lenny Pozner, the father of the youngest child who died at Sandy Hook: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

A Minneapolis woman was pulled from her vehicle and carried through the street by federal agents. She’s filed a tort claim against the government, alleging the officers used excessive force and violated her constitutional rights.

An 86-year-old French woman who moved to the US to marry her 1950s sweetheart is being held in a crowded detention centre in Louisiana after she was arrested by immigration agents and cuffed by her hands and feet.

Sharon Simmons was photographed delivering McDonald’s to Trump on Monday but company admits it was a stunt

Filing seeks to overturn seditious conspiracy charges of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members who laid siege to US Capitol in 2021

The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was. www.wired.com/story/geese-...

President says US-born pope is ‘not doing a very good job’ and is ‘a very liberal person’ in unprecedented assault on leader of Catholic church

At Bard, Leon Botstein told staff this week that the review of his communications with Jeffrey Epstein was going to clear him, sources told me. WilmerHale said the review is ongoing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A new investigative piece by The Guardian highlights how rollbacks to school entry vaccine requirements in Mississippi are harming children and families across the state. Read the full piece in The Guardian to learn more. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

"Mississippi started getting outbreaks of whooping cough last year. In all, it tracked 146 cases, the highest number in 16 years. Whooping cough can be particularly dangerous for young children. A baby died in September..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...