Today, we're rescinding our endorsement of Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner and calling on him to immediately withdraw from the race. See the full statement below.

A lawsuit filed by the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression on Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C. argues Streever's January email was protected speech and the federal agents' and their superiors violated Streever's First Amendment rights. www.npr.org/2026/07/06/n...

Obama won, yet again. 🏆 He threw a concert, people actually showed up, and had a damn good time.

The parasite, cyclospora, spreads through raw produce and water contaminated with human feces – and it causes the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis. The most commonly reported symptom is “watery diarrhea with frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements”, according to the CDC.

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A sadly apropos image for this particular July 4 in the nation’s capital. bsky.app/profile/joey...

Germany summoned China’s ambassador for urgent talks on Friday, July 3, following reports that Chinese military facilities secretly trained Russian soldiers last year, Reuters reported.

One of the things that you really have to understand about AI development today is that there are quasi-religious movements that have developed within Silicon Valley,” “The concept of artificial general intelligence is not one that’s scientifically grounded.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=j721...

Washington Post just published an op-ed by Scott Atlas (a former Trump advisor, fellow of the billionaire-funded Hoover Institution), and COVID ally of Jay Bhattacharya that called for NIH to be abolished. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

John Yoo confirmed in an email to The Associated Press on Monday that he would be assisting Joe diGenova in an ongoing investigation into whether officials who over the last decade scrutinized Trump participated in a criminal conspiracy against the Republican president. apnews.com/article/trum...

Today's report ⁠is the ​latest in a series of investigations by government ​watchdogs and congressional panels that identified major shortcomings in the Secret Service's security arrangements for the ​event. The Secret Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It appears there was just a proposal on top of the Empire State Building.

Attention federal student loan borrowers: Major changes are coming your way, starting Wednesday.

Anthropic’s decision to elevate Claude Science to the same rank as Claude Code and Claude Cowork indicates that the company wants to give the impression that they are taking AI’s scientific applications very seriously. www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/30/1...

During the Ukrainian delegation’s visit to Tokyo, representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency arrived for the talks wearing traditional Ukrainian vyshyvankas. Thank you to everyone who stands with #Ukraine!

NEW: The Trump-Vance administration’s ICE agents handcuffed a Catholic nun as she walked to Sunday Mass in South Texas, held her for hours, and released her only after members of Congress from both parties intervened. It came just weeks after Trump mounted a sustained attack on Pope Leo XIV.

Three justices sided with Trump, and Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence signals the fight may not be over. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmzh...

Major victory Watson v. Republican National Committee www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

US, Mexico inaugurate sterile fly plant in Chiapas in cross-border screwworm fight reut.rs/4vASP3O

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Neil Gorsuch joined.

This was a failure. www.cbsnews.com/news/wounded...

Funding is from we the people, not federal government. www.youtube.com/watch?v=01v5...

“Only people in the know would be able to find this.” www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...

Today we celebrate Juneteenth, the day freedom's news finally reached the last enslaved Americans in Texas, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Justice delayed is justice denied. We honor those before us and recommit to the fight for civil rights and equal justice.

In a study of 40,000 people age 50 and older, Moderna’s mRNA vaccine reduced flu cases by about 27% compared to those given another routinely used vaccine brand. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Historically, the NIH’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) and F30 fellowships have provided critical scholarship support for MD-PhD students. Recent federal funding cuts eliminated $9.37 million in support for the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program. hms.harvard.edu/news/6-milli...

New documents obtained by The Washington Post show the price to build the ballroom has ballooned to $600 million, up from the initial $200 million estimate, with more than half expected to be paid by U.S. taxpayers. wapo.st/4vOuwPD

Will Scharf, the White House staff secretary, wrote a secret memo to Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, outlining suspending habeas rights for unauthorized immigrants. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Daphy Michel, a Haitian asylum seeker, was found dead of hypothermia at a Pittsburgh bus stop March 2, three days after being released from ICE custody 30 miles from her home. This week, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office ruled her death a homicide. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Exclusive: Reuters counted six pairs of tanker ships clustered together in a small area off the port of Sohar on June 9 the Apache was shot down by Iran . Reuters could not confirm what role the Apache played in the operation. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Donald Trump has directed the Justice Department to investigate him and his wife, alleging federal agents have been knocking on the doors of family, friends, and former employees

The Supreme Court has rejected former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page’s attempt to revive his lawsuit against former FBI Director James Comey and others over their roles in the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

“Reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I'm reminded of the powerful photograph from that day and the celebration it sparked in the news." www.obama.org/stories/glas...

The Obama Center aspires to remake a historically poor, Black neighborhood across 19.3 acres of storied Jackson Park. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/a...

The preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Massachusetts also orders a pause on any additional changes, writing that the plaintiffs have shown that these efforts are meant "to rewrite the Nation's history with a white-out pen." www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Hakeem Jeffries points out that Trump "suffers from Obama derangement syndrome"

The work crew is really groovin’ as Trump’s name is ripped off the Kennedy Center. 😂 “Young man, pick yourself off the ground” … peak YMCA celebration vibes. 🎶 America is healing one scaffold dance at a time! 🕺 #YMCA #KennedyCenter

After a night of storms, workers began removing President Trump’s name from the white marble facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts early on Saturday morning, responding to a federal judge’s ruling that its rebranding was unlawful. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

Trump’s name went up on the Kennedy Center in broad daylight. Removing it? Full scaffolding plus a giant curtain to hide the humiliation from the public. Nothing screams “strong leader” like draping theater curtains over your own petty rejection. Fragile ego on full display. 😂

Jun 11, 2026, 9:16 AM ET A Google director says he has resigned, citing the company's work with the US Department of Defense www.businessinsider.com/google-direc...

LIVE: Trump's NAME RIPPED OFF Kennedy Center www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu3s...

Hey friends! Tom Cotton (R, AR) thinks we are opposed to data centers because of propaganda from China, which he believes should be investigated. Wrong again, Tom. And I wonder why they don’t want to investigate anti-vaccine, anti-public health propaganda, which is already killing people?

The procedure often involves the child being sedated before receiving intravenous doses of millions of cells derived from human umbilical cords harvested at birth.

“The data is clear: vitamin K saves lives”

My quote of the day Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. John Gardner

NEW: When Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, prison officials had the former Honduran president's ICE hold lifted and he was driven to a posh New York hotel. That “can never be allowed to happen ever again,” said Rep. Norma Torres.

TSMC boss frets about shortages of talent, water in Taiwan reut.rs/4vI6C8r