What to Know About the Venezuela Earthquakes and Rescue Efforts www.nytimes.com/article/vene...

“Whoa, What a Loser”: Joe Biden Drags Trump Over the Reflecting Pool, the Arch, and the Kennedy Center

Guest column: Proposed coal ash rules threaten Indiana groundwater

Spurning Israeli rape victim shames the UN

Trump's overnight rant accidentally boosted his enemy in yet 'another self-own': critics

The increasingly desperate search for survivors by rescue workers and ordinary people entered a fourth day on Sunday after two major earthquakes rocked Venezuela. See more photos and videos from the ground. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/w...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Americans are right to be alarmed,” David French writes. “A failed war. A purge of officers. Potential war crimes. Each of these things should be a stark warning that the Trump administration is in the process of breaking one of America’s most vital institutions.”

“They go around the Cabinet table and they all have to offer praise of him, each more effusive than the last. No, you deserve two Nobel Prizes. No, three Nobel Prizes. Four Nobel Prizes and two Pulitzers, sir … It’s just a preposterous situation to be in, in a democratic country.” trib.al/ESBV6RS

Political analysts and observers ridiculed President Donald Trump's rant on Sunday about the supposedly "criminally made algae" in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

JB Pritzker mentioned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in his Texas speech, saying he had been optimistic about his post-pandemic work as Illinois governor, until the buses carrying thousands of migrants began to appear in Illinois.

The House Oversight Committee has served subpoenas to billionaire investor Leon Black after he refused to answer some questions during voluntary testimony on Friday about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Rescue workers retrieve a 4-year-old boy and his parents who had been trapped under rubble for more than 24 hours after two massive earthquakes hit Venezuela.

Russia's military says it intercepted more than 600 Ukrainian drones overnight as Kyiv launched one of its largest attacks since the start of the war. Drones targeted more than a dozen regions and Russian-occupied Crimea, seen in footage released by the Ukrainian military.

The scale of destruction in Venezuela

The Supreme Court stayed an order that would have forced former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge to either disclose a confidential source or pay $800 a day in court sanctions.

The Department of Justice watchdog is reportedly giving Republicans access to highly sensitive information related to the investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 election. trib.al/RCxbClZ

The eye of an approaching storm

As an EPA hazardous waste lawyer, I learned we don’t wait for harm. We act when evidence points to serious risk. Vulnerable children deserve the same preventive approach. RFKJR is an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health, and to child health and welfare.

I’m reminded of the scene in the film Doctor Zhivago symbolizing the beginning of the Russian revolution.

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The Colorado River is drying up at its source. Experts and state water managers say it’s clear the seven states that rely on the river need to drastically cut water use to avert disaster https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-06-25/drying-colorado-river?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Unimaginable www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

Jared and Ivanka's vision includes up to 10,000 “units of villas,” priced far beyond what most Albanians can afford, to be built in an area where many locals lack access to 24-7 running water.

Editor Commentary: A great bulk of Americans are sinking in a quicksand of endless struggles, feeling desperate, helpless, hopeless, while our feckless, egomaniacal, careless, reckless ruling class showers itself in gaudy, self-obsessed, look-at-me excess. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/a...

Quite literally everything the Trump Administration has done and will do must be reversed.

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

"This is not the time for people to be judged by the color of their skin, the language they speak, or the country from which they come.”

A Supreme Court ruling this week cleared the way for the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians. One of the states that could face the biggest impact is Ohio. https://to.pbs.org/4xNdnb3

🙄😴 Trump dozes in Oval Office as MAGA ally makes jaw-dropping false claim: 'One long blink!' www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

‼️ Kansas voters could soon be denied a say in who represents them in D.C. A 2025 GOP-backed law changed how Kansas fills U.S. Senate vacancies – and if Sen. Roger Marshall’s seat opens up before Election Day, Republicans could leave voters waiting until 2028 to choose a replacement. Here’s how:

"The media is floundering, and tech titans like Ellison have the capital to address those debts, and, bonus!, they effectively win editorial control in the process." www.liberalcurrents.com/welcome-to-g...

Tell me something I don’t know…

Really? Does anyone like this a-hole?

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This conservative court is out of control—blatantly partisan and ideological, the six-member majority scarcely even pretends otherwise anymore. trib.al/ZRyEDVc

Undercover Economist | Experts know less than they like to think ft.trib.al/FWgSAca #FTEdit

Check out Pat Bagley's latest cartoon: The Adult in the Room

☠️ Russia loses 1,240 soldiers and 88 artillery systems over past day

Federal officials say three hikers have died from apparent heat-related illnesses in the Grand Canyon.

President Donald Trump is hemorrhaging support from a key business community as they express "buyer's remorse," according to a new report.

One of the greatest challenges in combating fascism, both in the early-to-mid-twentieth century and today, is getting comfortable, middle-class, politically moderate people to understand that its adherents *actually mean what they are saying.* trib.al/0aUhlgG

A six-year-old shouted that he was bored. Nil Venditti invited him to the podium. His mother later said it had changed his life. Alan Rusbridger on the conductor who is bringing new audiences to classical, one person at a time

Pro-MAGA influencers erupted in outrage after CNN tested the bright green water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which President Donald Trump recently renovated.

Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz is closed again after US lifts blockade. It almost lasted 24-hours. nypost.com/2026/06/19/w...