Cori Bush and Wesley Bell’s rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri
Cori Bush and Wesley Bell's rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri
Former Rep. Cori Bush, outside the courthouse where the Dred Scott case was argued, promises to reverse her ouster from Congress.
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People across seven countries share stories of spiking gas prices, goodbyes filled with fear, livelihoods pushed closer to the edge — and days that no longer looked the way they once did after the Iran war began.
Across the world, the Iran war is reshaping everyday life
People share stories of spiking gas prices, goodbyes filled with fear, livelihoods pushed closer to the edge — and days that no longer looked the way they once did.
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Former President Barack Obama surprised the WNBA All-Stars on Friday at his Presidential Center in Chicago. This was the first professional sport to use the basketball court at the center, which opened in June. #WNBA #Basketball
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationship.
Netanyahu's first meeting with Trump since the Iran war began is a chance to smooth over strains
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationship.
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A corporate fad of “tokenmaxxing” on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.
A flex in corporate America, AI ‘tokenmaxxing’ fades as workplaces look to cut tech spending
A corporate fad of “tokenmaxxing” on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.
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one tendency that comes out about period films is the insistence that XYZ moral thought would not have occurred to anyone in the ancient world. to be sure there are moral innovations and changes but the existence of thorough dissatisfaction with the present moral order is not a modern phenomenon
Cori Bush & Wesley Bell’s rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri. Reporting by @mrbrownsir.bsky.social apnews.com/article/miss...
Cori Bush and Wesley Bell's rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri
Former Rep. Cori Bush, outside the courthouse where the Dred Scott case was argued, promises to reverse her ouster from Congress.
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Belatedly, today's AP Ground Game: ✅ My latest as SC scrambles to fill Lindsey Graham's seat ✅ Alex Brandon reflects on what it was like to photograph Graham in Congress ✅ Moderate vs. progressive primaries move to the Midwest by @mrbrownsir.bsky.social tinyurl.com/APGroundGame...
The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms
Here’s how President Trump is using the powers of his office to try to reshape the rules governing the midterms and future elections.
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This is great to see! Black women's non-profit awards grants to local Southern groups as part of joy-filled tour Organizations supporting Black women and girls in the American South are receiving a boost this summer
Black women's non-profit awards grants to local Southern groups as part of joy-filled tour
Organizations supporting Black women and girls in the American South are receiving a boost this summer
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Post-NY primaries, our reflection on the divides, nuances and future of the Democratic Party’s identity: apnews.com/article/mamd...
Mamdani's success in New York tests Democratic Party's willingness to change
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stepped into the national spotlight this week as a surging political force within the Democratic Party.
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Democratic socialists are surging in mayoral elections from coast to coast. Is their appeal to voters in America's biggest cities due to their charisma, expansive left-wing agendas, anti-Trump message or critiques of market capitalism? I unpacked in my latest: apnews.com/article/demo...
Democratic socialists surge in mayoral races across the US as anti-Trump fervor rises
Janeese Lewis George is making waves in Washington, D.C., with her progressive agenda as she aims for the mayor's office.
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In AP Ground Game: ✅ What $100M can buy in a primary ✅ @mrbrownsir.bsky.social & @linleyann.bsky.social: New AP-NORC data on how Americans see their freedoms ✅ A look at presidential libraries We're off Friday - see you Monday! tinyurl.com/APGroundGame...
“The deal likely returns the region to a status that existed before the war, but with thousands of people dead and Iran wielding a new source of negotiating pressure with its ability to influence shipping in the strait.” apnews.com/article/iran...
Deal is reached to end Iran war and Trump orders stop to US naval blockade
The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz. This offers relief to the global economy more than three months since fighting began.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — US inflation rises to highest level in three years, highlighting affordability challenge as elections nears.
U.S. employers added a surprising 172,000 jobs in May as the labor market continued to show resilience in the face of rising costs from the Iran war.
Employers added 172,000 jobs last month as US job market shows resilience despite Iran war
U.S. employers added a surprising 172,000 jobs in May as the labor market continued to show resilience in the face of rising costs from the Iran war.
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Scott Pelley may have lost his job after publicly blasting CBS management. But for many workers, he lived out a fantasy.
Longtime CBS correspondent Scott Pelley lived many workers' fantasy: Telling your boss off
Scott Pelley may have lost his job after publicly blasting CBS management. But for many workers, he lived out a fantasy.
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Pride month has begun across the U.S., bringing parades and parties to big cities and small towns to celebrate LGBTQ+ people.
Pride Month 2026 has begun. Here's what to expect for the LGBTQ+ celebrations
Pride month has begun in the U.S. and around the world. The modern LGBTQ+ celebrations and parades sprang from protests following the violent police raid of New York's Stonewall Inn in 1969.
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Rep. Al Green defeated by freshman Rep. Christian Menefee in a generational primary runoff contest. reporting by @mrbrownsir.bsky.social apnews.com/article/al-g...
Rep. Al Green defeated by freshman Rep. Christian Menefee in a generational primary runoff contest
Rep. Christian Menefee has defeated veteran Rep. Al Green in a generational Democratic primary runoff for a newly created congressional district following Republican redistricting.
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A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
Harrowing and important reporting. ICE detainees are dying by suicide at an ‘alarming’ rate, an AP investigation finds apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE detainees are dying by suicide at an 'alarming' rate, an AP investigation finds
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees are taking their own lives at a pace that’s unprecedented in the agency’s two-decade history, highlighting what experts call failures in care and oversigh...
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The LEGO Foundation has committed $97 million to expand the International Rescue Committee's programs that use play to aid learning and recovery for children in conflict zones.
LEGO Foundation donates $97 million to bring play-based learning to more children in conflict zones
The LEGO Foundation has committed $97 million to expand the International Rescue Committee's programs that use play to aid learning and recovery for children in conflict zones.
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".. some Middle Eastern officials aren’t taking Trump’s demand too seriously, saying they view it as merely the U.S. president trying to appease hawkish Republicans who worry he will give away too much in talks with Iran." @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
Join the Abraham Accords? US allies scoff at Trump’s demand.
Some say Trump is just appeasing domestic political players.
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WASHINTON (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, endorsed by Trump, won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn.
Breaking WaPo: The Trump admin is planning to roll out government-wide NDAs that would bar federal workers from sharing a wide array of "confidential government information," according to a draft notice posted to the Federal Register by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Trump administration proposes NDAs for all federal workers
The rule, aimed at cracking down on leaks to media organizations, would expand nondisclosure agreements instituted at the Pentagon and other agencies.
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The Congressional Black Caucus called on companies that once backed voting rights to oppose Republican redistricting efforts. Were corporate calls for racial justice 2020-2022 “rooted in principle or convenience,” the caucus asks America's biggest companies. My latest: apnews.com/article/redi...
Congressional Black Caucus presses companies in the US to oppose Republican redistricting push
The Congressional Black Caucus is calling on major corporations in the United States to oppose redistricting efforts by Republican-led states that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S.
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"Our country has some of the strongest legal protections in the world for free expression and due process. They mean nothing if the press is too timid to defend them."
AG Sulzberger: ‘We Will Not Compromise’ on Independent Reporting | The New York Times Company
The New York Times publisher spoke in defense of a free press hosted by Yale Law School’s Floy Abrams Institute.
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Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as protests and blockades grip the country. Two weeks of road closures led by unions and miners have emptied markets in La Paz and depleted hospital oxygen reserves.
Bolivia’s capital under siege as protests deepen crisis for President Paz
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as protests and blockades grip the country. Two weeks of road closures, led by unions and miners, have emptied markets in La Paz and depleted hospital oxygen reserves.
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Fun revisiting this essay on why Americans hate the media (from 1996!) and see how the internet only worsened some dynamics: "Perhaps the public has good reason to think that the media’s self-aggrandizement gets in the way of solving the country’s real problems." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Why Americans Hate the Media
Why has the media establishment become so unpopular? Perhaps the public has good reason to think that the media’s self-aggrandizement gets in the way of solving the country’s real problems.
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