NYTIMES (Nathan Taylor Pemberton) - Why Has ‘Christ Is King’ Become a Controversial Statement?
For some, the three words have become encoded with a message of hate.
NYTIMES (Annie Karni) - Every Black Republican Is Leaving the House, Erasing Diversity Gains
All four Black House Republicans are retiring after this year, a reflection of the striking and persistent lack of diversity in the G.O.P. ranks of Congress.
NYTIMES (Tim Balk) - In California, a Voter ID Proposal Is Set to Appear on the Ballot in November
A Republican-backed initiative has cleared the signature threshold for the election. Critics say the proposal could make it harder for people to vote.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Trump ends years-long boycott of White House Correspondents' Dinner
President Trump is set to attend the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday evening for the first time while in the Oval Office. Trump announced in March that he would accept the invitation to the dinner "in honor of our Nation's 250th Birthday" after boycotting the event during his first administration and last year. The Hill's White House correspondent Julia Manchester speaks with NewsNation in advance of the event. #Trump #WHCA #Journalists
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Bar associations target Trump lawyers after 2020 election fallout | THE GAVEL
President Trump has stretched the bounds of executive power to reward his allies for their loyalty, including with pardons and dropped prosecutions. But the lawyers in his orbit still face a threat of accountability from outside the government’s reach. Bar associations, the organizations that regulate the legal profession, are pressing on with disciplinary actions against Trump lawyers whose conduct they assert has called into question their fitness to practice law. Most deny wrongdoing and have condemned the proceedings as weaponization. The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee explore all of that and more in The Gavel, their newsletter covering the courts and legal issues. Read More:…
REDSTATE (Jennifer Oliver O'Connell) - Not a Good Look: Speaker Johnson Finally Reaches AWOL New Jersey Rep. Thomas Kean Jr
SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - The Grayzone visits ruins of US aircraft in Iran
Today, foreign journalists were permitted for the first time to visit the site of the fierce battle between US and Iranian forces in Isfahan.
Among them was The Grayzone’s Wyatt Reed, who documented the wreckage of US warplanes and found Iranians celebrating their destruction.Open
DAILYCALLER (Anthony Iafrate) - ‘Moderate’ Democrat Ohio Senate Candidate Sherrod Brown Too Cozy With Anti-Cop Left, Law Enforcement Says
'we don't expect ever a formal apology'
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Two officers injured, one critically, in shooting at Chicago's Swedish Hospital
FOX 32 Chicago reported that one of the officers is critically injured.
WASHINGTONPOST (Carolyn Y. Johnson) - Trump ousts National Science Board members
Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their position was being terminated.