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AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - "I don't give a damn": Jeffries defends "maximum warfare" remark amid GOP criticism

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday fiercely defended his use of the phrase "maximum warfare" to describe Democrats' redistricting efforts. Why it matters: Republicans have characterized the remark as an example of the type of inflammatory rhetoric that can spark political violence following the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting . - After Virginians narrowly voted last week to approve a new map that could give Democrats a 10-1 majority, Jeffries said at a press conference: "We are in an era of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time." - It was a direct reference to an anonymous source's characterization of the White House's strategy on mid-decade redistricting in a New York Times story last summer. What…

JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Jury selection begins in Elon Musk, OpenAI trial

The trial will be done in two parts and the jury will only have input in the first phase, which is the liability phase to decide if any wrongdoing occurred. There will also be a remedies phase to determine the appropriate damages.

BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - Nation Longs For Good Old Days When Comedians Were Funny And Didn't Wish Death On People

U.S. — On the heels of yet another attempted act of political violence being used for laughs by late-night talk show hosts, Americans expressed a deep longing for the good old days when comedians were funny and didn't wish death on people.

NYTIMES (Carl Hulse and Michael Gold) - Republicans Push for Trump’s White House Ballroom After Gala Attack

The attack on a press dinner in Washington, which is being called an attempted assassination of President Trump, has also renewed the fight over reopening the Homeland Security Department.