WAR (Kenya Baylor, National Museum of Health and Medicine) - Small Creatures, Big Mission: Bugapalooza Connects Science to Military Readiness
Nearly 400 visitors attended the National Museum of Health and Medicine's Bugapalooza to learn how insects affect health, support the environment and affect military readiness.
WAR (Coast Guard) - Coast Guard Interdicts Over $63 Million in Illicit Drugs
The crew aboard the Coast Guard cutter Bear offloaded approximately 7,720 pounds of cocaine and 4,000 pounds of marijuana worth more than $63 million at Port Everglades, Fla.
AXIOS (Courtenay Brown) - 2 Supreme Court rulings treat the Fed as an exception
The Federal Reserve is different. That's the upshot of the Supreme Court's rulings Monday morning. Why it matters: President Trump can't fire Fed governor Lisa Cook for now, a 5-4 court majority held , alongside an opinion that offers a sweeping defense of the central bank's independence. - But the ruling is narrow enough that Trump and future presidents have latitude to fire Fed governors if they can establish legal cause more carefully than Trump did in the Cook case. - The decision came alongside a separate, historic ruling that cleared the way for Trump to fire leaders of the Federal Trade Commission and swept away nearly a century of protections shielding officials at most other independent agencies from presidential removal.…
AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Small towns get burned by fireworks bills
America's 250th birthday is shaping up to be a red, white and blue fireworks bonanza — for towns that can afford it. Why it matters: As cities compete for bigger, brighter anniversary displays, smaller municipalities are getting priced out — or learning there simply aren't enough crews or equipment to go around. The big picture: Blown away by the costs of competing with larger cities, some towns have resorted to choosing new dates farther from the holiday or crowdsourcing donations. - But a few have canceled shows , including Hinesburg, Vermont, where officials budgeted $13,500 for fireworks, but were gobsmacked when they were told they'd need to pay a minimum of $20,000 this year. What they're saying: "We've had a lot of…
BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - Nervous Speaker At Pride Event Relaxes By Imagining The Crowd Fully Clothed
NEW YORK, NY — The speaker giving the keynote address at the New York City Pride Festival admitted that he pictured everyone in the audience fully clothed to calm his nerves.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - FBI joins probe into Texas assault tied to Karmelo Anthony supporters
19-year-old Karmelo Anthony was convicted of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a school track meet.
STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - VP JD Vance kicks off a reexamination of Watergate and the Presidency of Richard Nixon
JD Vance Reexamines Watergate and Richard Nixon’s Presidency Roger Stone offers a sprawling narrative that frames the takedown of Richard Nixon as a precursor to the modern “deep state” actions against Donald Trump. Stone argues that newly declassified documents prove intelligence agencies orchestrated a coup during Watergate, a theory he claims is finally gaining traction […] The post VP JD Vance kicks off a reexamination of Watergate and the Presidency of Richard Nixon appeared first on StoneZone .
JD Vance Reexamines Watergate and Richard Nixon’s Presidency Roger Stone offers a sprawling narrative that frames the takedown of Richard Nixon as a precursor to the modern “deep state” actions against Donald Trump. Stone argues that newly declassified documents prove intelligence agencies orchestrated a coup during Watergate, a theory he claims is finally gaining traction due to the rise of alternative media platforms and recent public support from figures like J.D. Vance. The program transitions into a discussion of international crises, specifically highlighting the collapse of the Venezuelan state following devastating earthquakes and the perceived failures of socialism in responding to the tragedy. Stone concludes by shifting…Open
NYTIMES (The Editorial Board) - The Court Just Handed Trump a Dangerous New Power
The Supreme Court is bestowing new powers on a president who often behaves as an aspiring autocrat.
NYTIMES (Adam Liptak and Aishvarya Kavi) - ‘Chaos Will Follow’ Ruling Allowing Trump Firings, Dissent Predicts
In a rare dissent from the bench, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the Supreme Court undid “centuries of political practice,” and that the court concluded that the federal government had been acting in “open defiance of the Constitution.”