Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas ( 19thnews.org )
RFK Jr. Doesn't Deny Alleged Sexual Assault of Babysitter: 'I Am Not a Church Boy' ( www.rollingstone.com )
Clarence Thomas takes aim at a new target: Eliminating OSHA ( www.businessinsider.com )
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has set his sights on eliminating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration....
USPS raising stamp prices: Last chance to lock in Forever stamp rate ahead of increase ( www.usatoday.com )
The price of first-class Forever stamps will increase from 68 cents to 73 cents on July 14, an increase of more than 7%. Prices for all services will rise more than 7.5%.
Conspiracy Theorists Think Biden Was Hit With Directed-Energy Weapons During Debate ( gizmodo.com )
Plastic manufacturers may have broken US laws ( www.motherjones.com )
Supreme Court to weigh whether regulators were heavy handed with flavored e-cigarette products ( apnews.com )
‘You’re gonna need a bigger wrecking ball’: School board member among 1st wave of Capitol rioters won’t step down despite jail sentence ( lawandcrime.com )
Trump asks for conviction to be overturned after immunity ruling ( www.bbc.com )
Donald Trump's lawyers have asked for the former president's conviction in his hush-money criminal case to be overturned and his sentencing this month delayed, US media report....
Pew finds nation divided on whether the American Dream is still possible ( www.cbsnews.com )
While 53% say the American Dream remains possible, another 41% believe the life of relative economic security the notion once conjured up is now out of reach, the survey of 8,709 U.S. adults found. That divide roughly held regardless of race, ethnicity, partisanship and education of respondents, the nonpartisan think tank found....
Post-Debate Poll Shows 72% of Voters Say Biden Doesn’t Have Cognitive Health to Keep Serving as President ( www.yahoo.com )
Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI efforts ( apnews.com )
The National Black Farmers Association called on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO Tuesday to step down after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts....
In Georgia, conservatives seek to have voters removed from rolls without official challenges ( apnews.com )
They’re asking election administrators to use their data to purge voter registrations, which means names could be removed in a less public process than a formal voter challenge. The strategy could mean electors won’t be summoned in advance to defend their voting rights and the identities of those seeking to purge voters...
Tulsa race massacre survivors condemn dismissal of reparations case and urge Biden to act ( www.theguardian.com )
Trump sneaker line sues over knockoffs days after Lauren Boebert brags about her ‘very China’ counterfeit pair ( www.independent.co.uk )
Biden’s Lapses Are Said to Be Increasingly Common and Worrisome ( www.nytimes.com )
Freedom Caucus Chair Ousted by Trump-Backed Rival in Virginia GOP Primary ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Gathered at Camp David, Biden's family tells him to stay in the race and keep fighting ( apnews.com )
President Joe Biden’s family used a Sunday gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his dreadful debate performance, and some members criticized how his staff prepared him for the faceoff, according to four people familiar with the discussions....
California Moms for Liberty chair’s shocking attack on drag queens goes viral ( www.advocate.com )
FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas ( www.nbcnews.com )
The FDA said it had concluded that BVO was not safe for use after the results of studies, it conducted in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, found the potential for adverse effects in humans....
Tens of thousands rally against transphobia at Paris Pride March ( www.rawstory.com )
Fake Therapist Fooled Hundreds Online Until She Died, State Records Say ( kffhealthnews.org )
Alec Baldwin’s case on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss ( apnews.com )
A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing....
Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint ( forward.com )
Conservative activists, led by a local pastor and outspoken Israel advocate, pushed the district, Mission CISD, to excise books mostly about gender, sexuality and race. Their demands represented an extreme version of a nationwide culture war over books that has played out in recent years — and ensnared a number of books with...
Banker Who Slugged Woman at NYC Pride Event Charged With Assault ( www.thedailybeast.com )
