Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports ( www.cnbc.com )
‘This will not be 1968.’ Chicago police prepare for DNC as whole world watches once again. ( www.chicagotribune.com )
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Over 50,000 Palestinian children require treatment for acute malnutrition, says UN agency ( www.middleeastmonitor.com )
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported on Saturday that over 50,000 children in the Gaza Strip are in urgent need of treatment for acute malnutrition, Anadolu Agency reports....
‘Anti-Woke’ Water Makes a Splash at Conservative Conference ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Trump gets name of his doctor wrong as he challenges Biden to cognitive test ( www.theguardian.com )
Bannon vows Trump’s opponents will be prosecuted in a second term | CNN Politics ( edition.cnn.com )
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, vowed investigations and prosecutions of those who have probed the former president and his political allies, declaring at a conservative gathering Saturday that Inauguration Day in 2025 will be “accountability day.”...
Ex-Trump Official Makes Stunning Revelation: Trump Talked About Executing People At Several WH Meetings ( www.mediaite.com )
CDC warns of disruptions to ADHD meds after $100M fraud arrest ( thehill.com )
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning those who take medication for ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, could face a disruption in accessing care after two executives were arrested for a $100 million fraud scheme....
Missouri woman's murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a police officer did it ( apnews.com )
A judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing that her attorneys argue was actually committed by a now-discredited police officer....
H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet. American Contrariness Could Turn It into One ( www.scientificamerican.com )
When H5N1 avian influenza started spreading among dairy cattle across the U.S. this year, regulators warned against consuming unpasteurized milk. What happened? Raw milk sales went up....
Huge telehealth fraud indictment may wreak havoc for Adderall users, CDC warns ( arstechnica.com )
House Passes Bill To Automatically Register Young Men for the Draft ( www.yahoo.com )
Homophobic neighborhood signs removed after 27 years ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
28 riders stuck upside down on amusement park ride for about 30 minutes ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Catholic Bishops finally apologize for church’s role in harming kids at Indigenous boarding schools ( www.motherjones.com )
CEOs at Trump meeting: Ex-president ‘meandering’ and ‘doesn't know what he's talking about’ ( www.cnbc.com )
Among the topics on which Trump offered scant details were how he would reduce taxes and cut back on business regulations, according to two other people in the room who spoke to CNBC....
Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war; Kyiv rejects 'ultimatum' ( www.msn.com )
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender....
As War Drags On, Gazans More Willing to Speak Out Against Hamas ( www.nytimes.com )
Ordinary Gazans are bearing the brunt of the 8-month Israeli military onslaught on the territory and many blame the Palestinian armed faction for starting the war....
These Common Medications Can Make Heat Waves More Dangerous ( www.nytimes.com )
"People are angry": Mike Johnson faces bipartisan uproar over Intelligence Committee picks ( www.axios.com )
Both picks were bound to be inflammatory:...
Jewish students told "go back to Poland" at campus rallies ( www.newsweek.com )
Jewish students told Newsweek they faced antisemitic abuse and intimidation at some of America's most-prestigious universities.
"Training future authoritarians": How China promotes its authoritarian capitalism model by teaching government officials in the Global South on how to infringe people's freedom and undermine democracy ( www.atlanticcouncil.org )
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Justice Thomas raked in staggering $2.4 million in gifts, watchdog says ( www.independent.co.uk )
Fix the Court, the group that released the findings, calculated the total in gifts from January 2004 to December 2023 and said the nine current justices received 344 gifts totaling nearly $3million....
