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Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Tom Suozzi, the bipartisan co-chairs of the House Problem Solvers Caucus, called on Sunday for Congress to block the implementation of the Justice Department’s $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund." abcnews.link/o0K4I0y

After a privately funded border wall in South Texas faced legal issues and claims of shoddy construction, President Donald Trump denounced the project. His administration has handed the company behind it billions to build more of the wall. propublica.org/article/trump-…

This new North Carolina House bill would jail or authorize the murder of women due to their personal use of birth control, such as an IUD, or for having or attempting to have an abortion. Call your legislators. #NCpol HB1232 ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/202…

CBS will stand down and stop any further action on takedowns of Stephen Colbert's public access show. trib.al/DyzP2T3

Today at noon thousands of red rose petals will flutter down through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome. This spectacular tradition is held each year on the feast of Pentecost.

In a 2004 Playboy interview, Google co-founder Larry Page said: “Most portals show their own content above content elsewhere on the web. We feel that’s a conflict of interest...” Today, critics say this philosophy has been dropped and Google's new approach could be about to break the internet. This is why 👇 telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

NEW: Another dive into our database of now more than 12,000 rulings on ICE’s mass detention push: a look at the judges who have fueled the overwhelming rebuke. w/ brilliant data journalist and colleague @Jtblaeser politico.com/news/2026/05/2…

Misappropriated spending by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office includes $4,070 to train and test whether to buy a horse, $3,259 for car washes and $1,261 in travel expenses to research buying a boat — for deputies who work in the desert. propublica.org/article/marico…

“Frankly, I was shocked, I didn’t really believe it at first,” says @RepGlennIvey about the White House’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” The former prosecutor tells @EenaRuffini and @davidgura he is “disgusted” over the $1.8 billion fund.

I’m sorry… WHAT? Did the Ellisons buy the public access station in Monroe, Michigan also or do they have some sort of 5,000 year contract on Stephen Colbert? This is unacceptable, @YouTube. Restore our video.

#BREAKING: Laurie Garrett: “Can I add one very important set of data points? In 2024, our USAID commitment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was more than a BILLION dollars. Last year, brace yourself, $67 million. Nearly every single hospital, clinic, pharmacy in all of DRC was wholly or partially dependent on USAID & HHS support to maintain supplies and to deliver what people needed, and that’s GONE. Pharmacies are empty, stores are empty, the clinics are gone…so even if you didn’t have #Ebola, according to humanitarian organizations…300,000 MORE people have DIED in the DRC since USAID was cut, 300,000.”😢

Asked about the Trump Justice Department’s $1.8 million “anti-weaponization” fund, the Trump administration’s top economic adviser Kevin Hassett argues, “The previous administration and the Obama administration weaponized government against President Trump, and what he wants to do is make sure that never happens again and compensate the people who were the targets of the destruction of their lives.”

Before ChatGPT, more than 98 per cent of all English-language articles published on the internet were written by humans. By the fall of 2024, machines were writing around half. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

Today is 50th anniversary of the Judgement of Paris (famous blind wine taste testing when California wines surprisingly beat French wines). Time wrote about it few weeks after and quotes when judge misidentify the wine are hilarious. Sips Napa wine: “Ah, back to France.” Sips French wine: “This is definitely California. It has no nose.”

Sen. Kennedy: Is Russia our friend? Gen. Smith: Sir, they're not. Sen. Kennedy: Between Ukraine and Russia, who do we want to win that war? Gen. Smith: Obviously, we want Ukraine to stand independently and not be consumed by Russia. Sen. Kennedy: When Putin went into Ukraine, he thought he was going to roll in and take it over in two days like thunder on a summer night, didn't he? Gen. Smith: I believe he did. Sen. Kennedy: But Ukrainian people have fought back, haven't they? Gen. Smith: Yes, sir, they've fought back. Sen. Kennedy: And they now have some of the most sophisticated drone technology in the history of the world, don't they? Gen. Smith: Sir, they do. They're doing very well with drones. Sen. Kennedy: And with limited resources they have, they're giving Russia curb-stomping, aren't they? Gen. Smith: I would say they are. Sen. Kennedy: In fact, with their limited resources, they've knocked out 40% of Russia's oil export capacity. Since January, using their drones and limited cruise missiles, they've hit oil and gas facilities within Russia over 100 times. Not on the border, within Russia. Right? Gen. Smith: Yes, sir. Sen. Kennedy: And Putin was so scared, he almost had to cancel Russia's military parade, didn't he? Gen. Smith: I will take your word for that, sir. Sen. Kennedy: Okay.

Amid Meta's mass layoffs and a hard pivot to AI, one engineer posted a scorched-earth farewell parody video to the tune of “American Pie” in an internal message board. We got our hands on it. motherjones.com/politics/2026/…

Marine scientists have discovered a record number of new species living in the depths of the world's oceans over the past year. A total of 1,121 new marine species were discovered in a single year. abcnews.link/u8DFE2X

Graduates at Grand Valley State University applauded Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak after he emphasized the importance of their own human intelligence, rather than artificial intelligence, in his commencement speech.

Bill Clinton has a random run-in with Loretta Lynch at an airport in 2016 - MASSIVE, WEEKS LONG SCANDAL JD Vance attends a private dinner with Chief Justice Roberts while the Court considers multiple Trump Admin lawsuits - "social call" ... "friendly pop-by"

The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal writes that Trump has “lost the governing plot” just a year-and-a-half into his second term. thedailybeast.com/rupert-murdoch…