Exclusive: Mar-a-Lago pool flood raises suspicions among prosecutors in Trump classified documents case  —  An employee at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence drained the resort's swimming pool last October and ended up flooding a room where computer servers containing surveillance video logs were kept …

Texas sheriff recommends criminal charges in DeSantis' migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard  —  A Texas sheriff's department has recommended that the district attorney in Bexar County bring criminal charges over the first iteration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' so-called migrant relocation program.

Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin  —  A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact …

Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S.  —  The school, which would offer online, Roman Catholic instruction funded by taxpayers, is almost certain to tee off a legal battle.  —  The nation's first religious charter school was approved in Oklahoma on Monday …

Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter  —  from the confirmation-idiocy dept  —  It is amazing the degree to which some people will engage in confirmation bias and believe absolute nonsense, even as the facts show the opposite is true.

Yes, Biden Is Too Old to Serve as President  —  It was a scary moment when President Biden tripped after handing out diplomas at the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement ceremony and struggled to get up without assistance.  Fortunately, by all indications, Biden was fine afterward and did not suffer any serious injuries.

I'm not running for president in 2024.  Beating Trump is more important.  —  Chris Sununu, a Republican, is governor of New Hampshire.  —  I will not be seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2024.  —  Our party is on a collision course toward electoral irrelevance without significant corrective action.

George Santos asks judge to keep sealed names of bail sponsors  —  Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Monday asked a judge to keep sealed the names of the people who cosigned his $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case.  —  Media organizations in two separate requests have asked for the court …

FBI had reviewed, closed inquiry into claims at center of Hill fight  —  Republican lawmaker James Comer said he will still seek to hold the FBI director in contempt of Congress after viewing document in question  —  The FBI and Justice Department under then-Attorney General William P. Barr …

Exclusive: Top US general says Ukraine is ‘well prepared’ for counteroffensive in war that has ‘greater meaning’ for the world  —  Watch CNN's full interview with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley on “The Lead with Jake Tapper” today at 4 p.m. ET.  —  CNN —

Cornel West pleased with how 2000 election turned out, hoping for a replay  —  West's op-ed heaping praise on Ron DeSantis's full-frontal assault on Florida's education system was apparently his de facto campaign announcement: … Like most vanity ratfuck campaigns, this will probably prove to be immaterial.

Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia, dead at 79  —  Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who was one of the most damaging spies in American history, was found dead in his prison cell Monday morning, according to the Bureau of Prisons.

Twitter Missed Dozens of Known Images of Child Sexual Abuse Material, Researchers Say  —  Social-media platform has now improved its detection system, Stanford Internet Observatory was told  —  Twitter failed to prevent dozens of known images of child sexual abuse from being posted …

Is It Possible to Be Both Moderate and Anti-Woke?  —  A small nonprofit launched by the journalist Bari Weiss devolves into tribalism.  —  In the fall of 2020, Bion Bartning started worrying that his kids were being indoctrinated.  His daughter, Liv, and his son, Asher …

Why prosecutors in WA are recharging a man police nearly beat to death  —  Moses Lake police nearly beat Joseph Zamora to death.  Then he was charged with and convicted of assaulting an officer.  He served a full prison term.  Then Grant County prosecutors asked for the case to be dismissed.

True the Vote Leadership Accused of Using Donations for Personal Gain  —  The conspiracy-peddling nonprofit made loans to founder Catherine Engelbrecht and issued contracts to longtime director Gregg Phillips that may have violated state and federal law, a watchdog complaint filed with the IRS alleges.

The Murder Rate Is Suddenly Falling  —  The first five months of 2023 have produced an encouraging overall trend for the first time in years.  —  Official crime statistics are only released after a substantial delay, so for nearly a decade I've collected and compiled big-city crime data …

Mother of 6-year-old who shot Virginia teacher charged with federal gun crimes  —  Deja Taylor was previously indicted on charges of felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly leaving a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child.  —  The mother of a 6-year-old who brought a gun …

Target funds nonprofit calling for demilitarization, shutting down Mt. Rushmore as ‘symbol of white supremacy’  —  Embattled retail giant Target has funded a nonprofit that calls for shutting down Mount Rushmore because the landmark is a “symbol of white supremacy,” demilitarizing the “violent” …

Trump made over $80 million from UK and Ireland while president  —  Donald Trump made $82.5 million from his businesses in Ireland and Scotland while serving as president, according to a CREW analysis of his tax returns.  All of this revenue came with extraordinary conflicts of interest …