Charles B. Rangel, Longtime Harlem Congressman, Dies at 94  —  As the dean of New York's delegation and the first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he was a powerful political force for decades.  —  Charles Rangel spoke at a news conference outside the Bronx County Courthouse in 1985.

President Speaks of Sacrifice and Boasts of His Successes in Memorial Day Address  —  Where Things Stand  — Memorial Day speech: President Trump highlighted the sacrifices of military veterans during a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery.

Russia sent a record number of drones into Ukraine as Trump says Putin has ‘gone crazy’  —  Russia overnight launched the biggest drone attack on Ukraine in the more than three-year war, a Ukrainian official said Monday.  President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin has gone …

‘Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal’: Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault ‘War Crimes’  —  “What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination,” former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.  —  Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he now believes …

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry  —  Meta's former head of global affairs said asking for permission from rights owners to train models would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.” … As policy makers in the UK weigh …

Law for lawlessness  —  Leah Litman is a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School and author of the new book “Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes” — an assessment of the Court's supermajority and how it serves Republican interests instead of the public good.

E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn't surface  —  Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.  —  Colton George felt sick.  The 9-year-old Indiana boy told his parents his stomach hurt.

Donald Trump's Politics of Plunder  —  The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America's aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.  —  To understand the vagaries of power in Washington, pay attention to where the powerful congregate.  When Teddy Roosevelt was ascending …

Rahm Emanuel, Teasing a White House Bid, Says Democratic Brand Is Weak  —  The pugilistic Democrat isn't hiding his political ambitions, openly considering a presidential bid as the party struggles to find a way out of the wilderness  —  CHICAGO—Rahm Emanuel, never humble about his political skills …

What to Know About the Deportees the U.S. Is Trying to Send to South Sudan  —  Experts say the administration may be trying to shape the behavior of immigrants through fear.  —  The Trump administration is trying to deport a group of eight migrants to South Sudan, a country on the brink of civil war.

Marcel Ophuls, Myth-Shattering War Documentarian, Is Dead at 97  —  He was best-known for “The Sorrow and the Pity,” a landmark film that debunked ideas of vast French resistance to the Nazi occupation.  —  Marcel Ophuls, the German-born filmmaker whose powerful documentary “The Sorrow and the Pity” …

California Republicans would love Kamala Harris to run for governor  —  Harris could nationalize the governor's race and create a fundraising bonanza for longshot GOP hopefuls.  —  California Republicans love to hate Kamala Harris.  And they'd really love her to run for governor.

What Pete Hegseth Gets Wrong About ‘Warfighting’  —  Combat?  That's actually not what we want our armed forces to do.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is fond of talking about the need to focus on “warfighting.”  He wants “lethality,” bigtime.  —  That sounds tough, so it plays well on Fox News.

Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools.

We Are Not Being Asked to Run Into Cannon Fire.  We Just Need to Speak Up.  —  Frederick Douglass thought Decoration Day — the original name for Memorial Day — was the nation's most significant holiday.  On May 30, 1871, the day's fourth annual observance, he honored the unknown Union dead …