Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Resigned  —  A Labor Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  — Copy  —  Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on Monday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Cory Mills Is Weighing an Expulsion Resolution Against Nancy Mace  —  The House is facing a deluge of tit-for-tat expulsion resolutions.  — Copy  —  Tag.  You're it.  —  Embattled Republican Rep. Cory Mills is weighing an expulsion resolution against Rep. Nancy Mace, and he has already drafted the text, NOTUS has learned.

Apple isn't losing its Trump whisperer  — Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO in September.  — He won't be going far.  He'll remain as executive chairman of the Apple board of directors.  — Cook has put on a masterclass in managing Apple's relationship with President Donald Trump.

Distrust, dishonesty and Trump's elusive Iran deal  —  President Trump declared Monday morning that a peace deal with Iran would be signed “today” in Islamabad, and that Vice President Vance was on his way.  — But Vance was actually still in Washington, waiting for a signal from Tehran …

Kash Patel files defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic … “We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit,” The Atlantic said.  —  The article, citing about two dozen anonymous sources, details Patel's alleged …

Five Trump Scandals You've Probably Missed  —  Swirling scandals—from the Pentagon to DHS to the IRS to the Labor Department—that represent basic betrayals of public office, trust, and confidence-in-leadership that should be the table stakes of good government.

The Onion Has a New Plan to Take Over Infowars … When Infowars, the website founded by the right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones, came up for sale two years ago, an unlikely suitor stepped up.  The Onion, a satirical news outlet, planned to convert the site into a parody of itself.

Trump tells PBS News that ‘lots of bombs start going off’ if Iran ceasefire expires  —  President Donald Trump told PBS News on Monday morning that if the ceasefire with Iran expires Tuesday, “then lots of bombs start going off.”  —  The statement came during a phone call …

U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs: The Arguments That Shaped America, Now Freely Available  —  Thanks to a generous gift of materials from the Wolf Law Library at the William & Mary Law School, and the Internet Archive's mission to digitize and provide universal access to knowledge …

Nick Fuentes Is Physically Disgusted by His Own Groyper Fanboys  —  A devoted Fuentes supporter went on CNN to talk about his hero and then found himself in his crosshairs.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Groypers Ground Up by Their Hero  —  John Lawrence, a “groyper” devotee of white nationalist …

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency  —  Throughout US President Donald Trump's second term in office, traders have been betting millions of dollars just before he makes major announcements.  —  The BBC has examined trade volume data on several financial markets …

Some Republicans Fear They're Making a Big Mistake on Reconciliation  —  “We better do something to bring costs down, because it's tough sledding right now,” Sen. Josh Hawley said.  — Copy  —  Senate Republicans are taking their first steps this week to pass a narrow reconciliation bill …

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Concerns  —  Fed up with the state's censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.  —  Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson …

The Person Playacting as President May Be Getting Addicted to Snuff Films  —  Even before WSJ posted this story about the guy legally occupying the position of President, I had gotten worried that Donald Trump is growing addicted to snuff films.  —  I had been planning on a post describing …

It's not media cluelessness - it's cowardice and complicity  —  For more than a decade, I've struggled with the question of why major media have underreacted to Donald Trump's fascist movement, normalizing its corruption and cruelty.  —  Eventually, I came up with the “Three C's” - cluelessness, cowardice, and complicity.

Influencers Are Spinning Nicotine as a ‘Natural’ Health Hack  —  The influencers, many of them aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Movement, say the medical establishment has unfairly demonized the compound.  —  There's a compound that can reverse Alzheimer's, increase cognitive function …

What We Learned From a Secret Deposition of Ken Paxton  —  Previously hidden document sheds new light on ethical questions surrounding the GOP Senate candidate and Texas attorney general  —  In 2019, hostile attorneys questioned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton about his conduct as a lawyer …

Iran war accelerates America's breakup with the world … “A lot of people are fed up with how chaotic this war has been and scared of the potential economic impact, but I haven't seen any major protests in response,” a Washington-based Asian diplomat said, having been granted anonymity because the topic is sensitive.

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?  —  Last year, four huge companies pledged tens of millions of dollars to help fund the creation of Donald Trump's presidential library, a planned monstrosity in Miami that—in a perfect Trumpian twist—may also double as a hotel.

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest  —  Flight records show that Los Angeles police dispatched drones 32 times over last month's No Kings rally.  —  THE LOS ANGELES Police Department deployed drones intended for public safety uses to surveil a No Kings rally and a protest …

California Dems want to quickly fill Swalwell's seat.  They're hitting a snag. … Five Democratic candidates running in the regularly-scheduled primary to succeed Swalwell for a full term have pledged they would not also run in the June 16 special election.

What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos's Private Retreat  —  For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.  —  at the end of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 movie, There Will Be Blood, Daniel Day-Lewis's oil-baron character, old now and richer than Croesus …

From Res Publica to the United States of Trump  —  This president's vulgar self-glorification is revolting to a self-governing people and must not stand  —  The cult of personality has always been central to Trumpism.  Now it is the official policy of the United States government.

Toddler Sent To Room While Grownups Talk  —  You know how when you're throwing a dinner party, and while you're preparing baked salmon and roasted asparagus for your guests, you are also making mac and cheese for the kids and sending them off to eat it in front of the TV in the den …

3 warning signs for Republicans in our new poll: From the Politics Desk  —  Plus, Republicans weigh how big to go on their next party-line funding bill. … 3 warning signs for Republicans in our new poll … Here are three takeaways. … Those numbers have gotten steadily worse for him ever since.

Mexico's Sheinbaum demands explanation after U.S. officials die assisting in operation in Chihuahua  —  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she would demand explanations after four U.S. and Mexican officials died in an accident over the weekend, adding she was unaware …

Trump says energy secretary ‘totally wrong’ on gas prices not dropping to $3 until next year  —  President Trump told The Hill on Monday that he disagreed with Energy Secretary Chris Wright's assessment that gas prices may not drop below $3 per gallon until next year.  —  “No, I think he's wrong on that.

The Harm from Hormuz  —  Why we should still fear a global slump from Trump's Iran debacle  —  Another week, another false all-clear.  —  The Strait of Hormuz remains closed.  It appears increasingly obvious that the 20 percent of world oil supply that normally flows through it to world markets …