Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech  —  Ex-president calls Hopkins' cannibalistic Lecter ‘late, great’ while condemning ‘people who are being released into our country’  —  Donald Trump on Saturday praised fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter …

A wargame simulated a 2nd Trump presidency.  It concluded NATO would collapse.  — Trump has threatened to quit NATO.  A wargame examined the possible ramifications.  — The US player abandoned Ukraine and ceased NATO participation, triggering crisis in Europe.

Trump appointee blasts Fifth Circuit over “landmines” in its recent decisions  —  “Parties should not be allowed to manipulate the court system to order trial judges ‘how’, ‘what’, and ‘when’ to rule,” Judge Mark Pittman wrote.  —  In a case that has already ping-ponged around the federal court system …

Sen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’  —  GOING ATOMIC  —  Graham argued Israel would be justified in obliterating Gaza because America did it to Japan 80 years ago.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) offered a baffling comparison of Israel's war on Gaza …

Biden taps Obama, George Clooney, Julia Roberts and the Clintons for mega fundraisers  —  One high-profile event will feature a contest with Clooney and Roberts on social media platforms to engage grassroots donors, according to details first shared with NBC News.

More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother's Day - but most still don't  —  More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother's Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns.  But the majority still must forego pay to care for new babies …

He's Running for Senate With an Immigrant's Origin Story.  Here's the Rest.  —  Bernie Moreno, the Republican challenging Senator Sherrod Brown in Ohio, tells a riches-to-rags-to-riches tale.  But the reality isn't so tidy.  —  He is running for the Senate as an immigrant who made good …

Michael Cohen: A challenging star witness in Donald Trump's hush money trial  —  NEW YORK (AP) — He once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump.  Now Michael Cohen is prosecutors' biggest piece of legal ammunition in the former president's hush money trial.

Manafort will no longer take on Republican convention role  —  Manafort had offered to work free on the Republican convention, meeting with officials in recent weeks about his role.  —  Paul Manafort, the longtime political power broker who served as the 2016 chairman for Donald Trump's presidential campaign …

Pelosi rebuked to her face during Oxford debate after condemning Americans clouded by ‘guns, gays, God’  —  Pelosi suggested Americans refuse to listen to Democrats about certain issues due to their beliefs about ‘guns, gays, [and] God’  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. …

Switzerland's Nemo wins 68th Eurovision Song Contest after event roiled by protests over war in Gaza  —  Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday with “The Code,” an operatic pop-rap ode to the singer's journey toward embracing a nongender identity.