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A frail Sen. Dianne Feinstein continues to vote as new details emerge about her health

WASHINGTON — It's police week here at the nation's Capitol, and, with law enforcement officers flowing through the halls, the Senate Judiciary Committee took up several bills meant to support the police.

Los Angeles Times

Navy, in suicide probe, admits it ‘failed’ crew of USS George Washington

NORFOLK, Va. — After months spent investigating a series of suicides of Hampton Roads-based sailors last year, the Navy has concluded that it failed its own personnel on an individual and systemic level.

Tribune News Service

Why border crossings fell after Trump-era rules expired

WASHINGTON — Fewer migrants are crossing the southern border of the U.S., and the doomsday scenarios that many politicians feared would follow the expiration of the pandemic-era restrictions known as Title 42 have yet to arrive.

Los Angeles Times

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Supreme Court rejects Andy Warhol's use of copyrighted photo of Prince

WASHINGTON — Andy Warhol's posters of Prince, some shaded purple and others orange, may have been works of art, but they infringed the copyright of the photographer who captured the original image of the musician, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

When wolves move in, they push smaller carnivores closer to human development – with deadly consequences

Large carnivores like wolves are returning to areas they used to occupy, leading scientists to wonder whether they may once again fulfill important ecological roles. But wolves’ return to the landscape can affect other nearby animals in complex ways.

The Conversation

Cornyn says Trump can’t win in 2024, GOP needs someone else as presidential nominee

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn has joined the anyone-but-Trump caucus, becoming the most prominent Texas Republican to shun the former president’s 2024 comeback bid.

Tribune News Service

Federal judge says Clarence Thomas ethics complaints mishandled more than a decade ago

WASHINGTON — The federal courts’ policymaking body in 2011 mishandled ethics complaints surrounding financial disclosures by Justice Clarence Thomas, a sitting federal judge testified Wednesday.

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Relatives of Calif. family slain by ‘catfishing’ Virginia cop plan to sue over his hiring

WASHINGTON — Attorneys for relatives of the Riverside, California, family slain by “catfish” cop Austin Lee Edwards have notified Virginia officials of their intent to sue, citing gross negligence by the state and local law enforcement agencies that hired him.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court dismisses challenges to the Section 230 legal shield that protects websites

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a major challenge to the legal shield known as Section 230 that has protected websites from being sued for what users post there.

Los Angeles Times

Israeli, US Diplomats Discuss Negev Forum In Washington

Diplomats from the US and Israel discuss range opportunities to advance regional integration through the Negev Forum

Zenger

Debt-limit dangers loom in big government bills due June 1 and 2

New projected cash flows for the U.S. Treasury Department from a Washington think tank show June 1 and 2 could present the biggest risk dates for a potential government default if Congress fails to lift the debt ceiling before then.

Tribune News Service

NGI college golf: Ball State and Washington State needed conference heroics to be postseason eligible. Here’s how they did it

“We felt like we had a team, and were playing with some momentum, that was capable of winning."

USA Today Sports Media Group

The top 5 Washington draft choices for Ron Rivera: No. 3

The Commanders have done well with Day 3 picks in the Rivera-era.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Washington D.C. councilman makes his case for new Commanders’ new stadium at RFK

Councilman Kenyan McDuffie wants to bring the Commanders home to Washington, D.C.

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Who are Russia’s allies in Putin’s war against Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin promised African nations that he would write off their debts and provide free grain in an attempt to bolster alliances across the continent at a two-day summit in St Petersburg last month.

Tribune News Service

How Brandy Clark made her ‘return to the Northwest’ with Brandi Carlile

SEATTLE — Brandy Clark has lived in Nashville, Tennessee, so long that most people outside her home state of Washington don’t realize the decorated singer-songwriter hails from the Pacific Northwest. But that’s about to change, thanks to her perfectly unvarnished new album, produced by another Washington star.

Businessweek

The True Cost of an Extended US Debt-Ceiling Standoff

Recurring struggles over the borrowing limit undermine the status of the US as an economic superpower.

The News Lens

China Holds Central Asia Summit; Ex-US Official Urges Pragmatism

Earlier this year, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to the capitals of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to promote investment and urge political reforms.

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White House Honors Jewish American Heritage Month With Other Washington Power Figures

President Biden reminded the audience that Evan Gershkovich has not been forgotten and the U.S. alliance with Israel.

France 24

French army accused of failing to stop French hostage Olivier Dubois's kidnapping

In tonight's edition: The French army has been accused of trying to piggy-back onto former hostage Olivier Dubois's arrangements to interview a jihadist commander in Mali, but doing little to stop the reporter's eventual abduction. Also, a scientifically-backed report finds that big oil extraction in Nigeria's Bayelsa State has come…

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Former Pyrex and Post Office worker Councillor Dorothy Trueman officially sworn in as Sunderland's new Mayor

The ward councillor for Washington West was sworn in as Mayor at a meeting of full council on Wednesday

Reuters

U.S. agrees to renew strategic pact with second Pacific island state

The United States and Palau agreed on Wednesday to renew a key strategic pact, part of U.S. efforts to shore up support among Pacific island states to counter competition from China, even as President Joe Biden called off a historic stop in the region.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The top 5 Washington draft choices for Ron Rivera: No. 4

Counting down Rivera's top five draft picks in Washington. Today, we look at No. 4.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Commanders believe Virginia will offer best incentive package for a new stadium

No decision has been made and the RFK site remains a possibility for a new Washington stadium.

Barchart

Stock Index Futures Move Higher on Signs of Optimism Over Debt-Ceiling Talks, Target Earnings on Tap

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are up +0.30%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are up +0.20% this morning as market participants pinned hopes on talks in Washington to resolve the deadlock on raising the U.S. debt ceiling.

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