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By Pete Williams NBC News June 28, 2021 The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the issue of whether the nation’s schools must allow students to use the bathroom that match their gender identities. The court declined, without comment, to hear the case of Gavin Grimm, who has been at the center of a long legal battle with the school board in Gloucester County, Virginia. Grimm was born female but identified as male after his freshman year in high school, legally changing his name and beginning hormone therapy. The principal at first gave him permission to use…
4-Year-Old Girl Shot in Times Square ‘Didn’t Even Cry,’ Officer Who Carried Her Says By Myles Miller and Brian Price NBC New York June 28, 2021 A 4-year-old girl who was shot in the leg in Times Square barely cried on the way to the hospital, the police officer who carried the child to safety said. “This little girl was so strong,” Officer Alyssa Vogel said. “She didn’t even cry once except when we were putting the tourniquet on. She screamed because it’s very painful.” The 4-year-old Brooklyn girl was one of three people hit by stray bullets…
Analysis: A Republican-appointed judge just smacked down GOP deniers on January 6 By Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large CNN June 28, 2021 (CNN)The violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 was a dark day in American history. The attempted rewriting of what actually happened that day — when more than 100 police officers were injured and five people died — by former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies is even more noxious. On Wednesday, a federal judge named Royce Lamberth had had enough. Lamberth used the first sentencing hearing for a defendant charged in…
Hammer thrower Berry turns away from U.S. flag during anthem Reuters June 28, 2021 Hammer thrower Gwen Berry turned away from the American flag while on the podium for the event’s medal ceremony at the U.S. Olympic trials on Saturday but said her move was not a message although she was upset at the timing of U.S. national anthem. The Black athlete was suspended for 12 months by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) for a raised fist at the 2019 Pan American Games, but did so again before Thursday’s qualifying round as part of her quest…
Trump Organization attorneys given Monday deadline to persuade prosecutors not to file charges against it Washington Post June 28, 2021 Prosecutors in New York have given former president Donald Trump’s attorneys a deadline of Monday afternoon to make any final arguments as to why the Trump Organization should not face criminal charges over its financial dealings, according to two people familiar with the matter. That deadline is a strong signal that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. (D) and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) — now working together, after each has spent more than two…
Inside William Barr’s Breakup With Trump By Jonathan D. Karl The Atlantic June 28, 2021 Donald trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him, but few betrayals have enraged him more than what his attorney general did to him. To Trump, the unkindest cut of all was when William Barr stepped forward and declared that there had been no widespread fraud in the 2020 election, just as the president was trying to overturn Joe Biden’s victory by claiming that the election had been stolen. In a series of interviews with me this…
The Capitol rioter known as the ‘Q Shaman’ will take a test in prison to establish if he is mentally competent to stand trial By Tom Porter Business Insider June 28, 2021 Jacob Anthony Chansley, known as the ‘Q Shaman,’ will undergo a psychological test in prison. The test is aimed at establishing if he can stand trial. Chansley, who wore horns and fur during the riot, is among the most recognisable faces of the January 6 insurrection. Jacob Anthony Chansley, the January 6 Capitol rioter dubbed the ‘Q Shaman,’ will take a test in prison aimed at…
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Blinken, Lapid meet in Rome amid reset US-Israel relations AP NEWS June 27, 2021 ROME (AP) — Hush-hush diplomacy. In-person visits. Hush-hush diplomacy. In-person visits. And a very public no-surprises agreement on Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in Rome on Sunday as their new governments look to turn the page on former President Donald Trump and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose close alliance aggravated partisan divisions within both countries. Now, with Trump sidelined in Florida and Netanyahu leading the opposition, President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett…
Inside William Barr’s Breakup With Trump By Jonathan D. Karl The Atlantic June 27, 2021 Donald Trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him, but few betrayals have enraged him more than what his attorney general did to him. To Trump, the unkindest cut of all was when William Barr stepped forward and declared that there had been no widespread fraud in the 2020 election, just as the president was trying to overturn Joe Biden’s victory by claiming that the election had been stolen. In a series of interviews with me this…