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Attorney general Keith Ellison says gesture at convention was an ‘act of profound cruelty’ to George Floyd’s family The Minnesota Republican party’s decision to hold a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has angered the state’s attorney general – who was the lead prosecutor in the … Read more

Senate candidate Graham Platner has not deactivated his account on a private messaging app associated with casual sex and anonymous encounters — despite facing mounting questions over infidelity and the platform’s ties to sexual exploitation.  Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee in Maine’s 2026 Senate race, has an active profile on Kik, an anonymous chatting platform … Read more

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked the beginning of June’s Pride Month with a Monday post on X, saying it would take longer than just one month to honor the ways in which “queer and transgender” residents have benefited the city over time. “It would take far more than a month to honor the … Read more

Powell says central bank has been facing ‘stress test’ under Trump, as supreme court weighs decision on Fed governor that president tried to fire Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Jerome Powell, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, has warned that a single act of political interference in monetary policy could … Read more

SANTA MONICA, CA — Beach volleyball legend and Los Angeles native Christopher ‘Sinjin’ Smith is touting Spencer Pratt’s “disrupter” mayoral campaign and explained why he believes Pratt has tapped into voter frustration over the glaring issues facing the city.  “It doesn’t surprise me at all that Spencer is resonating with the people of Santa Monica … Read more

Former first lady Jill Biden joins TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones to share stories and memories from iconic photos taken throughout her life, including her 49-year marriage with Joe Biden, her connection to the White House’s East Wing, and bidding for a cameo in Season 2 of “Heated Rivalry.”

Chuck Schumer shares plans to force vote on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund and accuses Trump of ‘corruption’ Democrats in the US Senate vowed to force Republicans to vote on a $1.8bn “MAGA slush fund” established as part of a resolution of Donald Trump’s long-shot lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. The US president has described the secretive … Read more

The U.S. military conducted a deadly strike against a vessel in the Pacific on Saturday, killing several alleged “narco-terrorists,” according to U.S. Southern Command. That attack, which killed three men, was one of four such military strikes announced by SOUTHCOM last week. “On May 30, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, … Read more

Dozens reportedly arrested for defying curfew at Delaney Hall in Newark amid hunger and labor strikes at facility Officials in New Jersey said Monday that several protesters were arrested overnight for defying a curfew at Delaney Hall, the Newark immigration detention center that has seen more than a week of chaotic and often violent clashes. … Read more

From Google co-founder Brin spending $66m to fight a billionaire tax to Google and Meta funding a joint Super Pac, Silicon Valley is engaged in an existential fight for its political power at home Tech billionaires have shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars ahead of the 2 June primary election in California, in an … Read more