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Winnie the Pooh ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ Book Draws Parents’ Ire

New York Times A Dallas school district apologized for not providing guidance to parents when it sent students home with a book that teaches how to respond to dangerous situations at school. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/us/winnie-the-pooh-school-shooting-book.html

Judge Temporarily Blocks South Carolina Abortion Ban

New York Times The new law prohibited most abortions after six weeks, and was just signed into law. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/us/south-carolina-abortion-ban.html

Sedition Sentence for Oath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes Marks Moment of Accountability

New York Times The 18 years in prison given to Stewart Rhodes for a rarely charged crime underscored the lengths to which the Justice Department and the courts have gone in addressing the assault on the Capitol. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/us/politics/sedition-oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes.html

China enters waters off of Vietnam near Russian gas block in ‘worrying escalation’

Fox News China on Friday once again disregarded Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and deployed a research ship along with five escort vessels to an area where a Russian state firm jointly operates a gas block with Hanoi in the energy rich South China Sea. The move is Beijing’s latest escalatory step in the region after…

Missing Their Son, Evan Gershkovich’s Parents Traveled to Moscow for Hearing

Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal reporter’s mother said after this week’s hearing, “For us, the hard part is that we could leave, and he couldn’t.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/missing-their-son-evan-gershkovichs-parents-traveled-to-moscow-for-hearing-d4d83bf2

Janet Yellen Sets June 5 Deadline for Debt-Limit Accord

Wall Street Journal The Treasury secretary previously estimated the U.S. would be unable to pay all its bills on June 1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/yellen-says-u-s-wont-have-enough-funds-for-all-payments-by-june-5-without-debt-limit-increase-6f521f2

2024 GOP primary: DeSantis slams Trump’s attack that ‘Cuomo did better’ on COVID despite nursing home scandal

Fox News GOP Florida Governor Ron DeSantis fired back at former President Trump after he claimed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, “did better” in his COVID-19 response despite Cuomo’s infamous nursing home scandal. DeSantis fired back at Trump on Friday after the former president said Cuomo did a better job handling COVID-19…

Kiev plotting provocation at ZNPP to cut short IAEA mission

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Kiev is announcing this strike in order to accuse us,” Russian politician says, commenting of allegation by the Ukrainian defense ministry’s main intelligence directorate that Russia was hatching a provocation at the nuclear facility https://tass.com/russias-foreign-policy/1623775

CBP repeats misleading claim about aid to migrants, free transport at the southern border

Fox News Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is repeating a misleading claim that migrants are not given free transportation and travel at the southern border courtesy of the U.S. government — as it seeks to tackle misinformation being spread by smugglers. “Claims that migrants will be provided free travel and transportation to their destination are…

Stocks Rise on Hopes for Debt-Ceiling Deal

Wall Street Journal The Nasdaq Composite extends winning streak to five weeks as tech stocks rally. https://www.wsj.com/articles/stocks-rise-on-hopes-for-debt-ceiling-deal-db6d6cb8