Branding expert, Trump, renames Persian Gulf: Ahead of middle-east trip, Trump changes name to Arabian Gulf (or Gulf of Arabia) [nypost]
Federal grand jury indicts Wisconsin judge, Hannah Dugan, who helped illegal alien evade ICE agents
Trump, Saudi crown prince sign multiple defense, energy agreements
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Tish James being investigated by DOJ for mortgage fraud, Trump responds: ‘She’s a disaster for New York. She’s a horrible, horrible human being, and I think she’s a total crook, there’s no question about it — but that’s just my opinion’ [nypost]
SCOTUS upholds Trump’s military tranny ban [politico]
Fired Mike Walz was coordinating with Israel to get Trump to war with Iran: “You work for the president of your country, not a president of another country” [dailybeast]
Matan takes on George Santos: ‘I know a lot of people in a lot of places. And I’m probably the last person you want to piss off.’
Tariq Nasheed: Perhaps you’re unaware, but black people invented damn near everything [x]
The Legend of Liston Is Here: the hunt for a $300 million dark web drug dealer [youtube]
Trump puts the kibosh on gain-of-function research [nytimes]
Sarah Stock on Caroline Leavitt abandoning her newborn for a career as WH mouthpiece: ‘What America needs right now is more present mothers. We have enough girl-bosses already.’
Song of the Summer – Ye’s latest, Heil Hitler, kicks off White Boy Summer [youtube]