EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Finalizing Plan to Put Trump Picture on U.S. Passports  The Bulwark US to issue passports featuring Trump’s picture to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary  CNN… [more]

Republicans in Florida again block Ron DeSantis’ push to regulate AI  NBC News GOP-led Florida House tanks AI, medical freedom proposals pushed by DeSantis  Politico Florida House… [more]

Trump administration launches Disney probe after Jimmy Kimmel’s Melania joke  Financial Times Trump administration challenges ABC station licenses amid Kimmel controversy  CNN FCC challenges Disney station licenses… [more]

US agents raid 22 Minnesota sites in social-welfare fraud probe  Reuters Patel turns tables on Walz in response to viral tweet on Minnesota fraud raids: ‘Come… [more]

Is the U.S. in a Politically Violent Age? What the Data and History Say  The New York Times Shrugging at calamity: America is reacting in strange… [more]

UAE to leave OPEC amid Hormuz oil crisis, a blow to Saudi Arabia  The Washington Post U.A.E.’s OPEC Exit Deals Major Blow to Cartel Amid Middle… [more]

UAE leaves OPEC in blow to global oil producers’ group  Reuters United Arab Emirates Says It Will Leave OPEC in Blow to Oil Cartel  The New York… [more]

Sri Lanka Arrests 22 Monks After 240 Pounds of Cannabis Found in Luggage  The New York Times Sri Lanka arrests 22 Buddhist monks allegedly carrying over… [more]

First Lady Melania Trump Reinforces the Importance of Technology and Education with Her Majesty Queen Camilla  The White House (.gov) Melania Trump and Queen Camilla play… [more]

Camp Mystic director apologizes to families of campers, counselors who died in flood  The Texas Tribune Camp Mystic hearing takeaways: Apologies, flood plan failures, and pushback… [more]