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International Female Ride Day: Capitol Hill leaders among growing ranks of women motorcyclists

In the rough and tumble halls of Congress there's one thing a group of Democratic and Republican female lawmakers can agree on: the thrill of riding motorcycles.

Trump’s attorney says ‘quite slim’ chance for federal trials starting before November election

Will Scharf, one of Donald Trump's lawyers, said the chance that federal prosecutors can hold a trial for the former president before the November election is "quite slim."

A Black lawmaker briefly expelled from the Tennessee Statehouse will remain on the 2024 ballot

One of the two Black lawmakers briefly expelled from Tennessee's GOP-controlled Statehouse last year will remain on the 2024 ballot after overcoming a challenge from a Republican opponent.

Musician John Rich rallies behind flag-defending frat brothers

Country singer John Rich plans to hold a free "Flagstock" concert at the University of North Carolina on behalf of the fraternity brothers who stopped pro-Palestinian protesters from pulling the American flag off a campus flag pole.

Michael Cohen hasn’t taken the stand in Trump’s hush money trial. But jurors are hearing his words

The prosecution's star witness has yet to take the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial. But jurors are already hearing Michael Cohen's words as prosecutors work to directly tie Trump to payments to silence women with damaging claims about him before the 2016 election.

Trump clears up remarks about gag order, may still testify

Former President Donald Trump on Friday said he might testify in his criminal trial, one day after he suggested the gag order on him would prevent him from taking the stand.

Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes and others

Clarence B. Jones says he thought a prankster was on the line when he answered the telephone and heard the person on the other end say they were calling from the White House.

Why the UK says Ukraine can now target Russia with British weapons

In a clear response to a Russian intelligence service arson attack on a London factory, the United Kingdom has said that Ukraine can use British weapons to strike targets inside Russia. This bears particular note in relation to the U.K.’s Storm Shadow cruise missile, a number of which Ukraine possesses. Ukraine has previously used these […]

The bond markets get ahead of themselves (again): Jobs report edition

Bond markets, which have spent the last half-year coming back down to reality as they face the fact that the Federal Reserve’s war on inflation is backsliding, jumped on the milquetoast jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. Although the April jobs report was a mostly fine mixed bag — the unemployment […]

Florida is right to ban lab-grown meat

Florida banned lab-grown meat this week in a decision that was derided by many commentators as a silly encroachment on the free market, but the Sunshine State’s policy is actually protecting an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of people from destruction. While not yet a widely available commercial product, lab-grown meat, which is grown […]

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