The New York Times reports: Bob Graham, a Florida Democrat who as a little-known state senator cleaned stables and waited on tables in a clever populist strategy that helped to boost him into the governorship, the United States Senate and a run for the presidency, has died. He was 87. His daughter Gwen Graham posted a family statement on social …

Variety reports: Amazon Prime Video has officially ordered a 20-episode season of “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?” from MGM Alternative, the streamer announced Tuesday. As previously reported by Variety, the “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” spinoff will be hosted by Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. “I grew up loving game shows, and I’m excited to …

The Daily Beast reports: Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday joined the chorus of critics falsely claiming the New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial won’t let the former president attend his son’s graduation, insisting Juan Merchan is “not a judge in the tradition of Anglo-American jurists.” A spokesperson for Giuliani insisted that any implication that the former mayor’s …

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: Florida residents who don’t have children attending school will have significantly fewer chances to challenge books in local K-12 libraries under a new law signed Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Residents who don’t have a child in school will only be able to challenge one title per month under the new law. Meant to curb what …

“I think that we’re seeing a painful, unfortunately, jury selection because we’re in the state of New York, which is definitely by design. “There is no question that Bragg bringing this in New York – look at the Fulton County D.A., and so on and so forth, Washington, D.C., – these venues are selected exactly for this reason. “Judges admonishing …

CBS News reports: Los Gatos man who starred in a real estate reality show was sentenced to jail and ordered to pay back nearly $10 million to his victims after being convicted of real estate fraud, prosecutors said Tuesday. According to Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s office, 58-year-old Charles “Todd” Hill received a four-year sentence. Hill starred in …

The Associated Press reports: Hours before leaving port, the massive container ship that caused the deadly collapse of a Baltimore bridge experienced apparent electrical problems, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. While the ship was docked in Baltimore, alarms went off on some of its refrigerated containers, indicating an inconsistent power supply, according to the …

“The Civil Rights Act, though, let’s be clear, created a beast, and that beast has now turned into an anti-white weapon. Let’s talk about discourse and dialogue. This topic would have been even more forbidden four or five years ago, but it’s now becoming — in more and more mainstream circles. Is that because the problem is becoming worse, or …

“I am not resigning. And it is, in my view, an absurd notion that someone would bring a vacate motion when we are simply here trying to do our jobs. It is not helpful to the cause, it is not helpful to the country, it does not help the House Republicans advance our agenda, which is in the best interest …

CNN reports: Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said his $175 million bond posted to satisfy the judgement in the New York civil fraud case is financially sound, and they asked the judge to set aside the attorney general’s challenge to the bond and award him costs and fees. In court filings, Trump said the bond secured by Knight Specialty …

Politico reports: Justice Juan Merchan has officially impaneled the first six jurors who will decide whether Donald Trump is guilty of falsifying business records to conceal a sex scandal. The six individuals were sworn in after various other prospective jurors were removed from the pool this afternoon. Some were dismissed by the judge “for cause” after lawyers successfully argued that …

Axios reports: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) is willing to vote to dismiss impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as long as time is given to debate the articles, he told Axios. A bipartisan vote to quickly squash the articles of impeachment would be a clear indictment of the GOP’s historic impeachment, which has been years in the making. …

NBC News reports: After the questioning of a juror, Merchan admonished Trump for seeming to talk in a way that was audible. “I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. I want to make this crystal clear,” Merchan said. Merchan allowed the juror, whose Facebook post was at issue, to enter the courtroom so that Trump’s lawyer, Blanche, …

CBS News reports: House Republicans are presenting the articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, kicking off a confrontation over an impeachment trial that’s been brewing for months. More than two months after the lower chamber voted to impeach the Cabinet secretary, House impeachment managers are walking the articles over to …

Mediaite reports: Kash Patel, who served as chief of staff to the acting secretary of defense in former President Donald Trump’s administration and is widely expected to be tapped for a national security role in a prospective second term, is hawking pills that claim to reverse the effects of the Covid vaccines. In a Truth Social post over the weekend, …

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a caller who identified himself as “Henry” called the National Suicide Hotline on March 28 and made several statements about bombing the TransLatin@ Coalition on Juneteenth. Police said he also talked about setting their building on fire with gasoline and made a statement about attacking the Pride Parade …

Courthouse News reports: A federal court in Louisiana rules that four prison guards may face sanctions and punitive damages because they “lost” video scans that supposedly justified fruitlessly searching an inmate suspected of inserting contraband in his rectum for four days. The scans they produced were not of the inmate, which the court could tell because there are major differences …

The New York Times reports: In January 2018, when she first saw reports that her husband had paid off a porn star, Melania Trump was furious. She jetted off to Palm Beach, leaving the president to languish in Washington. As a criminal trial against Mr. Trump opened on Monday, on charges that he had falsified records to cover up that …

Deadline reports: Smartmatic has reached a settlement with One America News Network over claims that the news outlet amplified false claims that the voting systems company rigged the results of the 2020 election. “Smartmatic has resolved its litigation against OANN through a confidential settlement,” said attorney Eric Connolly, who is representing the voting company in the lawsuit. An attorney for …

Mediaite reports: Several reporters in attendance at former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial shared on the air and social media that for the second day in a row, Trump fell asleep in court. CNN contributor Norm Eisen tweeted on Tuesday: “Trump is asleep again” at nearly 11:00 AM. And his account was corroborated by others on site. Maggie Haberman’s …