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CNN reports: The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke former President Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun, a senior police official told CNN. Trump’s New York concealed carry license was quietly suspended on April 1, 2023, following his indictment on criminal charges in New York, the official said. Two of the three pistols he was licensed …

CBS News reports: The Georgia Court of Appeals temporarily halted proceedings in the 2020 election case involving former President Donald Trump while it reviews a trial judge’s ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the case. The stay issued by the court applies only to Trump and the eight co-defendants who sought to have Willis …

USA Today reports: The Right to Contraception Act, introduced by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., seeks to codify people’s right to use and protect health care providers’ right to distribute contraceptives. The forced vote will require representatives in the chamber take a clear side on an issue known to mobilize to voters nationwide ahead of the November election. Two years after …

Denver’s CBS affiliate reports: The Colorado Republican Party marked the start of Pride Month with a mass email attacking “godless groomers” and a social media post calling for the burning of all Pride flags. The state GOP’s move to the far right after a series of electoral blowout losses continued with some of its harshest anti-gay rhetoric in recent years. …

“Well, it’s obvious, number one, that the Biden administration have zero diplomacy skills. There should have been a summit with Vladimir Putin, you know, right after this thing started. “They had a done deal, we all know that, but we talked to them, ‘Hey, we’ll give you whatever it takes we’re gonna give you, you’re gonna be able to fight …

Spy Talk reports: After weathering criticism over its reliance on a gusher of Saudi cash, Jared Kushner’s investment fund made its first big splash last month when it announced it had signed a $500 million deal with the Serbian government to develop a high end real estate project in downtown Belgrade on the site of a bombed down army building …

Madison’s CBS affiliate reports: The father of a Baraboo High School graduate forcibly pulled the district superintendent away from his daughter as she crossed the stage to receive a congratulatory handshake during the school’s graduation ceremony Friday. The man, who is not being named to protect his daughter’s identity, ran onto the stage just after the girl had been handed …

NBC News reports: Donald Trump’s search for a running mate is intensifying, as the former president awaits sentencing on felony charges and prepares for next month’s Republican National Convention. Vice presidential contenders recently received vetting materials, five sources familiar with the process told NBC News. Trump’s search, according to one source, is heavily concentrated on four top prospects: North Dakota …

CNN reports: The planet just marked a “shocking” new milestone, enduring 12 consecutive months of unprecedented heat, according to new data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate monitoring service. Every single month from June 2023 to May 2024 was the world’s hottest such month on record, Copernicus data showed. The 12-month heat streak was “shocking but not surprising” given human-caused …

The New York Times reports: Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York announced on Wednesday that she was indefinitely shelving the long-awaited tolling scheme known as congestion pricing, just weeks before it was to go into effect. Ms. Hochul said that her decision was not an easy one, but she felt it was crucial in light of the lingering effects of …