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The Associated Press reports: Thunder and lightning delayed the start of the Easter egg roll at the White House for 90 minutes on Monday, but the event eventually kicked off under gray skies with many youngsters wearing ponchos or colorful jackets against light rain. More than 40,000 people — 10,000 more than last year — were expected to participate in …

The Washington Post reports: Officials found cocaine on the ground floor of the White House on Sunday near where visitors taking tours of the West Wing are instructed to leave their cellphones, according to three people familiar with the investigation. The Secret Service is investigating how cocaine ended up in the White House, after the discovery of the substance prompted …

The New York Times reports: A small amount of a white powdery substance was found in the White House on Sunday evening, according to a person familiar with the episode, and an initial test by emergency response workers determined that it was cocaine. President Biden and his family were away at Camp David when a uniformed Secret Service agent found …

Mediaite reports: It was inevitable that the story of the missing submersible in the North Atlantic would spark conspiracy theories. On Wednesday, as the frantic search continued, Donald Trump Jr. earned the distinction of becoming the first prominent pundit to lean into conspiracy over the vessel. On board are British billionaire Hamish Harding, 59; Pakistani-born billionaire Shahzada Dawood, 48, and …

Raw Story reports: Accusations that the Texas mall shooter had neo-Nazi links left Donald Trump Jr. and Ann Coulter puzzled Monday – because the man who shot and killed eight people is Hispanic. “Because the name Mauricio Garcia screams white supremacy,” former President Donald Trump’s son, Don Jr., posted on Truth Social, along with a puzzled face emoji. Garcia, 33, …

“I’ve been blessed beyond belief in this country. I got thrown into politics in my late 30s, and all the sudden, it’s like, hey, I just actually believe this stuff. I will more than happily fight for it. “It would have been a lot easier to shut the hell up and be a real estate developer. It’s so important to …

Vice News reports: Supermarket workers at stores in the Czech Republic were shocked to find a record haul of cocaine hidden among crates of bananas from Central America. Police said in total staff found 840kg of cocaine wrapped in green packages stuffed in banana crates sent to supermarkets in the towns of Jicin and Rychnov nad Kneznou in the north …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump Jr released a seemingly odd rant against Joe Biden, leading to a pushback from critics. A nearly 5-minute video was uploaded by the businessman titled “Pathetic: Biden can’t read a teleprompter!” on Facebook on Friday. It has been viewed more than 380,000 times. “​​This is why you don’t do drugs kids. Slurred speech, lack of …

Portland’s NBC News reports: Fifty years after the War On Drugs began in the 1970s, Oregon voters decided on an alternative path: decriminalization for user-amounts of illicit substances and accompanying recovery treatment options instead of jail time. Oregonians have approved Measure 110, which decriminalizes possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, LSD, oxycodone and some other drugs, according to the …

Entertainment Weekly reports: The first meme of Monday night’s presidential debate was Donald Trump’s constant sniffling, and it didn’t take long for Stephen Colbert to mock the GOP nominee for his runny nose. During his monologue on Monday’s live edition of The Late Show, Colbert called out Trump’s sniffles, joking that Trump “sounded like he was fighting off a cold …

As work progresses on the cocaine “vaccine,” the aim of which is to prevent users from getting high, some are discussing whether it should be made available to parents who want to preemptively give it to their children. Right wingers have “joked” that it should be put into the water supply of public housing projects. The PBS clip below discusses …