- MSNBC
'Desperation': Trump lawyer begs jury not to send him to prison--only to face judge’s censure
During closing arguments in the Trump hush money trial, Judge Merchan chastised one of Donald Trump’s attorneys after he implored jurors not to send Trump to prison. The closing arguments held on Tuesday in the Trump hush money trial are discussed by Joy Reid and her legal expert guests on The ReidOut on MSNBC.
- Reuters
World's largest humanitarian network calls for Gaza ceasefire
The war-torn enclave is suffering from a humanitarian catastrophe nearly seven months after Israel launched a devastating offensive in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks that killed 1,200 people in Israel. "We desperately need a political solution that will allow us to have a ceasefire to get aid in," IFRC President Kate Forbes told Reuters in an interview in the capital, Manila. The IFRC president is a volunteer position and oversees a network that unites 191 organisations working during and after disasters and wars, such as the Palestine Red Crescent Society, which has ambulance crews in Gaza.
- Associated Press
The art of drag has become a target. With Pride Month nigh, performers are organizing to fight back
Qommittee consists of about 10 drag performers nationwide who have experienced, directly or indirectly, threats, harassment or violence related to their art form. One had a venue firebombed in Ohio; one performed at Club Q in Colorado Springs and helped victims the night of the shooting there that killed five people; and one worked at Club Q and at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, where a gunman killed 49 people in 2016. Qommittee says it hopes, among other things, to connect drag performers and communities lacking in local support to resources including legal aid and therapy.
