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Two Black Native Americans Were Arrested. The Law Sees Only One as Indian.
A Supreme Court ruling barred Oklahoma from prosecuting crimes committed by Native Americans on tribal land, but some Black tribal members are still being prosecuted because they lack “Indian blood.”
[ nytimes.com ] Oklahoma,Will Erdogan’s Victory Soften Turkey’s Opposition to Sweden in NATO?
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, re-elected as Turkey’s president, is expected to toughen up at home but seek better ties with Washington and ratify Swedish membership of the military alliance.
[ nytimes.com ] Turkey,Afghan Women Who Aided U.S. Military Wait for Asylum in America
Members of the Afghan Army’s all-female platoon are some of the roughly 70,000 Afghans living in the United States whose temporary status has left them with an uncertain future.
[ nytimes.com ] Defense and Military Forces,Who Should We Honor on Memorial Day?
The commemoration is intended to remember, honor and salute the nation’s fallen service members. But not all of those we should recognize fit neatly into that definition.
[ nytimes.com ] United States Defense and Military Forces,Taking on the FBI, Trump Allies Single Out a Former Agent
As Republicans and right-wing news outlets try to paint the bureau as politically biased, powerful members of Congress have trained their sights on a little-known former F.B.I. agent.
[ nytimes.com ] News and News Media,‘It’s Still an Emergency’: The Vulnerability of Queer Orthodox Jews
Seeking help, L.G.B.T.Q. members of religious communities may end up in conversion therapy without even realizing it.
[ nytimes.com ] Homosexuality and Bisexuality,Staff Members Attacked With Bat at Rep. Connolly’s Virginia Office
Two people were hospitalized after the attack at the Fairfax office of Representative Gerald E. Connolly, a Democrat. A man was in custody, the police said.
[ nytimes.com ] Connolly, Gerald E (1950- ),Kenyan Preacher Told Followers Starvation Was Their Salvation
Hundreds were drawn to a remote wilderness in southeastern Kenya by the End Times preaching of pastor Paul Mackenzie. Relatives and ex-members tried to intervene, but some did not want to be rescued.
[ nytimes.com ] Religious Cults,FTC chair Lina Khan warns AI could 'turbocharge' fraud and scams
Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT could lead to a "turbocharging" of consumer harms including fraud and scams, and the US government has substantial authority to crack down on AI-driven consumer harms under existing law, members of the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday.
[ cnn.com ]Zelensky: Ukrainian President will deliver virtual address to Congress
With his nation under attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a significant address on Wednesday to members of the House and Senate, a virtual speech that comes as the United States is under pressure from Ukraine to supply more military assistance to the embattled country.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: An aging man decided to destroy the world
In London, a sister remembers her brother killed on Ukraine's frontline. In Glasgow, a truck driver gets a call from his wife in Lviv: war has arrived in their homeland. In New York, a poet who fled Odessa contemplates his mother tongue. And in Kyiv, a journalist bunkers down for the long haul.
[ cnn.com ]Liz Cheney calls out fellow House Republicans for associating with White nationalist event
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming called out two members of her conference who spoke at an event organized by White nationalist Nick Fuentes.
[ cnn.com ]Biden's new target: Families of Putin's inner circle
The new US sanctions triggered by Russian's latest actions in Ukraine included targets that in the past have gone untouched: the family members of those in Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle.
[ cnn.com ]See Michael Smerconish's reaction to the political earthquake in San Francisco
San Francisco voters' resounding recall of three school board members is seen as a harbinger for national Democrats, but CNN's Michael Smerconish says there is more to the story.
[ cnn.com ]Alec Baldwin and others named in wrongful death lawsuit filed by family of Halyna Hutchins
The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed on the set of the movie "Rust" last fall, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin, the film's production companies, its producers, and other key members of the crew.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'gazpacho police' sums up this moment
"I know nothing." That was the response members of the Order of the Star Spangled Banner were supposed to give when asked about their secret society, which was founded in 1849.
[ cnn.com ]Peter Thiel to step down from Facebook's board
Peter Thiel, one of Facebook's longest-serving and most controversial board members, plans to step down from the company's board later this year, the company said Monday.
[ cnn.com ]Pentagon says deadly Afghan airport attack was carried out by a single suicide bomber and not a complex operation
The top US general in the Middle East said a Pentagon investigation into the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 US service members was the result of a single bomber, and it was not the "complex" attack that US officials initially described.
[ cnn.com ]If Rep. McCarthy engages to take out a GOP member, he's bound to upset a number of his more moderate party members
• RNC tries to clarify calling events surrounding Capitol riot 'legitimate political discourse' while censuring Cheney, Kinzinger • Several establishment Republicans push back on party's punishment of Cheney and Kinzinger
[ cnn.com ]Biden watched in real time yesterday as US commandos landed in Syria to kill the top ISIS leader in his home
President Joe Biden watched in real time Wednesday as US commandos landed in Syria to raid a three-story home, surrounded by olive trees, where the top leader of ISIS was living with his wife and members of his family.
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