- US Kills Al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawah’ri Inside Afghanistan; CIA Drone Strike Brings Justice to One of 9/11’s Masterminds (cnn.com)Biden speaks on US killing of al Qaeda leader (cnn.com)Shock in Kabul after US kills al-Qaeda leader (bbc.com)Killing of Zawahiri draws praise from bipartisan lawmakers, Saudi Arabia (washingtonpost.com)The killing of the top Qaeda leader offers lessons on 20 years of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan (nytimes.com)WaPo backgrounder on al-Zawah'ri (washingtonpost.com)
- There’s a BA.5 Covid wave in the US – should you be worried? (theguardian.com)
- People of Praise – or People of Perversion? Legal claims shed light on founder of faith group tied to Amy Coney Barrett (theguardian.com)
- ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ Crew Member Killed in New York in Early Morning Ambush (variety.com)
- COVERUP? Secret Service agents’ January 5 & 6 2021 texts were erased >after< Inspector General oversight request (theguardian.com)Jan. 6 Committee Considers Seeking Testimony From Donald Trump, Mike Pence (wsj.com)Homeland Security IG tipped of January 6 Committee about erased text messages (washingtonpost.com)
- EXPOSED! CNN has 2,391 texts to and from Mark Meadows – and they reveal Trump’s inner circle communications before and after January 6 (cnn.com)Republicans texted Meadows with urgent pleas on January 6, saying Trump could have stopped the violence (cnn.com)READ: The Meadows text messages from January 6 (cnn.com)
- Britain sees hottest day on record — with mercury set to rise further (washingtonpost.com)Biden could declare climate emergency as soon as this week, sources say (washingtonpost.com)Death toll mounts in Europe as wildfires and heatwaves inflict havoc (theguardian.com)Ferocious European heat heads north (bbc.com)‘It goes up like tinder’: unprecedented blazes envelop Alaska (theguardian.com)
- Roe v Wade: Women travelling for abortions will be protected – Biden