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Tuesday, May 27

The Guardian: White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims

Reuters: Germany shifts tone on Israel over 'incomprehensible' Gaza carnage

The Oregonian: Seattle’s only homeless RV parking lot loses to pickleball

NBC News: Deputies fatally shoot Florida man who survived apparent gator attack and tried to steal their gun, sheriff says

Seattle Times: In California, there’s one import that nobody wants

NBC News: NPR sues Trump over executive order cutting federal funding

The Oregonian: Oregon seniors outnumber children for the first time, creating a looming demographic challenge

KTLA: Speeding boat flips over near sandbar on Colorado River, 5 people hospitalized

KTLA: Possible record highs expected this week in Southern California

Redding Searchlight: Shasta County sees more people leave while California population rebounds post-COVID

Modesto Bee: One saved by chance encounter during Stanislaus water rescues, authorities report

CBS Sacramento: USDA to purchase $3M of dried cherries amid poor San Joaquin County harvest

KQED: Diseases Are Spreading. The CDC Isn't Warning the Public Like It Was Months Ago

NPR: 27 hospitalized, including 4 children, after car plows into Liverpool FC parade

NPR LA: Irvine's Great Park: Spending on gondola project raises questions

KQED: ‘In Crisis Mode’: Former National Park Leaders Say Cuts Will Hit Public Lands Hard

SF Gate: Man allegedly swung sledgehammer at California hikers in a forest, reports say

East Bay Times: Some indicators shows competition is cooling in the Bay Area housing market

CBS Bay Area: Marine veteran helping correct history on San Francisco National Cemetery headstones

East Bay Times: ‘Money in the pockets of administrators’: California charter school network steers millions in taxpayer money to opaque firm tied to execs

Marin Independent Journal: Study: San Francisco Bay fish laced with ‘forever chemicals’

SF Gate: 3 workers were killed in a Bay Area store. It may have been an inside job.

East Bay Times: Two Marin women announce plans to open the county’s first women’s sports bar

KRON: Alameda County rapist suspected of killing cellmate

KRON: Private high school in Oakland named among 10 best in US

SF Gate: Officials: Terrifying break-in at Calif. billionaire's home leaves woman in coma

CBS : Ocean-Cleaning Sailboat ‘Kaisei’ Sinks in Oakland Estuary at Alameda Dock

SF Gate: 'A lot of hysteria': Wealthy Calif. coastal city is now a high-risk fire zone

Sunday, May 25

The Guardian: Trump vowed to help US farmers. These four say his policies are ‘wreaking havoc’

NY Times : Why Is This Supreme Court Handing Trump More and More Power?

NY Times : As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests

Washington Post: It was an extreme week in antisemitism. Except for all the others.

Smithsonian Magazine: A Young Cooper’s Hawk Learned to Use a Crosswalk Signal to Launch Surprise Attacks on Other Birds

CNN: These companies will raise prices because of Trump’s tariffs

Indian Country Today: Tribes ‘decolonizing’ child welfare practices with their own rules

AP News: Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them

MSN News: 18 Army Rangers Suspended After Firing Blank Rounds At Crowded Florida Beach

NY Times : Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex

The Atlantic: It Should Not Be Controversial to Plead for Gaza’s Children

The Atlantic: The Economy: The Era of Thrash

The Atlantic: How to Save Endangered Species Without a Detailed Plan for Every Bee

The Atlantic: Project 2025’s Architects Are Close to Achieving a Major Goal

KOMO: Space Needle unveils North America's 1st Skyliner elevator in $100M modernization

KOMO: Seattle police arrest 22 adults amid clash at "Fascist Family Values" rallyes at

Reuters: Swiss authorities exploring probe into US-backed Gaza aid group

Reuters: UN says more food needed in Gaza as looting hampers deliveries

Reuters: Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns

BBC: The Bitcoin hum that is unsettling Trump's MAGA heartlands

BBC: New York crypto investor accused of kidnapping, torturing Italian tourist

Politico Magazine: Doug Wilson Has Spent Decades Pushing for a Christian Theocracy. In Trump’s DC, the New Right Is Listening.