A French Court Asked America for Help With X and Was Told No
DOJ told Paris prosecutors Friday it would not assist a criminal probe of X. The summons for Musk and Yaccarino stands for Monday. The First Amendment is now a foreign-policy instrument.
Maya Calloway
Bureau: New York
The 130th Boston Marathon Runs Monday Under an FBI Heightened Threat Posture
Thirty thousand runners, half a million spectators, and the first domestic civilian-target hardening the FBI has tied publicly to the Iran war.
American Fertility Falls to 53.1 Births per 1,000 Women, 23 Percent Below the 2007 Peak
Seven hundred thousand fewer babies than eighteen years ago. Teens down 11 percent. Women 25-29 down 4.4 percent. The curve has not bent back.
Justice Department Tells Paris the First Amendment Does Not Stop at the Atlantic
A Friday DOJ letter refuses French help on the X probe and calls the case a politically charged attempt to prosecute a speech platform.
The IRS Lost Twenty-Seven Percent of Its Workforce and the April 15 Refund Line Is the Evidence
Nineteen thousand workers fewer than 2021. Phone target lowered to 70 percent. Two million unprocessed items. Forty-three-day shutdown. The refunds arrive forty-five to one hundred twenty days late.
CBS Radio's May 22 End Date Now Runs Thirty-Two Days Past the Boston Marathon
Thirty-three days to shutdown. The last American news institution to announce its own death rather than negotiate one.
CNN Airs Weed 8 on Sunday, Four-Twenty Lands on Monday
Three state postures in one Monday — Boston Marathon security, 4/20 relaxation, and an April 30 surveillance cliff that nobody on the Hill has made a floor speech about.