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Editorial Roundup: United States 05/22/2024 02:39pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 17 The Washington Post on Trump's promises of tax cuts and deregulation Even after all the alarming antics former president Donald Trump has engaged in over the past decade, it was jarring to learn what he said to about two dozen o ICC prosecutor's warrant requests for Israel and Hamas leaders ignite debate about court's role 05/22/2024 01:01pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The stunning announcement that the International Criminal Court is considering issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity has ignited a fierce debate about the court's future as an independent arb Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator 05/22/2024 10:33am • NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of Sen. Bob Menendez grinded to a weeklong break on Tuesday after federal court jurors who were treated to a brick-by-brick build of the prosecution's bribery case got stuck in an elevator a day after they were forced from their usual assembly room because of flooding. Ju Tough-on-crime challenger leading in race for district attorney in Portland, Oregon 05/22/2024 06:46am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A centrist candidate who has vowed to be tough on crime was leading in the race for top prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, in a contest that was seen as a referendum on voter concerns over homelessness, public drug use and disorder. Nathan Vasquez le Danish police temporarily ban the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing violence 05/22/2024 05:12am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police in Denmark on Wednesday issued a temporary ban on the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing the group’s violent behavior. The temporary ban was based on the assessment that the group’s activities and the behavior of its members "pose both a seriou Fani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers 05/22/2024 12:45am • ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and others, has won the Democratic primary in her bid for reelection. Willis defeated progressive attorney Christian Wise Smith in the Sen. Cory Booker questions US prison labor policies, calls for change 05/21/2024 11:45pm • Prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work, sometimes picking crops in triple-digit heat for pennies an hour or nothing at all, Sen. Cory Booker said at a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on prison labor Tuesday. Am Biden, Trump win Kentucky, Oregon primaries as presidential nominating season nears its end 05/21/2024 11:12pm • President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, piled up more delegates Tuesday as both presumptive nominees won primaries in Kentucky and Oregon. The symbolic decisions provide a few more delegates to the national conventions and a gut check on where the Democratic and Republican bases Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors 05/21/2024 10:53pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it a crime to possess two abortion-inducing drugs without a prescription, a move that doctors fear could prevent them from adequately treating their patients in a timely manner. Under the bill, which aims to re 'Not acceptable': DC attorney general seeks overhaul of agency tasked with rehabilitating youth offenders 05/21/2024 08:18pm • The vast majority of young people committed to D.C.'s Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services end up getting arrested again, according to a 2022 study of the juvenile justice system in the District. Attorney General Brian Schwalb rolled out legislation Tuesday aiming to change that. It's c Judge dismisses felony convictions of 5 retired military officers in US Navy bribery case 05/21/2024 07:55pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” in one of the Navy’s biggest corruption cases. The dismissals came at the request of the gov Trump's lawyers rested their case after calling just 2 witnesses. Experts say that's not unusual 05/21/2024 07:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team rested its case Tuesday in his hush money trial after calling just two witnesses and opting not to have the former president take the stand in his own defense. But despite what Hollywood courtroom dramas might suggest, that isn’t all that unusual, acco A Minnesota city will rewrite an anti-crime law seen as harming mentally ill residents 05/21/2024 06:28pm • A Minnesota city has agreed not to disclose private medical information about renters with mental health issues and to pay $175,000 to resolve a complaint from the federal government that the city discriminated against mentally ill residents in enforcing an anti-crime law. The U.S. Department of Jus Trump hush money trial enters new phase after defense rests without testimony from former president 05/21/2024 06:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's hush money trial moved into a new phase Tuesday, drawing closer to the moment when the jury will begin deciding his fate after testimony concluded without the former president taking the stand in his own defense. “Your honor, the defense rests,” Trump lawyer Todd A Canadian serial killer who brought victims to his pig farm is hospitalized after a prison assault 05/21/2024 06:12pm • MONTREAL (AP) — Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the 1990s and early 2000s, was assaulted in prison and has been hospitalized in life-threatening condition, authorities said Tuesday. A 51-year-old inm