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Today’s edition of quick hits.
* In Ukraine: “Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine on Tuesday, hitting dozens of civilian targets in Kyiv including a large apartment block, killing at least 15 people and wounding scores, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian forces sent more than 440 drones and 32 missiles at Ukraine. He described the destruction in Kyiv as among the ‘most horrific’ in the capital of the war.”
* Lander joins a growing list: “New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has been arrested for ‘assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer,’ the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday — the latest in a series of high-profile clashes between immigration officials and Democratic politicians.”
* In Los Angeles: “Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles on Tuesday lifted a nighttime curfew she had imposed last week in the downtown district of the nation’s second-largest city to quell protests over federal immigration raids. Since this past weekend’s demonstrations, the mayor said, arrests and skirmishes with the police had declined markedly.”
* Discouraging economic data: “Consumer spending pulled back sharply in May, weighed down by declining gas sales and looming unease over where the economy is headed, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Retail sales declined 0.9%, even more than the 0.6% drop expected from the Dow Jones consensus, according to numbers adjusted for seasonality but not inflation.”
* Dr. Fiona Havers is reportedly the latest in a series of unsettling resignations: “A senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who oversaw respiratory virus surveillance has resigned and raised concerns about the future of vaccine policy as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the agency’s long-standing approach to immunization.”
* Unique circumstances generate unique decisions: “The NAACP announced today that Trump will not be invited to its national convention next month. It said it is the first time in its 116 years that the sitting president has not been invited.”
* Remember this one? “A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court sided with the Democratic state attorney general Tuesday in a long-running battle over a law passed by Republicans who wanted to weaken the office in a lame duck legislative session more than six years ago.”
* The pillow guy’s list of defeats gets a little longer: “A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election.”
See you tomorrow.