May 23rd, 2019

Twitter has permanently banned prominent anti-Trump brothers Brian and Ed Krassenstein, alleging that two of the biggest stars of #Resistance Twitter had broken the site’s rules about operating fake accounts and purchasing fake interactions with their accounts.

“The Twitter Rules apply to everyone,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. “Operating multiple fake accounts and purchasing account interactions are strictly prohibited. Engaging in these behaviors will result in permanent suspension from the service.”

“Today, at the request and recommendation of the Attorney General of the United States, President Donald J. Trump directed the intelligence community to quickly and fully cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation into surveillance activities....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2019

....Today’s action will help ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the events that occurred, and the actions that were taken, during the last Presidential election and will restore confidence in our public institutions.” @PressSec

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2019

The National Weather Service said preliminary information indicates the tornado at Jefferson City was an EF-3, which typically carry winds up to 160 mph (260kph). Meteorologist Cory Rothstein said it's possible that tornado had a 50-mile (80-kilometer) path and could have been on the ground for 80 minutes. Teams were surveying the path Thursday and trying to determine whether one or multiple tornadoes had touched down.

"There is no 10,000. There's no 5,000. That's not accurate," he told reporters, referring to a Reuters report that the Pentagon was considering sending 5,000 defensive troops to the region, and an AP report that up to 10,000 could be deployed... Shanahan confirmed this ahead of his presidential briefing at the White House, telling reporters he was considering deploying more U.S. forces.

Late in the day yesterday, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis abruptly interrupted defense attorney Marc Agnifilo in the midst of his cross-examination of Lauren Salzman – and ended the questioning... That exchange has now resulted in the filing of a formal motion for mistrial by Raniere’s attorney...Reports from the courtroom this morning indicate that Judge Garaufis has dismissed Marc Agnifilo’s mistrial motion without even conducting a hearing on it... The problem, however, is that this is definitely an issue that will be raised on appeal – and one that may end up in a re-trial for Keith Raniere...

CBP Officers opened the baggage and found 18 bricks wrapped in tin foil with a powdery substance inside. The substance field-tested positive to the properties of cocaine. CBP officers escorted Mikhail Munoz, 32, a resident of St. Croix, from the checkpoint to CBP secondary inspection.

A key congressional committee has already gained access to President Donald Trump’s dealings with two major financial institutions, two sources familiar with the House probe tell NBC News, as a court ruling Wednesday promised to open the door for even more records to be handed over.

Wells Fargo and TD Bank are the two of nine institutions that have so far complied with subpoenas issued by the House Financial Services Committee...

The agency said that for 2019, there will be a “likely range of 9 to 15 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 4 to 8 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 2 to 4 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher).”... The agency said it has a 70 percent confidence of its seasonal forecast.

The symbols and their connection to the term 'Jew' had apparently been submitted by a user for sharing and was approved without the employee noticing the link. It went unnoticed until stunned users stumbled across it by accident and reported it to Telegram. The glitch has now been corrected.

...the “truth about the Steele dossier has to come out...The American people need to know how this hoax began, who perpetrated it, and whether any foreign governments or intelligence services were involved,”

Statement on Presidential Memorandum signed tonight pic.twitter.com/wHx6l2lL5c

— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) May 24, 2019

President Trump: "I am an extremely stable genius." pic.twitter.com/GNO7EWpAar

— CSPAN (@cspan) May 23, 2019

"Very Stable Genius" upgraded to "Extremely Stable Genius". He's unlocked free upgrades! Are you wondering which weapons he unlocked? China Trade MOAB with Iranian Eradicator +3000 and Fake news armor +100000!

“These are not the actions of a person seeking to maintain his privacy or simply be let alone.”

The Facebook CEO said the company has plenty of competitors and Facebook's scale helps it tackle abuse. Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes recently said Zuckerberg had too much power and his company needed to be reined in...

The provision was part of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) and Welfare Reform laws that were signed by then-President Bill Clinton, but despite being enshrined in federal law, the rule has not been enforced. Under the provision, each future sponsor of an immigrant would need to sign an affidavit that would spell out the financial responsibilities for the sponsored immigrant and create a collection mechanism to recover funds from the sponsor.

The charges likely will revive the debate over Assange’s claim to be a publisher like any other, and broader issues of how far the press can go in publishing government secrets... The indictment says Assange released a list of his organization's "Most Wanted Leaks" to encourage people to provide military and intelligence documents. The indictment said Manning appears to have responded to Assange's public solicitation, searching the classified Pentagon network for some of the same terms highlighted by WikiLeaks, such as "interrogation videos."

Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo told a media briefing in Manila Thursday that Canada’s timeline isn’t good enough and that the Philippines government will have 69 containers of mislabelled Canadian trash headed back across the Pacific no later than next week...

The lawsuit, a redacted version of which was released on Wednesday, claims that US Air Force catered to the needs of the nation's largest and longtime spacecraft launch service provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) when it awarded lucrative contracts to the ULA and two other competitors. This gave the ULA, which itself a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, an unfair advantage, the lawsuit alleges, since the other two favored companies – Blue Origin owned by Elon Musk's rival billionaire Jeff Bezos, and Northrop Grumman – both produce "major components" for the ULA...

Lindh converted to Islam as a teenager after seeing the movie “Malcolm X,” went overseas to study Arabic and the Quran and eventually made his way to Pakistan and Afghanistan and joined the Taliban. He met Osama bin Laden and was with the Taliban on Sept. 11, 2001, when al-Qaida terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Lindh was captured in a battle with U.S.-allied Northern Alliance fighters in late 2001...