In yesterday's primaries, San Francisco voted to oust its progressive DA, Chesa Boudin, just over halfway through his four-year term. / San Francisco Chronicle Elsewhere, Republicans who voted to create the Jan. 6 Committee survived their primaries—a possible signal of Trump's waning influence over the
Boris Johnson remains the United Kingdom's Prime Minister despite 148 of his MPs voting to oust him. / The Guardian Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky says the country has lost too many to "simply cede our territory." / BBC News Tick-tock reporting of the 2021 attack on
Russia has restarted its attacks on Kyiv, launching missles into the city for the first time in more than a month. / Reuters According to US officials, Russia is trying to sell up to a half-million tons of grain it stole in Ukraine—possibly to countries facing possible famine. / The
Beijing orders a $120 billion infrastructure push while China's economy slows. / China Macro Economy The White House forges closer ties to Taiwan through trade and supply chains. / MarketWatch A summary of recent progress on gun control that has—and hasn't—been made at various levels of
Shanghai eases its two-month Covid-19 lockdown for 25 million residents. / BBC News Americans who catch Covid abroad are using a backdoor to get home: flying to Canada or Mexico, then crossing a land border. / The New York Times Helen Branswell interviews a WHO official on the challenges of
"The science is clear: Gun control saves lives." / Scientific American This week, the cruel irony of Texas Republicans' chant that they're "protecting children" has never been so grotesque. / Texas Monthly More from the hypocrisy desk: "If these leaders were truly worried about
"Layla, 10, liked dancing to TikToks, won six races at the school's field day, and loved to swim." These are the victims of the Uvalde school shooting. / BuzzFeed News The Uvalde school district had recently doubled its security budget, which included enhanced safety protocols, new monitoring
Hacked files from Xinjiang reveal new evidence of abuse of Uyghurs at detention camps, including a shoot-to-kill policy for escapees. / Bloomberg From 1825 to the present day, France and the US have bilked Haiti's economy out of billions of dollars. / The New York Times According to
A Ukrainian photographer documented the siege of the Azovstal steel works. Before his capture by Russia, he put his pictures online to be shared. / The Guardian Russia bans 963 Americans from entering, including President Biden and Mark Zuckerberg, though not Obama or Trump. / USA Today Biden says he'll
Pennsylvania's Republican primary for Senate is likely headed for a statewide recount. / The Associated Press An interactive record of proposed redistricting maps shows whether they'll benefit Democrats or Republicans in the midterms. / FiveThirtyEight A roundup of recent bills that passed (or failed) in the House or
