On Saturday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan was unharmed after an explosive device was thrown in his direction while he was campaigning in a fishing port. A suspect was arrested on charges of obstruction of business by force and is believed to have thrown a smoke bomb. Prime Minister Kishida was quickly evacuated and is reportedly in good health, and the incident is currently under investigation.
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Former CIA director John Brennan and former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney have both criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for her defense of a man accused of leaking classified Pentagon documents. Cheney has stated that Greene cannot be trusted with national security information and should not have a security clearance. The controversy has raised questions about the security of classified information and the trustworthiness of those with access to it.
A jury has been selected for the $1.6 billion defamation trial between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News, which is set to begin on Monday. Thousands of pages of documents have been released pretrial, giving the public a glimpse into the inner workings of Fox News and how it gave on-air credence to the baseless theory that former President Donald Trump had the 2020 election stolen from him. The trial is expected to be a long and drawn-out affair, with both sides bringing in high-powered lawyers, and could have far-reaching implications for the media industry and the strength of the First Amendment.
This week has seen a flurry of activity in the abortion debate, with a federal court ruling partially overturning a lower court ruling that had said mifepristone sales should be stopped, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing into law a six-week abortion ban. DeSantis, who is rumored to be considering a presidential run, has been oddly muted on the abortion issue since the fall of Roe v. Wade, avoiding laying out a federal platform before jumping into the race.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting in France for three months against the government's plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The Constitutional Council approved the controversial legislation, but the protests have damaged President Emmanuel Macron's leadership and his opponents are vowing to maintain pressure on the government to withdraw the bill. Macron has been in office since 2017 and is pushing for economic reforms, but the retirement age increase has been met with fierce opposition from unions and other critics.
The French Constitutional Council has approved a plan to raise the retirement age to 64, a major victory for President Macron despite months of mass protests. The decision has been met with strong opposition from unions and other groups, who have held mass protests in recent months. The ruling is likely to further anger protesters, who have already clashed with police in recent weeks, and it remains to be seen how the public will respond in the coming weeks.
A new report from ProPublica has revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to properly report gifts from a billionaire benefactor, Harlan Crow, involving the sale of three properties in Savannah, Georgia. In response, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) has called on the body overseeing the federal judiciary to refer Justice Thomas to the Department of Justice for investigation. Ethics law experts have noted that Thomas’ failure to report the sale of the properties appears to be a violation of the law, and the consequences of this violation remain unclear.
Key takeaways: The NRA convention in Indianapolis is sure to be a politically significant event, with many potential 2024 Republican presidential candidates in attendance. It…