🕰 The United States is not ready to announce the date and location of a planned US-Russia summit as both parties are working on the details of the meeting, the White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said.

✈️❗️The US has warned Americans not to travel to Japan and Sri Lanka due to COVID-19 concerns

The Capitol Hill grounds in Washington, DC remain closed for visitors with fencing standing along the perimeter of the building and adjacent territory as National Guard troops departed on Sunday after nearly half a year presence, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene.

🤔 How to sit on two chairs when discussing a controversial topic? The “Squad” members will tell you how.

“Progressive Democrats” in the House of Representatives have been eager to condemn the recent rise in anti-Semitic attacks across the US.

As such, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has harshly criticised the “horrific and unacceptable” assault outside a sushi restaurant in LA, which is now being investigated as a hate crime against Israelis.

However, this does not prevent them from slamming Tel Aviv for its actions in relation to the Gaza Strip – and even calling Israel an “apartheid” state, like AOC did on Twitter this month.

Many believe that this line of argument is exactly what creates a pretext for violent attacks against Jews across the globe.

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Beto O'Rourke, a former Democrat congressman from Texas, is reportedly mulling another run for higher office – this time as the state governor.

His aide says that O'Rourke has not ruled out challenging Republican Governor Greg Abbott in the November 2022 elections. The politician, however, has not taken any formal steps to enter the race yet.

📃 Over 500 campaign staffers in an open letter have urged Biden to support Palestine.

The letter called on the president to demand that the Israeli government allow a humanitarian corridor to Gaza, investigate whether Israel’s actions violate laws that prohibit US aid from funding militaries implicated in human rights violations, and to end tax breaks for organizations that fund settlement of Palestinian territory, among other things.

Biden says US condemns diversion of Ryanair flight, arrest of Pratasevich

🇧🇾 Biden has welcomed an EU call for sanctions on Belarus, adding that his team is crafting options over the Ryanair issue

🍕 “They have pretty good pizza” – an interesting apology for violating COVID lockdown rules from Michigan gov. Whitmer.

Gretchen Whitmer admitted making an “honest mistake” when asked on Monday about a photo showing her unmasked and not social distancing at a restaurant.

“I put out a statement. I wrote that statement. It is, you know, (that) it was an honest mistake,” Whitmer said Monday at a news conference, adding that the restaurant serves “pretty good pizza”.

Ok then 🙄

🛩 A military plane crashed in the backyard of a home near Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada on Monday, local media reported, adding that the incident took place at 2245 N. Christ Lane, south of the base.

The local authorities did not immediately provide confirmation on the reports of deaths as a result of the crash. The type of the aircraft involved in the incident also remains unknown.

👮 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he directed the state police to increase patrols at various Jewish community facilities after the recent spike in violence against visibly Jewish residents.

“I am directing the New York State Police to increase patrols at synagogues, schools [and] other Jewish community facilities following a spike of violent attacks,” Cuomo said via Twitter on Monday.

🧐 Evidence continues to grow that the global coronavirus pandemic originally came out of a laboratory in China’s Wuhan, says ex-FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb.

“We found no evidence of this virus in an animal anywhere. We haven’t found the true source of the virus,” he said. “With MERS and SARS we had found the intermediate host by this point”.

Jen Psaki is tireless in her efforts to portray President Joe Biden as fit and healthy:

“I can tell you, having traveled with him a fair amount, sometimes he's hard to keep up with,” the press secretary said while answering a question about Biden’s Peloton bike.

❗️ More than three people dead following shooting in West Jefferson, Ohio, reports say

📌 The Kremlin said it will soon announce the decision on the meeting between Putin and Biden

US President Joe Biden will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, CNN reports, citing two senior US officials

#URGENT | Putin and Biden will meet in Geneva on 16 June

The last time the two leaders saw each other was 10 years ago in Moscow, when Putin was prime minister (Medvedev was Russia's president at the time), and Biden was vice president under the Obama administration.

A year after George Floyd’s death, the world is evaluating if much has changed since he was caught on camera saying the now infamous words “I can’t breathe” while police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck: https://sptnkne.ws/GueC

#BREAKING | White House does not believe Russia involved in Ryanair plane incident

#LIVE | Minneapolis mourners commemorate first anniversary of George Floyd's death https://youtu.be/XmIklWnqsno