Attorneys representing the city of Baltimore are asking a federal judge to prevent some of the crew members from the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge from leaving the country.

In a Tuesday court filing, the attorneys claimed that they were informed earlier that day that some of the Dali crew members would be leaving the country as soon as Thursday. The crew has been on the vessel since the bridge collapsed in March. The city’s attorneys requested an emergency conference, acknowledging that the court would be closed Wednesday due to the Juneteenth federal holiday, to attempt to keep the crew from leaving the country as investigations continue.
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The US car industry was thrown into chaos on Wednesday after a cyber-attack targeted one of its leading software suppliers.

Hackers broke into the systems of CDK Global late on Tuesday night, potentially putting the sensitive financial details for millions of customers at risk.

By Wednesday morning the software company had shut down most of its operations, leaving 15,000 auto retailers offline and customers angrily demanding an update.
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Astronaut stuck on ISS as Boeing races to understand spacecraft issues

A judge in Florida tapped by President Joe Biden for a top federal court spot failed to disclose at least two child sex-related cases that saw his lenient rulings reversed — until now.

Embry Kidd, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, is under fire from Republicans over his prior omission of the two cases on his nominee questionnaire, which was quietly updated this week to address the matter. Biden nominated Kidd in May to fill a vacancy on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which oversees courts in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.

“Not only is this becoming a pattern, the content of these belatedly-disclosed cases is concerning,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking member, told the Washington Examiner. “With all due respect, these cases should have been disclosed. It is hard to provide advice and consent on a judicial nominee when the nominee doesn’t disclose highly relevant cases.”
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The Yemeni Houthis blew up a Greek-owned ship carrying 80,000 tons of coal bound for Israel in the Red Sea.
https://x.com/generalmcnews/status/1803907209715429611?s=46

Trump will get the last word in CNN’s debate with Biden next week

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/20/trump-biden-debate-2024-00164286

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❗️The U.S. has told Ukraine it can use American-supplied weapons to hit any Russian forces attacking from across the border — not just those in the region near Kharkiv, according to U.S. officials.

The subtle shift in messaging — which officials insist is not a change in policy — comes just weeks after the U.S. quietly gave Kyiv the green light to strike inside Russia in response to a cross-border assault on the city of Kharkiv. At the time, U.S. officials stressed that the policy was limited to the Kharkiv region, among other restrictions.

Ukrainian forces have since used American weapons to strike into Russia at least once, destroying targets in the city of Belgorod, and managed to hold back the Russian assault. But Ukrainian and other European officials have pressed the U.S. to loosen its restrictions even further, allowing Ukraine to strike anywhere inside Russia.
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The SCOTUS may announce more opinions tomorrow, Friday, June 21, and Wednesday, June 26.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/

israel Can't handle Hezbollah...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/power-grid-unprepared-for-full-blown-war-with-hezbollah-senior-electricity-official/

Like the proverbial boiling frogs, the government has been gradually acclimating us to the specter of a police state for years now: Militarized police.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/mission-creep-how-police-state-acclimates-us-being-modern-day-slaves

TikTok argued in a legal brief filed Thursday that the new law potentially banning the application from the United States is unconstitutional and should be overturned.

TikTok and its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, filed the lawsuit last month against the U.S. government shortly after President Biden signed the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversaries Act. In their first legal briefs, TikTok’s lawyers argued that the law is “unprecedented” and violates the First Amendment.
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A Republican lawmaker from northern Michigan was arrested in the early hours of Thursday morning after police responded to reports of a man with a gun and possible shots fired.

Neil Friske, 62, has a record as a hardline conservative and has put faith and family at the heart of his campaign to be reelected to the state House of Representatives. 

He was arrested after chasing an adult dancer following a disagreement, according to the Michigan Information and Research Service, which covers the state capitol.

His campaign quickly issued a bizarre statement suggesting the case was politically motivated.  
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OMGAWD this is crazy - one guy says he thinks Joe died 2 years ago 😂