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Florida Republicans have approved bills to ban diversity programs in colleges and prevent students and teachers from being required to use pronouns that don’t correspond to someone’s biological sex, building on top priorities of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

US troops to Mexico border: Pentagon to help with surge of migrants  USA TODAY Republicans Are Big Mad Biden Is Sending Troops to The Border  Rolling Stone Extra troops to be deployed to southern border ahead of expiration of Title 42  CBS News

Trump doesn’t plan to put on a defense case in E. Jean Carroll trial, his lawyer says  CNN Joe: The defenses Trump’s lawyers are using are out of the bad old days  MSNBC How Trump’s pattern of behavior strengthens E. Jean Carroll’s

Ukraine war live updates: Russia claims Ukraine attempted attack on the Kremlin with drones; Kyiv denies any involvement  CNBC Retired colonel analyzes video of alleged drone attack on Kremlin  CNN Kremlin Says Putin Survived Overnight Assassination Attempt  Yahoo News Russia accuses Ukraine of

White House details ‘severe damage’ in debt ceiling crisis  NBC News Biden, top lawmakers to discuss debt limit at WH May 9  The Associated Press White House warns debt default could wipe out 8 million jobs, plunge stock market  CNN

UNESCO’s new report on child marriages shows signs of progress. Yet each year, 12 million girls marry before they turn 18. And the pandemic, climate change and conflict has only made things worse. (Image credit: Sultan Mahmud Mukut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via

The Inter American Commission on Human Rights says Peru’s military and police forces used excessive force to quell violent anti-government protests, and that they should be investigated as possible extrajudicial executions and massacres.

Russia Refutes White House Assessment of War Dead, Fires Back at Ukraine’s Casualties  U.S. News & World Report

White House says Russian casualties ‘stunning’  The Hill

America faces a debt nightmare  The Economist Democrats have a ‘legislative secret agent’ to fight GOP on debt ceiling crisis  MSNBC Debt Ceiling: Economist James K. Galbraith Warns GOP Proposal Would Gut Social Safety Net  Democracy Now! Opinion | Debt limit lunacy from