- Trump will nominate Robert Wilkie to head the VA. [Link]
- Dan Wright and Joanne Leon update the insanity of Russiagate. [Link]
- Jeremy Scahill hosts Ron Wyden and Norman Finkelstein on the Intercepted podcast. Wyden discusses the torturer Gina Haspel, and Finkelstein gives his take on the Israeli oppression of Palestine. [Link]
- Emails reveal how the UAE is buying influence in the US. [Link]
- The UN Human Rights Council votes to establish an independent investigation into the murder of Palestinian protesters by the Israeli Defense Force. [Link]
- More than 100 people have been killed in a plane crash in Cuba. [Link]
- Sergei Skripal has been released from the hospital. [Link]
- The EU prevents companies in member states from complying with US sanctions on Iran. [Link]
- China lands a long ranger bomber on an airstrip in the Paracels Islands. [Link]
- A Palestinian sets himself on fire in Gaza. [Link]
- A Canadian physician was shot in both legs while attempting to rescue protesters at the protests in Gaza on May 14th. [Link]
- Saudi Arabia continues to oppresses and silence women rights activists. [Link]
- At least eight people were killed in a bombing of an Afghan cricket match. [Link]
- The US will cut funding to Northwest Syria. [Link]
- Kenya passes a law that will fine and jail people who publish fake news. [Link]
