Canada Says No Danger Posed By U.s. Anthrax Shipment

“The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal case in Florida — on charges that he hoarded classified secrets at his Mar-a-Lago estate after his presidency — has indefinitely postponed the trial, once scheduled for May 20,” Politico reports. “The date had been widely expected to move amid a tangle of pretrial conflicts between special counsel Jack Smith and Trump’s attorneys.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means, the AP reports.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) was asked on Fox Business whether she talked to Donald Trump about killing her 14-month old puppy. Said Noem: “This interview is ridiculous, which you are doing right now. So you need to stop! It is okay. It is. Let’s talk about some real topics that Americans care about.” To which the Fox host replied: “I’m afraid we’re out of time.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is softening her threat against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La. A), saying she will give the Speaker more time to demonstrate his commitment to conservative priorities before forcing a vote on her resolution to boot him from power, The Hill reports.

“If he wins a second term in November, Donald Trump wants to covertly deploy American assassination squads into Mexico soon after he’s sworn into office again, according to three people who’ve discussed the matter with the former U. S. president,” Rolling Stone reports. “Both during and after his presidency, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee has floated different ideas for bombing or invading Mexico in response to the American fentanyl crisis and to ‘wage WAR’ on notorious drug cartels.

New York Times: “The judge has declined to declare a mistrial. While he acknowledged that some of the evidence that came in was more than he would have liked — ‘better left unsaid,’ is how he put it several times — he takes as much issue with the defense as with the prosecution.” “This must come as a major relief for prosecutors.