Friday, May 31

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court sides with NRA in free speech ruling that curbs government pressure campaigns (CNN)

📌 FAA investigating near collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (NBC NEWS)

📌 Chief Justice Roberts declines to meet with Dems over ethics after Alito flags controversy (AXIOS)

📌 New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has enough signatures to run as an independent despite his federal bribery trial (GUARDIAN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 South African elections results show collapsing support for Mandela’s ANC party, amid 33% unemployment rate (AP)

📌 Biden gives Ukraine permission to carry out limited strikes within Russia using US weapons (CNN)

📌 14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case (AP)

📌 Slovak Prime Minister released from hospital after assassination attempt (REUTERS)

📌 Tens of billions of dollars in gold flows illegally out of Africa each year, a new report says (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Six planets to appear to align on June 3 in ‘parade of planets’ (ABC)

📌 PTSD has surged among college students (NY TIMES)

📌 US nears deal to fund Moderna's bird flu vaccine trial after third US farmer worker reported to be infected (REUTERS)

📌 Amazon gets FAA approval allowing it to expand drone deliveries for online orders (ABC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 12 year old Florida boy wins National Spelling Bee after rare ‘spell-off’ (CNN)

📌 Lenny Kravitz reveals that he has been celibate for 9 years (NBC NEWS)

📌 John Lennon's 'Help!' guitar sells for a record $2.9 million at auction (ABC NEWS)

📌 New details about killing of General Hospital actor (EW)

📌 Cher wins lawsuit against Sonny Bono's widow over royalty payments (NBC NEWS)