Today’s edition of quick hits.
* The latest NBC News reporting on Charlie Kirk being shot: “Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot at an event he was hosting at Utah Valley University in Orem, just north of Provo. President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that Kirk is dead.”
* Around the time of the Kirk shooting, there was an unrelated shooting at a suburban Denver high school: “At least two students have been wounded in a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities said Wednesday. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the students were injured in a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, about 30 miles west of Denver, and taken to the hospital.”
* Critically important developments in Europe: “Poland shot down Russian drones with the help of its NATO allies’ military aircraft, it said Wednesday, marking a notable escalation in the tension between Russia and NATO countries since Russia’s war on Ukraine began in 2022.”
* Russia’s intensifying campaign in Ukraine: “A Russian glide bomb killed at least 21 people as they lined up to receive their pensions in a Ukrainian village Tuesday, the Ukrainian government said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike on Yarova, in the key battleground region of Donetsk, ‘brutally savage.’ His foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, labeled it a ‘barbaric’ ‘heinous crime’ that ‘demands worldwide condemnation and action.’”
* Lisa Cook’s case: “A federal district judge’s ruling late Tuesday keeps Lisa Cook on the Federal Reserve board of governors for now. But it’s probably not the last word in the historic case, which is likely to come from the Supreme Court.”
* In related news: “A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump doesn’t have the authority to unilaterally remove and replace the director of the U.S. Copyright Office. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit voted 2-1 to temporarily block Trump’s Republican administration from firing Shira Perlmutter as the register of copyrights, who advises Congress on copyright issues.” * The MAHA report appears to have plenty of “recommendations,” but not a lot of substantive details: “A long-awaited follow-up to the Trump administration’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report released Tuesday aims to outline steps to improve kids’ health — calling for better nutrition, more exercise, and a review of vaccines and drugs — but is light on specifics and stops short of cracking down on pesticides and ultra-processed foods.” * Adding to a growing list: “A federal grand jury has declined to indict a D.C. lawyer accused of assaulting and threatening members of the National Guard, WUSA9 has learned. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office informed a magistrate judge Tuesday that grand jurors had returned a no true bill for Paul Anthony Bryant, according to two people familiar with the matter. The rejection is at least the eighth time in the last month a grand jury has declined to charge felonies sought by Pirro’s office.” See you tomorrow.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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