No Images? Click here Monday, May 27FAR RIGHT FUMBLES, BUT GAINS, IN EU The EU elections sent to the European Parliament a historically diverse range of pro-EU parties, who will dominate the chamber, but also gave the body its biggest ever presence of far-right politicians who want to aggressively slash the EU’s power. [HuffPost]GOP REP: FBI’S RUSSIA INVESTIGATION ‘COULD BE TREASON’ Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), the third-ranking Republican in the House, dangerously claimed FBI officials who launched the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election could be guilty of committing treason. [HuffPost]DRUGMAKER AGREES TO PAY OKLAHOMA $85 MILLION Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said on Sunday it had agreed to pay $85 million in a settlement with the state of Oklahoma days before the company was set to face trial over allegations that it and other drugmakers helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. [Reuters]WH SPOKESMAN: IF ONLY TRUMP HAD ‘COMPLICIT’ MEDIA White House principal deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley claimed Democrats receive “complicit” and “compliant” media treatment, as he discussed President Donald Trump’s decision to walk out of a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). [HuffPost]LIKELY TORNADO KILLS AT LEAST 2 IN OKLAHOMA At least two people were killed and several others injured after an apparent tornado touched down Saturday night in the Oklahoma City suburb of El Reno. A motel was demolished in the storm, officials said. A trailer park, car dealership and a number of other businesses also sustained major damage. [HuffPost]EXPLOSIONS IN NEPALI CAPITAL KILL 3, INJURE 5 Three people were killed and five others injured on Sunday in two separate explosions in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, but the cause of the blasts was unclear, police said. [Reuters]Help us tell more stories from real people, in their words. Become a member so we can deliver the voices you want to hear. GOP LAWMAKER: TRUMP KNOCKS BIDEN WHILE ‘PRAISING DICTATOR’ Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) is calling out President Trump for attacking former Vice President Joe Biden and praising North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in a tweet over Memorial Day weekend. [HuffPost]WHO WILL BE THE NEXT U.K. PRIME MINISTER? Lawmakers in Britain’s Conservative Party have been fighting over leadership for some time, but now that Prime Minister Theresa May has announced she will step down on June 7, everyone can crack on in earnest. Here are some of the key faces in the running. [HuffPost]TRUMP: ROLLING THUNDER’S D.C. RIDE WON’T END THIS YEAR Trump on Sunday declared that the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle run in Washington during Memorial Day weekend ― slated to end after this year ― will continue after all, but the event’s founder and executive director apparently didn’t get the memo. [HuffPost]THE BEST WOMEN’S WORLD CUP EVER IS ABOUT TO BEGIN Four years after the United States women’s national soccer team lifted its record third World Cup trophy, the Americans will enter the 2019 contest as the odds-on favorite. They will have to outlast the deepest and most talented World Cup field in women’s soccer history. [HuffPost]9 PEOPLE SHOWED TO OHIO KKK RALLY, OVER 500 PROTESTED Nine people showed up to a white supremacist rally in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday — and they found themselves dramatically outnumbered by counterprotesters who flooded the city’s downtown in a show of “unity against hate.” [HuffPost]SUSPECTED PACKAGE BLAST IN FRANCE INJURES 7 Seven people are injured after an explosion on Friday in the southeastern French city of Lyon. The nation’s anti-terrorism office has launched an investigation of the incident, sending anti-terrorism prosecutor Rémy Heitz to the area. [HuffPost]
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