Quick Hits

• New peace plan push: President Donald Trump is sending envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Russia and Ukraine carrying a new peace plan, Al Jazeera reports.
• Clancy mistrial official: A judge has formally declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, Tangle reports.
• Minnesota safety cluster (MPR News): Minneapolis doctors and gun-violence prevention advocates are calling on the state to pass stricter gun laws after Wednesday's shooting killed three people; a DOJ lawyer says Homeland Security Investigations agents did not violate a court order when surveilling a Minneapolis church; and federal prosecutors seek a five-year sentence for former state Sen. Justin Eichorn.
• Disasters abroad (Al Jazeera): Blasts at a Bolivian military base killed at least 10 people with seven still missing, and Malaysia declared a state of emergency in Sarawak as haze from Indonesia reached "hazardous" levels.
• WNBA transition: Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will retire in December, MPR News reports, closing seven-plus years at the helm of a league the outlet describes as having a "transformative and at times tumultuous" stewardship under her.

Top Stories

• Ukraine–Russia diplomacy: Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett reports Kushner and Witkoff are being dispatched with a new peace plan; the supplied report does not include details of the plan's terms.
• Lindsay Clancy case: Per Tangle, the official mistrial declaration follows the defense filing an emergency appeal requesting a stay of the judge's decision.
• Democratic friction in the House: Tangle's "Suspension of the Rules" segment examines why Hakeem Jeffries threatened Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) after what the outlet describes as a key vote this week in which she sided with Republicans.
• Bolivia explosions: At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in blasts at a facility storing pyrotechnic material at a military barracks in Viacha; authorities say seven people remain missing (Al Jazeera).
• Malaysia haze emergency: The government declared a state of emergency in Sarawak's Serian district after air pollution from Indonesian fires reached "hazardous" levels (Al Jazeera).

Left Perspective

• Gun law push: A group of Minneapolis doctors and advocates, speaking to the press after a shooting that killed three people Wednesday, is urging the state to enact stricter gun laws (MPR News).
• Church surveillance dispute: A DOJ lawyer argued HSI agents did not violate a court order when they conducted surveillance in and around a Minneapolis church earlier this spring, and that no immigration enforcement was underway (MPR News).
• ICE shooting indictment: A federal indictment unsealed Friday includes new details of a shooting in which an ICE agent wounded a young Venezuelan man (MPR News).
• Crop artist harassment: Artist Tamara Sawyer told MPR News she fled her home after harassment and doxing over her anti-Trump "8647" entry in the Minnesota State Fair Crop Art Competition went viral.
• Clinic closures: MPR News examines the impact of Minnesota Community Care closing two St. Paul clinics, noting challenges for patients without stable housing, transportation, or insurance.
• AI law proceeds: A federal judge declined to halt Minnesota's law allowing fines for tech companies enabling AI-generated nude images of real people, over xAI's objection, as the case proceeds (MPR News).
• Eichorn sentencing: Prosecutors seek five years for the former state senator, who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a child solicitation sting (MPR News).
• Boundary Waters recovery: Two months after lightning sparked wildfires covering tens of thousands of acres, the national firefighting team is ending its work in Minnesota as the fires are nearly contained (MPR News).

Right Perspective

• Billionaires defense: Tangle's members-only Friday edition preview argues in its headline that "not all billionaires are bad," with the excerpt opening by acknowledging familiarity with anti-billionaire sentiment before the paywall. This was the sole right-leaning item in today's supplied set.

International View

• Niger–France rift: Niger's government has accused France of orchestrating a failed military mutiny, blaming it for inciting an attack on a key military airbase by mutinous soldiers last week (Al Jazeera).
• UAE pardon: The UAE pardoned Egyptian dissident-poet Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi, who had faced 10 years in prison and was held on an Arab Interior Ministers Council arrest warrant (Al Jazeera).
• Turkey sanctions: The US sanctioned a Turkish bank over alleged IRGC ties, accusing it of facilitating millions in transactions for Iran; the move has prompted a legal threat (Al Jazeera).
• Sudan violence: The Sudan Doctors Network says SPLM-N forces shelled residential areas in the town of Dilling, killing at least five people in South Kordofan (Al Jazeera).
• Missing fishermen: Families of eight Ecuadorian fishermen who vanished after reporting US surveillance at sea are demanding answers (Al Jazeera).
• Gaza's water crisis: Scientists cited by Al Jazeera say Israel's destruction of Gaza's sewage system may have worsened the Mediterranean's algae bloom crisis.
• Pakistan fire aftermath: A PIMS nurse recounts saving one newborn and the 14 babies she could not save in Pakistan's nursery fire (Al Jazeera).

Underreported

• Dark matter: Al Jazeera reports scientists may have found new signs of dark matter, the invisible substance said to bind the universe.
• UN map change: The UN General Assembly backed a resolution to adopt maps that more accurately show Africa's true size (Al Jazeera).
• Native journalism milestone: The Circle, an independent Native American newspaper founded in 1980 at the Minneapolis American Indian Center, is entering a new era after more than 45 years (MPR News).
• US Open: Alcaraz (6-3, 6-4, 6-1 over Wu Yibing) and Sabalenka (6-3, 6-4 over Kamilla Rakhimova) advanced to the last 16, while the Williams sisters lost on their return (Al Jazeera).
• UK exhibition: Shahed Saleem's London exhibition presents tapestries depicting what Al Jazeera calls "fateful moments" for British and European Muslims, exploring Islamophobia and Europe's Islamic history.

Sources

MPR News: Gun restrictions call · Church surveillance · ICE indictment · Crop artist · Clinic closures · Anti-nudification law · Eichorn · Boundary Waters · Gophers · WNBA commissioner · The Circle

Tangle: Clancy mistrial · Jeffries/Gluesenkamp Perez · Billionaires preview

Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine envoys · Bolivia blasts · Malaysia haze · Niger-France · UAE pardon · Turkish bank sanctions · Sudan · Ecuadorian fishermen · Gaza water · Pakistan nurse · Dark matter · UN Africa map · UK exhibition · US Open