Fyre Festival 2 is postponed, no new date set

Fyre Festival 2 has been “postponed,” according to the organizers. Billy McFarland, who was behind the initial Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, was convicted of wire fraud in connection with the failed 2017 festival. McFarland’s new event, which was scheduled to take place in Mexico from May 30 to June 2, was being advertised under … Read more

David Hogg-run group announces $20M initiative to support primary challengers to House Democrats

Leaders We Deserve, a political organization led by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor and Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman David Hogg, announced Wednesday that it will spend $20 million to help elect younger leaders — including primary challengers to House Democrats who are in safely Democratic seats. “The first most important thing here … Read more

Trump administration likely acted in contempt of court by not turning around deportation flights, judge says

A federal judge has found probable cause that the Trump administration acted in contempt of court when officials last month defied his order to turn around two planes carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. The administration’s “willful disobedience of judicial orders” without consequences would make “a solemn mockery” of “the Constitution itself,” U.S. … Read more