- Judge rescinds permission for Trump to give his own closing argument at New York civil fraud trial after his lawyers miss filing deadline (pbs.org)
- Lawyers swap closing statements in trial of Sam Bankman-Fried: ‘Pyramid of deceit’ or just ‘bad business judgements’? (fortune.com)
- Bureau of Prisons Is Closing Troubled, Violent Detention Unit in Illinois (nytimes.com)
- Russian conscripts being sent straight to front, Ukraine says; Kremlin yet to make decision on closing borders (theguardian.com)
- Trump planning to personally deliver part of closing argument at fraud trial, report says (independent.co.uk)
- Texas Pols Revamp Houston Schools, Closing Libraries and Angering Parents (nytimes.com)Oklahoma sued for funding US’s first ‘state-sponsored’ religious charter school (theguardian.com)
- Ukrainians blow up bridge in Bakhmut amid reports Russia closing in (theguardian.com)U.S. warns Ukraine it faces a pivotal moment in war (washingtonpost.com)Guided Missile Killed U.S. Aid Worker in Ukraine, Video Shows (nytimes.com)Secretive Network Rescues Russia’s Antiwar Dissidents in Nick of Time (nytimes.com)
- Hillary Clinton Calls Out Those ‘Closing Their Eyes’ to Hamas Rape Victims: ‘Crime Against Humanity’ (themessenger.com)
- Rooftop solar was overlooked. Now it’s closing a New England power plant. (eenews.net)
- WATCH Bill Maher’s Brutal GOP ‘Closing Argument’: ‘Vote For Us Or We’ll Hit Your Husband in the Head with a Hammer’ (mediaite.com)