Web 57DHYAFZZFLWH May 24 2026 Russian ballistic missile drone attack kills 2 in Kiev injures 80
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Michigan Monroe The Stephen Colbert Sudden Return to Late Night? It Happened on Public Access A day after the comedian hosted the final episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on CBS he hosted Only in Monroe a community access program in Monroe Michigan Excerpts edited by Residents Against Wood Smoke Emission Particulates The New York Times May 22 2026 It has been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV Stephen Colbert said as he hosted Only in Monroe on Friday night When the comedian Stephen Colbert hosted the final episode of The Late Show on CBS on Thursday he told his viewers that the next place they would most likely see him was on public access television in Michigan Turns out that was no joke On Friday night Colbert hosted an episode of Only in Monroe which covers the happenings of Monroe Michigan a town of about Twenty Thousand people roughly 40 miles southwest of Detroit It has been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV Colbert said near the beginning of the hourlong program so I am grateful to be able to be here on Monroe Community Media before they also get acquired by Paramount The Friday episode of Only in Monroe which aired at the same time that The Late Show did shared a similar structure The regular hosts of the show Michelle Baumann and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson Miss America 1988 were his first guests Jack White who grew up in Detroit served as the musical director playing songs on a boombox and a reel to reel player Byron Allen the comedian turned entrepreneur whose show Comics Unleashed took over the Late Show time slot made an appearance as did the rapper Eminem Both are from Michigan The actor Steve Buscemi made a cameo in what he called a public service announcement for a local restaurant Pizza and Subs by Buscemi no relation Colbert made sandwiches with the actor Jeff Daniels who lives in Michigan Colbert first hosted an episode of the show in 2015 a couple of months before taking the reins of The Late Show from David Letterman That time he also interviewed the regular hosts of Only in Monroe and also welcomed Eminem whom he introduced as a local Michigander who is making a name for himself in the competitive world of music Colbert reminded his viewers of that appearance telling them that the show had attracted an audience of a dozen people
1 Virginia U S House of Representatives and Minnesota and Colorado and New York Governors or Candidates for Governor Partisan Mud Fight or Focus on the Midterms? Redistricting Divides Democrats Governor Abigail Spanberger of Virginia urged her fellow Democrats including the House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries to stop talking about drawing new congressional lines for partisan advantage Excerpts edited by Residents Against Wood Smoke Emission Particulates The New York Times May 22 2026 With Democratic efforts to redraw the Virginia congressional boundaries in shambles for now two central figures in the fight are at odds over what to do next Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York the minority leader continues to push for maximum warfare everywhere all the time vowing with a phrase he borrowed from Republicans to redraft lines to give Democrats an advantage not only in Virginia but across the country before the 2028 elections Governor Abigail Spanberger of Virginia whose approval ratings dropped precipitously as she campaigned for her a redistricting referendum for her state is urging her party to drop its quest for partisan advantage in favor of a more pressing issue winning the midterms It is outrageously premature of us to be talking about any sort of redistricting or map changing effort when we have to win the most consequential midterms of my lifetime this November Ms Spanberger said in an interview this week taking an unsubtle jab at Mister Jeffries and reflecting broader disquiet among Democrats about how to counter Republican gerrymanders after the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the referendum there unconstitutional The issue burst into view this week on the sidelines of a policy conference hosted by the Center for American Progress in Washington Ms Spanberger said the continued focus of the Democratic party on redistricting was a distraction from addressing affordability the Trump leadership and other issues that she said would matter far more to voters this year She did not say she would oppose implementing a partisan gerrymander in Virginia before the 2028 elections But the issue is one she and some other Democrats would prefer to leave aside for now and instead focus on the midterm elections this fall For years Democrats have cast themselves as the party of good governance offering support for initiatives that mandate nonpartisan redistricting But they also want to win prompting Ms Spanberger to focus on November Anytime someone whether it is Hakeem or anyone else talks about some other point off in the future it is a distraction from the task at hand which is winning in November she said As for talk of redistricting the governor said That time is over now Hakeem Jeffries also mentioned the goal of flipping multiple seats in Virginia this year during his public remarks this week At the conference he pledged that Democrats would again seek to redraw maps of Virginia in the next two years We are going to work as hard as we can in advance of 2028 to restore that 10 to 1 map because that is what the voters decided would be appropriate moving forward Hakeem Jeffries said at the conference Democrat efforts largely failed Republicans are expected to gain between six and 12 GOP leaning districts before the midterms Hakeem Jeffries at the Washington conference put the number at three to four A spokesman for Senator the Amy Klobuchar campaign for Minnesota governor pointed to limits in the Constitution of Minnesota regarding redistricting in the middle of a decade as a reason Amy Klobuchar had not been making it part of her pitch to voters A spokesman for Governor Katie Hobbs a Democrat in Arizona declined to comment on a potential redistricting effort there Other Democratic governors or candidates for those offices are fully supportive of the effort We have to do everything we can to fight back Senator Michael Bennet a Democratic candidate for governor in Colorado said in a statement He said he supported the one time change to the Constitution of Colorado Governor Kathy Hochul of New York also supports a redistricting push ahead of 2028 It is a fight for our democracy she said in remarks this month I want to make sure that New Yorkers have representation when it comes to decisions affecting their lives
2A Ukraine Damage in every district of Kyiv Massive Russian ballistic missile drone attack kills 2 injures over 80 The aftermath of a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv overnight on May 24 2026 Excerpts edited by Residents Against Wood Smoke Emission Particulates The Kiev Independent May 24 2026 Russian forces launched a large scale combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight on May 24 killing two and injuring over 80 others The Air Force of Ukraine said that Russia launched 90 missiles and 600 drones making the attack one of the largest in the last year Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported damage in every district of the city as missile and drone strikes hit across the capital including central areas that tend to see fewer strikes during Russian attacks The National Art Museum one of the oldest and most important museums in Ukraine was damaged by a blast wave according to the Culture Ministry The windows to the entrance of the Ukrainian House a major cultural institution on the Kyiv central Khreshchatyk Street were also damaged in the attack Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that for the first time since World War II the Foreign Ministry building sustained damage from an attack albeit not severely Civilian homes and infrastructure were also targeted in the attack There were sounds a terrifying explosion A terrible explosion Flames For a brief instant maybe a second I lost consciousness Yevhen a 74 year old pensioner told the Kyiv Independent at one of the attack sites I cannot say I was scared I was not scared You see we Kyiv residents are already used to this Our emotions have become a little dulled Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Russia used its Oreshnik medium range ballistic missile during the attack the third time Russia has used the sophisticated weapon against Ukraine The strike targeted Bila Tserkva a town 50 miles south of Kyiv The Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground reported a massive series of wall shaking explosions in the Ukraine capital from around 1 a m local time and then again multiple times between 3 a m and 5 a m as Russia launched waves of ballistic and cruise missiles at the city Three Russian missiles hit a water supply facility set a market on fire damaged dozens of residential buildings and several ordinary schools Zelensky said in a Telegram post on May 24 2026 Over 80 people were injured during the attack according to Zelensky Klitschko said that two people died That number will likely rise as emergency services continue to clear rubble throughout the day Damage was reported to at least seven multi story residential buildings in the Obolonskyi Shevchenkivskyi Dniprovskyi Holosiivskyi Solomianskyi and Pecherskyi district of Kyiv Klitschko said The Ukraine State Emergency Service said that the structural collapse of the first through the fifth floors of a building in the Shevchenkivskyi district was seen Several homes were also struck by Russian projectiles across the city Among other damage to infrastructure in Kyiv Russian missiles and drones struck a supermarket and shopping center office center dormitory service station garage parked vehicles and multiple warehouses across various neighborhoods of the city A Kyiv Independent journalist also reported seeing a large fire near the Kontraktova Ploshcha metro station following a missile strike Ihor Smelyansky the CEO of Ukrposhta the national postal service of Ukraine said that the postal agency headquarters on the Kyiv central Independence Square sustained damage in the attack In Kyiv Oblast Russian projectiles struck the communities of Fastiv Bucha Brovary Bila Tserkva Vyshhorod and Boryspil Kalashnyk said striking residential buildings homes garages and utility buildings and a warehouse Photo of Residents taking shelter in a metro station in central Kyiv during a Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital early on May 24 2026 Elsewhere in Ukraine explosion were also heard in the cities of Cherkasy and Kropyvnytskyi as well as in Khmelnytskyi Oblast amid the attack public broadcaster Suspilne reported In response to the attack the Air Force of Poland said it scrambled Polish and allied fighter jets in an effort to protect Polish air space The latest attack comes hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was preparing a broader assault across the country including for the possible use of its Oreshnik medium range missile against Ukraine Russia first used an Oreshnik against Ukraine in November 2024 in a strike on the city of Dnipro The missile was most recently used in an attack on western Lviv Oblast on January 9 2026 Earlier in the night Russian attacks injured civilians in southern and eastern Ukraine including in Odesa and Kharkiv oblasts Comments It is about time to hit the Kremlin I believe the strike on the dormitory Putin blamed on Ukraine was carried out by the Russians themselves to give them an excuse to commit the criminal acts carried out on Kyiv today Putin has demonstrated time after time he is a terrorist thug with a record of killing Russians or anyone who stands against him He is incapable of human thoughts or emotions The deliberate killing of Ukrainian citizens would not be happening with monotonous regularity if this pathetic excuse for a human being was terminated It is past time for him to be taken out Ukraine should carry out a similar attack on Moscow only then will Russians realize what hell on earth feels like God bless Ukraine and all of her wonderful brave people
2B Russia Ukraine War Drones from Ukraine Hit Moscow Russian Forces Struggle Russia Pummels Kyiv in Major Missile and Drone Attack Buildings rattled in the Ukrainian capital for hours early Sunday It was unclear if the Russian Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile had been used The sky lit up from the glow of fires during a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early Sunday Excerpts edited by Residents Against Wood Smoke Emission Particulates The New York Times May 24 2026 Russia unleashed a huge missile and drone attack on the Ukraine capital early Sunday morning with explosions rattling buildings for hours and igniting several fires throughout the city The bombardment damaged two entryways to the subway system which is used as an underground refuge for thousands of people during air attacks including in a strike on or near the Kyiv central Independence Square known as the Maidan and a symbol of the Ukraine resistance to Russia President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had warned that Russia planned to launch an Oreshnik a type of intermediate range ballistic missile specifically designed to carry nuclear warheads Russia had used these missiles twice previously on Ukraine first in 2024 and then in January 2026 but with dummy devices in place of explosives Those earlier attacks were seen as a way to intimidate Ukraine or Western allies rather than to inflict significant damage The Oreshnik is fired as a form of nuclear saber rattling as a political tool rather than an effective weapon It was unclear early Sunday whether the Oreshnik had been launched this time The missile releases multiple warheads while in flight and they streak quickly on steep trajectories that American Patriot air defense systems cannot intercept Reports from Bila Tserkva a town about 50 miles south of Kyiv suggested the characteristic fast moving flurry of warheads had landed there Though damage has been limited in past strikes for Ukrainians the recurring use of the missile is a harrowing nerve rattling normalization of the use of a doomsday weapon from the Russian nuclear capable arsenal The volley of drones and missiles that flew into Kyiv early Sunday appeared to cause extensive damage As the sun rose columns of smoke were visible at several spots on the skyline Ukrainska Pravda a Ukrainian news outlet reported that a strike had buried the entryway at a bomb shelter at a school trapping people inside Before Russia used the Oreshnik nuclear capable missile in past strikes it had warned the United States President Zelensky in his own warning to Ukrainians that Russia was preparing a large scale attack that could include the missile said that U S and European nations had informed Ukraine of Russian plans to launch the missile We are drawing the attention of our partners in the United States and in Europe to the fact that the use of such weapons and the prolongation of this war also sets a global precedent for other potential aggressors President Zelensky wrote in his warning to Ukrainians which was posted on social media on Saturday The two previous attacks with this type of missile hit the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine and a site in western Ukraine near the Polish border The attack early Sunday followed setbacks on the battlefield for Russia and a humiliating and costly recent run of successful Ukrainian long range drone attacks on facilities for exporting oil the lifeblood of the Russian economy Russia scaled back its annual Victory Day parade on Red Square in Moscow earlier this month amid worry of Ukrainian drone attacks
2C Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called a German proposal to grant Ukraine participation in European Union institutions without voting rights unfair in a letter later confirmed by Ukraine presidential adviser Dmytro Lytvyn on May 23 Excerpts edited by Residents Against Wood Smoke Emission Particulates The Kiev Independent May 24 2026 The comments come after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposed creating an interim associate form of EU membership for Ukraine and other candidate countries while they wait for full accession to the bloc The proposal would allow Ukraine to participate in EU meetings and institutions without receiving full voting rights as Brussels continues to face internal disagreements and delays over enlargement It would be unfair for Ukraine to be present in the European Union but remain voiceless Zelensky wrote in the letter
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