| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
The scene outside a Donald Trump rally in Albuquerque turned ugly after the sun went down, when protesters hurled bottles and rocks at police officers. The riot-gear clad officers responded with pepper spray and smoke bombs. Trump's next rally is at noon local time today in Anaheim.
No war chest? No problem for Trump. His game plan stays the same against Hillary Clinton as it did in the primaries: - Say outrageous things about his opponents.
- Watch the media clamor to cover it.
- Crowd out any coverage of the opponent.
The upshot: A full day of free media. Quote of the day:
"I played a lot of hardball in my life, but I don't envy what the Clinton campaign is up against here. Trump himself has totally changed the political dynamic. What they can't afford to do is get in the gutter with the guy. He has absolutely no morals or scruples. Getting into the gutter with him is an absolute waste of time." – Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist
That leaves Clinton with a difficult choice. It's worth noting that the high road didn't work out so well for Michael Dukakis in 1988 or John Kerry in 2004.
Around the world - A prisoner exchange is underway between Russia and Ukraine: Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko for Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov, Russian special forces soldiers captured in the Ukraine. Handing over Savchenko, whose release has been demanded by Western governments, and who has become a national hero in Ukraine, would ease tensions between Moscow and the West.
- The Afghan Taliban named one of Mullah Akhtar Mansour's deputies, Haibatullah Akhunzada, to succeed him, after confirming Mansour's death in a U.S. drone strike over the weekend. Akhunzada was the Taliban's chief justice.
- At least 1,400 killings have been carried out by death squads in the Philippines city Davao since 1998. The city's mayor, Rodrigo Duterte, loudly approved of hundreds of these execution-style killings of drug users and criminals over nearly two decades before he was elected the country's president earlier this month.
Around the country - Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Dylann Roof, who stands accused of killing nine black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, last June.
- A Pennsylvania judge ordered comedian Bill Cosby to stand trial on charges of sexual assault. Cosby has been hit by sexual assault allegations by more than 50 women. He has denied assaulting anyone. Most of the cases are too old to be prosecuted, but the entertainer faces civil lawsuits from his accusers. A trial date in the Pennsylvania criminal case has not yet been set. Cosby faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charge against him, aggravated indecent assault.
- Bernie Sanders wants a recount in the Democratic primary in Kentucky, where he lost to Hillary Clinton by just 1,924 votes. The recount is slated to start tomorrow.
Training Day 
Israeli soldiers of the Search and Rescue brigade take part in a training session in Ben Shemen forest, near the city of Modi'in, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Around Wall Street - PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel is helping wrestler Hulk Hogan bankroll his lawsuit against Gawker Media, according to Forbes magazine. Hogan won a $140 million jury verdict against Gawker in a privacy lawsuit stemming from a sex tape Gawker had published. Thiel was outed as gay by Gawker in 2007.
Digits of the day $50 Oil rose toward $50 a barrel for the first time in seven months, driven by expectations that shrinking supply will help erode any overhang of unwanted crude, particularly after industry data showed a sharp fall in U.S. inventories. - Hewlett Packard Enterprise plans to spin off and combine its struggling IT services business with Computer Sciences Corp. HPE plans to focus on the more profitable cloud computing business.
Today's reason to live Neil Young - Albuquerque |
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