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May 6 Evening Brief
In Europe
Vienna is bracing for Eurovision with a major security operation, after officials raised concerns about a possible terror attack or mass protest. There is no specific threat, but organizers are planning airport-style screening, up to 30 security gates, a no-bag policy, and checks for banned items. Several hundred police officers will be on duty each day, and the FBI will monitor for cyberattacks remotely from New York. The contest is also drawing protests over Israel’s participation, because apparently even pop music now needs perimeter security.
In the Middle East
Israeli strikes killed five Palestinians across Gaza in a single day. The fighting continues with no sign of a pause, and the daily toll keeps rising in separate incidents across the territory.
In U.S. politics
Stacey Abrams testified before Tennessee lawmakers as they weighed a new congressional map that would split the state’s only majority-Black district and put Tennessee’s lone Democratic House member at risk. The proposal is being reviewed in a special legislative session. In the South more broadly, Republicans are pressing ahead with election-year redistricting despite protests, with minority representation and party loyalty both hanging in the balance.
In U.S. courts and campaigns
A federal judge in New York has ordered the release of a purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note written to his then-cellmate, siding with The New York Times in a bid to unseal it. The note had been sealed in Nicholas Tartaglione’s case. Separately, a hacker stole more than $3,000 from Sen. Cory Booker’s reelection campaign, a small sum in dollar terms and an embarrassing one in every other respect.
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