
Opinion: What Putin and Xi don't get about 'messy' democracy
CNN
Ast Biden meets European leaders at G7 and NATO summits, all will be trying hard to project an image of unity, writes Daniel Treisman. They will have their work cut out for them. While leaders like Putin and Xi view disunity as a weakness, democracy is a messy business that ultimately is stronger than united dictatorships.

Los Angeles man dies in jail while awaiting trial for killing and dismemberment of wife, her parents
A Los Angeles man accused of killing and dismembering his wife, her mother and her stepfather has died in jail while awaiting trial, authorities said Monday.

A slew of Democratic-led states asked a federal court on Monday to lift the Trump administration’s freeze on nearly $7 billion in public education money, accusing the Department of Education of unlawfully locking up critical funds Congress set aside to help low-income and immigrant students, among others.