
Medina Spirit passes the first of three drug tests to race in the Preakness Stakes
CNN
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit underwent three rounds of blood-sample testing between May 6 and May 11 -- and the first test showed the animal was clear of both prohibited and therapeutic substances, officials said Thursday.
The Bob Baffert-trained horse still needs two more negative results to participate in Saturday's Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. Race organizers say those results will be available on Friday. Despite not attending this weekend's races at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, Baffert has three horses set to participate -- Medina Spirit and Concert Tour in the Preakness and Beautiful Gift in Friday's Black Eyed Susan Stakes.
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted US political parties because they were ‘in charge,’ memo says
The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington, DC, on the eve of the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol told investigators after his arrest that he believed someone needed to “speak up” for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen and that he wanted to target the country’s political parties because they were “in charge,” prosecutors said Sunday.

Vivek Ramaswamy barreled into politics as a flame-thrower willing to offend just about anyone. He declared America was in a “cold cultural civil war,” denied the existence of white supremacists, and referred to one of his rivals as “corrupt.” Two years later, Ramaswamy says he wants to be “conservative without being combative.”











