
The campaign to #FreeBritney sparked pop culture's biggest mystery. Will she give fans the answers in court?
CNN
For many members of the global #FreeBritney movement, an appearance by the singer at a court hearing on Wednesday feels like a day of reckoning.
So Radford staged a one-woman protest outside the star's concert in Dallas, wearing a T-shirt she'd made herself, emblazoned with a quirky slogan: "Free Britney." "I was all alone ... I think some people definitely thought I was a nut," Radford told CNN. But, she added, "when you really care about a human, it's not that much bigger of a step to start advocating for her rights."
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











