AnnaMaria Di Pietro

[AnnaMaria Di Pietro @AnnaMariaDP]

DC’s magnolia trees don’t get the recognition they deserve.

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

New: The Washington Post reconstructed journalist Amal Khalil’s final hours in Lebanon found that Israel’s military denied rescuers access to her during a key period when she was still alive.

w/ @suzanHaidamous, @mmkelly22, and @MohamdEch

https://t.co/ar48t6g4ei

[Raphael Barberi📷 @itsrapha83]

In Italy, small irrelevant cities or isolated villages in the middle of nowhere will have a church that mogs every church in the majority of countries on earth

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

For years, Trump took a hair-loss drug — Propecia (finasteride).

Now it’s no longer on his medical reports.

I asked the White House if Trump still uses it, and officials said they’re not obligated to disclose all his medications.

https://t.co/80QluMs2Ap

[Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome]

In a spectacular tradition to mark Italy’s Festa della Repubblica, the Frecce Tricolori jets fly in formation over Rome, emitting plumes with the colours of the Italian flag. #2giugno 🇮🇹

[Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome]

On this day 80 years ago, women in Italy voted for the first time at national level, in a landmark referendum that led to the birth of the Italian Republic. The historic day is marked in Italy every year with the Festa della Repubblica holiday on 2 June.
https://t.co/oBAzClE6f9

[Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar]

“Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, recently advised Mr. Vance to take a break from social media, as have other officials in the West Wing, according to people familiar with those interactions, because the fighting was beneath his office”

https://t.co/AuMCSQwIW4

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

The annual Pentecost tradition (today!) at Rome's Pantheon is a moment of extraordinary beauty.

It occurs every year on the seventh Sunday after Easter. At noon, after the Holy Mass, thousands of rose petals are dropped through the oculus of the mighty dome.

As the petals fall, a choir sings "Veni Sancte Spiritus," known as the Golden Sequence, a masterpiece of sacred Latin poetry.

This is to celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Virgin Mary and the Apostles.

The rose petal ritual likely dates back to 607 AD when the pagan temple became a Christian church.

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Le immagini del ministro israeliano Ben Gvir sono inaccettabili. È inammissibile che questi manifestanti, fra cui molti cittadini italiani, vengano sottoposti a questo trattamento lesivo della dignità della persona.
Il Governo italiano sta immediatamente compiendo, ai più alti livelli istituzionali, tutti i passi necessari per ottenere la liberazione immediata dei cittadini italiani coinvolti.
L’Italia pretende inoltre le scuse per il trattamento riservato a questi manifestanti e per il totale disprezzo dimostrato nei confronti delle esplicite richieste del Governo italiano.
Per questi motivi, il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale convocherà immediatamente l’ambasciatore israeliano per chiedere chiarimenti formali su quanto accaduto.

[Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire]

Trump’s More Than 3,700 Trades Provoke Wall Street Astonishment https://t.co/zJr7OzU4pH

[ABC News @ABC]

At least eight people were injured, four critically, after a driver plowed into a crowd in Modena, Italy, Saturday, officials said. https://t.co/PrxS3BNhCr

[Jonathan Swan @jonathanvswan]

New: Classified military intelligence assessments from early this month show Iran has regained access to most of its missile sites, launchers and underground facilities. Including: U.S. intel assesses Iran has restored operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it maintains along the Strait of Hormuz, and ~90% of Iran's underground missile sites are "partially or fully operational." w @Adamentous @maggieNYT https://t.co/3R2GEostRh

[iacopo scaramuzzi 🇪🇺 @iscaramuzzi]

Impagabile "tu vuo' fa' l'americano" cantato dalla band That's Napoli Live Show a piazza del Plebiscito in attesa di papa Leone

[Il Grande Flagello @grande_flagello]

Una paese ostaggio dei pavoni che mangiano piadine romagnole e copulano tra i cittadini disperati. Siamo un sogno senza fine

[Steven Dennis @StevenTDennis]

The planned White House ballroom will seat ~1,000. The Washington Hilton ballroom seats ~2,670, per Hilton’s website.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: The Trump administration provided a lower level of security for the White House correspondents’ dinner than it has for other gatherings of high-ranking officials, according to officials familiar with the plan. https://t.co/FrnRGnGDHA

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

The shooting happened on the level above the ballroom where the White House Correspondents Association dinner was.
I don't think people hearing about this -- or even those of us in the room -- realized how far from the president, VP and other guests this incident was. It was on another floor, up some stairs and several sets of security away.
Because the Washington Hilton's hotel and other public spaces were open for other functions, the entire building wasn't secured by the Secret Service, just the specific areas where the WHCA dinner was held, law enforcement officials told @CBSNews.

[Josh Rogin @joshrogin]

Video of the scene inside the WHCD

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

The pope posted this mere minutes after Hegseth compared press coverage of the Iran war to the Pharisees working against Jesus.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE

[Rich Raho @RichRaho]

“The Trump administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone…” https://t.co/qezHSFOnJe