– Billionaire activist Tom Steyer formally entered the Democratic presidential primary with an announcement video outlining his pledges to reduce corporations’ political influence and address climate change. Chelsea Janes reports: “In January, when he announced he would not run for president, Steyer said that rather than entering the race he would turn his attention fully to pressuring members of Congress to start impeachment proceedings against [Trump]. … On Tuesday, as he announced his presidential bid, Steyer did not mention impeachment or Trump, although the president was briefly seen in the video. Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was also seen in the video being led down a hallway in handcuffs. … Steyer will have one week to accumulate 65,000 donors to qualify for the second Democratic debate, which will take place at the end of the month.”

The National Weather Service forecast calls for “one or more lines” of thunderstorms to develop over the eastern Plains and move across Missouri Tuesday. Meanwhile, upstream places such as Iowa are expected to see widespread areas receive 1 to 2 inches of rain, with the possibility of heavier localized downpours, National Weather Service reports said.

He said the Corps had about 50 people working over the holiday weekend to provide flood-fight assistance and expertise to local officials. Even if levees don’t overtop, he warned “there is a risk of performance issues” that the structures face as rivers rise and as the flood drags on.

Over the next week, major rivers in the area are expected to surge toward near-historic crests — ones that could fall second only to the Great Flood of 1993.

Tropical Storm Barry’s wind and rain began hitting parts of Louisiana early Friday as New Orleans and coastal communities braced for a drenching.

Homes are inundated with flood waters from the Arkansas River near South 145th West Ave. near Oklahoma 51 on Thursday, May 23, 2019. TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World

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For now, Trump continues to suffer legal setbacks. In a case involving his push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a district court judge rejected the Justice Department’s request to change out its team of lawyers. Separately, an appellate court in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that it is unconstitutional for Trump to block critics on Twitter because he’s a public official who uses the platform to communicate with constituents.

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A sign placed on one of the buildings at Albany State University’s lower campus offers a reminder of the Flood of ’94.