12 Strangers Joined Our Group Chat on Trump’s Economy. It Got Messy Fast.

“Even if we disagreed the first time, it felt like we could have a conversation,” Robert Olson, an 83-year-old retired mechanical engineer, told us after the month was over. “The temperature went up when the subject was more Donald Trump.”

The Wall Street Journal

Who’s Afraid of Josh Shapiro?

The Pennsylvania governor called Benjamin Netanyahu “one of the worst leaders of all time.” But anti-Israel activists don’t want him on the Democratic ticket.

The Atlantic

Trump warns Rand Paul against opposition to ‘big, beautiful bill’

“If Senator Rand Paul votes against our Great, Big, Beautiful Bill, he is voting for, along with the Radical Left Democrats, a 68% Tax Increase and, perhaps even more importantly, a first time ever default on U.S. Debt. Rand will be playing right into the hands of the Democrats, and the GREAT people of Kentucky will never forgive him!” the president said.

Washington Examiner

The U.S. Deported This Chinese Scientist, in a Decision That Changed World History

The implications of that single deportation are staggering: Dr. Qian returned to China and immediately persuaded Mao Zedong to put him to work building a modern weapons program. By the decade’s end, China tested its first missile. By 1980, it could rain them down on California or Moscow with equal ease. Dr. Qian wasn’t just rightly christened the father of China’s missile and space programs; he set in motion the technological revolution that turned China into a superpower.

The New York Times (Gift)

D.A. Bragg Announces Return Of 11 Antiquities To The People Of Egypt

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the return of 11 antiquities to the people of Egypt. The objects were recovered pursuant to multiple criminal investigations, including one into previously convicted London-based trafficker Robin Symes, who passed away in 2023. The Office has seized 135 antiquities valued at more than $58 million that had allegedly been trafficked by Symes into and through Manhattan.

Manhattan DA

Who owns most of the farmland in Illinois? Not farmers.

Less than a fourth of Illinois farmland is owned by the farmer who works the land, according to data from the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management, a nonprofit association that helps farmers make management decisions. The rest is leased to farmers by individuals, family trusts and, increasingly, businesses. 

Chicago Tribune

Don’t Fall For Elon Inc.’s Press Campaign

You see it in the carefully planted stories and apparently tossed off quotes. Elon won’t be doing any more political giving. Elon doesn’t even like the Big, Beautiful bill. Elon agrees that Elon is chastened. I mean, our boy Elon is practically a Never Trumper now, right? It’s all fairly transparent.

Talking Points Memo

Trump Tariffs Face Threat at Supreme Court — Over Rulings That Blocked Biden

A legal argument that the US Supreme Court used to foil Joe Biden on climate change and student debt now looms as a threat to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

Bloomberg

F.D.A. Updates Recall of Tomatoes, Warning of a High Risk of Illness or Death

The recall of tomatoes distributed in three southern states was upgraded to the most severe warning the agency issues.

The New York Times (Gift)

Trump Administration Targets Tech Firms as It Cuts More Contracts

Officials expand review of federal contractors beyond consulting firms

The Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Most Successful Business Venture

His office is bringing in money—at the expense of the American people.

The Atlantic

Sanders says Harris fell short with working class. He has a plan to fix that.

The independent senator from Vermont is deploying his expansive political network to fill a void he says Democrats have created. Not all in the party are happy.

The Washington Post

Democrats lash out as Legislature bans school clubs that support gay teens

Tensions flared and the debate turned personal as Republicans said their bill empowered parents and denied predictions that the ban will endanger children.

The Texas Tribune

Pride events face budget shortfalls as US corporations pull support ahead of summer festivities

“If you come to Pride this year, that’s a revolutionary act,” said Suzanne Ford, executive director of San Francisco Pride. “You are sending a message to those in Washington that, here in San Francisco, we still have the same values that we’ve always had — you can love who you love here. We’re not going to retreat from that.”

AP News

Trump’s war on culture and the arts must be taken seriously | Chellie Pingree

The administration wants investment to “align with the president’s priorities.” The health of America’s cultural institutions — and cultural expression itself — aren’t on that list.

Portland Press Herald

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.

The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

ProPublica

Dozens sickened in expanding salmonella outbreak linked to recalled cucumbers

Nearly four dozen people in 18 states have been sickened in an expanding outbreak of salmonella food poisoning tied to recalled cucumbers sent to restaurants, hospitals, cruise ships and grocery stores, including Target stores, federal health officials said Friday.

CNN

TACO to FAFO: The secret insults investors are using to poke fun at Trump’s policies

MAGA President Donald Trump might be known for his snappy acronyms, but now investors are using four-letter descriptors of their own to discuss Trump-era trade policies.

Independent

Courage and Identity: The Legacy of Amelio Robles Ávila

…he shall remain as the first recorded trans person in Mexican history who was recognized by government institutions. Amelio Robles’s participation in the Revolution as a transgender man, whose identity was recognized and who received the rank of colonel, marks a milestone. Contrary to common belief, this indicates that gender-diverse people have always been part of our reality and have participated in the various historical events of our country.

Lolo – Modern Mexican Mercadito

Why glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed, burying a nearby Swiss town

The mountain side of the glacier had been unstable since last week, when millions of pounds of rock debris fell onto the glacier surface, Davies said. The load, along with warm temperatures on Monday, accelerated the glacier’s collapse, Swiss Radio and Television reported.

ABC News

Europe Stocks Stage World-Beating Rally as Trade War Backfires

“Europe is back on the map,” said Frederique Carrier, head of investment strategy for RBC Wealth Management in the British Isles and Asia. “We are getting more questions about Europe now over the last two months than we did over the last 10 years.”

Bloomberg

Ukraine stages audacious attack on airfields deep in Russian territory

Ukraine’s forces launched a massive drone attack on four airfields deep inside Russia that were home to strategic bombers used in air raids, officials said on Sunday, in possibly their most audacious attack of the war.

Financial Times

At last, Putin is getting a taste of his own medicine

Massive Ukraine attacks will be a devastating blow to the Kremlin. How will it spin them to the Russian public?

The Telegraph

How Mexico’s Vote on Nearly 2,700 Judges Could Empower One Party

The election to overhaul Mexico’s courts could result in a justice system more beholden to the nation’s dominant party, Morena.

The New York Times (Gift)

Martial law fractured South Korea. Can this election heal the nation?

The striking feature of this election has been the leading opposition candidate, Lee Jae-myung, campaigning in a bullet-proof vest.

BBC

Saudi foreign minister slams ‘extremist’ Israeli government

Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat said Sunday that Israel’s refusal to allow Arab foreign ministers to visit the occupied West Bank ‘confirms its extremism’.

The New Arab

Poland votes for its next president, with Polish-Jewish history on the ballot

The candidates offer starkly different visions for Poland. Trzaskowski promises cooperation with the European Union and social changes, such as loosening restrictive abortion laws and allowing civil unions for LGBTQ people. He would clear a path for Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who came to power with the centrist Civic Platform party in 2023, to deliver democratic reforms.

Forward

Ukraine destroys more than 40 military aircraft in a drone attack deep inside Russia

A Ukrainian drone attack has destroyed more than 40 Russian planes deep in Russia’s territory, a Ukrainian security official told The Associated Press on Sunday, while Russia pounded Ukraine with missiles and drones a day before the two sides meet for a new round of direct talks in Istanbul.

NPR