CARB LOADING
ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?
Glenn Valley Foods tried to verify every hire through a federal system. After a raid, the company is wondering how it can keep going.
The New York Times
Columbia Protected Its Funding and Sacrificed Its Freedom
The university’s agreement with the Trump administration bodes ill for American higher education.
The Atlantic
Trump’s imaginary numbers, from $1.99 gas to 1,500 percent price cuts
The president likes to cite specific numbers to bolster his claims. They are often wildly improbable — or just impossible.
The Washington Post
Forest Service to Abandon Nine Regional Offices
As Washington continues slash-and-burn policies for federal agencies, USDA announces consolidation of offices responsible for 193 million acres of public land
Mountain Journal
Kennedy to oust care task force, WSJ reports; HHS says no decision yet
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Reuters
Migrant kids on their own in court, as Arizona’s legal-aid nonprofit hit by Trump cuts
As the Trump administration has moved to cut legal-services funding for unaccompanied minors, more children are representing themselves in complex immigration proceedings, an administrative process that doesn’t guarantee the right to counsel, unlike criminal proceedings.
Facing immigration court alone makes it far more likely a child will be returned to their home country, even if they could qualify for relief with the help of an attorney, advocates say.
Tucson
Trump White House Rages Over ‘South Park’ Episode, Calls Show ‘Fourth-Rate’
The president cowed Paramount execs, but the company’s talent is rebelling. Now, the administration is melting down
Rolling Stone
We do not comply: how do we disrupt the momentum of Trump’s cruelty?
What is the antidote to this destructive environment of mendacity possessing us now with fear, ennui and self-mutilating rage?
The Guardian
Trump Is Gutting The State Department And Dragging Diplomats ‘Through The Mud’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio “succeeded [in creating] an environment where people wake up and don’t want to come in to work,” a still-serving State Department official told HuffPost.
Huffpost
Trump’s MAGA allies zero in on Ghislaine Maxwell as Epstein furor persists
The intensifying focus on Ghislaine Maxwell represents the latest turn in a winding case that has long been a focus of conspiracy theorists.
The Washington Post
New details about police activity after lawmaker shootings raise questions about response
The Minnesota Star Tribune found that Brooklyn Park police waited more than 60 minutes to enter the Hortman home and that several law enforcement agencies were unaware of the situation for hours.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
Texas House redistricting committee’s Houston hearing draws criticism over absence of maps
Democratic members slammed the process, questioning why hearings were happening before maps were available for review. Chair Cody Vasut said follow-up public hearings will be scheduled once maps are filed.
The Texas Tribune
This was the week that comedy pushed back
Anyone who has tracked Stone’s and Parker’s rebellious streak over the years could guess what happened next. Their season premiere “Sermon on the Mount,” was a savagely pointed, often crude satire — of President Trump, Paramount’s cancellation of Colbert, the rise of Christian nationalism in the United States, the demonization of woke ideology, Trump’s strategy of using lawsuits to intimidate critics, and much more.
NPR
The Dress, 10 Years On
What a decade of disagreement taught us about why we see the world differently.
Psychology Today
The AI explosion means millions are paying more for electricity
The data centers required for Big Tech are driving up electricity demand — and prices.
The Washington Post
CARB COUNTING
Israeli military says it has begun airdrops of aid into Gaza amid increased starvation deaths
Airdrops of aid began Saturday night in Gaza, the Israeli military said, amid increased international pressure and accounts of starvation-related deaths in the territory. The Israeli military also said it would establish humanitarian corridors for United Nations convoys.
CBS News
Keir Starmer to recall cabinet as calls grow for UK to recognise Palestinian state
Prime minister has resisted move so far but is under increasing pressure from MPs
Financial Times
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
Wired
Pope Leo says Gaza ‘crushed by hunger’ as Vatican official calls for recognition of State of Palestine
In his address, Pope Leo renewed his “heartfelt appeal for a ceasefire” and called for the release of hostages and full respect for humanitarian law.
Crux
Trump administration to destroy birth control intended as aid
Belgium, the United Nations and aid groups say they have offered to save $9.7 million in supplies kept in a Belgian warehouse.
The Washington Post
Software group Auterion to ship 33,000 AI drone ‘strike kits’ to Ukraine
The commitment comes after Auterion, which is headquartered in Virginia in the US, secured a contract worth close to $50mn from the Pentagon to deliver the systems. The contract is part of the US government’s security assistance to Ukraine, said Meier. It was not part of a drone “mega-deal” that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week said he was discussing with his US counterpart Donald Trump, with the aim of boosting industrial co-operation between the two countries.
Financial Times
