President Trump looks to stay awake through meetings with world leaders by celebrating his new Iran agreement. / NPR The âmemorandum of understandingâ appears to be pretty heavily tilted toward Iran, perhaps because âlosing a war has consequences.â / Foreign Exchanges See also: Grading the war on Trumpâs own terms. / Wake
A brief summary of why the United States finds itself âon the outside looking inâ as China and Gulf states pursue African partners. / Council on Foreign Relations Case in point: More than 75% of African countries currently lack a US ambassador. / The Africa Brief With SpaceXâs public offering, Elon
In Europe, violent anti-immigrant riots continue in Northern Ireland, with people like Elon Musk encouraging them. / The Guardian, USA Today In the Middle East, Iran hits Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan in retaliation for recent attacks by the United States. / Al Jazeera In Ukraine, itâs been confirmed that fully
On a single day in April, all 50 of the worldâs hottest cities were in India, where unprecedented heatwaves are becoming common. / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace President Trump spends $700 million to keep retiring coal plants open and even build an Oakland coal terminal canceled several times over.
Israel has reportedly killed nearly a thousand people in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire in October. / Proximities Netanyahu typically reserves his overt defiance for American leaders that âhe wishes to humiliate and marginalize.â / Forever Wars Israel captures Beaufort, a Crusader-built castle and UNESCO World Heritage site in southern
Despite President Trump posting âstop âshootingââ on his familyâs social media platform, Iran and Israel resume warring openly. / CNN Noah Smith summarizes three recent Trump disasters: the war on tech employees, the war on Iran, and the war on America. / Noahpinion Unrelated: Historian Heather Cox Richardson launches â250 to
Weâll be off next week for summer vacation, and will be back on Monday, June 8. See you then! A Russian drone, presumably bound for Ukraine, crashes into an apartment building in Romania, a NATO and EU member. / CBC Norway says itâs joining Franceâs nuclear deterrence club.
The DoJ is investigating E. Jean Carroll over her assault litigation against Trump, who still wants the Supreme Court to review Carrollâs $5 million verdict. / Associated Press, SCOTUSblog Why Republicans are having an existential crisis over James Talarico: He knows how to go viral and isnât taking the
Iran continues its negotiations with the White House while also trying to resurrect its economy. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Did Netanyahu and Trump really intend to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a puppet leader in Iran? âThe idea⊠would be a historical development for the fucking ages.â / Forever Wars Danny Hillis:
âThey need to work a little bit harder, get on that shit a little bit more.â Three âcleanâ athletes win events at the pro-doping Enhanced Games. / The Guardian The one world record unofficially broken at the Enhanced Games is under scrutiny by viewers, who noted multiple clock-syncing issues.
Weâre off on Monday for Memorial Day in the US. Weâll see you again on Tuesday! Iran is in talks with Oman about charging fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. / The New York Times [$] Sources say Iran resumed producing drones during the six-week ceasefire
âWeâre now finding out exactly how far the Court will let [Republicans] goâ in once again making democracy a âracial entitlementâ in America. / The Atlantic [$] Trump officials claim they donât need approval for their massive arch in DC because Congress passed a plan in 1925 for a similarly
Donald Trumpâs âBoard of Peace,â established to oversee reconstruction in Gaza, admits it basically has no funding. / Al Jazeera Israel detains the president of Irelandâs sister for attempting to bring aid to Gaza by sea. / The National News Even Republicans appear confused about Trumpâs ongoing self-enrichment,
Only a tenth of this yearâs House of Representatives races are competitiveâwhere fewer than 10 points separate candidatesâdue to statesâ redistricting schemes. / The New York Times [$] âClemency seems only to have convinced many 2020 election deniers that they were right all along.â Why commuting Tina Petersâs
Trumpâs IRS settlement earmarks nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars for purported victims of the Biden administration, including Jan. 6. insurrectionists. / The Washington Post [$] See also: A class action lawsuit claims Amazon is refusing to provide customers with tariff refunds to âcurry favor with Trump by allowing the
Republican-led states are using public health agencies to enforce Trumpâs deportation effortsâand discouraging immigrantsâ US-born children from seeking Medicaid. / KFF Health News In its settlement with the state for providing child transgender care, Texas Childrenâs Hospital must pay $10 million and establish the countryâs
An analysis shows judges have ruled against the Trump administrationâs ICE detention practices in around 90% of cases. / Politico Shipping companies are circumventing the Strait of Hormuz with 3,500 trucks driving across the Arabian Peninsula nearly 24 hours a day. / The Wall Street Journal [$] As the US struggles
Visualizing the dismal job market college graduates are now entering, where hiring has cratered practically to 2009 levels. / The Washington Post [$] Princetonâs 133-year-old Honor Code depends on trust between faculty and studentsâa relationship now being eroded by AI. / The Atlantic [$] Some US schools are bringing back
Two months into a supposed ceasefire, Trump and Netanyahuâs war on Iran is said to be settling into a gray zone âthat is neither war nor peace.â / The Wall Street Journal [$] Despite playing mediator, Pakistan reportedly shielded Iranian airplanes from attackâan accusation it rejects. / CBS News, Al Jazeera
Virginiaâs Supreme Court has invalidated the redistricting voters approved last monthâmeaning to take the House, Democrats must now win the national popular vote by four points. / Talking Points Memo Most Americans would like to do away with the Electoral College, and a blue wave in November could finally
