President Trump plans an expensive military parade for his 79th birthday. / Washington City Paper Economic tensions with the United States' trading partners begin to escalate. / Semafor Tariffs may not make other countries respect the US, "but they can make them move on without it." / The Atlantic A
Trump often blames popular resistance to his policies as bad polling, but the size and scope of the Hands Off protests were far too large to be the product of faulty data. / Strength in Numbers The Israeli military walks back its account of killing 15 Palestinian medics after video contradicts
About 70 percent of adults in the United States say they are following news about the White House. / Pew Research The administration plans to build a new "war-fighting headquarters" in Japan to deter China. / NBC News President Trump says he is not joking about running for a
Canada's Prime Minister says the country's old relationship with the United States, "is over." / BBC News An alliance providing vaccines to poor communities says a loss of US funding would potentially cause a million-plus deaths. / The Associated Press Scientists are stunned that a
The European Union tells residents to stockpile 72 hours of food in readiness for war. / Politico The week's long read: A reasonably condensed version of one person's saga of escaping Iran for the United States. / Outliving Iran Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza protest against Hamas. / The
Russia agrees to a ceasefire in the Black Sea following talks in Saudi Arabia, then almost immediately demands new terms. / Semafor See also: President Donald Trump receives a new portrait from Vladimir Putin. / BBC News Consumer confidence in the United States falls to a four-year low. / Al Jazeera The
A Palestinian director of this year's Oscar-winning documentary is arrested by the Israeli army after masked settlers attack his house. / The Guardian In the fallout of a journalist being added to a Signal group discussing White House war plans, a lot of loathing for Europe is made
Turkey takes a step toward full autocracy after President Erdoğan jails his main political rival. / Politico The Turkish government says 1,133 people have been arrested after five days of protests across the country. / BBC News High-profile US officials are planning to visit Greenland this week, reviving concerns. / The
The Sudanese army says it has recaptured the presidential palace in Khartoum after nearly two years of fighting. / BBC News An explainer for how Germany's "fiscal flip" this week stunned Europe's diplomats. / Politico Unrelated: Photographs from Berlin's feminist noise-punk scene. / VICE
European leaders gather to find the money and rules needed to turn the bloc into a military superpower. / Politico Hungary passes a law banning any pride marches held by the LGBTQ+ community. / BBC News President Trump removes all democrats from the board of the Federal Trade Commission. / Vox Tesla protesters
