Fetterman Says His Openness on Mental Health Issues Is 'Weaponized"  —  The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been “weaponized” against him, prompting him to start showing up for votes and hearings he considers useless.

Why Trump's triple-down on attacking Harvard is meeting trouble in court  —  Courts that review this action don't even have to get to the deeper constitutional questions.  —  The Trump administration already faces strong legal challenges to its attempts to freeze billions in grants to Harvard University …

GOP Congressman Says Trump's Tax Bill Doesn't Cut Any Medicaid, Food Benefits  —  Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) said Democrats are “lying” about the sweeping GOP plan to cut $1 trillion from federal health and food programs.  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) …

The Week That Derailed Joe Biden's Post-Presidency  —  A fight against cancer and a struggle to amass an inheritance for his family are setting up a somber final chapter  —  When Joe Biden left office in January, he sought to follow the template set by his predecessors for a post-presidency …

Since George Floyd's Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling  —  The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of Mr. Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020.  —  After a police officer killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street corner in 2020 …

Immigrant arrests at courthouses signal new tactic in Trump's deportation push  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been instructed to arrest people immediately after a judge has ordered them to be deported or after prosecutors move to drop their cases.

Death of a Master Manipulator  —  Michael Ledeen, the controversial national security journalist, scholar and schemer who died at age 83 on May 17 from complications following a stroke, played a significant covert role leading up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, as well as other productions of false intelligence for political ends.

Joe Biden winning the 2020 nomination was probably suboptimal, but it was not an elite conspiracy  —  As part of his endless promotional tour, Jake Tapper repeats the very commonly repeated fiction that Joe Biden was imposed on an unwilling party by a backdoor elite conspiracy:

Alabama worker says ICE dragged him from job despite being US citizen: ‘Color of our skin has become a crime’  —  A construction worker in south Alabama says he was forcibly detained Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who claimed his proof of U.S. citizenship was fake.

Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants  —  The agency plans to argue that carbon emissions from power plants do not contribute “significantly” to climate change.  Scientists disagree.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate …

Trump at West Point graduation lauds “Golden Age” as anti-DEI and pro-defense  —  President Trump gave the commencement address for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday, in his speech refusing to cut the $1 trillion military budget and praising who he called the “first West Point graduates of the Golden Age.”

Restoring Gold Standard Science  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Policy and Purpose.

Runway lights not working before fatal San Diego plane crash, NTSB says  —  Everyone on board, including music executive Dave Shapiro, was killed when the private plane crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, setting homes and cars alight.  —  The pilot of a small private plane that crashed …

Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling  —  The Justice Department has drastically scaled back its support for anti-crime initiatives across the country, leaving law enforcement agencies and private groups scrambling to try to replace the money.

Why Making an iPhone in the U.S. Would Be So Difficult  —  Apple has resisted pressure to make its most important product in the United States since 2016, and instead has moved some production to India.  —  President Trump went on the offensive against Apple on Friday …

Michael Anton Was a Menswear Writer — And He Hated Trump's Fashion  —  A dive into the weird world of StyleForum reveals the secrets of “conservative business dress.”  —  The ouster of Mike Waltz as national security adviser — or his “promotion” to being nominated for a UN ambassadorship …

Trump Is Immensely Vulnerable  —  How can Americans best defend their democracy from their president?  —  In my last column, I recounted three lessons from other countries where popular movements have made headway challenging authoritarian rulers.  Critics of President Trump have frankly …

Judge Orders Trump Officials to Seek Return of Guatemalan Man to U.S.  —  Judge Brian Murphy criticized the government for errors in the case and said the man, who feared persecution if he was deported, was likely to show “his removal lacked any semblance of due process.”

Pivoting From Tax Cuts to Tariffs, Trump Ignores Economic Warning Signs … President Trump has ignored repeated warnings that his agenda could worsen the debt, harm the poor and contribute far less growth than the White House contends.Eric Lee/The New York Times

Who Won a Seat at Trump's Crypto Dinner?  —  The New York Times reviewed a guest list and social media posts to identify who was invited to President Trump's private event for customers of his cryptocurrency business on Thursday and a White House tour on Friday.  Here are some of them.

The Biden ads that never ran  —  A buzzy book about Biden's decision to run for reelection reported footage from a staged town hall was “wasn't usable.”  POLITICO has obtained the ads at the center of the story.  —  After a blitzkrieg of a book rollout that saw Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's …