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.

Trump Seeks Extensive Student Data in Pressure Campaign to Control Harvard  —  Harvard and the federal government are locked in a battle that boils down to turning over records on international students.  But Harvard says it is also about the First Amendment.

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 …

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 …

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:

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.) …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.”

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 …

DOGE appointee sparks turf battle at Interior: ‘Ignore the email from HR’  —  The Interior bureau that holds the key to Trump's fossil fuel agenda is riven by feuding between career staff and an emissary from Elon Musk's budget-cutting operation.  —  DOGE-driven staff cuts inside …

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 administration puts new limits on reporters at Pentagon  —  U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday issued orders that require journalists to have official escorts within much of the Pentagon building, the latest in a series of Trump administration restrictions placed on the press.