Trump's Fury at Harvard Gets More Deranged—and Exposes a Big MAGA Scam  —  President Donald Trump has mostly justified his lawless attempt to restrict international students from attending Harvard University by pretending it's designed to root out the antisemites, woke radicals …

Republican Crumbles When Pressed About Tax Bill at Heated Town Hall  —  Rep. Mike Flood admitted to angry constituents that he hadn't read Trump's “big, beautiful” reconciliation package before voting for it  —  Republican Rep. Mike Flood appeared before his constituents in Nebraska on Tuesday …

Back at SpaceX, Musk says in interview DOGE became D.C.'s ‘whipping boy’  —  Musk made his comments at an inflection point for SpaceX amid a string of failures of its Starship spacecraft in recent test flights.  —  STARBASE, Tex. — Elon Musk, returning to SpaceX on Tuesday for a test flight …

Scoop: Stephen Miller, Noem tell ICE to supercharge immigrant arrests  —  In a tense meeting last week, top Trump aide Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanded that immigration agents seek to arrest 3,000 people a day, according to two sources familiar with the meeting.

RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …

Wall Street Investors Mock Trump With A Brutal 4-Letter Code Word  —  Some investors are betting against Trump — and they've developed a tasty term for the move.  —  Wall Street investors have cooked up a new term for betting against President Donald Trump ― and some have used …

Exclusive: Putin, for Ukraine peace, wants a pledge to halt NATO enlargement, sources say  —  President Vladimir Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia …

US to ban foreign officials over ‘flagrant censorship’ on social media  —  The U.S. will impose visa bans on foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, and he suggested the new policy could target officials regulating U.S. tech companies.

Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath  —  Dario Amodei — CEO of Anthropic, one of the world's most powerful creators of artificial intelligence — has a blunt, scary warning for the U.S. government and all of us:  — AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs …

‘He Is Ohio’: DeWine Pitches an Alternative to Ramaswamy  —  Ex-Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel is mulling a challenge the Trump-endorsed entrepreneur in next year's governor's race.  —  CINCINNATI — The caper was great on paper.  —  Elon Musk, growing tired of Vivek Ramaswamy …

SpaceX Starship Loses Control on Test Flight 9 as Rocket Re-enters Earth  —  Much was riding on Flight 9 for Elon Musk's giant moon and Mars rocket after debris from January and March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting air travel.  —  The latest flight of SpaceX's Starship …

Trump administration sues North Carolina over its voter registration records  —  The Trump administration accused North Carolina's election board on Tuesday of violating federal law by failing to ensure voter registration records of some applicants contained identifying numbers.

Greg Abbott Issues a Grim Warning to Two Illegal Aliens Arrested Over Jet Skit Hit-and-Run  —  On Tuesday, reports broke that two illegal aliens were arrested for their alleged involvement in the death of Ava Moore, an 18-year-old Air Force cadet candidate who was killed in a jet ski hit-and-run on Sunday.

DOL pulls guidance discouraging crypto in 401(k)s  —  The Biden administration had required “extreme care” before adding a crypto to retirement plan options.  —  The Labor Department on Wednesday yanked Biden-era guidance that strongly discouraged employers against offering cryptocurrency in workers' 401(k) plan options.

Trump oversight picks include scandal-hit ex-lawmaker, antiabortion lawyer  —  Several nominees have clearly partisan backgrounds, including two with controversial histories and two with ties to the agency they would be investigating.  —  President Donald Trump's pick to investigate waste …

RFK Jr.'s War on Vaccines Is Here  —  Always another thing with these guys: … The administration may already be abusing the customs process to block entry to the country for conduct as innocuous as criticism of the president.  But we're sure this power won't be one they'll abuse.  Happy Wednesday.

Nancy Mace's Former Staff Claim She Had Them Create Burner Accounts to Promote Her  —  According to former staffers and a deposition, Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.

Senate Democrats Have Been Handed a Tool to Stop the Big Beautiful Bill  —  Thanks to a Republican vote to stop California from setting its own auto emissions, Democrats can challenge virtually any Trump administration action, and eat up time on the Senate floor.

Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era  —  In a show that recently opened at the LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in the East Village, a group of actors led by a young, ambitious, charmingly naïve director are almost finished rehearsing Chekhov's “The Seagull” …

Rubio's claim that it's ‘a lie’ that people have died from foreign-aid cuts  —  The secretary of state rejected convincing evidence documented in news reports and by disease modelers.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “No one has died because of USAID —”  —  Rep. Brad Sherman (D-California): “The people who have died ...”

Trump's pardons highlight Justice Department's pullback from public corruption cases  —  Former Virginia sheriff Scott Jenkins claimed he was being targeted because of his support for Donald Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — The government's evidence against Scott Jenkins was compelling …

Utah Lawmakers Flex Their Power Over Public Universities  —  In the past two years, the Republican-controlled Legislature has weakened tenure, restricted pride flags at universities, overhauled gen ed at one university and pushed institutions to reallocate funding.  Some faculty say their roles are being undermined.

Morning Digest: The top supreme court races to watch this cycle  —  State supreme courts wield vast power over our lives, making decisions that impact reproductive rights, the environment, criminal justice, voting rights, and so much more.  —  Yet even though a majority of states hold elections …