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 …

Trump Says He Didn't ‘Chicken Out’ on Tariffs  —  President Trump rejected claims that he is backing down on tariffs in Oval Office comments Wednesday, when asked about a new saying from Wall Street analysts that “Trump always chickens out” after imposing high duties.

Trump says he will ‘take a look’ at possible pardons for men convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer  —  Whitmer, who met with Trump multiple times this year, once placed some of the blame for the plot on Trump's rhetoric.  —  President Donald Trump said he would look …

Trump Says He Will Nominate His Former Defense Lawyer to Appeals Court  —  Emil Bove, a former federal prosecutor, has been working as the president's enforcer at the Justice Department  —  President Trump on Wednesday said he would nominate Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official …

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 …

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.

A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump.  Then Carol Was Detained.  —  For 20 years, Carol Hui has served waffles, raised her children and embraced the small town of Kennett, Mo. Her detention and pending deportation to Hong Kong has hit the community hard.

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan charged with rape in the UK  —  Bedfordshire Police issued an international arrest warrant for the brothers over allegations, which they “unequivocally deny”, said to have occurred between 2012 and 2015.  —  Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate …

Judge Says Government Should Release Russian Scientist  —  The judge ordered ICE to release Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, who also faces criminal charges.  —  A federal judge on Wednesday said she would grant bail to Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed …

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 …

Why Musk is so important  —  WHY MUSK IS SO IMPORTANT.  Elon Musk's giant Starship spacecraft went out of control, tumbled, and broke apart several minutes into a test flight Tuesday night.  It was the latest in a series of unsuccessful-but-still-instructive tests of Musk's hugely ambitious rocket program …

Immigration courts are dismissing cases of those sent to El Salvador, potentially cutting off their return  —  An immigration judge in San Diego dismissed the asylum claim of a gay makeup artist from Venezuela — one of at least 14 such dismissals to take place in recent weeks.

HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics  —  The decision will be seen as a significant blow to pandemic preparedness  —  The Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop …

Trump asking Congress to help with $9.4 billion in DOGE cuts  —  The White House is planning to send a $9.4 billion rescissions package to Congress next Tuesday, giving lawmakers the opportunity to codify some of the potential cuts identified by DOGE, according to an administration official.

Turnout didn't cost Kamala Harris the election  —  Two quick announcements.  The World Series of Poker began yesterday and continues through mid-July; I'll be there beginning the week of June 9.  Although I'm not going to send out a separate email about it, I've revised and improved the guide to the WSOP that I wrote last year.

Paramount Has Offered $15 Million to Settle CBS Lawsuit.  Trump Wants More.  —  President's team threatened another lawsuit amid settlement talks  —  A month into negotiations between Paramount Global and President Trump to settle his lawsuit against CBS News, the parties remain far apart on terms.

Trump Has Commuted Larry Hoover's Sentence  —  The president, on a pardon spree, shortened the infamous former gang leader's sentence after years of advocates pressing for his release.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, the infamous former gang leader …

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.

Grading for Equity coming to San Francisco high schools this fall  —  District materials highlight a decrease in A grades for ‘more privileged’ students.  —  Without seeking approval of the San Francisco Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools Maria Su plans to unveil a new Grading …

Part One: DNC Vice Chair David Hogg Reveals Jill Biden's Chief of Staff Ran the Biden White House  —  Key Quotes - David Hogg, Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee  — “Jill Biden's Chief of Staff [Anthony Bernal] had an enormous amount of power.”  — “The bigger issue was the inner circle that was around Biden.”

The Allure (and Complications) of Trump's ‘Golden Shares’  —  The White House would like some control of U.S. Steel if it approves its sale to Nippon Steel.  Such deals could alter foreign investment in the United States.  —  The White House's new board seats

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” …

The Trump Presidency's World-Historical Heist … During his first presidency, Donald Trump collected millions of dollars of other people's money.  He charged the taxpayer nearly $2 million to protect him during the hundreds of times he visited his own properties.

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 …

Trump administration axes Biden-era barrier for crypto in 401(k) plans … The Trump administration on Wednesday relaxed barriers in 401(k) plans to buying cryptocurrency and related digital assets like NFTs and meme coins.  —  The Labor Department rescinded guidance put in place …

Vietnam vets' annual ceremony relocated from D.C. due to Army parade  —  For more than three decades, it has been held by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial for those who served in the war and later died.  Not this year.  —  Janet Zamora never had the chance to visit D.C. with her husband.

Hegseth cracks down on Pentagon use of IT consulting contracts  —  The Pentagon is cracking down on IT consulting and management services contracts as it seeks to reduce reliance on outside firms and increase its in-house capabilities.  —  In a May 27 memo, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …