‘Russian bombers are burning en masse’ — Ukraine's SBU drones hit ‘more than 40’ aircraft in mass attack, source says  —  Editor's note: This is a breaking story and is being updated.  —  An operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) using first-person-view (FPV) drones smuggled deep inside Russian …

Trump Spreads Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Biden Was Executed and Replaced by a Robot Clone  —  “Democrats don't know the difference,” claimed a Truth Social post that the president shared  —  Donald Trump reposted a baseless conspiracy theory claiming Joe Biden was “executed in 2020” and replaced with a robot clone.

Unease at F.B.I. Intensifies as Patel Ousts Top Officials … The F.B.I. headquarters in Washington.Erin Schaff/The New York Times  —  Before being confirmed as the director of the F.B.I., Kash Patel made clear his intent to remake it in his own image, reflecting a larger desire by the White House to bend the agency to its will.

Are International Students Good for American Universities?  —  Several years ago, a colleague teaching at Miami University, a large state school in Ohio, kindly invited me to give a talk there.  After picking me up at the airport, he suggested that we have lunch at a Sichuan restaurant near campus.

Immigration Research Shows Stephen Miller Wrong About American Science  —  Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization.  —  SaveComment  —  Stephen Miller, the chief architect of the Trump administration's immigration policy, said recently that American scientific achievement owes little to immigrants.

Johnson says 4.8 million Americans won't lose Medicaid access ‘unless they choose to do so’  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his claim that there won't be Medicaid cuts in President Trump's “big, beautiful bill,” despite projections that millions of low-income individuals …

How to Dismantle a Democracy, One Job Posting at a Time  —  OPM's new hiring memo imports the authoritarian playbook—quietly, bureaucratically, and by design.  —  The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently unveiled a “Merit Hiring Plan” that, despite its name, signals a profound departure …

CNN Poll: A record share of Americans want the government to get more done.  Few trust either party to do it  —  Neither the Republican nor the Democratic Party has consolidated a majority of the public behind its approach, with more than 4 in 10 saying that neither party can get things done …

Federal agent's tattoo stokes fear  —  ICE denies connections between the officer and white supremacy.  —  A federal immigration enforcer's tattoo that matches the description of a symbol used by white supremacists has caused some Vineyarders to sound alarm bells.

Immigrants Rebuilt a Pennsylvania Town — Then Became Targets  —  Haitians in Charleroi filled pews and revived stores.  Now they face deportation and backlash.  —  Larry Celaschi summons me to look at his cell phone, which displays a photo of a truck.  The picture, which someone shared with Celaschi …

F.D.A. Updates Recall of Tomatoes, Warning of a High Risk of Illness or Death  —  The recall of tomatoes distributed in three southern states was upgraded to the most severe warning the agency issues.  —  The Food and Drug Administration has updated an ongoing recall of tomatoes distributed …

Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents  —  Captured on video, the episode occurred in the congressman's Manhattan office, shortly after the aide observed agents detaining immigrants outside a courtroom.  —  Federal officers entered Representative Jerry Nadler's office …

Will America's National Parks Survive Trump?  —  Like a cinnamon river overflowing its banks, thousands of elk have been making their way across Jackson Hole, Wyo., to their summer range below the high, jagged peaks of Grand Teton National Park.  —  This is one of the world's most spectacular migrations …

Joni Ernst posts sarcastic apology video following comments that ‘we all are going to die’  — Sen. Joni Ernst's response to a constituent's concern about Medicaid cuts, “we all are going to die,” sparked controversy.  — Ernst now has posted an apology video on Instagram …

Gabbard Wants Fox Hosts to Feed Trump Top Secret Intel: 'Doesn't Read'  —  BURN AFTER WATCHING  —  Because the president is “on broadcast all the time,” the director of national security plans to revamp his daily intelligence briefings.  —  Director of National Security Tulsi Gabbard wants …

Senate rankings: The 5 seats most likely to flip  —  The 2026 midterm cycle is already bustling with activity as Senate Republicans gear up to defend their majority and Democrats try to reverse course from a difficult few years and chart a path forward.  —  The fields are starting to take shape …

Elon Musk's Reign of Terror Is Only Just Beginning … Here's what purports to be the big story out of the White House today: “Elon's really not leaving.  He's gonna be back and forth.”  It's tempting to treat that statement, which was made by President Donald Trump at a press conference intended …

RFK Jr. May Have Just Ruined Our Best Weapon Against Bird Flu  —  IMAGINE BEING HANDED the ultimate weapon to win a future war and throwing that weapon away.  —  That's a fair description of what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did last week when he canceled a $766 million government contract to develop a new bird flu vaccine.1

Dollar's correlation with Treasury yields breaks down  —  Investors' concerns about US policymaking and Fed independence weigh on greenback and bonds  —  Simply sign up to the US economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.  —  The close relationship between US government bond yields …

May 31, 2025  —  “I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition,” Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine told her colleagues on June 1, 1950.  “It is a national feeling of fear and frustration that could result in national suicide and the end of everything …

Trump sparks Europe's ‘new Enlightenment’  —  The EU aims to grab a rare chance generated by the White House's repression of U.S. higher education.  —  By ELENA GIORDANO  —  Illustration by Natália Delgado /POLITICO  —  Donald Trump's war on some of America's most iconic colleges …

Early adoption of AI will boost US growth  —  Artificial intelligence may buoy stocks even as it destroys jobs  —  Simply sign up to the US economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.  —  Business deployment of artificial intelligence has reached a tipping point.

Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern on projecting “A Different Kind of Power”  —  These days, at her local coffee shop near Boston, Jacinda Ardern can be just another customer.  “I don't put my name on the order; it's too complicated!” she laughed.  —  I asked, “When you order coffee here, do people start talking politics with you?”

'Of Course I'm Going to Testify': Mike Lindell's Defamation Trial Is Going to Be Wild  —  The MAGA MyPillow owner tells Rolling Stone he's taking the stand as he continues to battle litigation over his 2020 election lies  —  Is it a good idea — or a great idea?  —  “I'm going to testify!”

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