Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Cut Elon Musk's Government Contracts as Feud Escalates  —  The open acrimony between the two men comes after the billionaire denounced President Trump's signature domestic policy bill as an “abomination.”  —  Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times  —  Here's the latest.

Stephen Miller Erupts in Fury Over Low Arrests—and Hands Dems a Weapon  —  The potential deportation of people like Carol Hui, which has shocked locals in the Missouri town where she's lived for 20 years, has inspired a searching debate: What did people think they were voting for when they chose Donald Trump?

Medicare is a target as Senate GOP faces megabill math issues  —  Republicans have so far kept hands off the politically sensitive program.  But senators are now desperate to find additional spending cuts.  —  Senate Republicans are eyeing possible Medicare provisions to help offset the cost …

Scoop: Trump admired Ukraine's “badass” attack, but worries what's next  —  President Trump thought Ukraine's surprise drone attack over the weekend was “strong” and “badass,” sources who discussed it with him tell Axios, but he's also concerned it will make his ceasefire mission even harder.

Bidenworld goes scorched earth on Karine Jean-Pierre  —  Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Tuesday that she's written a book about a “broken” Biden White House and what she sees as the betrayal of the former president by the Democratic Party.

D.C.'s Reagan National Airport will close during Army's birthday bash  —  Military flyovers and fireworks on June 14, which coincides with Trump's birthday, are expected to disrupt commercial passenger flights.  —  Reagan National Airport is expected to halt takeoffs and landings …

Elon Musk is a Disgusting Abomination  —  On Tuesday, after Elon Musk blasted out the screed above, a friend texted me: “I guess the worm has turned.  Oh, wait, I guess that's RFK.”  Indeed.  We don't know exactly what set off this tweet and the series of whines that followed, but it may have been the ketamine talking.

Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention  —  Counter-terror chief was pulling up weeds just five years ago.

Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment, in a case from Ohio  —  A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn't get a job and then was demoted because she is straight.

Crypto's New Bailout Fund: Your Savings Account  —  After a flood of crypto industry campaign cash, the U.S. Senate is poised to pass a financial deregulation bill ensuring that when a bank goes out of business, the savings of cryptocurrency owners would be made whole before those of other bank customers.

Rubio sanctions international criminal court judges for ‘targeting’ US and Israel  —  US secretary of state cites ‘illegitimate actions’ of court that issued arrest warrants against Israeli officials  —  The United States is sanctioning four judges from the international criminal court …

George Clooney predicts what will happen to ‘Trumpism’ after Trump's term  —  CNN's Anderson Cooper interviewed actor George Clooney on the set of his Broadway play, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which is focused on Edward R. Murrow's famous battle with Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Trump critic David Jolly running for governor as Democrat  —  Former Florida Republican congressman and Trump critic David Jolly on Thursday officially launched his campaign for governor as a Democrat.  —  “Let's end the politics of division and return Florida to voters who simply want an economy …

How to become a right-wing star?  Harass people  —  Here is one version of the story: A Brown University student created a shoddy AI that labeled individual university administrative employees with terms like “DEI,” “antisemitism,” and “flunkie.”  He emailed all of the employees …