Trump Appoints Loyalist Bill Pulte as Acting Spy Chief  —  President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as the acting director of National Intelligence, elevating a loyalist with no national-security background to US spy chief.

“You're fucking crazy”: Trump fumes at Netanyahu in call on Lebanon  —  President Trump lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's escalation in Lebanon in an expletive-laden call on Monday, two U.S. officials and a third source briefed on the call told Axios.

A Congressman Was Suddenly Absent.  So We Looked.  And Looked.  —  Will the mystery of Tom Kean Jr., a New Jersey representative, finally be solved on Tuesday?  The reporters covering the story will have questions.  —  Representative Tom Kean Jr. has not been seen in public for nearly three months.

Woman held by ICE for 25 days, despite U.S. citizenship claim, gets a passport  —  Attorneys for Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales had presented a Maryland birth certificate and other documents as proof of her U.S. citizenship.  —  The Maryland woman arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents …

6/2/26☀️ AM: … President Donald Trump is suddenly taking losses from his own friends and allies, especially on Capitol Hill.  —  GOP lawmakers are bucking Trump on his White House ballroom, shelving plans to spend $1 billion to secure the new facility and other areas of the presidential compound.

60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley accuses Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ show  —  Pelley reportedly rebuked CBS ousting show's executive producer, executive editor and two top correspondents  —  Scott Pelley, a veteran 60 Minutes correspondent, called out CBS News management in a heated meeting …

Trump Rages Over Fresh Iran Humiliation as GOP Angst Grows: “Screwed”  —  Donald Trump is hitting many new difficulties.  On Monday, Iran abandoned talks with the U.S., angering Trump.  Speaking to CNBC, he raged that he “couldn't care less” if the negotiations die, threatened again to blow Iran …

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System  —  The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.  —  The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system …

Trump ally admits political risk of Iran war at campaign event … It's a stark acknowledgement for a representative who has positioned herself as a loyal ally of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, including on the ongoing war, and repeatedly voted against limiting the president's military powers.

Mystery Money Is Displacing Actual Campaigns in Democratic Primaries  —  Races in Montana, Iowa and Michigan are being shaped by outside groups.  — Copy  —  More than $2 million has been spent on ads this year in the Senate Democratic primary in Montana.

Durbin, Duckworth want Chicago's top federal prosecutor to resign over botched ‘Broadview Six’ case  —  The call from Illinois' Democratic senators comes nearly two weeks after the case against a group of Operation Midway Blitz protesters collapsed amid claims of misconduct by U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' office.

Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated  —  Employees admitted to 404 Media they had cheated to climb the leaderboard's ranks.  —  Amazon has shut down an internal company leaderboard which ranked employees based on how much they used AI tools at work.

The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI.  Now It's Coming for Protests  —  The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech.  —  A right-wing think tank responsible …

Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline  —  Doctors nationwide are encountering more children with whooping cough, bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as well as more adults refusing tetanus shots.  —  Doctors around the country say they are seeing more cases of serious …

Why young America is trending socialist  —  Democrats need to show they can deliver for a disaffected Gen Z  —  “When they go low, we go high,” is a Democratic mantra.  But it only works if people think liberals have the credibility to trumpet high morals.  Not enough of America does.

Iranian Endgames? … The Trump administration has bent over backward to negotiate an end to Iran's grand plans to develop nuclear weapons—before the June 2025 bombing, afterward, and again during the follow-up diplomacy of spring 2026.  —  Yet Iran is unlikely ever to abandon its pursuit of the bomb voluntarily.

Trump Megadonor Gave $5.5 Million Estate to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Anti-Vaccine Group  —  A Mellon heir transferred the adjacent Connecticut properties, covering about 300 acres, at no cost to Children's Health Defense last year.  —  Timothy Mellon, a reclusive banking heir …

America's Bipartisan Birthday Commission Is Losing to Trump  —  America 250 is facing a $100 million “shortfall.”  The Trump-created group Freedom 250 has received $80 million in taxpayer dollars.  — Copy  —  The Trump administration is withholding tens of millions in taxpayer funds …

The Heart of the American Left Is Picking Its Next Standard-Bearer … Yet when San Franciscans go to the polls Tuesday, they will be presented with a very different set of Democratic candidates — and who voters select will offer keen insights on the party and this city, perhaps the capital of American liberalism.

The Biggest Threat to JD Vance Is Spencer Pratt … There are only three real threats that could complicate Vice President JD Vance's path to the Republican nomination in 2028.  —  One would be a spectacular betrayal by President Donald Trump.  America's gossip-in-chief has played enough 2028 parlor games …

Trump taps housing finance director Pulte as acting director of national intelligence after Gabbard  —  The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting.  Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate …

Mamdani Is Under Pressure to Act Amid Slowing Job Growth in New York  —  As New York City faces slowing job growth and broader economic concerns, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not offered a detailed plan to create jobs.  —  When Mayor Zohran Mamdani's top economic development official testified …