Homeland Security Steps Up Enforcement in Minneapolis
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, posted a video showing an immigration arrest being made as part of the administration’s announced crackdown. Source: Original News
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Syria and Israel Revive Security Talks Mediated by the U.S.
The talks, in Paris, are the latest effort to reduce tensions between the two longstanding enemies. Source: Original News
Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?
Companies like Kairos Energy are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured. Source: Original News
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States
The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York. Source: Original News
Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland
In a CNN interview, the top Trump aide also echoed the president’s intent to run Venezuela as he laid out a case for the United States’ controlling weaker states by flexing its military might. Source: Original News
David R. Young, 89, Is Dead; Nixon Aide Helped Steer the ‘Plumbers’
He took part in White House machinations to stop leaks of classified information by overseeing an investigative unit that resorted to burglary. He then cooperated with Watergate investigators. Source: Original News
Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Trump’s Medical Research Cuts
The ruling on Monday upheld a lower court’s judgment in April that the Trump administration could not drastically slash funding from the National Institutes of Health. Source: Original News
Why Trump Refused to Back Venezuela’s Machado: Fears of Chaos, and Fraying Ties
U.S. intelligence suggested María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, would struggle to lead the government. But her relationship with Trump officials had been souring for months. Source: Original News
A.I. Images of Maduro Spread Rapidly, Despite Safeguards
Deepfakes of Venezuela’s ousted president, Nicolás Maduro, flooded the internet after his capture, in a new collision of breaking news and artificial intelligence. Source: Original News
Six Big Political Questions for 2026
A wildly important midterm year is off to a chaotic start, with a raid in Venezuela, an uneasy economy and more. Here’s what we’re curious about. Source: Original News