A story you'll need to read to believe: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on the Houthis in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

In ways that proved prescient, Pope Francis was quick to grasp the risks posed by climate change. But his tenure showed humanity’s limits in confronting the peril. My piece on the legacy of the “climate pope.” wapo.st/42paJdW

I wrote so many stories about abuse in the Catholic Church during the pontificate of Francis. And this is something of an epilogue: The next pope will inherit a crisis that is changing — but decidedly not over. wapo.st/42tYcpD

Huge ongoing power outage in Spain and Portugal with no explanation yet given. It’s halted trains, stopped the Madrid Open tennis match, forced hospitals on to back-up generators, and brought transactions to a stand-still (because machines can’t process credit card payments).

A pope from Chicago! Cardinal Robert Prevost. Pope Leo XIV.

There is some conflicting reporting on whether new Pope Leo XIV is a Cubs or White Sox fan. Well, I just spoke with Augustinian friar Joseph Farrell. Last night, Farrell texted to ask. Pope Leo XIV responded — less than 4 hrs after being elected — with one word: “Sox.”

How Pope Leo XIV became the conclave’s stealth candidate washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/…

Leo XIV’s rise to the papacy occurred with astonishing speed. Just 2.5 years ago, he was one of the world’s 5,400 bishops — a job with local prominence, but no global visibility. And his diocese wasn't even particularly prominent: a mid-sized city on the coastal of Peru. 🧵

There are no cheap shots in this Adam Kilgore story, which makes it all the more devastating to see Bill Belichick debase himself at a Maine beauty pageant at the Holiday Inn. wapo.st/4jMpDRv

Perhaps fitting for an American pope, Leo XIV just autographed a baseball.

After a wave of staff firings and retirements since Trump took office, the National Weather Service is more vulnerable. "For most of the last half century NWS has been a 24/7 operation — not anymore thanks to Elon Musk" insightful story by Scott Dance wapo.st/3S2tGNB

Valencia’s flood was a catastrophe. Was it also a crime? A powerful piece by ⁦Chico Harlan⁩ and ⁦M Robinson Chavez⁩ about the push for accountability after government officials failed to warn citizens in time to evacuate. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

The heat wave in the Mediterranean Sea is currently one of the largest marine anomalies on the planet. Above-average heat and humidity looks relentless across south-central Europe in the weeks ahead, which will reinforce this warm ocean blob.

Brutal heat waves are extending further into the "shoulder months" of June and Sept., this important story from Ben Noll & Chico Harlan shows. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

In today's The Washington Post: The Mediterranean Sea is experiencing a record-smashing heat wave. Chico Harlan and I explore the data behind and potential consequences of the biggest marine anomaly on the planet right now. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4ezTtHk