Here's the biggest piece of journalism I’ve worked on in years: An atlas to the Trump family’s moneymaking. It’s all here. And even though it (sometimes) gets overshadowed by politics, it's important and it's vast. And it’s a gift link! bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

I thought I was pretty well versed on all things pregnancy and abortion, but this news from Dr. Jennifer Lincoln | OBGYN truly shocked me: over 30 states have laws that override your advance directive if you’re pregnant.

"Trump’s New Penalty for Undocumented Immigrants: Billions of Dollars in Fines The financial penalties are part of an effort to get people to “self-deport.” I talked to Hamed Aleaziz about Trump admin's latest move, “yet another aspect of a multifaceted pressure campaign.”

NEW from me: #SkinnyTok influencer Liv Schmidt is making $100k a month from the Skinni Societe, a group of girls encouraging each other to starve themselves to lose weight. I joined the group and confirmed at least 15 members who are still in high school. Here’s what else I saw:

Scoop: Security for border czar Tom Homan costs more than $500,000 a month, multiple sources told CBS. Another source said the total — with ~$500k in salaries for agents plus airfare, hotel bills and other travel expenses — actually adds up to around $1 million per month.

i personally think people aren’t having kids because childcare costs $43k/year pretax and working while caring for an infant is very hard

Trump’s border czar earned consulting fees from immigrant detention firm, from ⁦Doug MacMillan⁩ and Aaron Schaffer washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

"A judge had justified the incarceration by declaring that there 'is not a get-out-of-jail-free card' for the rich. The pardon, however, indicated otherwise." nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/…

This isn’t just a suspension of new student visa interviews, it’s also all new interviews for exchange visitors. Many exchange visitors work at summer camps and other similar programs. This could have an immediate impact on many American businesses as well, not just higher ed.

Dozens of people were arrested under Florida's new immigration law — after a judge froze the measure, finding it likely unconstitutional. At least nine are in ICE custody. w/ Ashley Borja tampabay.com/investigations…

NEW: Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/

Seven of the cited sources in the MAHA report don’t appear to exist at all. “The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Keyes told NOTUS via email. New on NOTUS from Emily Kennard and Margaret Manto notus.org/health-science…

Major shakeups at ICE today: Head of ERO (which handles arrests and deportations) is retiring and Acting Director of HSI is being reassigned. Comes amid pressure for more deportations

DHS agents just denied me entry to the immigration court on Varick St. I identified myself as a member of the press and said I was there to observe. They still didn't let me in, saying I had "no business" there.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is in its final day, as nine students compete for the national victory, including two-time Georgia spelling bee champion Sarv Dharavane. wabe.org/georgia-fifth-…

I really think people need to pay attention to what's happening in Florida. One place to start: thebaffler.com/latest/force-m…

🚨In a move likely intended to cause public outrage, Sec. Rubio is proposing eliminating the refugee and migration division at the State Department and replacing it with an "Office of Remigration" — a term closely associated with the European far right and ethnic cleansing.

My latest for The World : Taiwan's birthrate is among the lowest in the world. Fewer babies means fewer kids going to school, and fewer still onwards to university. 15 colleges have closed here in the past decade as a result. theworld.org/stories/2025/0…

New hats @ the bookstore