NEW: Sirens Failed. FEMA Didn’t Show Up. Now Black St. Louis Recovers from Deadly Tornadoes Alone. Just weeks before, Trump slashed nearly $1B in disaster aid meant for Black and low-income neighborhoods. capitalbnews.org/st-louis-torna…

New: Tribal lender Minto Money has boosted the economy of its Alaska town. But some tribal members are appalled by the millions it's made off desperate borrowers -- much of which, lawsuits allege, has gone to outsider Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil. propub.li/4jiRE2f

ICE denied request for Mahmoud Khalil to hold his newborn baby, wife and ACLU say cbsn.ws/44NMhEx

Musk was on the Saudi/UAE/Qatar trip. Musk was at the Trump meeting today with the South African President in the Oval Office. Musk was also on Capitol Hill today to push the tax bill. He hasn’t gone anywhere. They’re trying to lower his profile due to his ratings

Boyle: We just verified with the congressional budget office and of 13.7 million Americans who will lose their health care because of their bill, exactly zero are undocumented immigrants

New: Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets. propub.li/436WIlo

The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people. interc.pt/3SP2sKs

DOGE tested and used Meta’s Llama 2 model to review and classify responses from federal workers to the infamous “Fork in the Road” email. wired.com/story/doge-use…

Reporter: How this is not the president using the office to enrich himself? Leavitt: All of the presidents assets are in a blind trust which is managed by his children..

Breaking: Federal government just filed to end Flores Settlement Agreement, a policy that has assured migrant children in federal custody are kept in safe conditions since the 90s. apnews.com/article/immigr…

tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found wired.com/story/new-rese…

🚨NEW: Two attendees of Trump’s crypto VIP reception and dinner last night shared that while the food was good, they were disappointed by the lack of meaningful interaction with the president. They had hoped for more access and perhaps even a Q&A session for the top wallet

Un pequeño texto de análisis sobre Sebastião Salgado, el grandísimo fotógrafo brasileño fallecido hoy elpais.com/cultura/2025-0…

Breaking News: Boeing reached a deal with the Justice Dept. that would spare the company from taking criminal responsibility for two deadly 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019. The deal was opposed by the families of those who died in the crashes. nyti.ms/3ZzY99F

BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added. apnews.com/article/israel…

Wow! Netanyahu is even losing Israel-can-do-no-wrong Germany. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says "the strikes in Gaza Strip can no longer be justified as a war against Hamas." ynetnews.com/article/22epqm…

Why isn't more of the media covering how incoherent and weird Trump's speeches are? (Very weird.) ow.ly/x8AU50VYwxq

Netanyahu lackey Ron Dermer threatened the United Kingdom and France that Israel may annex parts of the West Bank if they recognize a Palestinian state, Haaretz has learned haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Philadelphia’s progressive DA stood up to Trump, and to compromising Democrats. He just won his reelection primary by a 2–1 margin. thenation.com/article/politi…

We know that cars isolate people and tear at the social fabric. But cars also reinforce every possible social division and rift. Cars are the vehicles of social crisis.