Tom Robbins, a legendary NYC reporter, has passed away. It was an honor to work with and learn from him. During his first week THE CITY he gave me a copy of a heavily-marked Fanon book he had kept from the 70s. A truly generous and committed colleague. thecity.nyc/2025/05/28/rem…

Several US automakers are considering moving some auto parts manufacturing to China to get around China’s export controls on rare earth magnets, according to The Wall Street Journal. To state the obvious, this is exactly the opposite of what Trump’s tariffs were aiming to do. WSJ: Automakers Race

NEW: Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls on DOJ to investigate UnitedHealth’s campaign to reduce hospital transfers for nursing home seniors. Sen Ron Wyden launches his own investigation into the healthcare giant: theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

“Federal agents make warrantless arrests. Masked agents take people into custody without identifying themselves. Plainclothes agents in at least a dozen cities have arrested migrants who showed up to their court hearings.” wsj.com/us-news/protes…

NEW: Zohran Kwame Mamdani is up 4 points over Andrew Cuomo in a Public Policy Polling survey of 573 likely Dem primary voters conducted last week by landline and text. The poll is not ranked-choice. No other candidate comes close. By Nick Reisman & Joe Anuta: politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

NEW: A US defense official says this attack, which Israel says will continue over multiple days, will provoke a significant Iranian response that the Israelis will then ask the United States to help counter despite the fact that it just blew up the delicate US diplomatic talks

Two Israeli officials told Axios that Trump and his aides were only pretending to oppose an Israeli attack in public — and didn't express opposition in private. “We had a clear U.S. green light,” one said. The goal, they say, was to convince Iran that no attack was imminent.

This feels unprecedented. Iranian MP Hossein-Ali Shahriari went on state TV this morning and is publicly imploring Khamenei to change Iran's nuclear doctrine and build a nuclear weapon.

NEWS: Iranian sources say Gen. Ismail Ghaani, the Quds Forces commander, in charge of proxies in the region has been killed. The senior chain of command has collapsed.

It is nearing sunset and there are still new Israeli attacks happening in Tehran.

More than 40 percent of New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo’s top endorsements by elected officials have come from people who publicly condemned him four years ago, a POLITICO review found. politico.com/news/2025/06/1…