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HUFFPOST - ICE Agents Pepper Spray New Jersey Senator: ‘It’s A Sad Day’

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) visited Newark immigrant detention center Delaney Hall amid reports of hunger strikes and inhumane conditions inside.

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) visited Newark immigrant detention center Delaney Hall amid reports of hunger strikes and inhumane conditions inside.Open

NYTIMES (Shawn Hubler and Rebecca Fairley Raney) - Chemical Tank Cools, But 16,000 in Garden Grove Can’t Go Home Yet

The risk of an explosion or spill has fallen, the authorities said, but residents closest to the plant cannot yet return. Some have begun to ask who should be held accountable.

AXIOS (Courtenay Brown) - A tale of two consumer sentiment gauges

Data: The Conference Board ; Chart: Courtenay Brown/Axios Consumer confidence soured in early May, according to the Conference Board, though the reading shows a far less bleak economic mood than its peer survey from the University of Michigan, which plumbed new lows Friday. Why it matters: Directionally, the two surveys send the same signal: Consumers are downgrading their economic views as the war-driven energy shock weighs on household budgets. - But whether consumers feel worse about the economy now than at any other point in the past half-century depends on which survey you reference. Driving the news: The Conference Board's monthly consumer confidence index fell 0.7 percentage point in May, to 93.1. But it ticked down to a level…

Data: The Conference Board ; Chart: Courtenay Brown/Axios Consumer confidence soured in early May, according to the Conference Board, though the reading shows a far less bleak economic mood than its peer survey from the University of Michigan, which plumbed new lows Friday. Why it matters: Directionally, the two surveys send the same signal: Consumers are downgrading their economic views as the war-driven energy shock weighs on household budgets. - But whether consumers feel worse about the economy now than at any other point in the past half-century depends on which survey you reference. Driving the news: The Conference Board's monthly consumer confidence index fell 0.7 percentage point in May, to 93.1. But it ticked down to a level…Open

AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - Scoop: Trump appoints Bondi to White House AI panel

President Trump has appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to an advisory committee focused on AI policy, Axios has learned. Driving the news: Bondi, whom Trump ousted as AG last month, will be on the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). - The panel is chaired by former White House AI adviser David Sacks and White House science adviser Michael Kratsios. - It also includes more than a dozen tech executives, including Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. What we're hearing: Bondi will be charged with facilitating coordination between the government and the tech titans on the panel. What they're saying: "Pam has been an enormously valuable asset…

President Trump has appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to an advisory committee focused on AI policy, Axios has learned. Driving the news: Bondi, whom Trump ousted as AG last month, will be on the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). - The panel is chaired by former White House AI adviser David Sacks and White House science adviser Michael Kratsios. - It also includes more than a dozen tech executives, including Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. What we're hearing: Bondi will be charged with facilitating coordination between the government and the tech titans on the panel. What they're saying: "Pam has been an enormously valuable asset…Open