NYTIMES (Willy Staley) - Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture.
From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.
NYTIMES (Andrew Higgins) - A Hidden Russian Hand in Hungary’s Election? Actually, It’s Quite Open.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has made hostility to Ukraine a centerpiece of his campaign. Moscow seems determined to repay the favor.
NYTIMES (Constant Méheut and Olha Konovalova) - Why Trees Are Key to Russia’s Spring Offensive in Ukraine
In the age of drone warfare, Russia is expected to exploit the return of vegetation to help conceal its troops.
NYTIMES (Katrina Miller) - NASA Families Don’t Go to the Moon, but They’re on the Mission, Too
For the families of the Artemis II astronauts, the mission “begins at assignment.”
NYTIMES (Alan Blinder and Kevin Serna) - Plunging International Student Enrollment Under Trump Squeezes Colleges
The Trump administration’s campaign to curtail international students is not just hitting the elite schools targeted by the government.
NYTIMES (Ernesto Londoño, Mitch Smith, Haley Willis and Robin Stein) - Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account
Prosecutors did not watch video of the nonfatal shooting until weeks after charging the wounded man, an official said.
NYTIMES (David E. Sanger) - Trump’s Lesson From Risky Rescue: Threaten to Go Harder at Iran
In an expletive-laced social media post, the president said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he would bomb bridges and power plants.
WASHINGTONPOST (Todd Wallack) - More states adopt college entrance exam touted by conservatives despite concerns
Military academies and colleges in North Carolina and Indiana will soon accept the Classic Learning Test, embraced by the Trump administration and mainly featuring Western texts.
WASHINGTONPOST (Adam Taylor) - Trump administration’s secrecy on health deals alarms experts, governments
A dearth of information has been disclosed about the agreements, fueling speculation that the “America First” approach to foreign aid is exploitative.