NYTIMES (Melissa Kirsch) - High Lights
Our lives are governed by wondrous phenomena that we don’t often stop to consider.
WASHINGTONPOST (Erin Cox) - Democrats could actually retake the Senate. Here are the races to watch.
The map still favors Republicans, but Trump’s declining popularity --- particularly on the economy --- makes Democrats’ once long-shot bid to retake the Senate more feasible than ever before.
WASHINGTONPOST (Erin Cox, Emily Davies, Cat Zakrzewski) - Trump’s plan for $500 million Spirit Airline bailout draws GOP division
The president said this week that buying the bankrupt airline would save jobs but his administration is divided.
REDSTATE (Brad Essex) - THE ESSEX FILES: Gas Shortages Loom in California As Refineries Shut Down, Rules Bite
REDSTATE (Bob Hoge) - Zohran Mamdani's First Veto Shows You (Again) Exactly What Type of Guy He Is
NPR (Ximena Bustillo) - Justice Department makes it easier to deport those with DACA status
Three appellate immigration judges sided with Department of Homeland Security lawyers who appealed a decision from Immigration Judge Michael Pleters terminating removal proceedings for DACA recipient Catalina "Xóchitl" Santiago.
NYTIMES (Julia Jacobs and Matt Stevens) - The Long, Challenging Road to D4vd’s Arrest
Uncooperative witnesses drove prosecutors to convene an investigative grand jury after a teenage girl’s body was discovered in the trunk of the singer’s car.
NYTIMES (Steven Erlanger) - Europe Prepares for a Longer War in Ukraine, With No Strategy to End It
With American dealmakers wrapped up with Iran, neither Russia nor Ukraine has a clear path to victory — or toward a negotiated peace.
NYTIMES (Debra Kamin) - New Taxes Cooled London’s Housing Market. Could That Happen in New York?
Economists and real estate agents are calling London’s taxation of wealthy property owners a cautionary tale for New York, where leaders have endorsed a second-home tax.
NYTIMES (Stephanie Nolen and Arlette Bashizi) - AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance
A once-robust H.I.V. treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble.