Monday, June 2, 2025

Reading archive 2025-05-30

Trump fires director of the National Portrait Gallery: It was unclear if Trump can dismiss Smithsonian leaders. The termination of Kim Sajet marks the president’s first action against an institution he has vowed to purge of “anti-American ideology.”

Why D.C. should brace for a brutally hot and humid summer: This summer in Washington D.C. could be on par with some of the hottest on record.

The bully gets punched in the nose: More and more Americans are summoning the courage to fight back against President Donald Trump. - "What remains is the wreckage: a loss of faith in U.S. credit, reflected in what the Brits are calling a “moron premium” that the markets are imposing on Trump, which is pushing up bond yields and interest rates; a generation of talent departing the federal government; a loss of goodwill among foreign partners that would take years to rebuild, if it can be rebuilt at all; and the devastation of the scientific research at American universities that has long powered the American economy."

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