Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Reading archive 2025-06-02

In South Carolina, Wes Moore urges Democrats to be ‘impatient’ amid 2028 buzz: Moore, a potential 2028 presidential contender, told party leaders in this early primary state to mimic how quickly Trump implemented his agenda to score Democratic wins.

DOD employee tried to leak classified information, prosecutors say: Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 28, is accused of trying to trade secrets for German citizenship because of disagreements with the Trump administration. - "'It will not be easy for them, for example, to open a case on me without my knowledge since my permissions to see that would need to be changed and I’d notice,' he told the undercover FBI agent in one message quoted in the charging documents, boasting that he knew how to avoid the 'stupid mistakes' that had bedeviled other U.S. employees under investigation."

DOGE vowed to make government more ‘efficient’ — but it’s doing the opposite: New procedures and requirements — some implemented in the name of improving operations — are slowing down federal agencies.

Trump takes aim at the one climate solution Republicans love: The Energy Department announced Friday that it was terminating $3.7 billion in grants for carbon capture and other projects.

As Kamala Harris weighs a run for governor, some Democrats are moving on: Numerous California gubernatorial hopefuls spent the weekend courting state party delegates, while the former vice president’s political future seemed to be an afterthought.

The one thing liberals need to address before the June parade: Putting Biden’s head on a stake is not helpful.

Wall Street warns Trump aides the GOP tax bill could jolt bond markets: White House officials maintain bankers’ concerns are overstated and discount expected revenues from the president’s tariffs.

What we can learn from the senator who nearly died for democracy: The brutal caning of Sen. Charles Sumner in 1856 shows the difference between courage and concession.

Ukraine attacks Russian air bases in far-reaching drone strikes: Drones smuggled into Russia hit bases as far away as Siberia and the far east, destroying 41 aircraft that carry cruise missiles and detect enemy planes, said a Ukrainian official.

Ukraine just rewrote the rules of war: A drone attack damaged Russia’s bomber fleet — and exposed air base vulnerabilities worldwide. - "If the Ukrainians could sneak drones so close to major air bases in a police state such as Russia, what is to prevent the Chinese from doing the same with U.S. air bases? Or the Pakistanis with Indian air bases? Or the North Koreans with South Korean air bases?"

Shhh. Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of.: They’re not branding it an Obamacare repeal this time around, but congressional Republicans are pursuing cuts to programs that are part of the 15-year-old health-care law. - "Investigators who detect and root out that fraud — Medicaid fraud control units, the HHS inspector general and the DOJ — wouldn’t get any new funding under the GOP bill."

Houston, JD Vance has a problem: The vice president’s strange history of the U.S. space program is out of this world. - "The war’s end touched off a mad scramble by the United States and the Soviet Union to scoop up German and Austrian scientists, engineers and technicians, without being too picky about their Nazi connections."

Parents are discovering the secret to keeping kids off smartphones: Parents can defeat the smartphone epidemic. They can’t do it alone.

Crater Lake National Park superintendent resigns as staffing plunges: Kevin Heatley stepped down Friday as superintendent of Crater Lake National Park, as internal data shows a sharp decline in the National Park Service’s workforce.

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