Thursday Mix

HEADLINES:

• C.D.C. Director Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign (NYT)

• Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation (BBC)

• Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak (AP)

• National Guard called in to deal with ‘crime emergency’ in DC are now picking up trash outside the White House (Independent)

• D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge (DC)

• Judge blocks administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia until at least October (ABC)

• Immigration advocates alarmed over detention of Daca recipient: ‘No legal basis’ (Guardian)

• DHS moves to bar aid groups from serving undocumented immigrants (WP)

• US deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide the planes, advocates say (AP)

• How to End Gerrymandering (Slate)

• Trump imposes 50% tariff on India as punishment for buying Russian oil (Guardian)

• Trump’s Coercion Is Not the Way to Deal With India (Foreign Policy)

• Flag burning has a long history in the U.S. — and legal protections from the Supreme Court (NPR)

• Top Florida official says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will likely be empty within days, email shows (AP)

• The US Is Unprepared for the Next War (Military.com)

• FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter (WP)

• UN official says 'all hope is gone' if Israeli offensive on famine-stricken Gaza City goes ahead (AP)

  Protesters occupy Microsoft office as company reviews its work with Israel's military (NPR)

• At least 2 children killed and 17 people injured in shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school Mass (CNN)

• Young people can't find jobs. What should they do? (BBC)

• Simple chemistry helps explain the origin of life, new study suggests (WP)

• The A.I. Spending Frenzy Is Propping Up the Real Economy, Too (NYT)

• AI’s Big Leaps Are Slowing. That Could Be a Good Thing. (WSJ)

• We tested which AI gave the best answers without making stuff up. One beat ChatGPT. (WP)

• “The discoloration on the president’s hand is superficial and no cause for worry—in fact, it is probably one of his healthiest anatomical regions,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (The Onion)