The firings are underway. Trump dumped Pam Bondi soon after he fired Kristi Noem. Not a good time to be a woman in Trump’s Cabinet.
Hegseth fired the Army’s top general in the middle of a war. What kind of message does that send the troops massing in the Middle East?
Trump wants $1.5 trillion for his defense budget while saying (out loud) his administration cannot pay for daycare.
Meanwhile, the fired Army chief understood and was arguing for greater development of relatively inexpensive drone and anti-drone technologies in favor of the massive weapons packages favored by Hegseth’s war contractors.
Trumps frenetic posting behavior on his social media platform sets policy while Congress sits on the sidelines doing nothing.
Chaos at the top leads to stagnation everywhere else.
HEADLINES:
U.S. fighter jet shot down in Iran, search underway for crew (Axios)
Bondi Fired as Attorney General (NYT)
Hegseth forces out Army’s top general, two other senior officers (WP)
White House Seeks $1.5 Trillion for Defense in New Budget Request (NYT)
Trump’s grip on the Supreme Court seems to be slipping (Politico)
If Trump Was Trying to Intimidate the Supreme Court on Birthright Citizenship, It Backfired Miserably (Slate)
Europe didn’t want an Iran war, yet Trump is saddling it with the consequences (CNN)
Trump is conceding he can’t control the Strait of Hormuz as he calls on allies to seize it (CNBC)
Every Trump Threat to Abandon NATO Hollows It Out (NYT)
Iran vows ‘crushing, more destructive’ attacks on US and Israel after Trump threats (EuroNews)
If Trump ends the war with Iran without a deal, he risks leaving Tehran with a stranglehold over Middle East energy supplies and Gulf oil and gas producers grappling with the fallout of a conflict they did not start or shape. (Reuters)
Behind the Curtain: Jamie Dimon’s warning (Axios)
US Homeland Security shutdown to stretch on, despite Senate passing funding (Al Jazeera)
Immigrants seeking asylum are ordered to countries they’ve never been to, but end up stuck in limbo (AP)
‘Impossible for Chinese’: Yale scientist Zhang Kai leaves US to break racial ceiling (SCMP)
A deadly bacterial disease is returning, doctors warn, as vaccination rates fall (NBC)
A spokesperson could not be reached for comment (possibly because she doesn’t exist) (FT)
How a Sapling and a Viral Candy Made California the World’s Pistachio King (NYT)
Humans Have Been Playing With Dice for Longer Than We Thought (WSJ)
AI for American-Produced Cement and Concrete (Meta)
Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban New Data Centers (WSJ)
Young People Are Falling Behind, but Not Because of AI (Atlantic)
A.I. Companies Shatter Fund-Raising Records, as Boom Accelerates (NYT)
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