The Former Israeli Prime Minister explains how his view of the conflict in Gaza has shifted.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-ehud-olmert-thinks-his-country-is-committing-war-crimes
Government-backed institutions sometimes stand up more strongly to authoritarianism than their commercial counterparts.https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/can-public-media-survive-trump
The world’s richest man and its most powerful leader channel their inner middle schooler in a breakup for the ages.https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-musk-trump-divorce-is-as-messy-as-you-thought-it-would-be
China views its rare earths as a national security issue, not a trade one, and that’s why Beijing is unlikely to loosen controls any time soon, experts say.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/06/china-rare-earths-trump-xi-call/
The Russian attacks come after President Donald Trump likened the two sides to children on a playground who needed “to fight for a while.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/06/ukraine-russia-trump-retaliation-strikes/
Beijing expanded its state propaganda, including to the persecuted Tibetan and Uyghur minorities, as RFA pulled back.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/06/trump-radio-free-asia-cuts-china-propaganda/
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke recently of “double standards” in international politics. Germany’s Friedrich Merz questioned Israel’s military goals in Gaza.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/06/israel-gaza-aid-macron-merz-europe/
He was 8 years old, with no acting experience, when director Vittorio De Sica cast him in the 1948 film that epitomized Italian neorealism.https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/06/05/enzo-staiola-bicycle-thief-dead/
The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025/06/05/medieval-murder-map-study-violence/
The sudden fallout ended a nearly yearlong partnership, during which Mr. Musk helped propel Mr. Trump to the White House and became one of the president’s top advisers.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/us/politics/trump-musk-policy-bill.html
The falling-out between Elon Musk and President Trump went into overdrive on Thursday. Both men have powerful ways to keep it going.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/us/politics/musk-trump-attacks-feud.html
Plus, a Friday news quiz.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/podcasts/the-headlines/trump-musk-fight.html
The legislation that Republicans are trying to push through Congress could swell the very fiscal imbalance that party leaders have promised to tame for years.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/business/deficit-trump-tax-legislation.html
Policymakers and business owners are navigating a highly uncertain moment for the economy, wary of overreacting but watchful of a meaningful downturn.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/business/economy/trump-tariffs-economy-uncertainty.html
The drastic, sudden pullback in federal dollars is collapsing opportunities for many who’ve spent years in public service.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/us/politics/federal-workers-job-market.html
The attack on Friday, which killed at least four people in the capital, came two days after Russia vowed retaliation for an audacious Ukrainian drone assault.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/world/europe/russia-missile-attack-ukraine-kyiv.html
Expect wins for the musicals “Maybe Happy Ending” and “Sunset Boulevard,” but the races for best play and leading actress in a musical are too close to call.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/theater/tony-awards-predictions-2025.html
The same federal judge also extended her block on another attempt by the administration to stop the university from issuing student visas.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/us/harvard-response-trump-international-students.html
The Trump administration has eviscerated the expert class that generated alternative views in its best moments, and engaged in groupthink at its worst.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/us/politics/experts-trump-doge-cuts.html
Danger and desperation are clear in imagery near the aid sites. Dozens of Palestinians were killed in at least two instances after Israeli troops opened fire near the sites.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/world/middleeast/gaza-aid-site-shooting.html