POLITICSG.O.P. Revives Immigration Bill, Weighing Ban on Trump’s FundSeveral Republicans suggested they would insist on adding a measure to bar the president from creating a fund to pay people who claim to be victims of government persecution.NY Times·June 3, 2026
POLITICSReal Madrid will bring Mourinho back if Perez is re-electedReal Madrid president Florentino Perez says he will bring Jose Mourinho back as manager if he wins Sunday's election.Al Jazeera·June 3, 2026
POLITICSWho is Adam Hamawy? Doctor who served in Gaza is on the path to US CongressHamawy's victory in New Jersey likely to make him a rare US Congress member with firsthand experience in besieged Gaza.Al Jazeera·June 3, 2026
POLITICSHouse passes war powers resolution directing Trump to end hostilities with IranThe vote marked a rare bipartisan rebuke of the war, but is mostly symbolic. Democrats have been unable to pass a war powers resolution in the Senate, and even if they could it would likely be vetoed.NPR·June 3, 2026
POLITICSSenate Republicans start debate on ICE funding packageThe Senate voted along party lines to start debate on a Republican bill to fund immigration enforcement through the end of President Trump's term.NPR·June 3, 2026
POLITICSMI5 warns Chinese spies are using job websites to target government staffUndercover agents are posing as fake job recruiters to try and identify useful targets, MI5 warns.BBC News·June 3, 2026
POLITICSPark Service Awards No-Bid Contract to Cover Bridge Statues in GoldOriginally estimated to cost $2.4 million, the government will now spend $5 million to restore the bronzes in time for Independence Day.NY Times·June 3, 2026
POLITICSDefense tech is flooded with money, but who’s built to last?Defense tech is red hot right now. Anduril and Mach Industries just doubled and quadrupled their valuations, respectively, and the U.S. government is proposing a 40% increase in defense budget. A wave of new startups is chasing those government TechCrunch·June 3, 2026
POLITICSTrump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workersPresident Trump signed an executive order that puts some 8,000 high-ranking civil servants into a new category of employees who can be fired for any reason.NPR·June 3, 2026
POLITICSTrump confirms calling Netanyahu 'crazy,' says they still get alongThe president also acknowledged that he cursed at the Israeli leader in a heated phone call in which he told Benjamin Netanyahu not to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut.NPR·June 3, 2026
POLITICSGOP Sen. Tillis slams Trump intelligence pick Pulte: 'Don't think he has a prayer'Pulte is widely viewed as a Trump loyalist who has targeted the president's political foes during his tenure leading the housing regulatory agency.CNBC·June 3, 2026
POLITICSHilton, Becerra lead in tight primary race for California governor; Bass ahead in LA mayoral raceRepublican television commentator Steve Hilton and Democratic former cabinet secretary Xavier Becerra took the early lead in the open primary race for governor.CNBC·June 3, 2026