A disastrous Trump-Putin summit, the DC occupation and other news you might have missed

The news, in brief …

• Terence Stamp, General Zod and film icon, dead at 87

  Legendary British icon now remembered for Superman, Star Wars and a six-decade movie career. Read more.

• Black mayors challenge Trump’s lawless narrative

  Mayors in Chicago, LA and Baltimore stress data-driven programs over political rhetoric. Read more.

• Pope Leo XIV breaks bread with society’s margins

  A reminder that faith is lived through presence, not proclamations. Read more.

• Witkoff won’t rule out US “boots on the ground” in Ukraine

  The envoy didn't say "no" to the idea of direct American military involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more.

• Maher roasts ICE recruitment campaign: “Take America back from the people we stole it from”

  The "Real Time" lampooned the agency with a series of fake posters. Read more.

• Mom and child detained over visa error released from US facility

  Legal US resident and 6-year-old son detained for weeks after visa paperwork issue, now released from ICE custody. Read more.

• Cabin crew walk out as pay dispute halts Air Canada flights

  Air Canada flight attendants strike over pay, grounding hundreds of daily flights and affecting 130,000 travelers. Read more.

• Texas Democrats signal likely end of gerrymander battle

  "We are about to suffer the blunt force of Governor Abbott's weakness,” state lawmaker says. Read more.

Make me smarter …

Trump baked in Alaska: He grovels — worse yet, it’s bad TV

Trump gave Putin everything and got nothing back — but that's not why the media felt so betrayed. Read more.

Standing Room Only …

Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha seem very unhappy together in their public appearances. Usha looks miserable and talks about wanting to return to her career and home, while JD runs her down, uses her as a prop, and discusses marriage and parenthood like they’re requirements that must be endured. But what disturbs us the most is that his policy positions suggest that he wants Usha to subsume her South Asian identity to his family’s whiteness.

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Trump’s DC occupation scratches an old itch

He's running the Central Park Five playbook on a massive scale. Read more.

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