A federal judge in Virginia blocked the Trump administration’s $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund May 29, halting all disbursements pending a June 12 hearing. Court filings also revealed a settlement addendum erased a potential $100 million federal tax liability for the president — a detail absent from the original DOJ announcement.
The Supreme Court issued four opinions May 29, throwing out a Mississippi death row conviction on racial jury discrimination grounds and tightening limits on sentence reductions for federal prisoners. The delivery-driver arbitration ruling was unanimous, with Gorsuch writing that workers on the final leg of an interstate shipment are covered even if they never cross a state line.
Vice President Vance addressed 931 Air Force Academy graduates in Colorado Springs May 28, disclosing details of a two-pilot rescue inside Iran and charging the class to keep humans — not machines — as the final decision-makers in warfare. He named four active overseas operations and cited a $1.5 trillion defense budget push.
Amazon’s space rocket exploded during a pre-launch engine test at Cape Canaveral the same night, destroying the company’s only launch pad. NASA had awarded Blue Origin a $188 million Moon Base contract the day before.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Fairfax County home was swatted May 27. Fairfax police confirmed the gunshot report was fictitious within minutes; no arrests have been announced.
The DNC released its 2024 election autopsy incomplete, disowned it publicly, and fired its author — all on the same day. The report found Harris entered the general election with no self-research on her own candidacy and lost voters earning $30,000–$100,000 by six points.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill embraced anti-ICE protesters outside Newark’s Delaney Hall detention facility on Friday. By Saturday night, officers were being assaulted, fires were burning in the streets, and Sherrill said protesters had engaged in “dangerous actions.”
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