Extra, Extra

The Ban is Back: “President Trump is banning travelers from 12 countries and partially restricting travelers from seven others, starting on Monday, June 9, a measure he said was necessary for national security.” Here’s a look at what’s in the ban and which countries are affected. (The fact that this story is so much smaller than it was during Trump’s first term is a reflection of how much crazier everything else is.)

+ Tall Order: “That administration officials obeyed the instructions of the judge, Brian E. Murphy of the Federal District Court in Massachusetts, was a significant departure from the defiant stance that the White House has staked out in other immigration matters.” U.S. Brings Back Guatemalan Wrongly Deported to Mexico. Meanwhile, “a federal judge in Washington ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to take steps toward giving nearly 140 Venezuelan immigrants who were deported to El Salvador in March under a rarely invoked wartime law the due process that they had been denied.” (The question of the era: Will the administration follow court orders, and if not, then what?)

+ It’s All About the Bias: “The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a straight woman who claimed she faced bias in the workplace after she was passed over for positions that went to gay colleagues. The decision will make it easier for people who are White, male or not gay to prove bias claims.” (This one is not as controversial as it sounds. The ruling was 9-0.) Meanwhile, in another unanimous decision, the Court “blocked a lawsuit brought by Mexico that sought to hold American gunmakers accountable for playing a role in country’s struggle with drug cartels.”

+ Empathy Running on Empty: “Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of empathy, many don’t seem terribly bothered by the rancidness of their leaders. I confess that this indifference astonishes me. It might be the ugliest effect of Trump’s return—the rapid normalization of spectacular corruption, the desensitization to lawless power, the acceptance of moral collapse. Eventually it will coarsen us all.” Believe it or not, that’s not the most depressing part of this George Packer piece in The Atlantic (Gift Article): No One Can Offer Any Hope.

+ Xi Finally Called Him: Trump and Xi agree to new in-person meeting after phone call amid trade tensions.

+ To DEI For: “When President Donald Trump blamed diversity, equity, and inclusion programs for the deadly January crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, some aviation officials were appalled. Some were simply perplexed. But few officials inside the Federal Aviation Administration took the president’s remarks seriously.” That was then. The Trump Administration Is Spending $2 Million to Figure Out Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes.

+ The Mile High Hubbub: “Severe storms in southern Germany forced a Ryanair flight to make an emergency landing late Wednesday after violent turbulence injured nine people on board.” (I wonder if DEI is to blame for storms…)