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Overnight News Digest June 3, 2025 [1]
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Date: 2025-06-03
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The New York Times: Elon Musk Calls Trump Policy Bill a ‘Disgusting Abomination’ by Kate Conger, Michael Gold, and Jonathan Swan
Elon Musk lashed out on Tuesday against the far-reaching Republican bill intended to enact President Trump’s domestic policy agenda, posting on X that it was a “disgusting abomination” and telling House members who voted for it: “You know you did wrong.” The tech billionaire criticized the bill, one of Mr. Trump’s top priorities, in a series of about 10 posts. In them, Mr. Musk reshared commentary from lawmakers like Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of Utah, two Republicans who had sided with him in opposing the rising U.S. deficit. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Mr. Musk wrote on X. He called the domestic policy bill “massive, outrageous, pork-filled,” adding that it would “massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit” and that “Congress is making America bankrupt.” He did not target any specific members of Congress, but hinted that he might support efforts to unseat those who backed the bill in the 2026 midterm elections. “In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people,” he wrote.
NBC News: White House asks Congress to codify DOGE cuts to USAID and public broadcasting by Ryan Nobles, Frank Thorp V, and Sahil Kapur
The White House sent congressional leaders a request Tuesday to claw back $9.4 billion in approved spending, most of it for foreign aid. The so-called rescissions package would slash funding to the U.S. Agency for International Development, NPR and PBS, and it would aim to codify cuts proposed by Department of Government Efficiency, the advisory entity that was helmed by President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk until he left his post last week. The package would require simple majority support in the House and the Senate, meaning Republicans could bypass Democrats to pass it. The package includes $8.3 billion in cuts to foreign aid, including a number of programs designed to support LGBTQ communities. There are also cuts to education and transportation programs, reproductive health and funding for the World Health Organization, as well as about $142 million in cuts for UNICEF and nearly $9 million in cuts to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. And the package includes $1.1 billion in cuts to funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Mother Jones: US Mayors Are Making Climate Action Personal—and It’s Working by Matt Simon
In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Bibb was living in a tight, one-bedroom apartment in Cleveland, Ohio. He couldn’t open his windows because his home was an old office building converted to residential units—not exactly conducive to physical and mental well-being in the middle of a global crisis. So he sought refuge elsewhere: a large green space, down near the lakefront, that he could stroll to. “Unfortunately,” Bibb said, “that’s not the case for many of our residents in the city of Cleveland.” A native of Cleveland, Bibb was elected the 58th mayor of the city in 2021. Immediately after taking office, he took inspiration from the “15-minute city” concept of urban design, an idea that envisions people reaching their daily necessities—work, grocery stores, pharmacies—within 15 minutes by walking, biking, or taking public transit. That reduces dependence on cars, and also slashes carbon emissions and air pollution. In Cleveland, Bibb’s goal is to put all residents within a 10-minute walk of a green space by the year 2045, by converting abandoned lots to parks and other efforts. Cleveland is far from alone in its quest to adapt to a warming climate. As American cities have grown in size and population and gotten hotter, they—not the federal government—have become crucibles for climate action: Cities are electrifying their public transportation, forcing builders to make structures more energy efficient, and encouraging rooftop solar. Together with ambitious state governments, hundreds of cities large and small are pursuing climate action plans—documents that lay out how they will reduce emissions and adapt to extreme weather—with or without support from the feds. Cleveland’s plan, for instance, calls for all its commercial and residential buildings to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
BBC News: US steel and aluminium tariffs doubled to 50% by Natalie Sherman
US President Donald Trump has signed an order doubling tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from 25% to 50%. The move hikes import taxes on the metals - key inputs in everything from cars to canned food - for the second time since March. Trump has said the measures, which come into effect on Wednesday, are intended to secure the future of the American steel industry. However, critics say the protections could wreak havoc on steel producers outside the US, spark retaliation from trade partners, and come at a punishing cost for American users of the metals. Hours before he hiked the duties, many firms directly affected could scarcely believe the plan was moving forward, hoping it would turn out to be temporary or some kind of negotiating ploy.
Guardian: Lee Jae-myung: from child labourer to leader of deeply scarred South Korea by Justin McCurry
Lee Jae-myung will need to draw on his considerable survival instincts as he attempts to steer South Korea out of the political morass of the past six months. The liberal candidate, who on Tuesday became the country’s president at the third attempt after defeating his conservative rival, Kim Moon-soo, has promised to govern for all South Koreans – and for good reason. After a swift transfer of power that will take him to the presidential Blue House on Wednesday, Lee will inherit a deeply scarred country. He faces the task of restoring stability after his predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol’s disastrous attempt to impose martial law in December, in what he said was an attempt to eliminate “anti-state forces”. And Lee will be expected to move quickly to address domestic issues that have been largely sidelined while South Korea confronted its biggest political crisis in decades: income inequality, the soaring cost of living and – a hardy perennial for South Korean leaders – how to resurrect dialogue with an increasingly erratic North Korea.
El País in English: Zelenskiy: Ukrainian attack on Russian airbases will ‘go down in history’ by Cristian Segura
The Security Service of Ukraine(SSU) carried out an operation of unprecedented audacity on Sunday, something President Volodymyr Zelenskiy believes “will go down in history.” SSU agents infiltrated Russia, transporting 117 bomb-carrying drones hidden in commercial trucks. The containers transporting the devices were remotely opened on June 1, and the drones were activated remotely. Four Russian military airfields, thousands of miles apart, were hit by several waves of short-range devices that damaged or destroyed 41 aircraft, according to Kyiv. Satellite images released after the attacks confirm that at least 13 Russian aircraft were destroyed in a matter of hours. Some of these aircraft are bombers designed for nuclear attacks, such as the Tu-95 and Tu-22. If it were true, as Zelenskiy claimed, that 41 of these aircraft were destroyed, it would mean that Russia was left without a third of its strategic aircraft for long-range strikes.
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