Thursday, June 5th, 2025 - Musk vs Trump; Trump travel ban 2.0; UN Gaza ceasefire; Columbia crackdown; Biden pardon probe & more

Today’s Headlines: Elon Musk is turning on Trump, launching a “KILL THE BILL” campaign against the president’s budget proposal, which he calls a path to “bankrupting America.” The bill adds $2.4 trillion to the deficit, mostly through tax cuts for the wealthy, while omitting EV credits and Starlink contracts—two things Musk clearly noticed. Meanwhile, private job growth plummeted to just 37,000 in May, with ADP revising April’s numbers downward and businesses reporting layoffs and price hikes due to Trump’s tariffs, even on non-tariffed goods. On the international front, Trump revealed (then deleted) details of a call with Putin about Ukraine and Iran’s nuclear ambitions. At home, he reinstated a sweeping travel ban on 12 countries and tightened restrictions on 7 more, following a report on "hostile attitudes" toward the U.S. The U.S. also vetoed a UN ceasefire resolution in Gaza that had 14-1 backing, citing its failure to condemn Hamas or require disarmament. The Justice Department is investigating Biden’s last-minute pardons—specifically the use of autopen to sign off on clemencies for family and 37 federal inmates. Columbia University is now facing potential loss of accreditation, with the Education Department claiming it failed to protect Jewish students. And in Colorado, a federal judge paused deportation of the wife and children of a man charged with a federal hate crime after attacking Jewish demonstrators with a homemade flamethrower.

Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode:

• Axios: Musk demands do-over on Trump budget bill

• CNBC: ADP jobs report May 2025 

• Axios: Businesses are raising prices after tariffs, even on unaffected goods

• NYT: Trump and Putin Discuss Ukraine Drone Strike and Iran Nuclear Deal in Phone Call 

• AP News: Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday 

• Axios: U.S. vetoes UN security council resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza

• The Times: Trump orders investigation into ‘those who covered up Biden’s decline’

• CNN: US Education Department threatens Columbia University’s accreditation over campus antisemitism concerns

• Axios: Judge blocks deportation of Boulder attack suspect's family

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