PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: Representative Maxine Waters’ 2020 congressional campaign was fined $68,000 for multiple violations of federal campaign finance laws.👥 Who’s Involved: Maxine Waters (D-CA), Citizens for Waters campaign committee, the Federal Election…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: U.S. Senator John Fetterman has broken ranks with fellow Democrats, praising President Donald J. Trump for scrapping the old Iran nuclear deal.👤Who’s Involved: Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), President Donald J. Trump, Democrats…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: A Chinese student at the University of Michigan fled to China after being charged with illegally voting in the 2024 U.S. election.👥 Who’s Involved: Haoxiang Gao, a foreign national student, and U.S. federal prosecutors. Newsletter…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: Polling by CNN revealed the Republican and Democratic parties are now nearly tied in being seen as the “party of the middle class.”👥 Who’s Involved: The poll surveyed 2,028 American adults and was conducted by SSRS for CNN. Newsletter…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced he will call a parliamentary vote of confidence in his government, after his preferred candidate for the Polish presidency lost to the conservative opposition’s candidate.👤Who’s Involved:…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: Over 1,000 illegal immigrants crossed the English Channel in a single day, highlighting escalating issues with illegal crossings from the European Union (EU) into the United Kingdom.👥 Who’s Involved: Illegal immigrants, people…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: Video footage captured an explosion that destroyed a section of the Crimean Bridge, linking Russian-annexed Crimea to Russia proper.👥 Who’s Involved: Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) claimed responsibility for the attack. Newsletter…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: Geert Wilders, leader of the populist Freedom Party (PVV), withdrew his party from the governing coalition in the Netherlands, collapsing the government.👥 Who’s Involved: Geert Wilders (PVV), Prime Minister Dick Schoof, center…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: The Washington, D.C. city government is giving up on the H Street streetcar and will replace the 2.2-mile-long above-ground light rail system with an electric bus powered by the existing overhead cables.👥 Who’s Involved: The Washington…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating former President Joe Biden’s pardons and use of autopen signatures.👥 Who’s Involved: Former President Biden, U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin, the Oversight Project (Heritage Foundation)…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: PBS and its signature children’s show, Sesame Street, face accusations of “grooming” children after posting LGBTQ Pride Month content on social media.👥 Who’s Involved: PBS, Sesame Street, Congressional Republicans, including Rep.…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: Residents in Ohio, frustrated with rising property taxes, are advancing a proposed constitutional amendment to abolish them in the state.👥 Who’s Involved: Citizens for Property Tax Reform, led by homeowner Beth Blackmarr and Keith…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking the public to report facilities or individuals performing surgeries on minors under the guise of “gender-affirming care.”👥 Who’s Involved: The FBI, FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: Vietnam has agreed to purchase over $2 billion in U.S. agricultural products in an effort to ease trade tensions and avoid a 46 percent tariff threatened by President Donald J. Trump.👤Who’s Involved: President Trump, Vietnam’s…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: A Chinese academic at the University of Michigan has been charged with smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen into the United States, one that federal prosecutors describe as a potential agroterrorism weapon targeting food…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: A 37-year-old illegal immigrant was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a minor placed in his care under the former Biden government’s unaccompanied minor sponsorship program.👥 Who’s Involved: Wilson Manfredo Lopez-Carillo…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: The Trump administration has requested that countries submit their best trade deal proposals by June 4 to avoid the reimposition of reciprocal tariffs on July 8.👥 Who’s Involved: President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Trade Representative…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: President Donald J. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Second Lady Usha Vance will attend the opening night of Les Misérables at the Kennedy Center.👥 Who’s Involved: President Trump, Melania Trump…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: Elon Musk publicly criticized President Donald J. Trump’s flagship tax and spending bill, calling it a “disgusting abomination.”👤Who’s Involved: Elon Musk, President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, Senator Rand Paul, Senate…

PULSE POINTS:❓What Happened: Donald Trump Jr. is launching an online firearm store called GrabAGun, aiming to make firearms more accessible and fill gaps left by corporate policy changes.👥 Who’s Involved: Donald Trump Jr., investor Omeed Malik, GrabAGun CEO…