Monday's Mini-Report, 6.2.25
Today's edition of quick hits.
* The latest from Boulder: 'A man who law enforcement officials say used a 'makeshift flamethrower' to injure eight people in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday marching for the release of Hamas-held Israeli hostages has been charged with attempted murder, among other charges. The state of Colorado has charged the suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, with 42 counts, including eight counts of attempted first-degree murder after deliberation and eight counts of first-degree murder with extreme indifference. He was charged earlier Monday with a federal hate crime."
* A dramatic attack deep inside Russia: 'It was a stunning, audacious attack whose widespread effects are only just becoming clear. Ukraine managed to smuggle 117 aerial drones on the backs of trucks that deposited them at the perimeter of four Russian air bases — one of them deep inside Siberia some 2,500 miles from Ukraine's borders, according to Ukrainian officials.'
* On a related note, this is an interesting angle: 'President Trump was not informed of a recent Ukrainian attack on Russia, The Hill's sister network NewsNation confirmed Sunday. An administration official told NewsNation's Tanya Noury that the president was not given a heads-up about the drone attack that a Ukrainian security official alleged destroyed more than 40 planes well within Russian territory, according to The Associated Press.'
* In the Middle East: 'More than 20 people were killed on Sunday and more than 100 wounded when Palestinians who had gathered overnight in the hope of obtaining food from an aid distribution center in Gaza came under fire, according to local health officials.'
* Israel's explanation for the same violence: 'An Israeli military official tells NBC News that Israeli soldiers fired warning shots 'toward several suspects' about half-a-mile from an aid distribution center that was the site of a deadly attack in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.'
* So ICE seized a high school student by accident? 'Federal immigration officials on Monday said the Milford High School student who was arrested on his way to volleyball practice Saturday was not their intended target. Instead, ICE officers were looking for the teen's father, said Patricia Hyde, field director of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston, on Monday.'
* In related news: 'Officers with the Department of Homeland Security briefly detained a staff member in Rep. Jerry Nadler's (D-N.Y.) Manhattan office during an incident on Wednesday, as protests took place outside an immigration courthouse in the same federal facility as the representative's office.'
* Approval is one thing, access is another: 'Moderna announced this weekend that the Food and Drug Administration approved its lower-dose Covid-19 vaccine for adults 65 and older, as well as people ages 12 to 64 with at least one medical condition that increases their risk for severe Covid. The approval, which is limited to individuals who have previously received a Covid vaccine, was granted by the FDA on Friday.'
* Tyler Hassen gets scrutiny: 'A Texas oil executive from Elon Musk's government efficiency team has been given sweeping powers to overhaul the federal department that manages vast tracts of resource-rich public lands, but he hasn't divested his energy investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest, records show.'
* The demise of the Job Corps: 'The Department of Labor (DOL) announced this week it will pause operations at Job Corps centers nationwide, a move that has already gotten pushback from both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill. The department said Thursday it will begin a 'phased pause' initiating 'an orderly transition for students, staff, and local communities.' The pause will occur by June 30, the office said.'
See you tomorrow.
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