Quick Hits

• The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration on third-country deportations, a significant legal win for the White House's removal policy (MPR News).
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the NSA and other military intelligence and cybersecurity forces will guard U.S. election systems during the November midterms (MPR News), and, per a Pentagon official, he plans to announce a 20% cut to general and admiral positions in a "State of the Force" address in Virginia (Al Jazeera).
• President Trump and leading tech companies signed a voluntary agreement to regulate AI development at a tech summit (Al Jazeera) — the same day OpenAI launched "dots," a personal AI assistant it says is "built to handle everything," rivaling Meta's Muse and Google's Gemini Spark (Al Jazeera).
• Tens of thousands of French public workers struck over pay while police arrested 440 students amid violent clashes at schools (Al Jazeera).
• In Minnesota, HealthPartners and Essentia Health announced a merger plan that MPR News says is poised to further reshape the state's healthcare industry, as Attorney General Keith Ellison's office charged nine people with Medicaid fraud, including a therapist accused of billing more than $2 million improperly (MPR News).

Top Stories

Supreme Court deportation ruling. MPR News reports the Supreme Court sided with Trump on third-country deportations — the practice of removing migrants to nations other than their own, illustrated in the outlet's coverage by migrants deplaning in Costa Rica in April.

Midterms take shape. With election season "here," Tangle's 2026 midterms preview (readtangle.com) frames the stakes for control of Congress. Al Jazeera reports Democrats are betting anger at Trump will drive young voters to the polls, citing strategist Celinda Lake's observation that young voters typically skip midterms. MPR News reports that although all 201 Minnesota legislative seats are on the ballot after two years of a closely divided Legislature, Republicans are not fielding candidates in several House districts — and that military cyber forces will now guard election systems.

Pentagon reshaping. Beyond election security, Al Jazeera cites a Pentagon official saying Hegseth will announce a 20% reduction in general and admiral positions, part of a force-structure overhaul to be unveiled in Virginia.

Left Perspective

MPR News coverage emphasizes several accountability and civil-liberties angles:

• A Roosevelt High School teacher who was violently detained by federal agents outside the Minneapolis school in January has filed a claim against the government — the first step in a process that could become a lawsuit.
• A judge will decide whether Vance Boelter, his surviving victims, and other witnesses must stay silent ahead of his state trial on first-degree murder and attempted murder charges, with gag orders requested.
• The Detroit Lakes school board advanced a new policy on rainbow stickers after months of trying to remove them from school grounds; MPR News describes the policy as more neutral "on its face," while examining the dispute behind it.
• Minnesota adopted its first statewide K-12 health standards; previously, local districts decided how topics like nutrition, human development, and drug-abuse prevention were taught.

International View

• France: Public workers marched nationwide over pay as student protests turned violent, with 440 students arrested (Al Jazeera).
• Northern Ireland: Protesters blocked an Orange Order march from entering a Catholic area of Portadown after a court allowed the parade for the first time in 28 years (Al Jazeera).
• Israel: Opposition leader Yair Lapid accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of "fear-mongering" over his warning of possible attacks during next month's general election (Al Jazeera).
• India: Tension in Ujjain, where Muslims volunteered to partially demolish the city's Shahi Mosque themselves — fearing outright demolition — to make way for a Hindu pilgrimage; in Delhi, a string of rape cases has triggered a social campaign demanding safer public spaces for women (Al Jazeera).
• South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa announced new measures against femicide and gender-based violence after a series of killings (Al Jazeera).
• U.S. diplomacy: Trump called Kim Jong Un a "friend" and played down North Korea's nuclear arsenal when asked why Pyongyang can have nuclear weapons while Iran cannot (Al Jazeera). Separately, the U.S. Senate blocked a resolution seeking a report on Americans killed in the West Bank; the measure cited a "lack of accountability" by Israel's government and an "inability to secure justice" by the U.S. (Al Jazeera).

Underreported

• Somali piracy turns deadly: Officials say Somali pirates killed five crew members on a hijacked tanker — the first deaths at pirates' hands in more than a decade, according to Al Jazeera.
• Boarding school remembrance: Native communities, organizations, and supporters will hold vigils nationwide Wednesday for the annual day honoring those impacted by Native American boarding schools (MPR News).
• Local sports and culture, briefly: Wild defenseman Brock Faber is out indefinitely after surgery to repair a fractured skull from a preseason puck strike; the Lynx were swept out of the WNBA playoffs despite Coach of the Year Cheryl Reeve and Rookie of the Year Olivia Miles; Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards enters the season healthy after a career-low 61 games last year; and actor Dennis Haskins, Principal Belding on "Saved by the Bell," died at 75 (MPR News).

Sources

• MPR News: Supreme Court sides with Trump on deportations | Hegseth on election cyber defense | GOP gaps in state House races | Roosevelt teacher's federal claim | Boelter gag order request | Detroit Lakes sticker policy | K-12 health standards | HealthPartners–Essentia merger | Medicaid fraud charges | Boarding school remembrance | Faber surgery | Lynx eliminated | Edwards position switch | Dennis Haskins obituary | Minneapolis crash
• Al Jazeera: France strikes and student arrests | Orange Order march blocked | Lapid vs. Netanyahu | Ujjain mosque | Delhi women's safety campaign | South Africa femicide measures | Trump on Kim Jong Un | Senate blocks West Bank resolution | Hegseth general cuts | AI self-regulation summit | OpenAI 'dots' launch | Youth vote analysis | Somali pirate killings
• Tangle: 2026 midterms preview

Note: No right-leaning outlets were included in today's supplied feed; a Right Perspective section is therefore omitted.