Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
Judge strikes down a slate of Trump’s immigration policiesA federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to restart its processing of asylum claims. The judge also ordered an end to the indefinite hold on applications for green cards and other immigration benefits for people from the 39 countries subject to President Trump’s travel ban. The judge, John McConnell, an Obama appointee, wrote that the policies had violated the law and left immigrants living in the U.S. in “indeterminate legal limbo” because of “anti-immigrant sentiments.” He said that the burden had fallen hardest on immigrants who had followed all the procedures. The policies McConnell struck down have been in place since November, shortly after the authorities said an Afghan national shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. In other Trump administration news:
Job growth is looking healthierAmerican employers hired vigorously in May, adding 172,000 jobs, according to new data from the federal government. That puts average job growth in 2026 at about 114,000 positions per month, indicating that businesses have shaken off some of the strains from last year, when employers added about 10,000 jobs per month. The robust results stand in contrast to consumers’ extremely downbeat mood. In polls, voters have soured on Trump’s handling of the economy, perhaps because wages have failed to keep pace with surging prices for gas and food. In the markets: The S&P 500 fell more than 2.6 percent today, ending a long run of weekly gains.
SpaceX could soon be in your 401(k)Some major stock indexes, like the Nasdaq-100, recently changed their rules to shorten the time before they are allowed to hold shares of especially large companies that go public. The changes mean that index funds — which millions of Americans own through retirement accounts and personal portfolios — are poised to hold shares of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI later this year. As a result, you could inadvertently reap the rewards, or suffer the consequences, of owning shares in these companies during their typically volatile first months on the market. The S&P 500, one of the most popular indexes, did not change its rules.
Amid upheaval, stars of ‘60 Minutes’ say they will stayThe three remaining “60 Minutes” correspondents told the show’s staff today that they would remain in their roles in order to “repair and preserve” the reputation of the country’s top-rated news program. The trio, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim, also expressed deep frustration with the decision by Bari Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief, to fire the show’s executive producer and other correspondents. In their letter, which you can read here, they warned that if the program lost its editorial independence, “we leave.” More top news
Ahead of tonight’s Game 2 matchup between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, my colleague Jessica Testa sent along another postcard from New York, where bars are getting ready to tune their TVs to ABC. Here’s her dispatch: “I know we don’t like the Spurs,” my husband texted today. “But everybody loves this rookie.” He sent a video of Carter Bryant, 20, waving sweetly during practice. I learned that Bryant grew up with deaf grandparents and considers being part of the deaf community his “superpower.” It’s moving! Enough to overcome my personal biases? (Before he was drafted by the Spurs — boo — Bryant played for my college’s rival team — boo again.) The point is: Personal narratives form a crucial aspect of the finals, propelling the games from sports to cinema. The Knicks’s Karl-Anthony Towns said he felt the presence of his mother, who died of Covid-19 complications in 2020, during Game 1. — JESSICA TESTA
This year’s French Open has been strange and excitingTennis is usually predictable: The favorites win more than 70 percent of the time, the most of any major sport. This year’s hot, windy French Open, however, has been unusual. The big names — Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalena — all lost. The women’s final this weekend features the lowest-ranked player in 40 years. It’s all been a bit confusing for tennis fans, as my colleague Adam Pasick wrote in the latest edition of The World newsletter. But who doesn’t like to see an underdog win once in awhile?
Why westerns still matterIt’s been several decades since westerns were a popular choice at the movie theater, so many people are aware only of the cliché that they were old-fashioned and monotonous. Luckily, a new MoMA retrospective offers a more accurate recollection of the genre, which evolved as American morals shifted. Here’s what we can learn from them. For more: A culture reporter explains why so many modern movies look so meh.
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