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Powerful storms and tornadoes tore through several Midwestern and Southern states overnight Friday, leaving carnage and flattened buildings in their wake. (Image credit: Laurel County, Ky. Fiscal Court)

Kremlin Sets Conditions for Putin-Zelenskiy Meeting: Interfax  Bloomberg Russia demanded Kyiv pull back troops before ceasefire, Ukrainian source says  Reuters Live updates: Ukraine’s allies call Russian demands unacceptable after first talks in years  CNN The Kremlin fixes conditions for new Ukraine talks, Trump

A Justice Department lawyer mirrored Trump officials’ aggressive position in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to a prison in El Salvador in March.

White House Criticizes Moody’s Downgrade to US Credit Rating  Bloomberg

Stephen Miller re-emerges as an ‘untouchable’ force in Trump’s White House  NBC News

A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a nudge from Pope Francis — put Robert Prevost on the fast track.

Court lifts block on Trump order to strip federal workers of union rights  The Washington Post

Inside the I.V.F. Deliberations at the White House as Key Report Nears  The New York Times

Andrew Clyde joins rebel Republicans in derailing Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’  AJC.com Republican Revolt Reflects a Core Party Divide Over Spending and Debt  The New York Times Trump’s Back, and Not a Moment Too Soon for His Megabill  Politico GOP hard-liners block Trump’s

James Comey: Ex-FBI boss interviewed by Secret Service over Trump seashell post  BBC