- Prettier in print
- Cover story: Rahm Emanuel’s plan to turn around Chicago, written by editor-at-large David Von Drehle.
- On July 1, 7 million college students will see their federal-loan rates double unless Congress can muster a compromise. Alex Altman on the chances of a student-loan fix.
- Syria President Bashar al-Assad said in a television interview that Russia had delivered S-300 air defense missiles, weapons that Israel has said present a threat to its security.
- President Barack Obama has tapped former deputy attorney general James Comey to head the FBI. Watch one pivotal moment from his time in the Bush Administration.
- The most embarrassing graph in American drug policy.
- Tokyo stocks fell sharply again, with the Nikkei losing 5.2% to land decisively in a correction. It has now lost 14.7% over the past week.
- Democratic pollster Mark Mellman writes on how the country’s demography favors Democrats in presidential races, and the Republicans in House races.
- John Cassidy: The message from the Obama-Christie photos from the post-Sandy New Jersey shore was clear: “Government can work.”
- AEI’s Michael Strain says Republicans need to offer conservative ideas for creating jobs. On his list: temporarily lowering the minimum wage while expanding the earned-income tax credit; relocation subsidies to get jobless workers to move; reduced paperwork and licensing for would-be entrepreneurs.
- Africa’s economic boom.
- Why James Rosen is not blameless.
- Michele Bachmann: A Fact Checker’s Dream
- The new Anthony Weiner, same as the old.
- All the Anthony Weiner puns you need.
Morning Must Reads: May 30
In the news: James Comey, Russia-Syria, American drug policy, Tokyo stocks, Obama-Christie, Africa's boom, Weiner puns.