Good morning. In this edition:

• ⏸️ ICE pauses some deportations
• 🪙 Walmart and Amazon might issue their own crypto
• 🫁 Your “respiratory fingerprint”

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🚨Breaking: The man suspected of shooting two state Democratic lawmakers was arrested after authorities tracked him into the woods in rural Minnesota, law-enforcement officials said, ending a two-day manhunt. This is a developing story; more on the situation in DONUT Holes.

"It is really true what philosophy tells us, that life must be understood backwards. But with this, one forgets the second proposition, that it must be lived forwards."

–Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

On the campaign trail and during his first months in office, President Trump has consistently said he plans to try deporting all of the millions of immigrants who are in the US illegally—regardless of their work, taxpaying, or criminal status.

But late last week, the Trump admin carved out an exception to those plans: unauthorized immigrants working in the agriculture or hospitality industries.

Catch up quick: In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump said his “very aggressive policy” on immigration is starting to take workers away from farmers and people in the hotel/leisure business.

• Hours later, a senior ICE official sent an email to agents nationwide saying to "please hold on all worksite enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meatpacking plants), restaurants, and operating hotels."
• The email added that its request only applies to unauthorized immigrants who aren’t convicted or suspected of other crimes.

Why agriculture and hospitality? Trump said these industries—especially farmers—were singled out for exceptions because they’re disproportionately affected by his ongoing deportation efforts.

• ~1 million unauthorized immigrants are employed at US hospitality companies, the second-highest for any industry.
• 42% of all US crop farmworkers from 2020 to 2022 lacked legal status, per the Agriculture Department.
• Growers across California reported that 30%-60% of workers stopped reporting to the fields in the days after ICE raids started last Tuesday, per the NY Times ($).

The reversal is part of an ongoing debate. Republicans are currently at odds over how wide of a net ICE should cast when seeking to deport unauthorized immigrants in the US. Some GOP lawmakers are urging the government to focus mainly on convicted criminals and avoid those employed in certain areas, while other leading Republican voices want the Trump admin to keep targeting all unauthorized migrants for deportation, regardless of their status.

📊 Flash poll: In your opinion, which of the following is the best strategy regarding the potential deportation of unauthorized migrants in America?

• Everyone should be deported, regardless of situation
• Deport everyone but those whose jobs are critical to US industries
• Deport those convicted of additional crimes, but leave most others alone
• Don’t actively seek to deport those living in the US
• Other
• Unsure

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Pentagon Pizza Report, an X account that tracks pizza parties at America’s military HQ via open-source data, reported a huge spike in pizza orders on Thursday evening👆.

The surge came about an hour before Iranian state TV first reported explosions in Tehran, as Israel carried out an operation targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites, as well as Iran's top military officials and nuclear scientists (how they did it).

The idea behind the pizza tracker: That during times of crisis, US officials order more pizza due to being stuck at the office. Pizza deliveries to the Pentagon reportedly doubled right before the US invasion of Panama in December 1989, and surged again before Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

Was America involved? The US publicly opposed any Israeli attack on Iran prior to it being carried out, and has since distanced itself from Israel’s operation.

• However, two Israeli officials told Axios that President Trump had knowledge of the operation and was only pretending to oppose an Israeli attack in public, with the goal of convincing Iran no attack was imminent, and to ensure that Iranians on Israel's target list wouldn't move to new locations.

Zoom out: Israel and Iran traded strikes over the weekend, with Israel‘s air force reportedly achieving freedom of operation over Tehran's airspace. At least 14 have been killed in Israel, while 244 have been killed in Iran (mostly civilians), according to the country’s health ministry.

Walmart and Amazon, the world’s two largest retailers, are exploring issuing their own stablecoins for US customers to use at checkout instead of credit or debit cards, according to a new Wall Street Journal report.

Other big companies, including Expedia and some airlines, are also considering the move, per the WSJ.

It’s a cost-cutting thing: Stablecoins—which are tied to assets, such as the US dollar—allow for quick payment processing and, if adopted by customers, could potentially save corporations billions of dollars in swipe fees they pay every year to credit card companies, banks, and fintech startups like Square. Businesses shelled out $172+ billion in US transaction fees in 2023, a ~50% increase from before the pandemic, as more customers went contactless.

Scared money

Should these checkout rumors come to fruition, financial institutions could take a big hit. Visa, Mastercard, AmEx, Capital One, Block, and PayPal’s stocks were anything but stable following the WSJ report; each fell between 2% and 6% on Friday.

Retailers could start making announcements soon. Congress is set to vote on a bill that would give private companies a blueprint for issuing their own stablecoins as soon as today (called the Stable GENIUS Act GENIUS Act).

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BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 🛢️ Oil prices rose 7% Friday following the start of the Israel-Iran conflict; futures rose 3% yesterday after Israel struck two natural gas facilities in Iran.
• 👍 President Trump approves Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion purchase of US Steel; White House will receive "golden share" as a condition of the deal. | ✌️ Google, Scale AI's largest customer (~$200 million/year), will split with the AI startup following its deal with Meta.
• 🧬 Nonprofit headed by Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and former CEO of 23andMe, wins auction to buy 23andMe(AndItsData) for $305 million.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🍿 How to Train Your Dragon, Universal's live-action remake, tops domestic box office with ~$83 million in its opening weekend.
• 🏎️ Ferrari wins 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for third straight year.
• 🏟️ SCOREBOARD: J.J. Spaun won the US Open with a walk-off, 64-foot birdie. | NBA Finals: Thunder beat Pacers in Game 4 to even series at 2-2; Game 5 is tonight in OKC. | The College World Series kicked off Friday; see the latest bracket.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🪐 Astronomers using James Webb Space Telescope discover Pluto has “new kind of climate” controlled by bluish, multi-layered haze blanketing dwarf planet’s sky.
• ⚛️ Cosmic particle detector in Antarctica emits series of strange signals that defy scientists’ current understanding of particle physics.
• 🥩 Humans have smoked meat for ~2 million years, and it may even be the primary reason our ancestors started making fire, per new research.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

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• 🙏 Melissa Hortman, Minnesota’s state House Democratic Leader, and her husband were shot and killed at home early Saturday; the same gunman also allegedly shot Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife at their home, leaving them hospitalized; the 57-year-old male suspect was arrested Sunday night following a two-day manhunt.
• 🌎 Group of Seven leaders gather in Canada for a summit that runs through Tuesday.
• 🇮🇷 President Trump reportedly ruled out an Israeli attempt to assassinate Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei over the weekend.

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☝️ The US Army celebrated its 250th anniversary on Saturday with a military parade in Washington, D.C., that coincided with President Trump’s 79th birthday; the parade sparked an anti-Trump “No Kings” movement that drew protesters on Saturday across 2,100+ US cities and towns.

🤔 Did You Know? Every person on Earth has a unique breathing pattern dubbed a “respiratory fingerprint,” according to a study published last week in Cell Biology.

📰 Worth a Read: Inside the secret meeting where mathematicians struggled to outsmart AI

🖱️ Clickbait: Mapped: The states with the worst road rage

Monday: 2025 Paris Air Show kicks off

Tuesday: National Apple Strudel Day; Game 6 of Stanley Cup Final

Wednesday: JPow delivers public comments following Fed meeting

Thursday: Juneteenth

Friday: Summer Solstice, aka the longest day of the year in Northern Hemisphere

On Friday, we covered how the UN's atomic watchdog declared Iran to be in breach of its nuclear nonproliferation obligations—designed to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon—for the first time in 20 years, setting off a series of events that culminated in Israel launching military strikes on Iran.

❓ Our question to you: In your opinion, how far should the US go to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons?

• Up to and including military action: 36%
• Use all possible options outside of military action: 34%
• Make some efforts, but don’t push too hard: 9%
• Don’t get involved: 12%
• Unsure/other: 9%

Click here to read some of the most thoughtful longform responses.

+Note on sample size: We received 2,186 votes and 265 longform responses.

Guess the definitions of the following Greek/Latin root words:

1. Nov
2. Oid
3. Prav
4. Sequ
5. Uber

👓 10-year-old Kendyl Pool—born the only deaf person in her family—was able to “see” speech for the first time, thanks to new AI-enhanced glasses.

💊 A groundbreaking new treatment for Type 1 diabetes underwent its first human trial in Sweden, and is showing positive results.

🏠 Toronto resident Ryan Donais has been working on his “tiny tiny homes” since last summer, in an effort to combat homelessness across the city.

+Note: These stories previously appeared in a February 2025 edition of Positive DONUT, our weekly newsletter delivering awe (and awww) inspiring stories you won't hear in the news. Sign up for free here.

1. Nov = New (e.g., novel, innovate)
2. Oid = Like (humanoid)
3. Prav = Crooked (depravity)
4. Sequ = Follow (sequence)
5. Uber = Fruitful (exuberant)