“Blue states pitch 100 percent tax on Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ payouts; ‘If you storm the Capitol and you take from this slush fund, too bad, we’re taking it,’ one New York lawmaker said”: Hannah Knowles and Dan Merica of The Washington Post have this report.

“How Trump hacked the presidency; Like Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, the president has a supercharged ability to find a system’s weaknesses”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Democrats Promise to Wreck the Supreme Court: Thirteen Justices. No control over the docket. They’re serious about it.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Judicial Notice (05.31.26): Underneath Her Robes; A federal judge’s sex scandal, a controversial motion by 35 ex-judges, and a leading conservative lawyer’s high-powered new job.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Trump on His Presidential Library: He’ll Write His Own History; In his determination to own and control every document in his future library, the president is working to shield his administration’s inner workings from public view.” Elizabeth Williamson and Minho Kim of The New York Times have this report.

“Lead federal prosecutor in James Comey seashells photo case steps aside; Matthew Petracca, a former Republican county committeeman, was the rookie federal prosecutor who brought the highly criticized case to a federal grand jury”: Ryan J. Reilly of NBC News has this report.

Access Defendant Thomas C. Goldstein’s Reply in Support of His Renewed Motion for Judgment of Acquittal or, in the Alternative, for a New Trial: Signed by Elizabeth B. Prelogar, at this link.

“Inside the Deal to Drop Trump’s $10 Billion Suit Against the I.R.S.; Discussions among a group of lawyers with allegiance to the president were closely held; Some senior White House officials were said to have felt blindsided as the agreement took shape”: Alan Feuer, Andrew Duehren, Glenn Thrush, Ben Protess, and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this report.

“Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talent; The departure of more than 10,000 federal lawyers has left some agencies without sufficient staff and has boosted the ranks of state attorneys general offices and advocacy groups”: Eileen Sullivan and Andrea Fuller of The New York Times have this report.