18:10 (22:10)โขStranded Astronauts Safely Return After Nine-Month Space Odyssey
โจThe newspapers report on two major stories developing today. First, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have safely returned to Earth after being stranded in space for nine months, splashing down off Florida's coast (ABC News, Fox News, NY Post, Newsweek, USA Today). Second, a federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) likely violated the Constitution by dismantling USAID (Boston Globe, Common Dreams, Daily Beast, HuffPost, Slate). In international news, President Trump and Putin have agreed to an "immediate" ceasefire regarding energy and infrastructure targets in Ukraine, with Trump describing discussions of "enormous economic deals" (Breitbart, Epoch Times, CNN, NYTimes, Washington Post).