Today’s Lead News Stories

Email to Massachusetts lawyer warned her to ‘depart the US immediately’ even though removing US citizens is illegal

Suit alleges Trump’s office of management and budget deactivated tracker in violation of federal law

Nearly 60,000 people have crossed back into Afghanistan since the start of April.

Suspects charged for drug and weapon offences as well as scheme in which drivers felt compelled to pay fees

Nearly 60,000 Afghans have been forced to leave Pakistan since the start of April, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday, after Islamabad ramped up a campaign to deport migrants to Afghanistan.

Hungary’s parliament passed a constitutional amendment permitting the government to ban public events organised by LGBTQ+ communities — a move that legal scholars and critics describe as yet another step towards authoritarianism by the populist government.

Australian defence minister says Jakarta assured him report ‘simply not true’

In his first remarks since being confirmed as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael Kratsios said the government could do more with less, and called for partnering with the private sector and with academics in areas of national interest.

The move came shortly after the Ivy League institution refused to accept a sweep of demands made by the federal government.