The week started with a rendering of a permanent moon base. Nasa showed the plans. It looked sterile, hopeful, expensive.
Then came the rest of it.
Trump’s Face, Literally Everywhere
Sarah Smith walked through Washington. She noticed a pattern. Or maybe just an ego expansion.
The president has renamed a site. Hung banners. Rebuilt structures. And added his face to everything he can reach.
“A gift” to the US, he called it.
The White House ballroom is now supposedly “drone-proof.” It’s being retrofitted as part of a military complex. He says it includes a hospital and research facilities now. Makes sense for a fortress. He turns eighty soon.
Rockets Fire and Water
SpaceX launched the Starship V3. It worked until it didn’t. The rocket splashed down in the Indian Ocean. Then it exploded. Fire, water, smoke. It was planned. Technically.
Closer to home, the rain just wouldn’t stop.
Texas police pulled a father from a car stuck in floodwater. They rescued the baby, too. Neither got hurt, but the driver tried to cross a road that wasn’t a road anymore.
New York City saw similar chaos. Mayor Zohran Mamdani blamed the sewer system. Homes flooded. Cars submerged. Residents waded through waist-deep sludge.
And in Orange County? People evacuated. A chemical tank might explode. It didn’t mention if it actually blew. Just the threat. That’s enough to run.
Violence, Saves, and Silence
A police officer caught a baby thrown from a burning house window.
Body cam footage caught it. The throw was deliberate. The catch was reflexive. The baby lived. The video is out there. Hard to watch, harder to ignore.
Elsewhere, a cargo plane engine ripped off in Kentucky during takeoff. New video showed it happen. Fourteen people died in that crash.
And then there was the UFO.
The Pentagon declassified video of a fighter jet shooting one down. Experts looked at it. Found no aliens. No extraterrestrial tech. Just another mystery solved with boredom.
The Culture Vultures
Stephen Colbert did his final show. Eleven seasons on CBS. He sat at his desk, one last time. Fans reacted. Some cried. Others probably posted memes. The era is over.
Cristo Fernández? The actor who played a footballer on Ted Lasso? He actually joined a US pro football team now. He called it a dream. Maybe he means it. Football is life, or at least the ratings are.
The US men’s national soccer team revealed its World Cup roster. BBC reporter Carl Nasman stood with fans. They talked about ticket prices. The cost is high. The passion is higher, maybe.
One fan didn’t care about sports or politics.
A Cybertruck driver intentionally drove his vehicle into a Texas lake. Police arrested him. He tried to use “wade mode.” The vehicle is submerged. He is likely processing.
The End of the Week
The White House hosted UFC construction. A cage fight structure went up ahead of the US’s 250th birthday.
Meanwhile, protests escalated outside an ICE facility. People cried about inhumane conditions. Homeland Security said detainees get “medical, dental, and mental health as available.”
“Available.”
That’s the word they chose.
We wrapped Memorial Day with bagpipes, salutes, and wreaths. We remembered the dead soldiers. Then we watched the president put his name on a building. Then we watched a rocket blow up.
The news doesn’t end. It just buffers.
