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Nick Bilton, named this week as the fifth executive producer in the 58-year history of "60 Minutes," on Friday spent his first day in the new role at CBS News in New York, meeting some of the 80+ show staff, walking the halls and introducing himself.

• He took over a show in turmoil and was greeted with disparaging anonymous comments to media reporters. CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss is counting on his outsider energy.

Bilton, who as a tech writer at The New York Times and Vanity Fair was known as a future-thinker who was good at working a room, told me:

As exurban cities near booming metro areas explode in growth, hundreds of U.S. communities are losing residents at a pace that signals deep structural decline.

Why it matters: The shrinking cities are a crisis in plain sight.

Parents, educators and lawmakers are pushing schools to curb classroom screen use amid concerns about student attention, behavior and learning.

Why it matters: School cellphone bans are expanding into broader efforts to limit screen use and establish guardrails around AI in education.

A federal judge ordered President Trump to respond to "grievous" accusations that his settlement with the IRS, which led to the creation of his anti-weaponization fund, was "premised on deception."

Why it matters: The order comes the same day a separate judge placed a temporary hold on the $1.776 billion pot of money, another potential hurdle to the administration's controversial settlement plan.

President Trump's name must be removed from the Kennedy Center, according to an order signed Friday by a D.C. district judge.

The big picture: The ruling is a hit to the president's effort to renovate the performing arts venue, which was scheduled to close later this year so work could begin. Friday's order also halted the closure.

A private detention center in New Jersey has again become a major flashpoint in the fight over the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Why it matters: It's the first major clash under Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin's leadership. Protesters have been arrested outside the facility while detainees reportedly take part in a hunger strike over claims of inhumane living conditions and inadequate medical care.

Two-thirds of the announced lineup for the Freedom 250 concert series have dropped out, with most artists citing concerns about being tied to an event billed as nonpartisan but described by critics as a MAGA celebration.

Why it matters: President Trump has promoted the nation's 250th birthday events as a grand patriotic affair, but the withdrawals underscore artists' fears of alienating fans amid partisan divides.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) is in what fellow House Democrats and other sources familiar with his race describe as an "existential" battle for reelection.

Why it matters: The race embodies the Democratic civil war being waged across the country, with an establishment-aligned member of the party's old guard fending off a challenge from a younger leftist.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is staring down a brutal stretch of deadlines and uncomfortable votes when the House returns from recess next week.

Why it matters: Johnson bought himself time this spring by punting a series of politically difficult fights. But those deadlines are now coming due, setting up a brutal June for House Republicans.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with its $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund in a Friday order.

The big picture: The controversial plan aims to create an unprecedented mechanism to compensate people who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the government.