Plus: Gaza Aid Chaos Continues Amid Conflicting Reports Of IDF Firing Near Aid Sites

Good afternoon,

Good news for those who enjoy a morning brew. A new study has found a correlation between drinking coffee and living a longer, healthier life.

Scientists presented a study at the American Society for Nutrition that followed 47,000 female nurses for over thirty years, beginning in the 1970s.
When the researchers checked again with the nurses in 2016, they found a correlation between how much caffeinated coffee the women typically drank during middle age and their likelihood of aging healthily — meaning they lived to at least 70 without major chronic diseases and with good physical, mental and cognitive function.
The women who qualified as “healthy agers” were found to consume an average of 315 mg of caffeine daily, mostly from coffee. That’s about the same amount of coffee in a grande cup from Starbucks.
- Decaffeinated coffee and tea did not have the same correlation and soda was shown to have a 20% to 26% reduced chance of healthy aging.
There are limits to the study. The study only followed women and mostly white, educated health professionals. It is unknown if the same findings would apply to a broader population.

The study has not been published or even peer-reviewed, so take it with a grain of salt. Or, more aptly, some Splenda.

Sam
Associate Producer

🚨 ONE IMPORTANT THING

Deportations On The Rise, But They Still Lag President Trump’s Target Of 3,000 Per Day

Federal immigration officials accelerated President Trump’s mass deportation plans in May, but the pace remains lower than what the president and some of his closest allies want.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now averaging 1,600 arrests a day, up from 656 earlier this year, ICE’s Acting Director Todd Lyons said Sunday. Trump adviser Stephen Miller set a goal of 3,000 arrests a day. He reportedly “eviscerated” ICE officials in late May for low deportation numbers.

TRACKING THE NUMBERS
The 190 deportation flights in May were the most in any month since September 2021. Since then, the number of flights has increased, suggesting that deportation numbers will rise in June.

According to public flight data collected by immigration advocate Tom Cartwright, ICE averaged about 850 deportations per day in the first two weeks of May.
ICE data from April, the latest available, shows over 17,200 people were deported that month, a nearly 30% increase compared to the same month last year.
- It was the first time since Trump took office that ICE deported more people than under the Biden administration during the same period the year before.

With border crossings low, agents have struggled to match Biden-era deportation levels — a sticking point among Trump officials. Arrests by ICE officials are up, however.

THE STRATEGY
Some Trump officials favor targeting criminals; others want any undocumented immigrants arrested — which would be needed to reach the targets.

The federal government has been most successful in arresting undocumented immigrants in states (see map above) where local law enforcement agencies have been most cooperative in rounding up immigrants through deals known as 287 (g) agreements. Those states include Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
- More than 600 agreements are in place across the country, with nearly half in Florida alone, followed by 14% in Texas and 5% in Georgia.
On Monday, ICE’s Boston Field Office reported its largest-ever enforcement action, arresting 1,461 individuals across Massachusetts in May — more than half of whom who were described by ICE as having “significant criminality.”
- Pushback: One of those arrested was an 18-year-old high school student who has no criminal background and was on his way to volleyball practice. He has been in the U.S. since age 5. Authorities were reportedly looking for his father. The state’s Democratic governor took to social media Sunday to demand answers from ICE.

An ICE operation in San Diego is also facing local pushback. Protesters confronted masked, armed ICE agents on Friday during an operation in which agents detained and arrested four people during raids at two restaurants.

Bottom line: As the Trump administration seeks to increase its deportation numbers, it will inevitably be targeting people who are deeply ingrained in U.S. communities — and scenes like the one in San Diego may become more frequent.

🚨 ONE THING TO GIVE CONTEXT ON

Gaza Aid Chaos Continues Amid Conflicting Reports Of IDF Firing Near Aid Sites

Israeli troops fired what they called “warning shots” at people “who advanced toward the troops in such a way that they posed a threat” on Tuesday, about 500 yards from an aid distribution site in southern Gaza. The Red Cross and the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry say 27 civilians were killed and at least 160 were injured in the shooting. The U.S. and Israel have dismissed the reports that IDF troops shot at civilians as Hamas propaganda.

It follows similar incidents over the past three days where Palestinians have reportedly been killed at or near aid distribution sites. The violence comes just over a week after the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began distributing much-needed aid to the war-torn enclave after a nearly three-month land blockade.

HOW WE GOT HERE
Amid escalating aid distribution chaos, two top executives at the foundation have resigned, and Boston Consulting Group, which helped create the initiative's business practices, has withdrawn its support.

The United Nations — which previously oversaw aid distribution in Gaza — and other humanitarian organizations have refused to join the effort, criticizing it as inadequate and politicized.
- Hamas, which would often loot and sell UN aid, has also criticized the new program—and tried to create chaos around it—as it seeks to retain control of Gaza and aid.

The GHF said Tuesday that it has distributed over 7 million meals in its first eight days. However, the meals are said to be 1,750 calories — below the 2,100-calorie per day standard used by major aid organizations. Humanitarian organizations insist more needs to be done to alleviate the crisis for the majority of the 2 million-plus residents of Gaza. Only one distribution location is operational so far. Gaza is about the size of the city of Philadelphia.

REPORTING IN GAZA
Media access remains heavily restricted in Gaza by Israel, forcing reliance on local Palestinians for information and leading to wrong reports.

Recent example: The Washington Post deleted a post on X because an early version of the article the post linked to attributed information that Israeli troops had killed more than 30 people near an aid site to “health officials” without making it clear that those health officials came from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry and are not considered an unbiased source. The Post said the early version of the story “didn’t give proper weight to Israel’s denial.”
Another example: A BBC investigation found that one viral video, posted by an Al Jazeera reporter, claiming to show an Israeli strike near a Gaza aid site was actually unrelated to aid distribution and was filmed several miles away.
The issue: Since the war began, Israel has not allowed outside journalists free access inside Gaza. This has led news outlets to depend on unreliable information, often provided by Hamas, activists or other non-journalist sources, making it difficult to accurately report.

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📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

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ICYMI FROM THE 📲

In case you missed it… About 20,000 people gathered in Sutamarchán, Colombia on Monday to throw nearly 100,000 pounds of tomatoes at the 15th annual Gran Tomatina festival.

Reminiscent of a similar event held annually in Buñol, Spain, participants threw, stomped and rolled in tomatoes to celebrate the Sutamarchán economy — which is largely supported by tomato production.