Hello, good friends. Good to see you this Friday morning, May 30, and welcome to this

week's Reporters' Roundtable, looking back at the big stories of the week from our nation's

capital. And what a week it's been? I've heard the words roller coaster, bouncing ball,

and whiplash used to describe this week's flow of news. And I think all three are accurate,

especially when it comes to tariffs. Trump's tariffs were on, then off, then stopped by one

court, and then less than 24 hours later, allowed to continue

temporarily in part by another court. Elon Musk folded up his tent and scuttled out of Washington,

thanking President Trump profusely for the honor to serve, and then turning around and accusing

Trump's big, beautiful bill

of undoing everything he'd accomplished.

On Wednesday, May 28, President Trump said Vladimir Putin had only two weeks to agree to

peace talks in Ukraine or face serious consequences, which is the same two-week deadline he gave Putin on April 24,

April 27, May 14, and May 19. Is anybody counting? And meanwhile, the president issued presidential

pardons to a slew of supporters, including a former Virginia sheriff, convicted of accepting bribes for fake

sheriff badges, and a Chicago gang leader convicted of multiple murders. I told you, a wild week indeed.

And here to make some sense of it all, let's say hello to Linda Feldman, White House correspondent

and Washington Bureau Chief. For the Christian Science Monitor, hi Linda Feldman, White House correspondent and Washington Bureau Sheep.

For the Christian Science Monitor, hi Linda. Hi, Bill.

Thanks for joining us, Philip Bump, columnist for the Washington Post, and author of the

How to Read This Chart Newsletter. Hi, Philip.

Good morning, sir. And we're joined also by Evan McMorris-Santoro, reporter for notice and writer for the very informative notice reports daily newsletter.

Hi, Evan.

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