May 29, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – May 28, 2026

May 29, 2026 by George Bounacos

Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello performing on stage at the Defend Minnesota benefit concert in Minneapolis

Bruce Springsteen, the special guest at January's Defend Minnesota benefit with Tom Morello in Minneapolis, will reprise the role at the protest festival Morello is staging near Washington in October. (Chad Davis / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0)

Michael Dell gave $6.25 billion to Donald Trump’s signature children’s accounts, and now the Pentagon has handed Dell a $9.7 billion contract. Trump personally told the country to go out and buy Dell, so the contract looks less like a competition than an order being filled. It is not the only one. ProPublica reported today … Read more