What to Know

• The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement to NBC News that the head of FEMA was joking when he said in a meeting today that he was not aware the U.S. has a hurricane season.
• The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to let it move forward with layoffs across a broad swath of government agencies that were blocked by a federal judge.
• The Supreme Court this morning declined to hear two major gun cases: a challenge to a Maryland gun law that bans assault-style weapons and a Rhode Island restriction on large-capacity magazines.
• Congress returned to Washington today from the weeklong Memorial Day recess, with the Senate starting work on a House-passed bill to advance Trump's domestic policy agenda.
• China today accused the United States of breaching the 90-day trade truce agreed to by the world’s two largest economies, after Trump said it was Beijing that had “totally violated” the agreement.