Eurovision’s BDS Moment: Five-Country Boycott Is Largest Since 1970 as Vienna Final Looms

Today's lead: Eurovision's 70th anniversary final is tonight in Vienna — and BDS just claimed its biggest cultural scalp yet, with 5 countries sitting out in the largest boycott since 1970. Also tracking the NYT's open defiance of Israel's defamation lawsuit as 300+ protesters rallied outside HQ, and UCLA's antisemitism task force calling for IHRA adoption and faster discipline. In the wire: House Iran war powers tied 212-212 as Tlaib prepares a Lebanon cutoff vote, the Goldman-Lander race gets its first major union endorsement, and a swastika flag was flown over an NYU building during graduation week.