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ACLU:
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation  —  Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well  —  New Orleans, LA - Today, in the early hours of the morning …
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer  —  Two families — among them three U.S. citizens aged two, four, and seven — were abruptly deported under “troubling circumstances,” says the ACLU … One of the children was undergoing cancer treatment and one of the mothers is pregnant.
New York Times:
Voters See Trump's Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  Skepticism has grown of his efforts to expand his authority and of his handling of issues long seen as strengths for him, including the economy and immigration.  —  Voters believe President Trump is overreaching …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents.  A Brutal New Poll Shows Why.  —  Donald Trump campaigned for the presidency this time around on the most openly ethno-nationalist platform in memory, one he explicitly promised to implement with undisguised authoritarian measures.
Politico:
DOGE slashes disability and aging services
Washington Post:   Public isn't buying Trump's message about Kilmar Abrego García, polls show
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Five Takeaways From the Times/Siena Poll
NBC News:
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide  —  Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.  —  Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died by suicide, her family said Friday.
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Benita Kolovos / The Guardian:
Virginia Giuffre, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died aged 41  —  Giuffre's family issued a statement confirming she took her own life at her farm in Western Australia, where she had lived for several years  —  Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:   A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists
Associated Press:
Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters' records in leak inquiries
Discussion: NPR and New York Times
Washington Post:
Reporters' phone records could again be searched, Justice Dept. says
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge  —  Democratic lawmakers reacted with ferocity — and some Republicans with cheers — to the Friday arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly helping an undocumented defendant avoid arrest by ICE agents.
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump's Attorney General Warns Arrested Judge Is Just the Beginning
Stef W. Kight / Axios:   Senate awaits Trump judges
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Courts Handed Trump A Slew of Legal Losses This Week
Discussion: Twitchy
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal  —  The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure.  Other journals have also received the letter.  —  A federal prosecutor in Washington …
more at Mediagazer »
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Evan Bush / NBC News:
Medical journals complain of ‘harassment’ from Justice Department
Discussion: Alternet.org
Gabe Kaminsky / The Free Press:
Exclusive: Trump's D.C. Prosecutor Threatens Wikipedia's Tax-Exempt Status  —  Ed Martin, the firebrand Republican activist whom President Donald Trump picked to be the top prosecutor in D.C., has a new target: Wikipedia.  —  Martin, the interim U.S. attorney in Washington and Trump's permanent selection …
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Washington Post:   Wikipedia's nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney
Peter Baker / New York Times:
How Trump Plays Into Putin's Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions  —  Many of President Trump's actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.  —  If President Vladimir V. Putin …
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Rolling Stone:
Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret  —  Sources tell Rolling Stone the secret project could be a perfect vehicle for embedding Elon Musk's Starlink within the FAA's operations … The situation fits into some broader patterns: Musk and DOGE have expressed significant influence …
Discussion: GovExec.com
ProPublica:
Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material  —  A Treasury Department inspector general is probing efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to obtain private taxpayer data …
Discussion: THE FARCE, CNN and Blaze Media
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant  —  The Justice Department quietly invoked the Alien Enemies act last month to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the power to conduct warrantless searches of people's homes as long as they suspect them to be an “alien enemy.”
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C.J. Ciaramella / Reason:
Justice Department Memo Claims Alien Enemies Act Allows Warrantless Home Searches and No Judicial Review
Discussion: USA Today
NBC News:
Hegseth trying to show Trump he's a fighter amid chaos in Pentagon  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's behavior has become “erratic” and he seems increasingly “insecure” about his job, sources told NBC News.  —  Pete Hegseth wants Donald Trump to see him as a fighter amid …
Politico:
Trump administration discussed possible exemptions for some Afghan refugees facing deportation  —  Christian leaders lobbied the White House to spare hundreds of Christians after the administration revoked humanitarian parole status for Afghan refugees.  —  Trump administration officials …
Discussion: Globe Trot and Raw Story
Financial Times:
Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk's X ahead of election  —  FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney  —  As Canadians prepare to go to the polls on Monday, they are being bombarded with misleading rightwing content …
Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they're suddenly uninsured  —  Danielle Waterfield was already dealing with the shock and disappointment of being fired from a job she loved.  —  An attorney recruited to the Commerce Department's CHIPS for America program in 2023 …
Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Vatican Caves and Gives Trump Front-Row Seat for Pope's Funeral  —  BLACK AND BLUE  —  The Vatican abandoned convention and protocol to pander to the vanity of Trump, who was one of the few people at the funeral not to wear black.  —  President Donald Trump, wearing a blue suit in a sea of black …
Politico:
RFK Jr. isn't staying in his lane.  Trump is thrilled.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expanded his authority well beyond the bounds of a traditional health secretary.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fast becoming the most prominent face of the Trump administration's domestic agenda …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Video casts doubt on Ed Martin's apology for praising Nazi sympathizer
Discussion: Raw Story and Mother Jones
Wall Street Journal:
Constantly in Motion, Trump's Cabinet Portrays a White House That's Always Winning
Paul Berger / Wall Street Journal:
Cargo Shipments From China to U.S. Slide Toward a Standstill
Discussion: Fortune
Kayla Dwyer / Indianapolis Star:
‘Complete takeover’: Lawmakers exert control over university policy in 11th hour
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Never Surrender’ President Retreats
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F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
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Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Some agencies are walking back workforce cuts with critical functions at risk of failure
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
US judge blocks Trump from ending union bargaining for many federal workers
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Susan Rice knocks ‘dumb as a rock’ Hegseth
Discussion: RedState, Twitchy and National Review
Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Voters Overwhelmingly Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians
Discussion: Fox News
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Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs
 

 
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