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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.
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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 …
Politico:
DOGE slashes disability and aging services  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.
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
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan charged with 2 felonies in ICE case  —  Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was charged April 25 with two felonies on allegations of trying to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom.
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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.
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Arrested by FBI in Immigration Dispute
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump's Attorney General Warns Arrested Judge Is Just the Beginning
Eva Wen / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A Milwaukee judge is accused of helping a man evade ICE. What do legal experts have to say?
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Courts Handed Trump A Slew of Legal Losses This Week
Discussion: Twitchy, Bloomberg and NBC News
Stef W. Kight / Axios:   Senate awaits Trump judges
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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
Discussion: Bloomberg and Saywhat Politics
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday announced a stepped-up effort to go after government leaks by changing the policy for when the Justice Department will seek information from journalists — reversing a Biden administration policy barring “compulsory process.”
Associated Press:
Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters' records in leak inquiries
Discussion: New York Times and NPR
Washington Post:
Reporters' phone records could again be searched, Justice Dept. says
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
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
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 …
Politico:
Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students' US visa registrations  —  DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges.  —  The Trump administration has restored …
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New York Times:
U.S. Restores Legal Status for Many International Students, but Warns of Removals to Come
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: 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.”
Discussion: El Paso Matters
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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
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, Raw Story and Reason
April Ryan / BlackPressUSA:
BLACKPRESSUSA UPDATE COMING SOON - The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance  —  BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE - Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in exhibit.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs  —  After 20 percent of the agency's work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and review firings to fill gaps in critical roles.  —  Federal health officials have reversed the decision …
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 …
Ashraf Khalil / Associated Press:
Kennedy Center's events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration canceled, organizers say  —  Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week's worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer's World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., amid a shift in priorities and the ousting …
Discussion: Fox News, The Wrap, Deadline and WTOP News
New York Times:
George Santos's Closing Act: A Prison Sentence of More Than 7 Years  —  Federal prosecutors had said Mr. Santos, whose pattern of lies and fraud led to his expulsion from Congress, should receive a lengthy sentence to “protect the public” from future fraud.  —  George Santos …
Paul Berger / Wall Street Journal:
Cargo Shipments From China to U.S. Slide Toward a Standstill  —  Cancellations accelerate; ‘shipments out of China for major retailers and manufacturers has ceased’  —  The number of ships sailing from China to the U.S. laden with clothes, electronics, furniture and other goods is plunging …
Discussion: Fortune and NBC News
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
How the Trump Administration Flipped on Kilmar Abrego Garcia  —  At each stage in the political and legal fight over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's wrongful deportation, the Trump administration has pushed back harder and dug in deeper.  —  The administration first called Abrego Garcia's deportation an …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Kayla Dwyer / Indianapolis Star:
‘Complete takeover’: Lawmakers exert control over university policy in 11th hour  —  Over the course of 36 hours at the tail end of the three-month legislative session, Indiana lawmakers made significant policy changes that fundamentally alter how state universities conduct themselves.
 
 
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Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Never Surrender’ President Retreats
Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Some agencies are walking back workforce cuts with critical functions at risk of failure
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Susan Rice knocks ‘dumb as a rock’ Hegseth
Discussion: RedState, Twitchy and National Review
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Most Trump voters want Medicare negotiations protected, Medicaid preserved: Survey
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 118. 4/25/25
Discussion: The National Pulse and RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Voters Overwhelmingly Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians
Discussion: Fox News
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ossoff ‘strongly’ backs Trump impeachment but says Democrats need to flip House first
Gavin Bade / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Lays Out Roadmap to Streamline Tariff Talks
Daniel Boffey / The Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch's company ‘actively frustrated’ Met's phone-hacking investigation
New York Times:
Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs
Lisa Hagen / NPR:
They say they want Americans to have more babies. What's beneath the surface?
Discussion: We Hunted The Mammoth
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
New Mexico judge and wife arrested for hiding an alleged Venezuelan gang member in their house
 

 
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