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Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse — Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested April 25 by federal authorities who are investigating whether she tried to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom last week, officials confirmed.
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Eva Wen / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A Milwaukee judge is accused of helping a man evade ICE. What do legal experts have to say? — A Milwaukee County judge is under FBI investigation for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade ICE agents. — Legal experts are dubious that the judge's actions constitute a crime, with intent being a key factor.
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The Hill, Bloomberg, The Verge, The Wrap, Townhall, Daily Mail, New York Post, Raw Story, WCNC-TV and Dan O'Donnell
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Wisconsin Judge Arrested, Accused of Shielding Immigrant From Federal Agents — Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on suspicion that she “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from” an immigrant being pursued by the authorities, the F.B.I. director said in a social media post that he later deleted.
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Axios, Washington Times, The Guardian, The National Pulse and NewsNation
Reuters:
US officials arrest Milwaukee judge for obstructing immigration operation — U.S. officials arrested a Wisconsin judge on Friday and charged her with helping a man evade immigration authorities in what appeared to be a dispute between President Donald Trump's administration and local officials over immigration enforcement.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
FBI arrests Wisconsin Judge Dugan on obstruction charge, escalates Trump immigration enforcement effort … Federal agents arrested a Wisconsin judge on Friday after she allegedly helped an undocumented immigrant evade arrest, FBI Director Kash Patel said. — Patel announced in an X post …
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UPI, CNN, Rolling Stone, Axios, Politico, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Talking Points Memo and The Post Millennial
Washington Post:
Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI, charged with obstructing immigrant arrest
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USA Today, Reason, New York Magazine and WTOP News
Associated Press:
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrested
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrested
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge
Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge
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Associated Press, CBS News, Mother Jones, One America News Network, masslive.com and WHDH-TV
Time:
Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's ‘100 Days’ Interview With TIME — President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME at the White House on April 22. — Over the course of the interview, Trump discussed a wide range of issues, including his trade war and the economy …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: I ‘love the concept’ of millionaire tax hike, but ‘may not be acceptable to the public’
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NBC News:
Trump calls his promise to end the Russia-Ukraine war on Day one ‘an exaggeration’
Trump calls his promise to end the Russia-Ukraine war on Day one ‘an exaggeration’
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: 'I'm really not trolling' with talk of Canada as 51st state
Trump: 'I'm really not trolling' with talk of Canada as 51st state
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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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Daily Californian:
12 UC Berkeley students' visas restored by ICE in nationwide reversal — Anonymity was granted to sources included in this story due to fears of retaliation. Some interviews were conducted in a language other than English and have been represented in translation.
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CNN, The Guardian, Davis Vanguard, The Stanford Daily, Reuters and The Hill
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump Administration Reverses Course on Student Visa Cancellations
Trump Administration Reverses Course on Student Visa Cancellations
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Washington Post:
Trump's immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds — President Donald Trump's approval ratings on immigration, relatively strong in the early weeks of his second term, have dipped into negative territory, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents. A Brutal New Poll Shows Why.
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Off Message and Raw Story
Renee Anderson / CBS News:
George Santos sentenced to over 7 years on federal fraud charges in New York — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on federal wire fraud and identity theft charges Friday in New York. — The judge handed down the maximum sentence of 87 months …
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NBC News:
Former Rep. George Santos sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
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New York Times:
George Santos Is Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison
George Santos Is Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Elon Musk leaves legacy of self-destruction at DOGE — Elon Musk arrived in Washington as the most powerful political outsider ever, brimming with Silicon Valley swagger and bipartisan buy-in for his goal of streamlining the federal government. — He's leaving with his reputation in tatters …
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Elon Musk and DOGE's Savings May Be Erased by New Costs — An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk's cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year. — President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings …
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New York Magazine, Daily Kos, Futurism, Hopium Chronicles and Hartford Courant
WUSA:
ICE backs down, says it will restore status of thousands of foreign students — Hundreds of foreign students in the U.S. on F-1 visas said they were informed their SEVIS records were suddenly terminated by DHS. — Local News — Sports — Unity Reed High School graduate Tyleik Williams drafted by Detroit Lions
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April Ryan / BlackPressUSA:
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.
New York Times:
Hegseth's Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities — The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's personal phone number, the one used in a recent Signal chat …
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Politico and emptywheel
Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
Russian general killed in Moscow car blast on day of Trump envoy visit — Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik named as victim of explosion that appears similar to previous attacks claimed by Ukraine — A senior Russian military official has been killed in a car explosion near Moscow …
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CNN:
Russian general killed in car blast just outside Moscow ahead of Witkoff-Putin meeting
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Associated Press:
In rare rebuke of Putin, Trump urges Russia to ‘STOP!’ after deadly attack on Kyiv
In rare rebuke of Putin, Trump urges Russia to ‘STOP!’ after deadly attack on Kyiv
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Sam Sutton / Politico:
Consumer expectations crater to three-decade low amid Trump tariff chaos — The danger for Trump is if consumers' declining faith in the economy causes them to slow their spending in the coming months. — Just three months into President Donald Trump's second term, Americans' confidence in the economy's prospects is plunging.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Coming Economic Nightmare
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 …
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Adam Klasfeld / All Rise News:
Law students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problem — The day after Donald Trump's election last year, three Georgetown Law students started a political movement to brace for impact. — The students texted each other, started organizing, and eventually discovered …
USA Today:
Exclusive: DOJ memo offers blueprint to Tren de Aragua deportation plan — Trump administration officials directed law enforcement nationwide to pursue suspected gang members into their homes, in some cases without any sort of warrant, according to a copy of the directive exclusively obtained by USA TODAY.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Chart of the week: Young people are anti-Trump again — If it's Friday, it's time for the Chart of the Week! I was going to write about Trump's sinking approval ratings on economics and immigration, and about the stock market, but I already wrote about that this week so I decided to do something new instead.
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Global News and Teen Vogue
New York Times:
We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All. — A young woman walked casually down a public street only to find herself suddenly surrounded by masked law enforcement officers in plain clothes. Without explanation — and in the absence of criminal charges …
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The Guardian
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
ICE contradicts DOJ filing at SCOTUS that a pending habeas case blocks AEA removal — DOJ argued the Trump administration would not remove people under the AEA while a habeas petition is pending. An ICE official has stated there are multiple exceptions. — An Immigration and Customs …
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Talking Points Memo and ABC News
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done — Imagine that Joe Biden, just as he was assuming office, had started a new company with Hunter Biden and used his main social media account to recruit financial backers, then promised that the most generous among them would earn …
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Washington Post, Fox Business, Wired and The Guardian
Roger Parloff / Default:
A Reporter's Notes of the April 23 Perkins Coie Hearing — Judge Howell appeared likely to permanently enjoin implementation of President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm. — Meet The Authors … On April 23, Judge Beryl A. Howell held a hearing on “dispositive motions” …
Washington Post:
White House ousts trade official over alleged ties to ‘Anonymous’ author — George Bogden, a senior aide at Customs and Border Protection, was pushed aside after officials circulated a photo of him at Miles Taylor's wedding. — The White House ousted a top customs official earlier …
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New Republic
New York Times:
The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They're Closing. — Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
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Althouse, Palo Alto Daily Post and Fortune
