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12:25 PM ET, April 25, 2025

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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.
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Wisconsin Judge Arrested, Accused of Shielding Immigrant From Federal Agents
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’
USA Today:
Trump's first 100 days: Here's 100 things that have changed (so far)
Discussion: Blaze Media and New York Times
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump says he's negotiated 200 trade deals — but won't say with whom
Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump says he would ‘love’ to send violent American citizens to foreign prisons
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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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Amanda Friedman / Politico:
Trump says he's ‘not defying the Supreme Court’ amid standoff over wrongly deported man
Discussion: New Republic and Balkinization
Matt Ford / New Republic:   Trump's War on Immigrants Has Become an Attack on Us All
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:   The Trump Victim I Can't Stop Thinking About
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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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say
Wall Street Journal:
Polygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: Pentagon Chaos Rattles Hegseth
Politico:
Pentagon leadership vacuum overwhelms Hegseth's office: 'It's a free-for-all'
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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 …
Discussion: masslive.com and Bangor Daily News
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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.
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
Discussion: Plain Dealer
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 …
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.
JoNel Aleccia / Associated Press:
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry  —  The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat.
Discussion: Civil Eats
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CBS News:
USDA withdraws a Biden-era effort to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
Discussion: New York Daily News
Renee Anderson / CBS News:
George Santos in court for sentencing on Long Island.  Here's how long he faces behind bars.  —  Former U.S. Rep. George Santos faces sentencing Friday on Long Island.  He pleaded guilty last August to federal wire fraud and identity theft charges, admitting he exaggerated or fabricated large parts of his backstory.
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.
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” …
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Trump and His Billionaires Are Giving the Rich a Bad Name  —  DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CHILDREN, cronies, allies, appointees, saboteurs, and fellow uber-rich will never stop trying to seize ever more power and make ever more money.  It's taken some of us far too long to realize it …
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.
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Lisa Murkowski reveals the ugly nature of Trump's rule  —  🌻 🏡 🌸 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.
Rio Yamat / Associated Press:
Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer  —  President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: New Republic
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Coming Economic Nightmare … i remember the little stickers on restaurant menus.  —  In the 1970s, it cost much more to print a menu than it does today.  Restaurants did not change them often.  When prices rose, they'd retain their old menu—but affix little stickers with the new, handwritten prices atop the previous ones.
Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent:
CIA deputy director's son killed while fighting for Russia in Ukraine, investigation claims  —  The son of a deputy head of the CIA was killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine in 2024, Russian publication Important Stories reported in an investigation published on April 25.
Discussion: Euromaidan Press and LewRockwell
 
 
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Politico:
‘A gut punch’: Trump admin cuts wipe out firefighter health and safety programs
Discussion: Raw Story
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 24, 2025  —  “Vladimir, STOP!” wrote President Donald Trump on his social media site this morning.
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 117. 4/24/25
Discussion: CNN and Alternet.org
David Gilbert / Wired:
Behold, the Social Security Administration's AI Training Video
Discussion: The Hill and Alternet.org
Julie Su / American Prospect:
Worker Rights Threatened at the Department of Labor
 Earlier Items: 
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
'Won't have anywhere to hide': Democrats are eager to pick apart the GOP megabill
Discussion: Associated Press
J. Kim Murphy / Variety:
Bill Maher Fires Back at Larry David for ‘My Dinner With Adolf’ Essay Spoofing His Trump Meeting: 'It's Kind of Insulting to Six Million Dead Jews'
David Ibave / KFOX-TV:
Ex-judge, wife into custody after claims of hosting Tren de Aragua member in Las Cruces
Rob Stein / NPR:
In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women's health study
Discussion: New York Times and WBUR
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy
Discussion: LewRockwell
New York Times:
Trump Directs Justice Dept. to Investigate ActBlue, Democrats' Cash Engine
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, set to close after WBD splits into two companies in Q3 2026

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

David Pierce / The Verge:
Yahoo launches Game Breakdowns in beta, offering AI-generated game summaries, stats, and play recaps, all updated live, to Yahoo Fantasy Plus subscribers

 
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