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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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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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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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Washington Post:
Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI, charged with obstructing immigrant arrest
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
What to know about Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge arrested amid ICE investigation on April 25
What to know about Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge arrested amid ICE investigation on April 25
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WHDH-TV and The Gateway Pundit
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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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
Trump says he's ‘not defying the Supreme Court’ amid standoff over wrongly deported man
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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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Time:
Exclusive: Inside Trump's First 100 Days
Exclusive: Inside Trump's First 100 Days
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Trump Victim I Can't Stop Thinking About
Renee Anderson / CBS News:
Watch Live: George Santos sentenced to over 7 years on federal fraud charges in New York — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced to 87 months, or more than seven years, in prison on federal wire fraud and identity theft charges Friday in New York. — Federal prosecutors …
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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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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
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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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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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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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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.
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 …
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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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, Teen Vogue and The Independent
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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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
How the Trump Administration Flipped on Kilmar Abrego Garcia — Officials were developing a plan to get him back to the United States. Why did they stop? — 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.
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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:
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 …
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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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” …
Politico:
‘A gut punch’: Trump admin cuts wipe out firefighter health and safety programs — People in and out of government told POLITICO that they fear the cuts will lead to major backsliding on understanding firefighters' health risks. — A 10-person team of federal health workers …
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