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12:50 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.
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 …
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.
Associated Press:
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrested
Wall Street Journal:
Federal Agents Arrest Judge Accused of Helping Man Evade Immigration Enforcement
Discussion: American Thinker
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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Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
Russian general killed in Moscow car blast on day of Trump envoy visit
Amanda Friedman / Politico:
Trump says he's ‘not defying the Supreme Court’ amid standoff over wrongly deported man
Discussion: New Republic
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
Associated Press:
In rare rebuke of Putin, Trump urges Russia to ‘STOP!’ after deadly attack on Kyiv
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: 'I'm really not trolling' with talk of Canada as 51st state
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump says he's negotiated 200 trade deals — but won't say with whom
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
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
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.
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 …
Discussion: ABC News, New York Times and abc7NY
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NBC News:
Former Rep. George Santos sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
New York Times:
George Santos Is Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison
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 …
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.
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.
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
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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” …
 
 
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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
How the Trump Administration Flipped on Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Discussion: UPI
Matt Ford / New Republic:
Trump's War on Immigrants Has Become an Attack on Us All
Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent:
CIA deputy director's son killed while fighting for Russia in Ukraine, investigation claims
Discussion: Euromaidan Press and LewRockwell
Jim Acosta / The Jim Acosta Show:
Pull the Plug on the White House Correspondents Dinner
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 24, 2025  —  “Vladimir, STOP!” wrote President Donald Trump on his social media site this morning.
David Gilbert / Wired:
Behold, the Social Security Administration's AI Training Video
Discussion: The Hill and Alternet.org
 Earlier Items: 
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Coming Economic Nightmare
Washington Post:
White House ousts trade official over alleged ties to ‘Anonymous’ author
Discussion: New Republic
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
Rio Yamat / Associated Press:
Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer
New York Times:
Trump Directs Justice Dept. to Investigate ActBlue, Democrats' Cash Engine
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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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

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