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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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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.
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Democracy Docket, Associated Press, Mother Jones, Washington Times, One America News Network, masslive.com and WisPolitics
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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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 …
Associated Press:
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrested
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Washington Post:
Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI, charged with obstructing immigrant arrest
Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI, charged with obstructing immigrant arrest
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Fox News, WisPolitics, Truthout, USA Today, Reason and New York Magazine
Jason Lalljee / Axios:
“Deranged” Milwaukee judge's arrest a warning to others, Bondi says
“Deranged” Milwaukee judge's arrest a warning to others, Bondi says
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Daily Caller News Foundation, Twitchy and WisPolitics
Reuters:
US officials arrest Milwaukee judge for obstructing immigration operation
US officials arrest Milwaukee judge for obstructing immigration operation
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, New York Times, Townhall, Raw Story, WTOP News, WisPolitics and U V ∇ •
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’
Trump: I ‘love the concept’ of millionaire tax hike, but ‘may not be acceptable to the public’
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CNN:
DOGE is building a master database for immigration enforcement, sources say
DOGE is building a master database for immigration enforcement, sources say
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, Raw Story, Techdirt and PennLive
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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Amanda Friedman / Politico:
Trump says he's ‘not defying the Supreme Court’ amid standoff over wrongly deported man
Time:
Exclusive: Inside Trump's First 100 Days
Exclusive: Inside Trump's First 100 Days
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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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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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Off Message, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Raw Story
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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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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
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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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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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New York Times:
George Santos Is Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison
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NBC News:
Former Rep. George Santos sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
Former Rep. George Santos sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
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Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
George Santos Sobs as He Learns Fate in Corruption Case
George Santos Sobs as He Learns Fate in Corruption Case
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Daily Mail, Lawyers, Guns & Money and CNBC
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.
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
Elon Musk and DOGE's Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
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Daily Kos, Futurism, New York Magazine, Hopium Chronicles and Hartford Courant
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
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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Raw Story, New Republic and Plain Dealer
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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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, The Intercept and emptywheel
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 …
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
Health agencies “not creating an autism registry,” official says, contradicting NIH director — A Department of Health and Human Services official said Friday that the health department is not creating an autism registry, contradicting an announcement made days ago by the director …
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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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BlackPressUSA, 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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