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Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer — Two families — among them three U.S. citizens aged two, four, and seven — were abruptly deported under “troubling circumstances,” says the ACLU … One of the children was undergoing cancer treatment and one of the mothers is pregnant.
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Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Lawyers: ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The horrors are not aberrations. This is the Trump administration's plan.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Today's major stories must be seen in the context of President Donald Trump's dramatic losses …
Today's major stories must be seen in the context of President Donald Trump's dramatic losses …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects
2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday
The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday
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Jane Dalton / The Independent:
Trump accused of Pope Francis funeral faux pas after ‘breaking dress code’ then leaving early — On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents — President Donald Trump has been accused of breaking the dress code for Pope Francis's funeral by wearing blue …
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Tim Balk / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Meets With Zelensky, Says Putin Might Not Be Serious About Peace
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Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
Trump Refuses to Give Biden Air Force One Ride to Pope's Funeral
Trump Refuses to Give Biden Air Force One Ride to Pope's Funeral
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Associated Press:
Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close
Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Meets With Zelensky in Vatican City, White House Says
Trump Meets With Zelensky in Vatican City, White House Says
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Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Vatican Caves and Gives Trump Front-Row Seat for Pope's Funeral
Vatican Caves and Gives Trump Front-Row Seat for Pope's Funeral
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AP-NORC:
100 days in and the public feels Trump's presidency is proceeding mostly as expected — Most partisans agree they are getting what they expected from Trump's second term, but 84% of Democrats think Trump is doing a poor or terrible job as president so far and 68% of Republicans think he's doing a good or great job.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
As Trump destroys the economy, GOP and Wall Street execs stay mum — They seem to think they can pressure Trump privately. It's not working. — President Donald Trump is torching the U.S. economy. He's attacking our trade alliances and our ability to control inflation.
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
About 4-in-10 Americans say Trump is a ‘terrible’ president amid sinking approval: Survey
About 4-in-10 Americans say Trump is a ‘terrible’ president amid sinking approval: Survey
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
How Trump Plays Into Putin's Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions — Many of President Trump's actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves. — If President Vladimir V. Putin …
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John Ismay / New York Times:
From Book Bans to Canceled Lectures, the Naval Academy Is Bending to Trump — Even before the presidential election, the school began preparing for Donald Trump's potential return to power. Now faculty members are resigning in protest. — For 65 years, the U.S. Naval Academy's annual …
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Politico:
Poll: Canadians despise Trump and distrust US — A new POLITICO/Focaldata poll finds Trump looms over the race, boosting Mark Carney and the Liberals as Canadians turn against the United States. — Three quarters of Canadians dislike President Donald Trump — and Conservatives appear likely …
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why the New NYT Poll is Very Bad News for Trump
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Four Perspectives on Trump's Weak Poll Numbers
Four Perspectives on Trump's Weak Poll Numbers
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Mary K. Feeney / Can We Still Govern?:
I oversaw rigorous review of NSF-funded research on misinformation: Now the Trump administration is cancelling it — For the last three years, I was the director of the Science of Science: Discovery, Communication, and Impact program at the NSF. This program funded research on the social science …
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Riley Beggin / USA Today:
National Science Foundation eliminates hundreds of grants day after director resigns
National Science Foundation eliminates hundreds of grants day after director resigns
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Washington Post:
Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their 'people's pope' — The pope's unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of “simplicity and essential things.” — VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church bid farewell …
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Officials Weaken Rules Insulating Government Workers From Politics — A reinterpretation of the Hatch Act announced by the administration lets officials wear campaign paraphernalia like MAGA hats, and removes an independent board's role in policing violations.
New York Times:
Trump Pardons Executive Whose Family Sought to Publicize Ashley Biden's Diary — The pardon of Paul Walczak, who had been convicted of tax crimes, comes as the president uses clemency to reward allies and swipe at perceived enemies. — President Trump on Wednesday pardoned …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts — Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support - the opposite of what the site was set up for. — WASHINGTON - A few years ago …
Andrew Weissmann / Behind The Headlines:
The Arrest Of A Milwaukee Judge: A Troubling Assault On The Judiciary — The recent arrest of a Milwaukee state court judge has raised serious legal and constitutional concerns. In this commentary, I break down the core allegations, explain why the criminal case appears tenuous both factually and legally …
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Noah Shachtman / New York Times:
Trump Is Breaking the Rule That Every Barroom Brawler Knows — Provoking your enemies, alienating your friends and actively sabotaging your own defenses is no one's idea of a sound national security plan. And yet, this is the playbook that President Trump has apparently followed over the first 100 days of his second term.
Shikha Dalmia / The UnPopulist:
Can Trump Really Deport 10 Million People? A Conversation with Dara Lind — Despite his draconian and lawless crackdown on immigrants and their defenders, the number of undocumented might not go down — Immigration policy has long been a battlefield for ideological disputes.
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