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Politico:
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’ — The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father's efforts to keep her in the United States. — A federal judge is raising alarms that the Trump administration deported …
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ACLU:
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation — Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well — New Orleans, LA - Today, in the early hours of the morning …
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.
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects — A federal judge in Louisiana said the deportation of the child to Honduras with her mother, even though her father had filed an emergency petition, appeared to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”
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Bloomberg and Saywhat Politics
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday
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WBAL Baltimore News, Washington Times, Reuters and CBS News
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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The Freedom Academy …, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg, The Independent, Common Dreams, WBAL Baltimore News, UPI, USA Today, Raw Story, The Hill, New York Times and CBS News
New York Times:
Voters See Trump's Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds — Skepticism has grown of his efforts to expand his authority and of his handling of issues long seen as strengths for him, including the economy and immigration. — Voters believe President Trump is overreaching …
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The Message Box, Raw Story, Alternet.org, USA Today, New York Post, Associated Press, HuffPost, The Hill and Democrats
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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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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Post
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Four Perspectives on Trump's Weak Poll Numbers — It's not easy to burn this much good will so fast, and it doesn't usually get any easier from here. — We have the first New York Times/Siena College poll since the election, and almost everyone will probably agree on this much: The findings are not good for President Trump.
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The Hill, RedState and Daily Mail
Politico:
DOGE slashes disability and aging services
DOGE slashes disability and aging services
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Associated Press and The Hill, more at Techmeme »
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Five Takeaways From the Times/Siena Poll
Five Takeaways From the Times/Siena Poll
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The Independent and The Hill
NBC News:
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide — Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out. — Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died by suicide, her family said Friday.
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Benita Kolovos / The Guardian:
Virginia Giuffre, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died aged 41 — Giuffre's family issued a statement confirming she took her own life at her farm in Western Australia, where she had lived for several years — Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims …
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA maximalism: Trump's base loves Wisconsin judge arrest — The FBI's arrest of a Wisconsin judge shocked the establishment. But it's exactly the kind of escalation the MAGA base has been agitating for. — “This is not the time for summer soldiers or sunshine patriots,” …
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Trump budget draft ends Narcan program and other addiction measures.
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The San Francisco Standard, The Nation, Raw Story, The Guardian, Daily Kos, Twitchy, Vanity Fair, The Wrap and Reuters
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Some see Trump weaponizing government in targeting of judge and Democratic fundraising site
Some see Trump weaponizing government in targeting of judge and Democratic fundraising site
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Twitchy, New Republic and Middle East Monitor
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge
Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge
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Axios:
Scoop: DOJ rescinds policy against subpoenaing journalists — Attorney General Pam Bondi said in an internal memo obtained by Axios that the Justice Department is rescinding her predecessor Merrick Garland's policy restricting most subpoenas for journalists.
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Townhall, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, WBAL Baltimore News, Fox News and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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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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New York Post, USA Today and The Kyiv Independent
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Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal — The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter. — A federal prosecutor in Washington …
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Evan Bush / NBC News:
Medical journals complain of ‘harassment’ from Justice Department
Medical journals complain of ‘harassment’ from Justice Department
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Alternet.org
Gabe Kaminsky / The Free Press:
Exclusive: Trump's D.C. Prosecutor Threatens Wikipedia's Tax-Exempt Status — Ed Martin, the firebrand Republican activist whom President Donald Trump picked to be the top prosecutor in D.C., has a new target: Wikipedia. — Martin, the interim U.S. attorney in Washington and Trump's permanent selection …
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The Verge, Raw Story and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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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 …
NBC News:
Hegseth trying to show Trump he's a fighter amid chaos in Pentagon — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's behavior has become “erratic” and he seems increasingly “insecure” about his job, sources told NBC News. — Pete Hegseth wants Donald Trump to see him as a fighter amid …
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Daily Kos, Washington Examiner and Wall Street Journal
Rolling Stone:
Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret — Sources tell Rolling Stone the secret project could be a perfect vehicle for embedding Elon Musk's Starlink within the FAA's operations … The situation fits into some broader patterns: Musk and DOGE have expressed significant influence …
ProPublica:
Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material — A Treasury Department inspector general is probing efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to obtain private taxpayer data …
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THE FARCE, CNN and Blaze Media
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 …
Washington Post:
Video casts doubt on Ed Martin's apology for praising Nazi sympathizer — Trump's pick for top D.C. federal prosecutor said he didn't know about the man's statements, but Martin had discussed the antisemitism allegations in podcasts. — Interim D.C. U.S. attorney Ed Martin apologized …
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Raw Story and Mother Jones
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant — The Justice Department quietly invoked the Alien Enemies act last month to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the power to conduct warrantless searches of people's homes as long as they suspect them to be an “alien enemy.”
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C.J. Ciaramella / Reason:
Justice Department Memo Claims Alien Enemies Act Allows Warrantless Home Searches and No Judicial Review
Justice Department Memo Claims Alien Enemies Act Allows Warrantless Home Searches and No Judicial Review
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USA Today
Financial Times:
Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk's X ahead of election — FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney — As Canadians prepare to go to the polls on Monday, they are being bombarded with misleading rightwing content …
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
CIA official's son killed while fighting in Ukraine, spy agency says — The CIA confirmed the death of Michael Gloss, 21, after a Russian news site reported that he had signed up to serve with Russian forces. — The son of a senior Central Intelligence Agency official died last year …
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