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CNN:
US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier — A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been “lost” at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday.
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NPR:
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets — Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have been given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two independent sources tell NPR.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts — Civil rights director Harmeet K. Dhillon redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian bias and what she calls “woke ideology.” — The new head of the Justice Department's civil rights division …
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Trump's justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit — Donald Trump's appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department's voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases …
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Raw Story, The Atlantic, The Hill, New Republic and Rolling Stone
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.'s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus’ — Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact President Trump's agenda.
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Daily Caller News Foundation
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Floats Improbable Income-Tax Cut Tied to Tariffs — President suggests eliminating income taxes on most households, but math doesn't add up — WASHINGTON—President Trump keeps suggesting that tariffs can replace income taxes for most Americans. One big problem: The math doesn't work.
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Politico:
House tax writers close to wrapping up their part of massive budget bill
House tax writers close to wrapping up their part of massive budget bill
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Washington Times and The Hill
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster
The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster
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Talking Points Memo, BlackPressUSA and CBS News
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Trump's Agenda Is Still Undecided
Trump's Agenda Is Still Undecided
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Politico, NPR, New York Times, NBC News, The Independent, Raw Story, Bloomberg and Florida Politics
The Atlantic:
‘I Run the Country and the World’ … b — efore we begin, a primer on the science of arranging an interview with a sitting American president: — In ordinary times, reporters seeking an on-the-record encounter with the commander in chief first write an elaborate proposal.
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New York Times:
A Road Map of Trump's Lawless Presidency, According to 35 Legal Scholars — In his first hours back as president, Donald J. Trump did an extraordinary thing: He made a direct assault on the Constitution. He declared that his government would no longer treat U.S.-born children …
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U.S. Congressman Shri Thanedar:
Congressman Shri Thanedar Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump for High Crimes and Misdemeanors — Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Shri Thanedar (MI-13) introduced articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump, President of the United States …
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The Daily Wire, The Hill, Blaze Media, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump lashes out against “fake polls” as his approval ratings sink — President Trump, in an early morning Truth Social post Monday, slammed “FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS” that he said should be “investigated for ELECTION FRAUD.” — The big picture: As Trump nears the first 100 days …
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Washington Post:
Public sours on Musk's role, is skeptical that government is cutting waste
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
How to measure Trump's 100 days?
How to measure Trump's 100 days?
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Karl Rove Guts Donald Trump in Scathing Fox News Interview: ‘In Very Bad Shape’ — RAPID FAIL — The former adviser to former Vice President Dick Cheney said Americans no longer trust the president on the economy. — Fox News analyst Karl Rove tore into President Donald Trump …
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: A growing majority says Trump has made the economy worse, with most skeptical of his tariff plans
CNN Poll: A growing majority says Trump has made the economy worse, with most skeptical of his tariff plans
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CBS News, Raw Story, The Independent and Semafor
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Karoline Leavitt Refuses to Rule Out Arrest of Supreme Court Judges … The Trump administration is open to arresting Supreme Court judges, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told it on Monday morning. — “You guys arrested a Milwaukee County Circuit judge …
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Daily Caller News Foundation
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation — 🏛️ ⚖️ 👩⚖️ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever. … 🏛️ ⚖️ 👩⚖️
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CNN:
‘A great friend’: Audio undercuts Trump US attorney nominee's disavowal of alleged Nazi sympathizer — Ed Martin, the Trump-appointed interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia and nominee to serve in the role permanently, says he now regrets praising a Capitol rioter …
Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Elon Musk's Doge conflicts of interest worth $2.37bn, Senate report says — Committee calls figure a ‘conservative estimate’ and warns Musk may seek to use his influence to avoid legal liability — Elon Musk and his companies face at least $2.37bn in legal exposure from federal investigations …
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Laurence Darmiento / Los Angeles Times:
Elon Musk's conflicts of interest: $2.37 billion in potential federal penalties, report says
Elon Musk's conflicts of interest: $2.37 billion in potential federal penalties, report says
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CNBC, The Hill, Associated Press, Ars Technica and Musk Watch
Politico:
Connolly to step down as top Dem on Oversight, paving the way for generational change — Rep. Gerry Connolly, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will step down from his leadership post on the panel and not run for reelection.
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Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Irish woman living in US for decades detained by immigration officials — Cliona Ward, who had returned from trip to Ireland, held over criminal record from almost 20 years ago — An Irish woman who has lived legally in the US for four decades has been detained by immigration officials …
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The Irish Times
Billy House / Bloomberg:
New Yorkers Boo and Jeer GOP's Lawler at Circus-Like Town Hall — Boos, shouts and insults dominated New York Representative Mike Lawler's rowdy town hall on Sunday as the GOP lawmaker's constituents seethed over President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Rough Night for Republican at Town Hall in N.Y. Swing District
Rough Night for Republican at Town Hall in N.Y. Swing District
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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Daily News
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Finds the University of Pennsylvania Has Violated Title IX — Today, the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its finding that the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
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Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:
Agriculture isn't nearing trade war tariffs crisis, ‘it is full blown crisis already’ farmers say … The clock is ticking on trade deals that the U.S. will need to strike with many nations, most notably China, to avoid what Trump's Treasury Secretary has described as an “unsustainable” tariffs war.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
FCC chair says 'all options" open in CBS ‘60 Minutes’ news distortion review — The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said Monday “all options remain on the table” in the agency's ongoing investigation into a “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia's Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans — When Trump officials want to censor speech, they don't quite say “we want to censor speech” (after all, they pretend to be the party that “brought free speech back.")
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Above the Law, Breitbart, The Post Millennial and Blaze Media
New York Times:
Pritzker Thunders Against ‘Do Nothing’ Democrats as He Stokes 2028 Talk — In a fiery speech in New Hampshire, the Illinois governor railed against both President Trump and what he called the “simpering timidity” among some Democrats. — Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois strode into a ballroom filled …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Dem Says ICE Took Florida Mom From Baby, Unlawfully Deported Her To Cuba — “The separation of mother and daughter was so sudden and traumatic that their infant daughter was taken to the hospital,” Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) told Trump. — WASHINGTON - Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) …
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Why Trump's Economic Disruption Will Be Hard to Reverse — The president's turnover of the economic order has unleashed changes that could prove lasting, because other countries will adjust. — President Trump has made clear his intent to smash the reigning global economic order.
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Democrats
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Judge questions US Defense Department role in Venezuelans' deportations — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Monday to turn over the names of any migrants flown recently from the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay to El Salvador so he could determine whether they were deported in violation of a court order he issued.
Nick Gilbertson / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Trump to Sign Order Ensuring Truckers Speak English — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday that ensures truckers are adept at speaking English, America's official language, Breitbart News can reveal. — A White House document on the expected executive order …
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump staff puts immigrants' mug shots on White House lawn — Trump administration officials late Sunday began placing dozens of posters of arrested unauthorized immigrants along the White House driveway. — It's a provocative, sure-to-be-controversial move aimed …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism … Remember how April 2 was “Liberation Day”? That was the day Donald Trump announced his tariff regime; it was, I think, the third grand announcement out of about six total. I know you remember it—the shock to the markets created headlines that are hard to forget.
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