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Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Mike Waltz out as national security adviser, but Trump says he'll be ambassador to U.N.  —  National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts in the Trump White House, according to multiple sources familiar with their departure.
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Politico:
Trump ousts Mike Waltz as national security adviser  —  Names for a replacement have been discussed around the West Wing for weeks.  —  President Donald Trump ousted Mike Waltz, who has lost the confidence of other administration officials, from his national security adviser position on Thursday.
Washington Post:
Trump gives commencement address at University of Alabama  —  President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he plans to nominate Michael Waltz as ambassador to the United Nations, hours after reports emerged that he would be replacing Waltz in his current position as national security adviser.
Fox News:
Mike Waltz, other National Security Council staffers out in latest Trump purge following Signal chat leak
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump to nominate national security advisor Mike Waltz as UN ambassador
Discussion: Politico, The Guardian and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Oust National Security Adviser Mike Waltz
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump names Rubio as acting national security adviser, taps Waltz as UN ambassador
CNN:
Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz expected to depart administration, sources say
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under the Alien Enemies Act  —  A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law and said President Donald Trump's invocation of it was “unlawful.”
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CNN:
Trump-appointed judge says president's use of Alien Enemies Act is unlawful in first-of-its-kind ruling
emptywheel:
Stephen Miller's Snowballing Deportation Deceptions
Discussion: Townhall, New Republic and Fox News
ABC News:
Judge in Texas rules Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations ‘exceeds the scope’ of the law
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal With Trump From a Case  —  The tech giant instead engaged a firm that is fighting the president's executive orders, Jenner & Block, in a sign that those firms can still attract clients.  —  When big law firms attacked by President Trump decided …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Microsoft drops a law firm that appeased Trump, hires firm that's fighting Trump  —  Law firms that struck deals with the White House thought it'd protect their bottom line.  What if their assumptions were wrong?  —  When Donald Trump launched an unprecedented offensive against prominent law firms …
Discussion: Above the Law
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns  —  Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump's birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly …
Discussion: Mediaite
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept.  —  Behind the scenes, a top department official pressed employees to gather a list of activists and investigate them, people familiar with the matter said.  —  A top Trump appointee in the Justice Department ordered …
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Inside Trump's hesitation on Medicaid  —  Make no mistake: Medicaid is at the center of the GOP's challenges as they try to assemble their “big, beautiful” bill.  And the problems start at the very top.  President Donald Trump is deeply skeptical of the emerging House Republican plan …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
GOP leaders take more time for key megabill markup after Medicaid snags
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
There Is a Way Forward: How to Defeat Trump's Power Grab  —  The first 100 days of President Trump's second term have done more damage to American democracy than anything else since the demise of Reconstruction.  Mr. Trump is attempting to create a presidency unconstrained by Congress or the courts …
Dan Garisto / Nature:
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones … - Dan Garisto  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice …
Eileen Guo / MIT Technology Review:
Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics … A previously unreported document distributed by senior US State Department official Darren Beattie reveals a sweeping effort to uncover all communications between the staff …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Raw Story
Harshita Meenaktshi / Reuters:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports  —  U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
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Erin Schumaker / Politico:
Tulsi Gabbard is out to prove Covid came from a lab  —  The director of national intelligence told podcast host Megyn Kelly she's working with top HHS officials to investigate Covid-19's origins.  —  National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard's office is working with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Spooked By Trade Wars, Trump Officials Hoard Supplies: ‘It Would Be Stupid Not To!’  —  Some Trump administration officials are stockpiling toilet paper and food before Trump's tariffs cause prices to skyrocket … Well, many Americans aren't listening to that advice, according to survey data this year …
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and The Hill
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order.  Others are expected to fall  —  When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating …
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump Administration Cancels $1 Billion in Grants for Student Mental Health  —  Congress authorized the money in a bipartisan breakthrough around addressing gun violence after a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 children and two teachers.
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
HHS redirects $500 million to Trump appointee's vaccine project, bypassing reviews  —  The Department of Health and Human Services has transferred $500 million from research into next-generation COVID-19 vaccines, redirecting the money to a single vaccine project linked to the Trump …
Washington Post:
Fired DOJ attorney says on TikTok that Trump pardons cost $1 billion  —  Liz Oyer says Americans lost out on restitution because President Donald Trump sidestepped the usual clemency process to pardon allies.  —  Liz Oyer, the Justice Department's recently fired pardon attorney …
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
At a Dubai Conference, Trump's Conflicts Take Center Stage  —  A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president's son and his business partner, who promised, “This is only the beginning.”
Curtis Bunn / NBC News:
Trump shut down program to end human waste backing into Alabama homes, calling it ‘illegal DEI’  —  A $26 million federal program to help residents of Lowndes County, Alabama, who have dealt with inadequate sewage systems for decades was stopped by an executive order.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Maxine Joselow / Washington Post:
Senate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants  —  If also passed by the House as expected, the action will be the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean Air Act.  —  The Senate voted Thursday to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule limiting …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Charles Gaba / ACA Signups:
And So It Begins: Aetna/CVS pulling out of ACA exchanges next year as GOP allows IRA subsidies to expire  —  via Bruce Japsen at Forbes, the first shoe has dropped: … Below I list the 17 states where CVS/Aetna is pulling out of the ACA market.  —  IMPORTANT: I've included my estimate …
Discussion: Forbes and STAT
O. Rose Broderick / STAT:
STAT+: Autism evaluations are being canceled over fears about a national registry  —  SEATTLE — Michael VanPelt spent several weeks recently glued to his telephone, dialing doctors who might be able to get his 3-year-old son in for an autism evaluation.  The music teacher ran out of providers …
Meridith McGraw / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Propose Slashing $163 Billion in Government Programs in Budget Blueprint  —  The president's budget wish list would cut health research, climate and education programs  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is expected to propose far-reaching cuts to federal environmental, renewable energy …
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Yadira Caraveo's former aides say they were mistreated, traumatized by Colorado congresswoman  —  Warning: This story contains details about apparent suicide attempts.  Here's how to get involved with suicide prevention, or find help.  —  U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo's behavior last year …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply condemns Trump's attacks on judges  —  The Supreme Court justice warned Thursday that increasingly hostile rhetoric poses a dire threat to the country's political fabric.  —  RIO GRANDE, PUERTO RICO — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully condemned attacks …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely claims he warned Americans during his campaign of a tariff ‘transition period’  —  President Donald Trump falsely claimed Tuesday that he warned during his 2024 campaign that his tariffs would require Americans to experience a “transition period.”
Discussion: Washington Post
The Hill:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end protected status for 600,000 Venezuelans  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to end deportation protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans, the administration's latest plea for the justices to intervene in President Trump's sweeping immigration agenda.
 
 
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Human rights nightmares show ‘the crazies’ who wanted to abolish ICE were right
Discussion: The Independent
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Trump's Pick for a Top Army Job Works at a Weapons Company — And Won't Give Up His Stock
Taylor Rains / Business Insider:
FAA offers $10,000 bonuses to hire new air traffic controllers
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrats fume at rogue Trump impeachment push
Reuters:
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Jocelyn Kaiser / Science:
NIH under siege
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
A small Montana town has thrived on federal jobs. Now come Trump's cuts.
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Paul Krugman:
It's Trump's Economy Now
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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