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Associated Press:
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters' reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't — President Trump issued an executive order late Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board of directors to “cease federal funding for NPR and PBS,” the nation's primary public broadcasters, claiming ideological bias.
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Purpose. National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) …
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Washington Post:
GOP balks at approving even a fraction of Musk's DOGE cuts — Republican lawmakers have told administration officials that pushing sweeping cuts through Congress will be difficult. — White House officials have in recent weeks brainstormed strategies for enshrining into law …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump's budget proposes slashing health, education and clean energy programs while growing the military — The largely symbolic budget blueprint sent to Congress also calls for boosting spending on Trump's other priorities, like border security and a “MAHA” initiative on healthy living.
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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 …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Stephen Miller emerges as top contender for Trump's next national security adviser — President Trump's top policy adviser, Stephen Miller, is garnering buzz inside the White House as a top candidate to be the next national security adviser, five sources familiar with the situation say.
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Behind the scenes: How Waltz got the boot
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Isabella Kwai / New York Times:
Photo Shows Waltz's Conversations on a Version of Signal
Photo Shows Waltz's Conversations on a Version of Signal
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Adds a New Title Under Trump: Interim National Security Adviser
Marco Rubio Adds a New Title Under Trump: Interim National Security Adviser
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CNN:
Trump repeats that the government will revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status — President Donald Trump says Harvard University will be stripped of its tax-exempt status, redoubling an extraordinary threat amid a broader chess match over free speech, political ideology and federal funding …
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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 …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A Human Sacrifice to the Laura Loomer Lobby
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
6,600 soldiers part of Army plans for potential parade on Trump birthday: AP
6,600 soldiers part of Army plans for potential parade on Trump birthday: AP
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Ben Terris / New York Magazine:
All By Himself — John Fetterman insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew. — When John Fetterman was released from Walter Reed hospital in March 2023, Adam Jentleson, then his chief of staff, was proud of his boss …
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Reuters:
These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack. — As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with threats and harassment.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply condemns Trump's attacks on judges
Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply condemns Trump's attacks on judges
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Daniel Barnes / Politico:
Abbe Lowell launches his own law firm — Hunter Biden's former lawyer is teaming up with attorneys who have quit major law firms over Trump's executive orders targeting the legal industry. — Prominent defense lawyer Abbe Lowell has officially launched Lowell & Associates …
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
High-profile attorney Abbe Lowell launches new firm to push back on Trump's attacks on legal system
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Critics of law firms' deals with Trump are starting a firm of their own
Critics of law firms' deals with Trump are starting a firm of their own
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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 …
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Andrew Freedman / CNN:
US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously known as hurricane season nears — The National Weather Service is in worse shape than previously known, according to interviews with current and former meteorologists, due to a combination of layoffs, early retirements and preexisting vacancies.
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
‘Complete Moron’ Trump Announces WWII Victory Day on Wrong Date — HISTORY LESSON — The president seemed to forget about Hiroshima, Nagasaki and victory over the Japanese. He also wants to cancel Veterans Day. — President Donald Trump announced in a late-night post that the U.S …
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Trump plans to change Veterans Day into ‘Victory Day for World War I’
Trump plans to change Veterans Day into ‘Victory Day for World War I’
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Karina Elwood / Washington Post:
Fearing deportation, a beloved music teacher gives a final lesson — Jesús Rodríguez, worried about being detained, decided to leave the country before his humanitarian parole expired. — On the day before spring break at Forest Grove Elementary School in Northern Virginia …
CNN:
Trump administration considering labeling some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as ‘enemy combatants’ — The Trump administration has been examining whether it can label some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as “enemy combatants” as a possible way to detain …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Inside Trump's 100 days of presidential profit — President Trump warned American families this week that they may have to make do with fewer — and more expensive — holiday toys. — But for Trump's own inner circle, a veritable Golden Age is well underway.
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs — The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of child welfare programs, with plans to terminate dozens of university grants studying improvements to Head Start and child care policy …
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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 …
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Jill Sobule, Singer-Songwriter of Groundbreaking 1995 Song ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dies in House Fire — Jill Sobule, the groundbreaking singer-songwriter and activist whose 1995 song “I Kissed a Girl” is widely considered the first openly gay-themed song to crack the Billboard Top 20 …
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Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Why did Tommy Tuberville vote in Florida if he lived in Alabama? — This is an opinion column. — Last week, I challenged Sen. Tommy Tuberville to clear his residency questions once and for all by doing something that most Alabamians would be able to do without any problem …
Kevin Duggan / nyc.streetsblog:
Policy Change: NYPD Will Write Criminal Summonses, Not Traffic Tickets, for Cyclists — Quietly, the NYPD has changed its policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications.
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will ask the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop new guidance for treating measles with drugs and vitamins, an HHS spokesperson said.
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages — Mike Waltz, who was until Thursday U.S. National Security Advisor, has inadvertently revealed he is using an obscure and unofficial version of Signal that is designed to archive messages …
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Trump Takes a Surprise Dig at Elon Musk After Tesla CEO's White House Exit — FRIEND OR FOE? — The president said the billionaire was “terrific”—before taking a jab. — Donald Trump took an awkward dig at his “first buddy” Elon Musk just days after the billionaire left the White House.
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Ellen O'Regan / Politico:
TikTok hit with €530M fine after illegally sending users' data to China — Video-sharing app had for years claimed it did not store European personal data on servers in China. — TikTok has to pay €530 million in penalties because it sent the personal data of Europeans …
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Paul Kirby / BBC:
AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence — Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country's federal office for the protection of the constitution. — “The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding …
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Chance Phillips / Liberal Currents:
The New York Times Launders Another Fascist — Misogyny, racism, and antisemitism all were glossed over in Ross Douthat's softball interview of Jonathan Keeperman. — The New York Times apparently has an addiction to profiling fascists whose beliefs will shock its liberal, upper-income audience.
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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