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10:50 AM ET, May 2, 2025

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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 orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS  —  President Trump signed an executive order 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.
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) …
Washington Post:
Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for PBS and NPR
CNN:
President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS
Discussion: The Wrap and OpenTheBooks
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 …
Discussion: Daily Mail and @amuse
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Trump says his administration is revoking Harvard's tax-exempt status
Reuters:
Trump to take away Harvard's tax exempt status
Discussion: New York Times and VINnews
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Behind the scenes: How Waltz got the boot  —  President Trump soured on Mike Waltz as his national security adviser for multiple reasons.  But ultimately it came down to vibes when he replaced Waltz with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who'll temporarily do both jobs.
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Adds a New Title Under Trump: Interim National Security Adviser
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump to nominate national security advisor Mike Waltz as UN ambassador
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply condemns Trump's attacks on judges
Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Times and Axios
Laura N. Pérez Sánchez / New York Times:
Attacks on Judges Undermine Democracy, Warns Justice Jackson
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 …
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 …
Discussion: NPR
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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
Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Critics of law firms' deals with Trump are starting a firm of their own
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 …
Discussion: HotAir
April Rubin / Axios:
Trump's latest name change: Veterans Day to “Victory Day for World War I”  —  President Trump said late Thursday that he wants to rename Veterans Day as “Victory Day for World War I.”  —  Why it matters: Trump has made name changes a recurring theme of his second presidency.
Discussion: USA Today and Daily Mail
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Ed Martin, Trump's controversial U.S. attorney pick, on thin ice in the Senate  —  President Trump's pick to be Washington's top prosecutor appears to be in trouble with Senate Republicans.  No GOP senator has said they will oppose Ed Martin to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia …
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Politico:   Capitol agenda: A glimpse of GOP pushback
Tom Dreisbach / NPR:   Trump nominee gives misleading testimony about ties to alleged ‘Nazi sympathizer’
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 …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 1, 2025  —  President Donald Trump waited until the 101st day of his administration …
Discussion: ABC News
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story, Politico, NOTUS and Bloomberg
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 …
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.
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Christopher F. Schuetze / New York Times:
Far-Right AfD Is Labeled Extremist by Germany's Intelligence Agency
Discussion: Reuters and Associated Press
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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New York Times:
Trump Officials Say Ex-Leader of Cybersecurity Agency Is Under Investigation
Discussion: CBS News
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Off Message
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.
Discussion: Reuters, Axios and The Gateway Pundit
Wall Street Journal:
With Waltz Ouster, Trump Exerts Tighter Grip on Foreign Policy  —  While Secretary of State Rubio will fill in temporarily as national security adviser, Trump is likely to follow his own often quixotic instincts  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump may have just replaced his national security adviser …
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 …
Discussion: Bend Bulletin
 
 
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
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