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Associated Press:
WATCH: Stephen Miller says Trump administration is ‘actively looking at’ suspending habeas corpus — Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, said the administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the country illegally. — Watch Miller's remarks in the video player above.
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
148. Suspending Habeas Corpus — Welcome back to “One First,” an (increasingly frequent) newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to all of us. If you're not already a subscriber, I hope you'll consider becoming one (and, if you already are …
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Reason, Democracy Docket and The Gateway Pundit
emptywheel:
Stephen Miller Threatens to Suspend Habeas Corpus because He Got Caught Lying — You should know that the question to Stephen Miller about habeas corpus was a set up. — The male “journalist” who asked it after Miller called on him for the first question at a staged press event posed it in terms of …
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The Hill:
White House ‘actively looking’ at suspending habeas corpus in immigration crackdown — White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said Friday that President Trump and his team are “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus as part of the administration's immigration crackdown.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next
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Adam Kinzinger and Blaze Media
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Trump Officials Consider Suspending Habeas Corpus for Detained Migrants
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
White House considering suspending habeas corpus, Stephen Miller says
White House considering suspending habeas corpus, Stephen Miller says
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump administration ‘looking at’ suspending habeas corpus for migrants, Stephen Miller says
Trump administration ‘looking at’ suspending habeas corpus for migrants, Stephen Miller says
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Announces Truce Between India and Pakistan — Officials in both countries acknowledged a halt after several days of their most expansive fighting in decades. — Here's the latest. — President Trump announced Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a cease-fire …
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New York Times:
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Plans for Mass Layoffs and Program Closures — An emergency ruling by a federal judge in California amounted to the broadest effort yet to halt the Trump administration's overhaul of the federal government. — A federal judge on Friday called for a two-week pause …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Federal judge temporarily blocks further Trump-backed mass firings across gov't — The Friday order from Judge Susan Illston is in effect for the next two weeks, with further arguments set for May 22. [Update: DOJ is appealing.] — A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order …
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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's sweeping government overhaul
Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's sweeping government overhaul
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Axios, Washington Post and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Newark's Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center — Ras J. Baraka and city officials have said that the lockup is operating without a valid certificate of occupancy. Three members of Congress from New Jersey were with Mr. Baraka when he was arrested.
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Newark mayor arrested at ICE detention facility in New Jersey for alleged trespassing
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NBC Boston:
Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters — Rumeysa Ozturk has been in Louisiana for over six weeks following an op-ed she co-wrote last year that criticized the school's response to Israel's war in Gaza — Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk …
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New York Times:
Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
She was arrested for an op-ed. Now a judge has ordered her freed.
She was arrested for an op-ed. Now a judge has ordered her freed.
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Mediaite, Rolling Stone, Techdirt and Raw Story
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
There are big, ugly problems at the center of the House budget bill — Republicans have created impossible restraints on their tax-and-budget package. — You might have heard the riddle about the man who must row a fox, a chicken and a sack of corn across a river one at a time.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Promised to End Two Wars Quickly. In Private, He Admits He's Frustrated. — The president has told donors resolving the conflicts has been more difficult than he thought — When President Trump spoke to a room of top donors at his Florida club last week, he described ending Russia's war …
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Vanessa Yurkevich / CNN:
Zero ships from China are bound for California's top ports. Officials haven't seen that since the pandemic — On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours.
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Los Angeles Times
Associated Press:
'Don't get in my way,' the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff — The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday not to try to impede upcoming changes, saying that “I will run right over you” …
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Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
New FEMA head tells staff: “Don't get in my way... I will run right over you”
New FEMA head tells staff: “Don't get in my way... I will run right over you”
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FEMA.gov, E&E News and The Daily Caller
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues — The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21
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Andrew Limbong / NPR:
Librarian of Congress firing is latest move in upheaval of U.S. cultural institutions
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Lawmakers did not seek Hayden's firing as Librarian of Congress
Lawmakers did not seek Hayden's firing as Librarian of Congress
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won't run for U.S. Senate — Republicans, who are wary of Greene, have been looking for an alternative candidate after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he wouldn't enter the Senate race. — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said definitively on Friday …
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Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Marjorie Taylor Greene won't run for Senate
Marjorie Taylor Greene won't run for Senate
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Wall Street Journal:
America's Richest Foundations Team Up Against Feared Trump Assault — Grantmakers are discussing legal and other strategies to help them avoid the recent fates of law firms and universities — Some of America's wealthiest and most powerful private foundations are informally banding together …
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Calls for 20,000 Extra Officers to Help With Deportation Efforts — The order, which would use state and local officers, among others, would represent an enormous expansion of immigration enforcement. But it is unclear how it would be paid for. — President Trump ordered the Department …
Associated Press:
Trove of documents unsealed in NYC mayor's criminal case offers a glimpse of thwarted investigation — Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case …
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New York Times, Politico, New York Daily News, WNYW-TV, Gothamist, Bloomberg and New York Post
Amy Mackinnon / Politico:
Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office — The scarcity of the President's Daily Briefings comes as he pursues high-stakes diplomacy with America's friends and foes. — Since President Donald Trump was sworn into office in January …
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