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9:50 AM ET, May 10, 2025

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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.
Discussion: UPI and The Guardian
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Reason, Townhall and Tennessee Star
CNN:
Trump involved in discussions over suspending habeas corpus, sources say
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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NBC News:
Newark mayor arrested at ICE detention facility in New Jersey for alleged trespassing
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka arrested for alleged trespass at New Jersey ICE detention facility
Associated Press:
New Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says
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 …
Discussion: Reuters, Townhall and Politico
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Florida Politics
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 …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next
Discussion: Adam Kinzinger and Blaze Media
Washington Post:
ICE moves detainees to Texas facility where judge declined to halt deportations
Discussion: New Republic
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
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 …
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” …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, USA Today, NPR and Reuters
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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”  —  During his first all-hands meeting with agency personnel, acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Richardson issued a striking warning: “Don't get in my way,” the former United States …
Discussion: FEMA.gov, E&E News and The Daily Caller
Andrew Limbong / NPR:
Librarian of Congress firing is latest move in upheaval of U.S. cultural institutions  —  By firing the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday night, President Trump continued his remaking of American cultural institutions.  —  Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to hold the post.
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Lawmakers did not seek Hayden's firing as Librarian of Congress
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.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and WVEC
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
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 …
Discussion: Politico and IJR
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
A New Kind of Battle for Two Old Enemies  —  Pakistan accused India of launching air-to-surface missiles that targeted at least three bases.  Soon after, Pakistani officials said retaliatory action against Indian bases had begun.  —  The military conflict between India and Pakistan hit …
Wall Street Journal:
How an American Cardinal Beat the Odds to Become Pope  —  U.S.-born Cardinal Prevost overtook the favorite, Italian Cardinal Parolin, during a historic conclave  —  VATICAN CITY—Cardinal Robert Prevost, seated beneath Michelangelo's monumental fresco of the Last Judgement …
Discussion: Portside
G7 2025 - Kananaskis:
G7 Foreign Ministers' statement on India and Pakistan  —  Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada  —  We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union …
 
 
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