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Bill McCarthy / Barron's Online:
Trump Displays DRC Visual As Proof Of South African ‘Genocide’ — US President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles at the White House Wednesday that he claimed documented a genocide taking place against white people in South Africa. — Mixed into the deck of papers he unveiled …
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President and South African Leader Meet at White House — Where Things Stand — South African visit: President Trump is meeting President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa at the White House and is expected to press him to roll back his country's racial equity laws …
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Reuters:
Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID ‘devastating’ — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and its aid programs worldwide have been “devastating.” — Speaking beside South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump ambushes South Africa's president with video footage in Oval Office — In a shocking moment during President Trump's meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, Trump requested for videos to be displayed purporting to show evidence of violence against white people in the country.
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Washington Post:
Trump confronts South African president, pushing claims of genocide
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
South African President Calls Out Trump: 'I'm Sorry I Don't Have a Plane to Give You'
South African President Calls Out Trump: 'I'm Sorry I Don't Have a Plane to Give You'
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New York Times:
Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation
Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation
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Zach Blackburn / New Jersey Globe:
Judge dismisses Baraka charges, reprimands prosecutors — Prosecutors announced the decision to drop trespassing charges against the mayor earlier this week — A federal judge on Wednesday scolded federal prosecutors and announced he will dismiss trespassing charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka related …
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Ry Rivard / Politico:
Judge criticizes DOJ for ‘worrisome’ and ‘embarrassing’ blunders in arrest of New Jersey mayor at ICE facility — Magistrate Judge André M. Espinosa granted what he called the “embarrassing retraction” of the trespassing charge following a May 9 incident.
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Judge scolds DOJ in dismissing ICE facility trespassing charge against Newark mayor
Judge scolds DOJ in dismissing ICE facility trespassing charge against Newark mayor
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Republican moves to expel Rep. LaMonica McIver from Congress
Republican moves to expel Rep. LaMonica McIver from Congress
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New York Times:
Judge Finds U.S. Violated Court Order With Sudden Deportation Flight to Africa — Lawyers for some of the eight migrants deported Tuesday said they were told they were being sent to South Sudan. People familiar with the plane said it had landed for now in Djibouti.
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Trump administration ‘unquestionably’ violated court order with possible deportation flight to South Sudan, judge rules — The Trump administration “unquestionably” violated a court order when it tried to transfer detainees to war-torn South Sudan without a meaningful opportunity to contest …
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Associated Press:
‘Unquestionably in violation’: Judge says US government didn't follow court order on deportations — The White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic African nation of South Sudan, a federal judge said Wednesday …
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Adam Klasfeld / All Rise News:
BREAKING: South Sudan flight violated court order, judge says
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New York Times:
U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump — The Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president. — The United States has accepted a 747 jetliner as a gift from the government of Qatar …
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump's use
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Washington Post:
Trump and GOP's tax bill would force cuts to Medicare, CBO says — Some $500 billion in cuts to Medicare could be avoided if Congress instructs the White House budget office to disregard the reconciliation package's debt impact. — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans' mammoth tax …
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Tami Luhby / CNN:
House GOP lawmakers are proposing nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. Here's who could be impacted
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Charles Gaba / ACA Signups:
Surprise! GOP Medicaid Massacre bill is also a Medicare Massacre bill!
Surprise! GOP Medicaid Massacre bill is also a Medicare Massacre bill!
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John Ismay / New York Times:
Pete Hegseth Leads Christian Prayer Service in the Pentagon — The event was held in the Pentagon's auditorium during working hours and featured Mr. Hegseth's pastor. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon's auditorium on Wednesday morning …
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Associated Press:
After meeting at the White House Speaker Johnson vows to push ahead on Trump's big bill — Watch live as the U.S. House Committee on Rules meets on “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill. — Defying opposition within his ranks, House Speaker Mike …
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The Atlantic:
The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk — This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. — “Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!” — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was shouting at Elon Musk in the halls of the West Wing last month …
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Betsy Morais / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery — Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault. — Wesley Lowery—the winner of a Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award …
Chiara Eisner / NPR:
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago — To accomplish its mission of increasing the health security of the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that it “conducts critical science and provides health information” to protect the nation.
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US Department of Justice:
The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division Dismisses Biden-Era Police Investigations and Proposed Police Consent Decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis — For Immediate Release — Today, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is beginning the process of dismissing lawsuits …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mike Johnson faces 11th-hour blowup on Trump's big bill — House Republicans' internal negotiations on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” went south Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, with GOP hardliners publicly digging in their heels against the legislation.
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Exclusive: Hacker who breached communications app used by Trump aide stole data from across US government — A hacker who breached the communications service used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month intercepted messages from a broader swathe of American officials …
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Molly Taft / Wired:
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate — A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.
New York Times:
If Justice Dept. Can't Prosecute Trump's Foes, It Will ‘Shame’ Them, Official Says — Prosecutors have long spoken only through court filings, to investigate crimes, not people. That's changing as President Trump demands his administration target enemies, with little evidence of criminality.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Justice Department is investigating NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo over testimony to Congress — The move comes after the Trump administration helped get corruption charges dropped against Eric Adams, who is seeking re-election as mayor. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department …
New York Times:
Official Pushed to Rewrite Intelligence So It Could Not Be ‘Used Against’ Trump — An assessment contradicted a presidential proclamation. A political appointee demanded a redo, then pushed for changes to the new analysis, too. — New emails document how a top aide to Tulsi Gabbard …
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Anusha Mathur / Washington Post:
Gerry Connolly, congressman who protected federal workforce, dies at 75 — The nine-term Virginia Democrat pushed back against the Trump administration's efforts to strip protections from civil servants and federal unions. — Gerry Connolly, a Democratic congressman who played a large part …
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Fred Wellman / On Democracy with FPWellman …:
BREAKING: The Constitution at the DOD — The Establishment Clause doesn't have an asterisk — This morning at 9:00 AM the Office of the Secretary of Defense sent out what appears to be a building wide email to the entire Pentagon inviting everyone to a “Christian prayer service and worship” in the Pentagon auditorium.


