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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar International Students at Harvard  —  Harvard sued and asked for a restraining order less than 24 hours after the Trump administration had said it would block current and future international students from attending the university.
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Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters:
Future queen of Belgium caught up in Harvard foreign student ban  —  Princess Elisabeth, the 23-year-old future queen of Belgium, has just completed her first year at Harvard University but the ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on foreign students studying there could jeopardise her continued studies.
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard  —  A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off Harvard's enrollment of foreign students, an action the Ivy League school decried as unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House's political demands.
Robert Reich:
Trump's Biggest “Fuck You” Yet to Higher Education and the Rest of the World  —  Yesterday, Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, notified Harvard University that “effective immediately, Harvard University's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification is revoked.”
Discussion: CBS News, FIRE and New Republic
Associated Press:
Belgian princess left in doubt about her Harvard future following Trump's foreign student ban
Discussion: PJ Media
Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
Judge temporarily blocks effort to ban Harvard from enrolling foreign students
Harvard University President:
Supporting Our International Students and Scholars
William Kristol / The Bulwark:   A Permanent Stain on Our History
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Move to Bar International Students
New York Times:
Shock at Harvard After Government Says International Students Must Go
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Judge temporarily pauses Trump move to cancel Harvard student visa policy after lawsuit
Discussion: RedState and New Republic
Dan Primack / Axios:   Axios Pro Rata
Frank S. Zhou / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard's International Students Are People — Not Pawns
Discussion: Bloomberg
Reuters:
Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking Harvard enrollment of foreign students
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
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Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
The Party of ‘Denihilism’  —  THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS' “One Big Beautiful Bill” is big, at over a thousand pages.
Discussion: CBS News
New York Times:   The Small Tweaks That Republicans Slipped Into the Domestic Policy Bill
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Senate Republicans Won't Accept House Tax And Spending Cut Bill
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Republicans are dodging fired federal staff: ‘They will not even look in our direction’
Discussion: The Independent
Joel Khalili / Wired:
A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump's Memecoin Dinner  —  On Thursday evening, US president Donald Trump attended a private banquet with two hundred of the largest investors in his personal crypto coin.  Here's what happened.  —  As US president Donald Trump left …
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Trump speaks with presidential seal at crypto dinner the White House billed as private  —  The dinner was one of several where participants invested millions in Trump's crypto coin or contributed more than $1 million apiece to his campaign funds.  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump used …
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:   Today in Politics, Bulletin 137. 5/23/25
New York Times:
Karen Dunn and Other Top Lawyers Depart Paul Weiss to Start Firm  —  They are leaving a few months after Paul Weiss cut a deal with the White House to avoid an executive order that would have restricted its business.  —  Four top partners at Paul Weiss announced late Friday that they were leaving …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Above the Law
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as his trade war intensifies  —  President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well a 25% tariff on smartphones unless those products are made in America.
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CNBC:
Dow falls more than 300 points as Trump threatens new tariffs against the EU and Apple: Live updates
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump calls for 50% tariff on EU, says he's ‘not looking for a deal’ with bloc
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Washington Post:
White House dismisses scores of National Security Council staff  —  The dismissals, part of a plan to downsize the coordinating body, follow President Donald Trump's recent ouster of his national security adviser.  —  Scores of staffers at the White House National Security Council …
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Pro-Palestinian Movement Faces an Uncertain Path After D.C. Attack  —  The slaying of two Israeli Embassy workers cast a harsh spotlight on pro-Palestinian groups in the United States.  Activists, who were already being scrutinized, could face further pushback.
Discussion: The Forward and HotAir
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Washington Examiner:
The Jewish museum murders are the result of the Left normalizing violence
Discussion: New York Post and Fox News
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Judge strikes down Trump's sanctions against Jenner & Block law firm  —  The ruling said the president was trying “to chill legal representation the administration doesn't like” by punishing several law firms.  —  A federal judge on Friday struck down President Donald Trump's executive order sanctioning …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump executive order targeting Jenner law firm unconstitutional, judge rules
Discussion: Reuters and MSNBC
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Judge Extends Order Blocking Trump's Planned Mass Layoffs  —  The ruling, which covers 22 agencies and also prohibits shutting down programs or offices, effectively pauses the president's plans for reshaping much of the government while the case plays out.  —  A judge handed workers across …
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Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
Judge extends order blocking Trump's mass federal worker layoffs
Discussion: UPI, Axios and Associated Press
Reuters:
Exclusive: Musk's DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns  —  Billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the U.S. federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Lie About Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque  —  Because President Trump deeply values accuracy and integrity in public conduct, he will be mortified to learn that a photo he brandished during his recent Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa perpetrated a massive deception.
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Freedom of the Press Foundation Threatens Legal Action if Paramount Settles With Trump Over 60 Minutes Interview  —  As Paramount considers settling a lawsuit with Donald Trump, the Freedom of the Press Foundation warns that it will sue over a deal that allegedly “could amount to a bribe.”
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Congressman Tells Fox News, 'I Don't Drink Out of a Straw, Brother - That's What the Women in My House Do'  —  Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) told Fox News on Thursday that he doesn't “drink out of a straw” because “that's what the women in my house do.”  —  During a montage of interviews …
Discussion: MSNBC and The Hill
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
What Are People Still Doing on X?  —  Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout  —  This has been a banner month for X. Last week, the social network's built-in chatbot, Grok, became strangely obsessed with false claims about “white genocide” in South Africa …
Discussion: The Root, Page Six and New York Post
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump's Campaign Apparatus Paid His Company $18 Million For Flights—After Getting $13 Million From The Secret Service  —  Topline  —  The Secret Service has paid about $13 million for air travel since 2016 to Donald Trump's political campaigns and fundraising committees …
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Border czar Tom Homan's security detail costs around $1 million a month  —  Security for Trump administration border czar Tom Homan costs more than $500,000 a month, multiple sources within the administration told CBS News, an amount that has drawn attention from allies of President Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Senate Judiciary leaders spar over US attorney nominees
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Fulton County Rejects Election Deniers to Local Board of Elections
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NBC News:
Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump administration to shield DOGE documents
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Hidden Threat to Democracy Slipped Into Trump's ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill
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Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:
The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
GOP won't install Jan. 6 plaque honoring law enforcement, Democrats say
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Post:
Dad of suspected terrorist Elias Rodriguez was invited to Trump address by left-wing Democratic lawmaker
 

 
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