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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Fetterman Says His Openness on Mental Health Issues Is 'Weaponized"  —  The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been “weaponized” against him, prompting him to start showing up for votes and hearings he considers useless.
Washington Post:
We're international students at Harvard.  We're afraid to write this.  But we have to speak up.  —  Three student leaders on Trump's attempts to throw them out of the country.  —  Writing this letter carries a great deal of personal risk for all of us.  The ordeals of Rumeysa Ozturk …
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Steven Pinker / New York Times:
Harvard Derangement Syndrome
Wall Street Journal:
Is Trump Trying to Destroy Harvard?
Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Chinese College Gives Harvard International Students ‘Unconditional Offers’
New York Times:
Read Harvard's Lawsuit Against Trump
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Congressman Says Trump's Tax Bill Doesn't Cut Any Medicaid, Food Benefits  —  Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) said Democrats are “lying” about the sweeping GOP plan to cut $1 trillion from federal health and food programs.  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) …
Discussion: MLive.com
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Flexes His Muscles to Force Republicans to a Deal
Discussion: HuffPost and Newsweek
Washington Post:
Prove citizenship to vote? For some married women, it might not be so easy.
Discussion: CBS News and HuffPost
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Donald Trump purges dozens of National Security Council officials  —  Supporters say move is designed to staff body with Maga-aligned people  —  Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free  —  Your guide to what Trump's second term means for Washington, business and the world
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CNN:
Multiple National Security Council staffers put on administrative leave
Heather Gann / al.com:
Alabama worker says ICE dragged him from job despite being US citizen: ‘Color of our skin has become a crime’  —  A construction worker in south Alabama says he was forcibly detained Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who claimed his proof of U.S. citizenship was fake.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:   U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and held in immigration raid before being released
Washington Post:
Immigrant arrests at courthouses signal new tactic in Trump's deportation push  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been instructed to arrest people immediately after a judge has ordered them to be deported or after prosecutors move to drop their cases.
Discussion: Reuters
New York Times:
Pivoting From Tax Cuts to Tariffs, Trump Ignores Economic Warning Signs … President Trump has ignored repeated warnings that his agenda could worsen the debt, harm the poor and contribute far less growth than the White House contends.Eric Lee/The New York Times
Discussion: Truthout
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Threatens E.U. and Apple With New Tariffs
Lauren Floyd / Axios:
Trump at West Point graduation lauds “Golden Age” as anti-DEI and pro-defense  —  President Trump gave the commencement address for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday, in his speech refusing to cut the $1 trillion military budget and praising who he called the “first West Point graduates of the Golden Age.”
Derek Guy / Politico:
Michael Anton Was a Menswear Writer — And He Hated Trump's Fashion  —  A dive into the weird world of StyleForum reveals the secrets of “conservative business dress.”  —  The ouster of Mike Waltz as national security adviser — or his “promotion” to being nominated for a UN ambassadorship …
Victoria Bisset / Washington Post:
Runway lights not working before fatal San Diego plane crash, NTSB says  —  Everyone on board, including music executive Dave Shapiro, was killed when the private plane crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, setting homes and cars alight.  —  The pilot of a small private plane that crashed …
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Why Making an iPhone in the U.S. Would Be So Difficult  —  Apple has resisted pressure to make its most important product in the United States since 2016, and instead has moved some production to India.  —  President Trump went on the offensive against Apple on Friday …
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants  —  The agency plans to argue that carbon emissions from power plants do not contribute “significantly” to climate change.  Scientists disagree.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Since George Floyd's Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling  —  The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of Mr. Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020.  —  After a police officer killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street corner in 2020 …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, CBS News and ABC7
Agence France-Presse:
South Korea says concerned by China's ‘no-sail zone’ in overlapping waters  —  South Korea has voiced concerns to China over its establishment of a “no-sail zone” in a shared area of the Yellow Sea, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday.  —  The US outlet Newsweek reported Wednesday …
Gabby Deutch / Jewish Insider:
Pentagon promotes Kingsley Wilson to press secretary despite history of antisemitic comments  —  In social media posts, Wilson promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories, including one about the Anti-Defamation League's founding  —  Kingsley Wilson, a deputy press secretary at the Department …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restoring Gold Standard Science  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Policy and Purpose.
Discussion: E&E News
Daniel Barnes / Politico:
Four major partners exit Paul, Weiss after Trump deal  —  The departures include prominent Democratic lawyer Karen Dunn and former Mueller prosecutor Jeannie Rhee.  —  A prominent Democratic lawyer and three other major partners are leaving the law firm Paul, Weiss to start their own firm, according to an email obtained by POLITICO.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Chicago Tribune
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
DOGE appointee sparks turf battle at Interior: ‘Ignore the email from HR’
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump Is Immensely Vulnerable
Discussion: Raw Story
Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
We can still call the MAGA Murder Budget the “MAGA Murder Budget”
Adam Wren / Politico:
The Biden ads that never ran
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Bloomberg:
Trump Shocks With US Steel-Nippon Approval But Details Elusive
Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
Trump administration puts new limits on reporters at Pentagon
 Earlier Items: 
The Guardian:
Ukraine war briefing: Multiple injuries as Russia attacks Kyiv with drones and missiles
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Criticism of Trump Was Removed From Documentary on Public Television
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
The Progressive Ecosystem Is Breeding Killers
Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Influencer who attended Trump's memecoin dinner says he got a ‘Walmart steak’—and no access to the president
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Jake Tapper Says Liberal Podcaster Made Racism Jab After He Revealed Son Wants To Be a Cop: ‘This Is Why You F**kers Are Losing Elections’
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Judge Extends Order Blocking Trump's Planned Mass Layoffs
 

 
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