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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Federal trade court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law  —  A federal trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.  The ruling from a three-judge panel at the New York-based Court …
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Politico:
Federal court strikes down Trump's April 2 tariffs  —  The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled unanimously that the president overstepped his powers in issuing the tariffs on countries around the world, most of which he's since paused.  —  A federal court has struck down President Donald Trump's …
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and Daily Mail
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Court says Trump doesn't have the authority to set tariffs  —  A federal court on Wednesday ruled President Trump does not have the authority under economic emergency legislation to impose sweeping global tariffs.  —  Why it matters: The U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling could bring …
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Trump's not happy about Wall Street's name for tariff flip-flops  —  He bristles at the acronym TACO, which stands for ‘Trump always chickens out.’  —  Wall Street has a new shorthand about President Donald Trump — and he's not happy about it.  —  Traders have reportedly come up with the acronym TACO …
ABC News:   Federal court says Trump doesn't have the power to impose tariffs unilaterally
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Didn't ‘Chicken Out’ on Tariffs
Discussion: Daily Kos
James Fanelli / Wall Street Journal:
Trade Court Strikes Down Trump's ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs
Discussion: New York Post
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump rejects claim he's ‘chickening out’ on tariffs just because he keeps changing rates
New York Times:
A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump.  Then Carol Was Detained.  —  For 20 years, Carol Hui has served waffles, raised her children and embraced the small town of Kennett, Mo. Her detention and pending deportation to Hong Kong has hit the community hard.
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Fury at Harvard Gets More Deranged—and Exposes a Big MAGA Scam  —  President Donald Trump has mostly justified his lawless attempt to restrict international students from attending Harvard University by pretending it's designed to root out the antisemites, woke radicals …
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Trump nominates one of his former personal attorneys for prestigious federal appeals court seat  —  President Donald Trump has nominated Emil Bove, one of his former personal attorneys and now a top Justice Department official, to be a federal appeals court judge.
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Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Will Nominate His Former Defense Lawyer to Appeals Court
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Crime is Now Legal (At Least for Trump's Friends)  —  Corruption is spreading fast within the Justice Department … A lot of attention has come in recent days to the sheer size of the corruption racket surrounding the president and the White House.  The New York Times did a great piece …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump's pardons highlight Justice Department's pullback from public corruption cases
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump to pardon Todd and Julie Chrisley, the reality TV couple convicted of fraud, tax evasion
Axios:
Scoop: Stephen Miller, Noem tell ICE to supercharge immigrant arrests  —  In a tense meeting last week, top Trump aide Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanded that immigration agents seek to arrest 3,000 people a day, according to two sources familiar with the meeting.
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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump says he will ‘take a look’ at possible pardons for men convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer  —  Whitmer, who met with Trump multiple times this year, once placed some of the blame for the plot on Trump's rhetoric.  —  President Donald Trump said he would look …
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Detroit Free Press:
Trump will ‘take a look’ at pardoning convicted Whitmer kidnap plotters, he says
Wall Street Journal:
Paramount Has Offered $15 Million to Settle CBS Lawsuit.  Trump Wants More.  —  President's team threatened another lawsuit amid settlement talks  —  A month into negotiations between Paramount Global and President Trump to settle his lawsuit against CBS News, the parties remain far apart on terms.
STAT:
STAT+: HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics  —  The Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains …
Discussion: Reuters and Associated Press
Sky News:
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan charged with rape in the UK  —  Bedfordshire Police issued an international arrest warrant for the brothers over allegations, which they “unequivocally deny”, said to have occurred between 2012 and 2015.  —  Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate …
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Brian Melley / Associated Press:
Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in the UK
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
Back at SpaceX, Musk says in interview DOGE became D.C.'s ‘whipping boy’  —  Musk made his comments at an inflection point for SpaceX amid a string of failures of its Starship spacecraft in recent test flights.  —  STARBASE, Tex. — Elon Musk, returning to SpaceX on Tuesday for a test flight …
David Noriega / NBC News:
Immigration courts are dismissing cases of those sent to El Salvador, potentially cutting off their return  —  An immigration judge in San Diego dismissed the asylum claim of a gay makeup artist from Venezuela — one of at least 14 such dismissals to take place in recent weeks.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why Musk is so important  —  WHY MUSK IS SO IMPORTANT.  Elon Musk's giant Starship spacecraft went out of control, tumbled, and broke apart several minutes into a test flight Tuesday night.  It was the latest in a series of unsuccessful-but-still-instructive tests of Musk's hugely ambitious rocket program …
Jake Lahut / Wired:
Nancy Mace's Former Staff Claim She Had Them Create Burner Accounts to Promote Her  —  According to former staffers and a deposition, Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.
Discussion: The Independent, Mediaite and Raw Story
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Judge Says Government Should Release Russian Scientist  —  The judge ordered ICE to release Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, who also faces criminal charges.  —  A federal judge on Wednesday said she would grant bail to Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed …
Niha Masih / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Turnout didn't cost Kamala Harris the election  —  Two quick announcements.  The World Series of Poker began yesterday and continues through mid-July; I'll be there beginning the week of June 9.  Although I'm not going to send out a separate email about it, I've revised and improved the guide to the WSOP that I wrote last year.
Discussion: Bucks County Beacon
Jasmine Wright / NOTUS:
Trump Has Commuted Larry Hoover's Sentence  —  The president, on a pardon spree, shortened the infamous former gang leader's sentence after years of advocates pressing for his release.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, the infamous former gang leader …
John Trasviña / The Voice of San Francisco:
Grading for Equity coming to San Francisco high schools this fall  —  District materials highlight a decrease in A grades for ‘more privileged’ students.  —  Without seeking approval of the San Francisco Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools Maria Su plans to unveil a new Grading …
Project Veritas:
Part One: DNC Vice Chair David Hogg Reveals Jill Biden's Chief of Staff Ran the Biden White House  —  Key Quotes - David Hogg, Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee  — “Jill Biden's Chief of Staff [Anthony Bernal] had an enormous amount of power.”  — “The bigger issue was the inner circle that was around Biden.”
Greg Iacurci / CNBC:
Trump administration axes Biden-era barrier for crypto in 401(k) plans … The Trump administration on Wednesday relaxed barriers in 401(k) plans to buying cryptocurrency and related digital assets like NFTs and meme coins.  —  The Labor Department rescinded guidance put in place …
M. Gessen / New York Times:
Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era  —  In a show that recently opened at the LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in the East Village, a group of actors led by a young, ambitious, charmingly naïve director are almost finished rehearsing Chekhov's “The Seagull” …
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Trump Shows Signs of ‘Cognitive Decline’ Says Speech Expert  —  ORIGINAL SPIN  —  As pressure mounts for an inquiry into Joe Biden's mental decline, the president faces scrutiny over his health.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Donald Trump's rambling speeches and stream-of-consciousness press briefings …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Trump Presidency's World-Historical Heist … During his first presidency, Donald Trump collected millions of dollars of other people's money.  He charged the taxpayer nearly $2 million to protect him during the hundreds of times he visited his own properties.
Washington Post:
Trump's Air Force One deal with Qatar not final, despite U.S. claims  —  The delay reflects lingering concerns about legal liabilities stemming from a White House maneuver to transform what was originally a sale between two countries into a “gift.”  —  Despite claims by the Defense Department …
 
 
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
CMS demands data from hospitals providing pediatric transgender care
Discussion: Washington Times
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Louisiana Republicans help kill anti-fluoride bill
Emily Peck / Axios:
White House cuts aid for state unemployment systems
New York Times:
16 States Sue Trump Over $1.4 Billion in Science Cuts
Discussion: Mercury News and NewsMax.com
Brian Faler / Politico:
House tax plan now costs $4T, budget forecasters say
Anastasia Obis / Federal News Network:
Hegseth cracks down on Pentagon use of IT consulting contracts
Discussion: DefenseScoop and The Daily Caller
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
ProPublica:
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Trump asking Congress to help with $9.4 billion in DOGE cuts
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