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The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don't Exist — The Trump administration's “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don't exist, according to the listed authors. — Copy — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his “Make America Healthy Again” …
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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations — A report on children's health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist. — The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” …
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USA Today:
White House blames ‘formatting’ for errors in RFK Jr.'s MAHA report. Authors push back. — Citation errors and phantom research used as scientific evidence to bolster Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s landmark “Make America Healthy Again” commission report were apparently due to …
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Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
RFK Jr's ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies
RFK Jr's ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies
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Daily Kos and New Jersey Online
Doug Palmer / Politico:
Second federal court rules against Trump's tariffs — The decision comes less than 24 hours after another court ruled against the president's use of an emergency law to justify tariffs on dozens of the United States' largest trading partners. — A second federal court has ruled …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump tariffs reinstated by appeals court for now … WATCH NOW — A federal appeals court on Thursday granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily pause a lower-court ruling that struck down most of President Donald Trump's tariffs. — The Trump administration had earlier told …
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Appeals court halts ruling that blocked Trump's tariffs — A federal appellate court on Thursday temporarily stayed a ruling that effectively wiped out most of President Trump's tariffs. — Why it matters: The intervention will deepen the chaos around the Court of International Trade's Wednesday order …
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Reuters:
US ruling that Trump tariffs are unlawful stirs relief and uncertainty — A U.S. trade court ruling that blocked most of President Donald Trump's tariffs and found he had overstepped his authority triggered some relief on financial markets on Thursday, while adding to the uncertainties weighing on the global economy.
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Alexandra Koch / Fox News:
Federal judge blocks 5 Trump tariff executive orders — US District judge rules International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize imposed tariffs — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., sided with a Chicago-area toy company on Thursday, blocking five executive orders signed …
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NHK WORLD:
Ishiba has phone talks with Trump before next round of tariff negotiations
Ishiba has phone talks with Trump before next round of tariff negotiations
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Reuters:
US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority
US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion — Earlier this month authorities in Texas performed a nationwide search of more than 83,000 automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras while looking for a woman who they said had a self-administered abortion …
CNN:
White House pressure for increased immigration arrests strains law enforcement agencies — The Trump administration is building up federal manpower and resources to meet the White House's desire to triple the number of daily immigration arrests - signaling a renewed push to go well beyond efforts from previous administrations.
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Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Trump administration ousts top ICE officials amid migrant arrest push — The Trump administration is removing two senior immigration enforcement officials as the White House is demanding a sharp increase in arrests of migrants in the U.S. illegally, three people familiar with the move said on Thursday.
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Christopher Robbins / Hell Gate:
Photos: NYPD Arrests Protesters Blocking ICE Vans Transporting Detained Immigrants
Photos: NYPD Arrests Protesters Blocking ICE Vans Transporting Detained Immigrants
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’ — The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe. … Secretary Marco Rubio's State Department published a reorganization chart Thursday morning showing massive cuts to diplomatic offices and functions, plus a few new additions.
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Jonathan Cowan / Politico:
The Debate Over Transgender Rights Is a Liability for Democrats. Here's How to Neutralize It. — It's time for real discussion, dissent and debate, without fear of being canceled. — It will go down as one of the most infamous taglines in modern campaign history: “Kamala is for they/them — President Trump is for you.”
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Gallego says concerns about trans athletes are ‘legitimate’
Gallego says concerns about trans athletes are ‘legitimate’
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Congressman Steube:
Rep. Steube Introduces Make Autorail Great Again Act to Rebrand DC Metrorail as WMAGA and Trump Train — WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today introduced the Make Autorail Great Again Act to block all federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP bill would force D.C. to call its Metro the “Trump Train”
GOP bill would force D.C. to call its Metro the “Trump Train”
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Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Live Updates: Judge Intends to Block Trump Effort to Stop Harvard From Enrolling Foreign Students — Students and faculty waged small acts of protest at Harvard's graduation ceremonies as the university's lawyers temporarily beat back the Trump administration's attacks in court.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court wants to make it easier to build — The Supreme Court handed down an opinion on Thursday that reads like it was written by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, the authors of an influential book arguing that excessive regulation of land use and development has made it too difficult …
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John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court limits environmental review of major infrastructure projects
Supreme Court limits environmental review of major infrastructure projects
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly questioned the safety of mRNA technology, which is used in the company's shot. — The Trump administration has delivered its latest blow to vaccines …
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Statement on Chair Powell's meeting with the President — For immediate release — At the President's invitation, Chair Powell met with the President today at the White House to discuss economic developments including for growth, employment, and inflation.
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
SEC Drops Binance Lawsuit Days After Crypto Exchange Lists Trump's Stablecoin — Topline — The Securities and Exchange Commission dropped a lawsuit against Binance on Thursday, days after the crypto exchange began listing a stablecoin created by World Liberty Financial, one of President Donald Trump's blockchain ventures.
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Wall Street Journal:
Big Law Firms 3, Trump 0 — Three judges across the political spectrum have now said the President's punitive executive orders are unconstitutional. — Click for Sound — President Trump dismisses court rulings against him as judicial overreach, and sometimes he's right.
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Brett Kelman / NPR:
American doctors look to relocate to Canada to avoid the Trump administration — Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up his family and left the country.
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New York Times:
He Took a Wrong Turn Into Canada. The Price? 3 Weeks in ICE Custody. — An accidental trip over the Peace Bridge in Buffalo typically means a toll and a loss of time. But for Victor, crossing an international border carried a higher cost. — Visuals by Lauren Petracca
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Record Party Divide 10 Years After Same-Sex Marriage Ruling — Republican support has dropped 14 points since 2022 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A decade after the Supreme Court's milestone Obergefell v. Hodges ruling declared same-sex marriage a national right in the U.S., a steady 68% of Americans support it.
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Nellie Ohr made false statements to Congress about Trump-Russia investigation, FBI memo shows — A newly declassified FBI memo on Wednesday revealed that Nellie Ohr, a researcher for opposition research firm Fusion GPS, gave false testimony to Congress in 2018 about her involvement …
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Ilya Somin / Reason:
Federal Circuit Issues Brief Administrative Stay in Our Tariff Case — Last night, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a unanimous ruling in the case against Trump's “Liberation Day” tariffs filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf of five US businesses harmed by the tariffs.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump finds more convicted congressional Republicans to reward with pardons — Thanks to the president's latest flurry of pardons, he's now pardoned most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century. — It's been a challenge keeping up with the flurry …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
For These Trump Voters, a Rubber-Stamp Congress Is a Key Demand — In a recent pair of focus groups, voters loyal to President Trump judged members of Congress almost entirely according to whether they backed him — and rejected lawmakers who dared to dissent.
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Washington Examiner
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Your guide to Cryptogate, Trump's $4 billion corruption scandal that's 10 times bigger than Watergate — Here's an in-depth guide to the key players, companies, and deals behind Donald Trump's scheme to cash in on his presidency.
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Why the right wants to ban this innovation before you get to try it — Conservatives want the government to dictate what you can and cannot eat. Or so Republican policymaking increasingly suggests. — Earlier this month, Montana and Nebraska became the latest US states to ban lab-grown meat …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
This Swiss Village Was Buried by a Glacier. Climate Change Deniers Should Take Notice. — We are now yodeling our way to disaster. — Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. We may earn a commission from these links. Here's how we test products and why you should trust us.
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Rhitu Chatterjee / NPR:
They've tracked Americans' drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them — A federal study on mental health problems and substance use across the country that has been running for decades and is used by a wide range of researchers faces an uncertain future after President Trump's cuts to the federal workforce.
Nichola Groom / Reuters:
Meyer Burger closes US solar panel factory in Arizona — Solar panel maker Meyer Burger (MBTN.S) shut down a U.S. factory in Arizona due to financial troubles, cutting all 282 employees, the Swiss company said on Thursday. — The closure is a setback for solar industry efforts to build …
Margery A. Beck / Associated Press:
Nebraska Republicans sought to weaken voter-backed paid sick leave. A Democrat helped them do it. — Republicans in the Nebraska Legislature managed to pass a bill that significantly weakens a voter-backed measure requiring employers to offer paid sick leave. And they did it with the help of a Democrat.
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