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Associated Press:
Federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law  —  A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump's signature set of economic policies …
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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 …
Ilya Somin / Reason:
We Won Our Tariff Case!  —  The US Court of International Trade just 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.  The ruling also covers the case filed …
Reuters:
US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority
Financial Times:
US trade court says Donald Trump's global tariffs are illegal
Paul Krugman:
The Trade Emperor Has Always Been Stark Naked
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs, ruling them illegal
Discussion: Reuters, UPI and NewsMax.com
Politico:   Playbook: Tariff bombshell
Washington Post:
Federal court throws up latest roadblock to Trump's policy agenda
Discussion: New York Times
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump rejects claim he's ‘chickening out’ on tariffs just because he keeps changing rates
James Fanelli / Wall Street Journal:
Trade Court Strikes Down Trump's ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs
Discussion: Mediaite and Semafor
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Politico:
Marco Rubio: US to ‘aggressively’ revoke visas of Chinese students  —  The announcement didn't specify how many would lose the ability to study in the country.  —  The U.S. will “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday in an escalation …
Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
New Visa Policies Put America First, Not China  —  Under President Trump's leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
‘They Make People Too Scared’: Chinese Students Reckon With U.S. Visa Bans  —  Helplessness and frustration are setting in as student applicants in China wait to see how sweeping the new U.S. action might be.  —  In the hours after the Trump administration announced that it would begin …
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:   China condemns US decision to revoke student visas
New York Times:
A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He's Exiting Washington  —  The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.  —  Elon Musk during a cabinet meeting at the White House last month.Eric Lee/The New York Times
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Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government  —  Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.  His departure, announced Wednesday evening …
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 …
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Detroit Free Press:
Trump will ‘take a look’ at pardoning convicted Whitmer kidnap plotters, he says
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 subtypes …
Discussion: The Guardian
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NOTUS:
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” …
Discussion: The Bulwark
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.
Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired:
The US Is Storing Migrant Children's DNA in a Criminal Database  —  Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
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 …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
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
Sarah Vogelsong / The Richmonder:
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th U.S. president and longtime Richmonder, dies at 96  —  Since 2020, Harrison Ruffin Tyler was the last living link to a vanished America.  —  The Richmond resident, preservationist and chemical engineer, a man who founded water treatment company ChemTreat …
Myles McCormick / Financial Times:
US economy shrank at 0.2% rate in first quarter  —  Revised GDP figures confirm first contraction since 2022  —  Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.  —  The US economy shrank by an annualised 0.2 per cent during the first quarter of 2025 …
Wall Street Journal:
The Punch That Launched Trump's War on American Universities  —  Threats to withhold billions in federal research funds to punish campuses grew heated after a 2019 altercation left a man with a black eye
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Nominates His Defense Lawyer-Turned-DOJ Yes Man For Federal Appeals Court  —  It's indoor work, and there's no heavy lifting: a top former personal attorney and bagman for the President — and current DOJ official — is now the nominee for a seat on a federal appeals court.
Amalya Dubrovsky / Yahoo Finance:
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures jump as court blocks Trump tariffs, Nvidia earnings impress  —  US stock futures rose after a US trade court blocked some of President Trump's tariffs, and Nvidia (NVDA)'s mixed earnings report impressed Wall Street despite the company's warnings on chip curbs.
National Association of the Deaf:
National Association of the Deaf Sues White House for Access to Press Briefings  —  Washington D.C., May 28, 2025 — The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) filed a lawsuit today to compel the White House to immediately resume providing American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters during broadcasts …
Bloomberg:
Trump Sees Iran Deal That Allows US to Destroy Nuclear Sites  —  US President Donald Trump said he envisions a nuclear deal with Iran that would allow the destruction of “whatever we want” in the country including labs, a version of an inspections regime that is likely to be rejected by Tehran.
Alan S. Davis / The Hill:
America has a billionaire problem — we need a wealth tax to fix it  —  We are living through an experiment in billionaire governance.  —  President Trump has stuffed his administration with the wealthiest individuals in modern history and handed unprecedented power to billionaires …
Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune
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.
 
 
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Financial Times:
Is South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa running out of time?
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Gopal Sharma / Reuters:
Nepal's royalists demand restoration of monarchy dumped 17 years ago
Discussion: Associated Press
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Rep. Steny Hoyer draws a challenger who makes the age argument explicit
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Ronna McDaniel Joins Wealthy DeVos Family to Try to Make Michigan Red
Thomas Kutty Abraham / Bloomberg:
Thai Attorneys Drop Royal Insult Charge Against US Academic
Discussion: Reuters
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
I swore I'd never give Harvard money — Trump changed my mind
Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Announcement of a Visa Restriction Policy Targeting Foreign Nationals Who Censor Americans
 Earlier Items: 
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
House Democrat launches investigation of Trump's meme coin dinner
Discussion: MSNBC and Baltimore Sun
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Commutes Sentence of Major Donor to his 2017 Inauguration
Discussion: NewsNation and New York Post
ProPublica:
Illinois Lawmakers Ban Police From Ticketing and Fining Students for Minor Infractions in School
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Cam E. Kettles / The Harvard Crimson:
Come At Me, Bro  —  Recently, the Harvard administration has engaged in an admirable strategy …
Sky News:
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan charged with rape in the UK
John Trasviña / The Voice of San Francisco:
Grading for Equity coming to San Francisco high schools this fall
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to buy WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash and stock deal; the transaction is expected to close after Q3 2026

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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