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1:40 PM ET, May 29, 2025

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Reuters:
US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority  —  A U.S. trade court blocked most of President Donald Trump's tariffs in a sweeping ruling on Wednesday that found the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from U.S. trading partners.
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Associated Press:
Federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law
CNN:
US court blocks Trump from imposing the bulk of his tariffs
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The Republican budget is an attack on the American economy
Discussion: Roll Call
CNBC:
Four tools at the Trump administration's disposal after a U.S. court blocks tariffs
New York Times:
Trump Tariffs Blocked by U.S. Court of International Trade
Ilya Somin / Reason:
We Won Our Tariff Case!
Financial Times:
US trade court says Donald Trump's global tariffs are illegal
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
US weekly jobless claims rise; corporate profits fall in first quarter
Discussion: Fox Business and UPI
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” …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Chinese Students, Rubio Says  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the students who will have their visas canceled include people with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and those studying in “critical fields.”  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced …
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Chinese Students Are Frustrated With U.S. Visa Bans: ‘What Now?’  —  As applicants in Beijing wait to see how sweeping the new action might be, one says the United States is making people too scared.  —  In the hours after the Trump administration announced that it would begin “aggressively” …
Discussion: Politico
Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
New Visa Policies Put America First, Not China
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
China condemns US decision to revoke student visas
Discussion: Bloomberg
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
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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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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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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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
HHS cancels funding for Moderna vaccines to fight pandemic flu
Discussion: STAT and Fox News
Tina Reed / Axios:
HHS cancels Moderna's $590M bird flu vaccine award
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Supreme Court limits judges' authority to block infrastructure projects over environmental concerns  —  Justices say courts must defer to agencies unless their decisions fall outside a ‘broad zone of reasonableness’  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the authority of judges …
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John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court limits environmental review of major infrastructure projects
Discussion: New York Times, Forbes and NewsMax.com
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.
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
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 …
Discussion: Newsweek
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David Edwards / Raw Story:   White House sued for abruptly halting services for deaf when Trump took office
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Rep. Steny Hoyer draws a challenger who makes the age argument explicit  —  A 35-year-old volunteer firefighter said longtime incumbent is “still operating in this 1980s information environment.”  —  Rep. Steny Hoyer has drawn a primary challenger with a pointed message about the 85-year-old …
Adam Gurri / Liberal Currents:
The Totalitarian Logic of Immigration Controls  —  There were many terrible moments in Donald Trump's nakedly fascist 2024 campaign, but I will personally never forget taking the time, in May, to read Radley Balko's extensive discussion of how mass deportation might work in practice.
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Sen. Lindsey Graham gets a 2026 challenge from Democrat Annie Andrews, who ran against Nancy Mace  —  Dr. Annie Andrews, the South Carolina Democrat who unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in 2022, says she's running against Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2026 …
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.
Discussion: CBS News
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.
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 …
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
House Democrat launches investigation of Trump's meme coin dinner  —  Rep. Jamie Raskin demanded a detailed list of the dinner guests and the sources of the funds they used to buy the cryptocurrencies.  —  A top House Democrat on Wednesday night opened a probe into the private dinner …
Discussion: The Guardian, Salon and MSNBC
 
 
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Cam E. Kettles / The Harvard Crimson:
Come At Me, Bro  —  Recently, the Harvard administration has engaged in an admirable strategy …