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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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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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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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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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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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Axios:
Leavitt says Supreme Court “must put an end” to tariff saga
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CNBC:
Trump could ask Supreme Court to halt tariff block as soon as Friday
Trump could ask Supreme Court to halt tariff block as soon as Friday
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Trump's Stunning Streak of Losses in Lower Courts
Trump's Stunning Streak of Losses in Lower Courts
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
Judge Contreras Rules Trump-Era Tariffs Unlawful, Opening Door to New Legal Challenges
Judge Contreras Rules Trump-Era Tariffs Unlawful, Opening Door to New Legal Challenges
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
US weekly jobless claims rise; corporate profits fall in first quarter
US weekly jobless claims rise; corporate profits fall in first quarter
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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” …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
The Trump administration's ‘MAHA Report’ cites nonexistent scientific studies — There's new evidence that the White House's “The MAHA Report: Making Our Children Healthy Again” relied in part on scientific research that doesn't exist. — After Donald Trump and his White House team unveiled …
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NOTUS, New Republic, Mediaite and New Jersey Online
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 …
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court limits environmental review of major infrastructure projects — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the scope of environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects in a decision that could speed up approvals of highways, airports and pipelines.
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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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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Gallego says concerns about trans athletes are ‘legitimate’
Gallego says concerns about trans athletes are ‘legitimate’
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP bill would force D.C. to call its Metro the “Trump Train” — A House Republican introduced legislation to block federal funding for the Washington, D.C. Metrorail system unless it is renamed the “Trump Train”. — Why it matters: The bill is likely a long-shot, but it is the latest …
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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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HotAir, CBS News, USA Today, The Harvard Crimson …, New York Daily News, Boston.com and Daily Caller News Foundation
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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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Patrick Wingrove / Reuters:
US cancels more than $700 million funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine
US cancels more than $700 million funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine
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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
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Politico:
‘DOGE is still hungry’: Musk is gone but DOGE continues — ‘DOGE is still hungry’: Elon Musk's staff quietly burrows in with eyes on deeper cuts — Elon Musk is stepping back from the federal government but his so-called Department of Government Efficiency isn't going anywhere.
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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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New Republic, HuffPost, JURISTnews and Raw Story
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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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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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 …
Christopher Robbins / Hell Gate:
Photos: NYPD Arrests Protesters Blocking ICE Vans Transporting Detained Immigrants — On Wednesday night in Lower Manhattan, the NYPD arrested dozens of protesters who were attempting to block the path of two vans that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were using to transport people they had recently detained.
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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 …
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 …
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CNN:
China thought it had a truce with the US. Then Trump dropped two bombshells — A one-two punch from the United States risks shattering the already fragile trade war truce between Washington and Beijing, with Chinese tech companies and students both dealt shock blows by the Trump administration Wednesday night.
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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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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.
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
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Head of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations office forced to retire — As Trump adviser Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem put more pressure on ICE to ramp up deportations, Kenneth Genalo, the head of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations, is announcing his retirement …
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