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Christopher Maag / New York Times:
Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents — Captured on video, the episode occurred in the congressman's Manhattan office, shortly after the aide observed agents detaining immigrants outside a courtroom. — Federal officers entered Representative Jerry Nadler's office …
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
‘It can happen to anyone’: Nadler rebukes DHS after staffer detained in Manhattan office — The agency said the unidentified staff member was not charged. — Officers with the Department of Homeland Security briefly detained a staff member in Rep. Jerry Nadler's (D-N.Y.) …
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
White House to pull NASA nominee Isaacman — The Scoop — The White House is pulling the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be the next NASA administrator, just days before he was set to receive a confirmation vote in the Senate, according to three people familiar with the matter and confirmed by the administration.
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Trump to Withdraw Musk's Ally as Nominee for Top NASA Job — Jared Isaacman was a close associate of Elon Musk, whose SpaceX company has multiple contracts with NASA. — President Trump plans to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk's …
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Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
Jared Isaacman told his nomination as NASA administrator will be withdrawn
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
‘TACO’ Is the Secret to Trump's Resilience — Judging by his reaction to a reporter's question this week, Donald Trump doesn't like it when you ask him about “TACO” — the reported Wall Street acronym for “Trump Always Chickens Out,” an assumption that makes it safe to be in the market …
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Hated ‘TACO’ Nickname Is Catching On: CNN Data Guru — WHAT'S IN A NAME? — The president is not happy with his new Wall Street-inspired moniker. — CNN's resident data guru says President Donald Trump's hated “TACO” nickname is gaining popularity.
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Wes Moore and Tim Walz Go to a Fish Fry and Spatter 2028 Gossip Everywhere — As the two governors made buzzy appearances in South Carolina, Democrats in the influential state were already looking to the next election and wondering: Who can win? — Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland played …
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Blake Jones / Politico:
Tim Walz tells Harris' home-state Dems that 2024 was a ‘primal scream’ — “Some of it is our own doing,” he said of Republican control of Washington. — ANAHEIM, California — Tim Walz on Saturday delivered blunt advice to fellow Democrats in an address to party activists and officials …
Washington Post:
It's called the Library of Congress. But Trump claims it's his. — The case is the latest example of efforts by the Trump administration to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government. — The Trump White House has a new target in its campaign to expand executive power: the Library of Congress.
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NBC News:
Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing — One idea is to make the briefing, which according to his schedule Trump has been taking less often than his predecessors, a video that looks like Fox News. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's intelligence chief …
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Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Birthday Military Parade Will Do $16M in Damages to D.C. Streets — BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT — Armored vehicles rolling down Constitution Avenue are expected to tear millions of dollars' worth of holes in the tarmac. — Pothole repair is about to be big business in Washington …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Trump Tariffs Face Threat at Supreme Court — Over Rulings That Blocked Biden — A legal argument that the US Supreme Court used to foil Joe Biden on climate change and student debt now looms as a threat to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. — During Biden's presidency …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump, Bashing the Federalist Society, Asserts Autonomy on Judge Picks
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Universities quietly negotiating with White House aide to try to avoid Harvard's fate, source says — College and university leaders have been privately negotiating with a deputy to top Trump aide Stephen Miller in hopes of avoiding the same aggressive targeting of Harvard University …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Will Double to 50% — The president at a rally says U.S. Steel, which is in a deal with Nippon Steel, will remain U.S.-controlled — WEST MIFFLIN, Pa.—President Trump said he would double tariffs on imported steel, a move he said would bolster the domestic industry and protect U.S. jobs.
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Rory O'Neill / Politico:
EU prepared to counter new Trump tariffs
EU prepared to counter new Trump tariffs
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Really, Secretary Rubio? I'm Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump? — I see Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a good man doing bad things, but perhaps he thinks even worse of me: He recently suggested that I was a liar. — While testifying before Congress, Rubio claimed …
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Heather Bellow / The Berkshire Eagle:
Business owners confront ICE agents during arrest at Great Barrington job site — ‘I felt like I was in North Korea’ — GREAT BARRINGTON — Federal agents arrested one of two men at their landscaping job site on Friday morning, but their clients confronted the agents and prevented the second man from being taken into custody.
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Ginger Adams Otis / Wall Street Journal:
NYC's Mayoral Race Is Being Overshadowed by Donald Trump — The Justice Department has become a major player in the election campaign — New York City's mayoral race is operating under the shadow of a politician from Queens: Donald Trump. — With less than a month to go until …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
MAGA outlet's Pentagon correspondent criticized Hegseth. And then she was fired, she says — Gabrielle Cuccia criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's crackdown on press access at the Pentagon. And then, she said, she was fired. — Cuccia was briefly the chief Pentagon correspondent …
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump to meet with Germany's Merz in Washington next week — President Trump is set to meet with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz next week in Washington, marking the first in-person meeting between the two leaders. — Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) …
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Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Germany's Merz Secures Long-Awaited Trump Meeting on June 5
Germany's Merz Secures Long-Awaited Trump Meeting on June 5
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New York Times:
Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order — A federal appeals panel ordered officials not to deport a 31-year-old to El Salvador. Minutes later, it happened anyway. The government blamed “administrative errors.” — The Trump administration deported a 31-year-old Salvadoran man minutes …
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NBC News:
Trump pardons drive a big, burgeoning business for lobbyists — With Trump issuing pardons on a rolling basis, lobbyists say clients are willing to pay significant sums to get their cases in front of the president. — Seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump has become big business …
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Jon Cohen / Science:
‘Devastating.’ NIH cancels future funding plans for HIV vaccine consortia — Researchers decry agency's decision just as new leads reinvigorate search for long-sought vaccine — Skip backwardsGo ten seconds backward Skip forwardsGo ten seconds forward — Audio is AI-generated. Report an issue|
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NBC News:
Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking protected status for thousands of Venezuelans — The decision comes after the Supreme Court allowed the administration to remove protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration …
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Builds Up Near Weapons-Grade Uranium Stockpile Despite Nuclear Talks — U.N. atomic agency reports that Iran hasn't cooperated with nuclear probe, raising prospect of snapback of sanctions on Tehran — Iran has continued to produce highly enriched uranium at a pace of roughly …
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Michael Dorgan / Fox News:
Biden decline was so bad he got lost in White House closet, whistleblower tells Senator — It comes as more reports emerge about the former president's alleged cognitive decline — As more reports emerge about former President Biden's alleged cognitive decline during his time in office …
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