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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.) …
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New York Post, Raw Story and Gothamist
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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New York Times:
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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Raw Story and Associated Press
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
Jared Isaacman told his nomination as NASA administrator will be withdrawn — The billionaire entrepreneur has ties to SpaceX and Elon Musk. — Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's pick to be NASA administrator, has been told by the White House that his nomination will be rescinded …
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 …
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Newsweek, New York Post and RedState
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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CNN, Twitchy, The Independent, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
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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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The Independent, Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog and Twitchy
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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New York Post and The Daily Signal
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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The Independent and The Hill
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump vs. His Own Judges — His message to Justices Thomas and Alito: Don't retire. Your replacement could be a partisan hack. — President Trump is expert at downplaying his failures, but attacking his own success is something new. That's what happened Thursday as he lashed …
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RealClearPolitics, Cafe Hayek and Raw Story
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump, Bashing the Federalist Society, Asserts Autonomy on Judge Picks
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Althouse, Vox, National Review and Advocate
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 …
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National Review
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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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New York Daily News
Vivian Ho / Washington Post:
Impersonator breached Chief of Staff Susie Wiles's phone, Trump says — President Donald Trump said someone hacked his chief of staff's phone, just weeks after the FBI warned of “malicious actors” impersonating senior officials. — An impersonator breached the phone of White House Chief …
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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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Townhall, The Daily Caller, Twitchy, The Western Journal, New York Post, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Washington Examiner
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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Fortune and Wall Street Journal
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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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CNN, Cafe Hayek, The Post Millennial, Townhall, Scripps News, Fortune, Fox Business, NBC News, NPR and Breitbart
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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Reuters, Washington Times, Associated Press and Politico
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 …
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 …
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 …
Michael Dorgan / Fox Business:
Trump Energy Department cancels $3.7B in Biden-era green energy grants — The projects failed to advance the energy needs of the American people and were not economically viable, the agency said — The Trump administration has canceled $3.7 billion worth of grants for multiple climate …
