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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.) …
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: Reuters
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:   Jared Isaacman told his nomination as NASA administrator will be withdrawn
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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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 …
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.
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: The Independent and The Hill
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NBC News:
Army says Trump's military parade could cause $16 million in damage to Washington streets
Discussion: USA Today
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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Politico:
Inside the split between MAGA and the Federalist Society
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Fortune and Wall Street Journal
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Sam Baker / Axios:   The great undoing: Trump's presidency reeled in by courts
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: American Thinker, HotAir and Twitchy
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) …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and UPI
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Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Germany's Merz Secures Long-Awaited Trump Meeting on June 5
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 …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth Pledges U.S. Support to Taiwan in Case of Chinese Aggression
Karen Hao / New York Times:
Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Unconstitutional Conservatives  —  Not too long ago, Republicans believed in the rule of law …
Washington Post:
Migrants criminally charged after failing to register with U.S. government
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Hegseth gutted Pentagon office that said it would oversee testing of Golden Dome missile defense system
Discussion: Military Times and GovExec.com
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Mann / NPR:
Trump pardons drug kingpins even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times and The Root
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Builds Up Near Weapons-Grade Uranium Stockpile Despite Nuclear Talks
Heather Bellow / The Berkshire Eagle:
Business owners confront ICE agents during arrest at Great Barrington job site
Discussion: Breitbart and Metro.co.uk
Jon Cohen / Science:
‘Devastating.’ NIH cancels future funding plans for HIV vaccine consortia