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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Stephen Miller Erupts in Fury Over Low Arrests—and Hands Dems a Weapon  —  The potential deportation of people like Carol Hui, which has shocked locals in the Missouri town where she's lived for 20 years, has inspired a searching debate: What did people think they were voting for when they chose Donald Trump?
Discussion: emptywheel and Washington Times
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats  —  A group of center-left Democratic strategists, politicians, and commentators met at “WelcomeFest” in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to figure out what went wrong in 2024 and how to compete in the future.
New York Times:
At ‘CPAC of the Center,’ Democratic Moderates Beat Up on the Left  —  At a wonky gathering in Washington, centrist Democrats argued that they were the majority-makers the party needed to take control of Congress in 2026 and beyond.  —  The centrist wing of the Democratic Party gathered …
Discussion: Politico
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the United States …
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Doug Rand / Doug Rand on LinkedIn:
The Trump administration justifies its new entry ban as punishing countries for “visa overstays.”  Barring most people from 19 countries, the Presidential Proclamation refers again and again to a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) report estimating how many people come to the U.S. on a valid visa and then stay longer than authorized.
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Bans Citizens of 12 Countries From Traveling to U.S.
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Bans Citizens of 12 Countries From Traveling to U.S.
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump signs travel ban on nationals from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
'We Don't Want Them': Trump Signs Travel Ban on Citizens From 12 Countries
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment, in a case from Ohio  —  A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn't get a job and then was demoted because she is straight.
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NPR:
Supreme Court sides with straight Ohio woman who claimed workplace discrimination  —  A unanimous Supreme Court sided with an Ohio woman who claimed she was discriminated at work because she is straight.  —  The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals had previously sided with her employer, the Ohio Department of Youth Services.
Discussion: CBS News, ABC News and Newsweek
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court revives straight woman's reverse discrimination claim
Discussion: HotAir and The Guardian
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Bidenworld goes scorched earth on Karine Jean-Pierre  —  Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Tuesday that she's written a book about a “broken” Biden White House and what she sees as the betrayal of the former president by the Democratic Party.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
“Who cares”: Congress' Dems say good riddance to Karine Jean-Pierre  —  If former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre thought she would set off a five-alarm fire among top Democrats by leaving the party, she is about to be sorely disappointed.  —  Why it matters …
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Karine Jean-Pierre walks away from Democratic Party to ‘follow my own compass’
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party, pens book about ‘broken’ White House
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump admits rupture with Musk: “Elon and I had a great relationship”  —  President Trump said Thursday he doesn't know if he and Elon Musk will still have “a great relationship” after the former DOGE head has spent days blasting the GOP's spending bill.  —  Why it matters …
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Newsweek and NPR
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Politico:
Dems eye a villain-to-ally arc for Musk
Discussion: New Jersey Online and The.Ink
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Losing Patience With Musk's Outbursts Over Megabill
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Dear Dems, Don't Welcome Elon Back
Discussion: Raw Story
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson, Musk to talk amid megabill spat
Hannah Allam / ProPublica:
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump's Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention  —  One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government's main hub for combating violent extremism.
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Yasmeen Hamadeh / The Daily Beast:   22-Year-Old Leading Terrorism Prevention Center at DHS
New York Times:
Millions Would Lose Their Obamacare Coverage Under Trump's Bill  —  Though Republicans are not explicitly trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a series of small, technical changes would substantially reduce enrollment and increase the cost of coverage.  —  Millions of Obamacare enrollees …
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:   Dr. Oz on Medicaid cuts: People should ‘prove that they matter’
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Yes. People Will Die.
Paul Krugman:
Elon Musk is a Disgusting Abomination  —  So is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  But still  —  1,162  —  On Tuesday, after Elon Musk blasted out the screed above, a friend texted me: “I guess the worm has turned.  Oh, wait, I guess that's RFK.”  Indeed.
Discussion: Drezner's World
Axios:
Scoop: Trump admired Ukraine's “badass” attack, but worries what's next  —  President Trump thought Ukraine's surprise drone attack over the weekend was “strong” and “badass,” sources who discussed it with him tell Axios, but he's also concerned it will make his ceasefire mission even harder.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump critic David Jolly running for governor as Democrat  —  Former Florida Republican congressman and Trump critic David Jolly on Thursday officially launched his campaign for governor as a Democrat.  —  “Let's end the politics of division and return Florida to voters who simply want an economy …
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Kate Payne / Associated Press:
David Jolly, a Trump critic and former GOP congressman, to run for Florida governor as a Democrat
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Zohran Mamdani as Top Choice for Mayor  —  The New York City congresswoman said she would list Adrienne Adams second on her Democratic primary ballot and urged the left to unite to defeat Andrew Cuomo.  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / The Atlantic:
The Trump Administration Is Spending $2 Million to Figure Out Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes  —  Sign up for Trump's Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency.  —  When President Donald Trump blamed diversity, equity, and inclusion programs for the deadly January crash …
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
How to become a right-wing star?  Harass people  —  Here is one version of the story: A Brown University student created a shoddy AI that labeled individual university administrative employees with terms like “DEI,” “antisemitism,” and “flunkie.”  He emailed all of the employees …
Ben Blatt / New York Times:
Biden's I.R.S. Doubled Audits on the Wealthy, Data Shows  —  At the same time, the audit rate for those making under $500,000 declined slightly in 2024, fulfilling a promise by the Biden administration.  —  It was a promise repeated many times by President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s administration …
Discussion: CBS News
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
What Is Centrism?  —  “Let me start by saying I don't know the answer to that question.”  Jake Auchincloss, a young patrician Congressman from Massachusetts, was on a ballroom stage in the Hamilton Hotel in downtown DC, trying to respond to a question about what story the centrist wing of the Democratic Party had to tell.
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
The Ugly Truth About Trump's ‘Appalling’ Hair: Biographer  —  Donald Trump's signature hairdo is all about grabbing maximum attention, author Michael Wolff told The Daily Beast Podcast this week.Wolff, author of a series of books about Trump in power, said the president viewed his hair as part …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The GOP doesn't really care how the pardons were signed  —  Loyalists just want a pretext to void Biden's legacy — and centralize power under Trump.  —  If you want to know the reasoning undergirding the pardons issued late in President Joe Biden's administration, you can simply see what he said about them.
Isabelle Taft / New York Times:
Republicans Trying to Control Indiana University Meet Little Resistance  —  As university leaders face political pressure around the country, one president in Indiana has acquiesced to many conservative plans.  —  The sweeping changes to Indiana's public universities came suddenly this spring, with little time for debate.
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Trump administration must restore AmeriCorps programs in 24 states, judge rules  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to restore programs funded by AmeriCorps grants in 24 Democratic-led states but declined to bar the federal agency for national service and volunteering from cutting the bulk of its workforce.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wants His Presidential Library Set in Florida, Enticed by Free Land  —  President gave little thought to a library after his first term, with aides fearing it would signal the end of his political career  —  Donald Trump is considering the campus of Florida Atlantic University …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Independent
New York Post:
Luigi Mangione's ‘manifesto’ reveals reason for targeting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, failed plot for mass casualty event: court docs  —  The deranged “manifesto” of Luigi Mangione revealed the image-obsessed accused killer chose to “wack the CEO” of UnitedHealthcare during …
 
 
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Maya Goldman / Axios:
Questions swirl over who's running the CDC
Discussion: Raw Story
Sara Libby / San Francisco Chronicle:
My neighbors stood up to ICE. What they did next shows why California politics makes no sense
Fox News:
Supreme Court sides with US gunmakers in case centered on Mexican cartel violence
Luke Goldstein / The Lever:
Crypto's New Bailout Fund: Your Savings Account
Discussion: Popular Information and WHEC.com
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules that Catholic groups were unlawfully barred from a religious exemption
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump speaks with Xi, will resume talks between U.S. and China over tariffs
Gabrielle Gurley / American Prospect:
Texas Legislature Beats Back Assault on Clean Energy
Matt Ott / Associated Press:
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week rises to highest level in eight months
 Earlier Items: 
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Americans are filing for Social Security at record rates amid fears about its future
Discussion: al.com and FedSmith.com
Bloomberg:
Golden Dome Is a Chance for Superpowers to Make Space Safer
Financial Times:
Big investors shift away from US markets
Discussion: CBS News
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Trump's war on cities
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 4, 2025  —  Just hours after President Donald J. Trump posted on social media yesterday that …
Discussion: Roll Call
Bloomberg:
Trump's Administration Has Asked Ally Serbia to Accept Deportees
Discussion: Reuters and Al Jazeera
Jack Healy / New York Times:
‘Carol,’ Whose Detention Rattled Her Small Missouri Town, Is Released
Discussion: FOX 11 Los Angeles
Washington Post:
Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
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Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
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