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Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Cut Elon Musk's Government Contracts as Feud Escalates — The open acrimony between the two men comes after the billionaire denounced President Trump's signature domestic policy bill as an “abomination.” — Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times — Here's the latest.
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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump and Musk's relationship flames out just as it started, intensely and publicly — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to cut Elon Musk's government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud with Trump suggesting he would use the U.S. government to hurt his fellow billionaire financially.
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump-Musk Feud Explodes as Elon Alleges Trump Is in Epstein Files — Meanwhile, the president suggested the world's richest man may have come down with a nasty case of Trump Derangement Syndrome — Elon Musk has been waging a full-throated campaign against Donald Trump's “big, beautiful” …
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Bloomberg:
Tesla Plunges After Conflict Erupts Between Musk and Trump … Trump on Thursday said he was “very disappointed” by the Tesla chief executive officer's criticism of the president's signature tax policy bill. Musk fired back in several social media posts, saying in one that “without me, Trump would have lost the election.”
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Reuters:
Trump attacks Musk as public feud escalates over tax-cut bill — President Donald Trump lashed out on Thursday against his ally Elon Musk, saying he was “disappointed” by the billionaire's public opposition to the sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that is at the heart of Trump's agenda.
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Adam Kinzinger:
Trump's Empire of Control Is Crumbling — Donald Trump is furious. What's bugging him? Simple: powerful people he thought he owned are rebelling. — The prime example is his fraying relationship with Elon Musk—the world's richest man and, until recently, Trump's “First Buddy.”
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Branko Marcetic / Jacobin:
Ignore Elon Musk. Pay Attention to Russell Vought. — Elon Musk has been shown the door in the Trump White House. His erratic behavior and cringe antics made him an easy target for the media. But Musk was always carrying out Project 2025 author Russell Vought's agenda — and Vought is still very much in power.
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Rachel Wolf / Fox News:
Musk says Trump would have lost 2024 election without him as ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ feud continues
Musk says Trump would have lost 2024 election without him as ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ feud continues
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Musk floats idea of third party amid feud with Trump
Musk floats idea of third party amid feud with Trump
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump admits rupture with Musk: “Elon and I had a great relationship”
Trump admits rupture with Musk: “Elon and I had a great relationship”
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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?
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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.
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David Weigel / Semafor:
Centrist Democrats want a fight with the left
Centrist Democrats want a fight with the left
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Politico:
Medicare is a target as Senate GOP faces megabill math issues — Republicans have so far kept hands off the politically sensitive program. But senators are now desperate to find additional spending cuts. — Senate Republicans are eyeing possible Medicare provisions to help offset the cost …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Medicare changes on table for ‘big, beautiful bill,’ says GOP senator
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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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Dr. Oz on Medicaid cuts: People should ‘prove that they matter’ — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz defended President Trump's “big, beautiful bill” over criticism that millions of people could lose health coverage, saying those who would face new work requirements should “prove that they matter.”
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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.
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Washington Post:
After Putin call, Trump suggests Ukraine, Russia should ‘fight for a while’
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Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Ukraine Got a Major Battle Victory. Trump Is Not Happy.
Ukraine Got a Major Battle Victory. Trump Is Not Happy.
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The Hill
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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Paul Krugman:
Elon Musk is a Disgusting Abomination — 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. We don't know exactly what set off this tweet and the series of whines that followed, but it may have been the ketamine talking.
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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention — Counter-terror chief was pulling up weeds just five years ago.
Washington Post:
D.C.'s Reagan National Airport will close during Army's birthday bash — Military flyovers and fireworks on June 14, which coincides with Trump's birthday, are expected to disrupt commercial passenger flights. — Reagan National Airport is expected to halt takeoffs and landings …
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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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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 …
Fox News:
Trump foe Judge Boasberg rules deported migrants can challenge removals, in blow to admin — Boasberg made headlines earlier this year for granting the first emergency restraining order blocking Trump from using a 1798 law for deportations — U.S. District Judge James Boasberg …
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Luke Goldstein / The Lever:
Crypto's New Bailout Fund: Your Savings Account — After a flood of crypto industry campaign cash, the U.S. Senate is poised to pass a financial deregulation bill ensuring that when a bank goes out of business, the savings of cryptocurrency owners would be made whole before those of other bank customers.
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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.
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 …
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Rubio sanctions international criminal court judges for ‘targeting’ US and Israel — US secretary of state cites ‘illegitimate actions’ of court that issued arrest warrants against Israeli officials — The United States is sanctioning four judges from the international criminal court …
Cameron Arcand / Fox News:
Controversial airport watchlist program terminated by DHS amid weaponization concerns — Secretary Noem condemns Biden administration's ‘weaponization’ of security protocols — EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ending the Quiet Skies program, which left some Americans subject …
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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 …
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