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New York Times:
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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Rolling Stone:
Trump and His Team Tease Vengeance Against Elon as Feud Goes Nuclear — The president is threatening to “terminate” Musk's federal contracts, while a senior appointee warns the administration could investigate his companies — President Donald Trump has threatened to “terminate” …
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump and Musk's relationship flames out just as intensely and publicly as it started — Donald Trump and Elon Musk's alliance took off like one of SpaceX's rockets. It was supercharged and soared high. And then it blew up. — The spectacular flameout Thursday peaked as Trump threatened …
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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” …
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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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson scrambles to stop Elon Musk from torching the megabill — The speaker is mounting a multi-front rebuttal to the billionaire's criticism — and trying to keep the backlash contained. — Mike Johnson has spent his 19 months as speaker forging a close relationship with President Donald Trump …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Musk calls for Trump's impeachment — Elon Musk unleashed a fresh round of tweets Thursday evening, calling for President Trump to be impeached and declaring that SpaceX would begin decommissioning a spacecraft essential to NASA's operation. — Why it matters: Trump's threat to cancel billions …
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Bloomberg:
Musk Says SpaceX to Decommission Dragon Spacecraft Immediately — Elon Musk said he was going to decommission SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft that ferries cargo and people to the International Space Station for the US, escalating a dayslong spat between the billionaire and President Donald Trump.
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Adam Kinzinger:
Trump's Empire of Control Is Crumbling
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Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Elon Musk escalates feud with Trump: ‘Time to drop the really big bomb’
Elon Musk escalates feud with Trump: ‘Time to drop the really big bomb’
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Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Calls to Deport Musk Amid Messy Trump Breakup
Steve Bannon Calls to Deport Musk Amid Messy Trump Breakup
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Branko Marcetic / Jacobin:
Ignore Elon Musk. Pay Attention to Russell Vought.
Ignore Elon Musk. Pay Attention to Russell Vought.
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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Says He Told Trump to Investigate Musk as an ‘Illegal Alien’
Steve Bannon Says He Told Trump to Investigate Musk as an ‘Illegal Alien’
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Ahmad Austin Jr / Mediaite:
House Democrat Accuses Pam Bondi of Hiding Epstein Files to Save Trump: ‘My Suspicion Has Been Confirmed’
House Democrat Accuses Pam Bondi of Hiding Epstein Files to Save Trump: ‘My Suspicion Has Been Confirmed’
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump just took his public feud with Musk to a new level: Going after his money
Trump just took his public feud with Musk to a new level: Going after his money
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Elon Musk directs attacks on Hill GOP leaders
Elon Musk directs attacks on Hill GOP leaders
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CNBC:
Tesla loses $152 billion in market cap after Musk-Trump spat, biggest hit ever
Tesla loses $152 billion in market cap after Musk-Trump spat, biggest hit ever
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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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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Dr. Oz on Medicaid cuts: People should ‘prove that they matter’
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ losing momentum in Senate
Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ losing momentum in Senate
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Medicare changes on table for ‘big, beautiful bill,’ says GOP senator
Medicare changes on table for ‘big, beautiful bill,’ says GOP senator
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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
Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats
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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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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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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants — Trump officials transferred the migrants to the East African nation in response to a judge's order. They now face threats that include rocket attacks from Yemen. — Nearly a dozen immigration officers …
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Leah Willingham / Associated Press:
A Massachusetts student arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice has been released — A Massachusetts high school student who was arrested by immigration agents on his way to volleyball practice has been released from custody after a judge granted him bond Thursday.
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Bloomberg:
Harvard Sues Over Trump Barring Foreign Students' US Entry — Harvard University sued to stop the Trump administration from barring its international students' entrance to the US, adding to a high-stakes legal battle between the government and the school. — Harvard asked a judge on Thursday …
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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:
After Putin call, Trump suggests Ukraine, Russia should ‘fight for a while’ — Following his talk with Putin, Trump expressed understanding of Russia's need to retaliate against Ukraine's drone strike on its bomber fleet. — President Donald Trump's comment about inevitable Russian retaliation following …
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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.
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.
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 …
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Ellen Rittiner / CNN:
George Clooney predicts what will happen to ‘Trumpism’ after Trump's term — CNN's Anderson Cooper interviewed actor George Clooney on the set of his Broadway play, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which is focused on Edward R. Murrow's famous battle with Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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