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2:20 PM ET, June 5, 2025

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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: Vanity Fair and emptywheel
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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 …
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
What Is Centrism?  —  “Let me start by saying I don't know the answer to that question.”
David Weigel / Semafor:
Centrist Democrats want a fight with the left
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.
Astha Rajvanshi / NBC News:
Fury and resignation around the world as Trump's travel ban comes roaring back
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump signs travel ban on nationals from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
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
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court revives straight woman's reverse discrimination claim
Discussion: HotAir, CBS News 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
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’  —  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.”
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Yes. People Will Die.
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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Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Ukraine Got a Major Battle Victory.  Trump Is Not Happy.  —  Ukraine's drone strikes deep into Russia delivered a humiliating blow to Moscow last weekend.  Kyiv's defenders celebrated the attack as a triumph of modern warfare and a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Yasmeen Hamadeh / The Daily Beast:   22-Year-Old Leading Terrorism Prevention Center at DHS
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 and NewsMax.com
Rachel Wolf / Fox News:
Musk says Trump would have lost 2024 election without him as ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ feud continues  —  Elon Musk took a swipe at President Donald Trump Thursday on X  —  Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's feud about the “Big Beautiful Bill” continued on Thursday when the tech billionaire responded …
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Politico:
‘Such ingratitude’: Musk, Trump blow up over GOP megabill
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson, Musk to talk amid megabill spat
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Medicare changes on table for ‘big, beautiful bill,’ says GOP senator
Discussion: Bloomberg, NewsMax.com and ABC News
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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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Dear Dems, Don't Welcome Elon Back
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 …
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 …
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.
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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 …
Discussion: USA Today
The Atlantic:
When Pete Hegseth's Pentagon Tenure Started Going Sideways  —  Things were going fine for Pete Hegseth, right up until a chance encounter with the world's richest man.  His pursuit of Donald Trump's agenda at the Pentagon had made him a star among the president's advisers.
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
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 …
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
Freddy Brewster / The Lever:
Whistleblower Lawsuit Exposes Trump's Secret ICE Plot  —  A new lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of using a secret subpoena to force Colorado officials to ignore state laws and hand over private financial information of residents sponsoring unaccompanied immigrant children.
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.
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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Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
Florida Bar complaint accuses Bondi of ‘misconduct’ as U.S. Attorney General
Discussion: Florida Politics
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
High-profile Americans' iPhones may have been targeted in hacking campaign, cybersecurity firm for Harris-Walz says
Washington Post:
Gabbard placed top adviser inside the ODNI's watchdog office, officials say
Arya Sundaram / Gothamist:
Exclusive: New video shows tussle between Rep. Nadler staffer and federal officers
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
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules that Catholic groups were unlawfully barred from a religious exemption
 Earlier Items: 
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
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Americans are filing for Social Security at record rates amid fears about its future
Discussion: al.com and FedSmith.com
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 4, 2025  —  Just hours after President Donald J. Trump posted on social media yesterday that …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wants His Presidential Library Set in Florida, Enticed by Free Land
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Independent
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:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

New York Times:
The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: Forbes has cut ties with dozens of contributing writers; one exec said Forbes needs to ensure the contributor model is “financially sound”
 
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