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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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Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump signs travel ban on nationals from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more  —  President Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation barring travelers and immigrants from a dozen countries and restricting the entry of nationals of another seven nations, citing concerns about national security.
Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries, CBS News reports  —  U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation banning travel from certain countries, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing administration officials.  —  The proclamation fully restricts and limits the entry …
Myah Ward / Politico:
Trump issues new multi-country travel ban
Politico:   Playbook: Trump changes the subject
Associated Press:
Trump orders investigation into Biden's actions as president, ratcheting up targeting of predecessor  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed his administration to investigate Joe Biden's actions as president, alleging aides masked his predecessor's “cognitive decline” …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Reviewing Certain Presidential Actions
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
The Ugly Truth About Trump's ‘Appalling’ Hair: Biographer
Discussion: Alternet.org
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Karine Jean-Pierre writes book on ‘broken’ Biden White House  —  Former press secretary's tome will publish in October, and its title is a nod to her recently announced departure from the Democratic Party to become an independent.  —  Weeks after the release of a best-selling book detailing …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Karine Jean-Pierre is leaving the Democratic Party.  Her former White House colleagues have some thoughts.  —  Several who worked alongside the former press secretary responded to her book announcement with derision and contempt.  —  Karine Jean-Pierre's announcement that she's leaving …
Politico:
Dems eye a villain-to-ally arc for Musk  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.
Discussion: The.Ink and Associated Press
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Bidenworld goes scorched earth on Karine Jean-Pierre
Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says  —  The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it has notified a university accreditation body that Columbia University had violated federal anti-discrimination laws by its alleged failure to protect Jewish students on its campus.
Discussion: New York Post and Newsweek
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U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Notifies Columbia University's Accreditor of Columbia's Title VI Violation  —  ED OCR and HHS OCR Found Columbia University Violated Federal Civil Rights Law  —  The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today notified Middle States Commission …
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Trump Officials Target Columbia Accreditation Over Pro-Palestine Protests
Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian and CNBC
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.
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump Pushes to Restrict Harvard's International Students From Entering U.S.  —  The university called it “yet another illegal retaliatory step” from an administration that has sought ways to circumnavigate the courts in its push to bar foreign students.  —  President Trump said on Wednesday …
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restricts Foreign Student Visas at Harvard University  —  RESTRICTING FOREIGN STUDENT VISAS AT HARVARD: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation to safeguard national security by suspending the entry of foreign nationals seeking to study …
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University
Dhruv T. Patel / The Harvard Crimson:
Trump Issues Proclamation Banning International Students at Harvard From Entering U.S.
Discussion: El País
Wired:
ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids  —  A requirement that ICE agents ensure courthouse arrests don't clash with state and local laws has been rescinded by the agency.  ICE declined to explain what that means for future enforcement.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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NBC News:
ICE arrests record number of immigrants in single day, including hundreds at scheduled appointments
Discussion: Raw Story
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: Washington Examiner
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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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
U.S. Is Trimming Back Its Collection of Consumer Price Data  —  The cutbacks would have “minimal impact,” the government said, but economists warned of reduced confidence in inflation data produced by a struggling statistical system.  —  The Bureau of Labor Statistics is cutting back its collection …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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The Texas Tribune:
Feds sue Texas over long-standing law allowing undocumented students to receive in-state tuition  —  The lawsuit comes just days after the Legislature adjourned without repealing the first-in-the-nation law, which passed in 2001.  —  The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Texas …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Losing Patience With Musk's Outbursts Over Megabill  —  Billionaire's attacks on Trump's tax bill are fraying his relationship with the president  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is losing patience with Elon Musk after the billionaire attacked Republicans' sprawling tax-and-spending bill.
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Guatemalan deportee arrives in US after judge orders Trump to facilitate return  —  A Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there was flown back to the United States on Wednesday after a judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return, his lawyer said.
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Jacob Rosen / CBS News:
Trump administration returns Guatemalan man to U.S. after judge says he was wrongly deported
Discussion: New York Times and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work  —  The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.  —  President Donald Trump's latest attempt to assert control over an elite American cultural institution …
Discussion: Roll Call and The Guardian
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats  —  Public opinion on immigration has shifted — and pundits need to catch up  —  A group of center-left Democratic strategists, politicians, and commentators met at “WelcomeFest” in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to figure …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Take Steps to Give Due Process to Deported Migrants  —  The judge also said the men, expelled under the Alien Enemies Act, were likely to prevail in their claims that they had been treated unfairly, deported with no chance to contest their removals.
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NBC News:
Judge orders Trump administration to provide due process to some migrants deported to El Salvador
Discussion: UPI, CBS News and Law Dork
 
 
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