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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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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.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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 …
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Politico
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sides with woman claiming anti-straight job discrimination — Marlean Ames filed a job discrimination lawsuit in 2020 after she lost out on two jobs to colleagues who were gay at the Ohio Youth Department. — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a straight woman who claimed …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment, in a case from Ohio
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit
Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit
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IJR
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court revives straight woman's reverse discrimination claim
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.
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Fox News
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Directs Review of Certain Presidential Actions
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Directs Review of Certain Presidential Actions
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Townhall, Twitchy, Associated Press, Florida Politics, Fox News, IJR, Roll Call, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent and Washington Times
Associated Press:
Trump orders investigation into Biden's actions as president, ratcheting up targeting of predecessor
Trump orders investigation into Biden's actions as president, ratcheting up targeting of predecessor
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The Hill, MSNBC, New Republic, New York Post, New Jersey Online, Al Jazeera, NewsMax.com, Twitchy, Newsweek, PennLive, IJR, The Guardian and ABC News
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
The Ugly Truth About Trump's ‘Appalling’ Hair: Biographer
The Ugly Truth About Trump's ‘Appalling’ Hair: Biographer
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Alternet.org
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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Mock Paper Scissors, Alternet.org and KRDO
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Losing Patience With Musk's Outbursts Over Megabill
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Politico, Fortune, Axios, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Raw Story, HuffPost, The Independent, The Western Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, Alternet.org, Semafor, Washington Examiner and CBS News
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Dear Dems, Don't Welcome Elon Back
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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Rolling Stone, Reason, New Republic, Forbes, Laissez-Faire …, Salon, The Daily Signal, Washington Post, The Hill, Euro Weekly News, Bloomberg, New York Sun, @amuse, New York Times, HotAir, UPI, Blaze Media, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, KRDO, Axios, Roll Call and Scripps News
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Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries, CBS News reports
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Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Hill, CBS News, Associated Press, NBC News, Alternet.org, Jewish Insider, Daily Mail, The Haitian Times, El País, The Guardian, Forbes, Metro.co.uk, PinkNews, ABC News, Agence France-Presse, RedState, Washington Times, Twitchy, Bloomberg and New York Post
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump signs travel ban on nationals from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
Trump signs travel ban on nationals from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
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Associated Press, New York Times, The White House, USA Today, The Guardian, The Forward, CNN, NBC News, BBC, Politico, Al Jazeera, NOTUS, KRDO, Daily Mail, NPR, Twitchy, The Post Millennial, Reuters, Alternet.org, IJR, The Hill, Townhall, The Independent, Washington Examiner and Semafor
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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al.com, Department of Homeland … and Talking Points Memo
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Yasmeen Hamadeh / The Daily Beast:
22-Year-Old Leading Terrorism Prevention Center at DHS — A division within the Department of Homeland Security tasked with preventing terrorism is being led by a 22-year-old recent college graduate. — Thomas Fugate, who graduated magna cum laude with a degree in politics and law …
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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Politico, Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, RedState, The Western Journal, Breitbart, New York Post, Mediaite, The Independent, Daily Kos, HotAir, The Post Millennial, New York Times, New Republic, The Washington Free Beacon, Daily Mail, NOTUS, CBS News, Megyn Kelly and Associated Press
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
“Who cares”: Congress' Dems say good riddance to Karine Jean-Pierre
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Twitchy, Townhall, Washington Times and RedState
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party, pens book about ‘broken’ White House
Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party, pens book about ‘broken’ White House
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Twitchy, RedState, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, The Federalist, Advocate, Newsbusters, So What, American Greatness and Deseret News
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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CBS News, CNN, New York Times, The Independent, Reuters, Politico, The Kyiv Independent, Raw Story, Patterico's Pontifications, Breitbart, Washington Examiner and NBC News
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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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Roll Call, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Hill
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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Trump's Beautiful Bill Will Kick 11 Million People Off Their Health Insurance
Trump's Beautiful Bill Will Kick 11 Million People Off Their Health Insurance
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National Review, Associated Press and The Hill
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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Miami Herald, Florida Politics and NBC News
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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 …
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 …
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ABC News, The Harvard Crimson, Associated Press, Plain Dealer, Breitbart, Reuters, El País, The Daily Caller, IJR, Daily Mail, Axios, Newsweek and Washington Examiner
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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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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 …
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NewsMax.com and The Independent
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 …
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USA Today, Washington Times and Raw Story
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.
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Drezner's World and NewsMax.com
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.
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
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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 …
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The Hill, Dallas Morning News, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Daily Caller, Houston Public Media, New York Post, New York Times, Fox News, Axios, CNN and Politico
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 …
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Roll Call
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 …
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Magnolia Tribune
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.


