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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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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.
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump signs travel ban on nationals from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
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CNN, IJR, Reuters, Daily Mail, Twitchy, New York Times, UPI and Townhall
Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries, CBS News reports
Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries, CBS News reports
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New York Times, NBC News, CBS News, Alternet.org, Jewish Insider, El País, Associated Press, USA Today, The Guardian, Twitchy, New York Post, Al Jazeera and ABC News
Brett Bachman / NOTUS:
Trump Signs New Travel Ban on a Dozen Countries
Trump Signs New Travel Ban on a Dozen Countries
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The Forward, Associated Press, CBS News, The Guardian and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Another Oval Office showdown?
Another Oval Office showdown?
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Axios, The Hill, Hachette Book Group, Plain Dealer, Fortune, KRDO, Reuters and Politico
Washington Post:
Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban
Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban
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Washington Examiner, The Guardian and Bloomberg
Allison McCann / New York Times:
See the Countries Under Trump's New Travel Ban
See the Countries Under Trump's New Travel Ban
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Middle East Monitor and Forbes
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restricts the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restricts the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
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Associated Press, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Haitian Times, The Post Millennial, IJR and The Independent
Myah Ward / Politico:
Trump issues new multi-country travel ban
Trump issues new multi-country travel ban
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The Guardian, BBC, Daily Mail, NPR, Raw Story, New York Times and The Hill
Associated Press:
Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday
Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
Are Donald Trump and Elon Musk Breaking Up? — Bad dad and crazy dad are fighting. — Last week Elon Musk officially departed from his position in the Trump administration battered, bruised, desperately in need of therapy and the perfect plaything for comedians.
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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.
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Politico, Axios, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, HuffPost, The Independent, Fortune, Bloomberg, The Western Journal, Forbes, Alternet.org, Semafor, Washington Examiner and al.com
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.
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The Bulwark and The.Ink
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson, Musk to talk amid megabill spat
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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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Department of Homeland …
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?
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party, pens book about ‘broken’ 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 …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Karine Jean-Pierre is leaving the Democratic Party. Her former White House colleagues have some thoughts.
Karine Jean-Pierre is leaving the Democratic Party. Her former White House colleagues have some thoughts.
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United States House Committee …, Washington Examiner, Poynter, The Washington Free Beacon, Fox News, Breitbart, NOTUS, The Hill, The Wrap, Mediaite, So What, The Independent, HotAir, Chicago Tribune, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Daily Mail, RedState, Associated Press, SE Cupp's Pitching …, IJR and Deseret News
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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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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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University
Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Orders Investigation of Biden and His Aides — The executive order is the latest effort by President Trump to stoke outlandish conspiracy theories about his predecessor and question the legality of his actions in office. — President Trump ordered his White House counsel …
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Associated Press:
Trump orders investigation into Biden's actions as president, ratcheting up targeting of predecessor
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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.
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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 …
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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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NBC News:
ICE arrests record number of immigrants in single day, including hundreds at scheduled appointments — Many of the people arrested at appointments had previously been released under a program for those deemed not to be a threat to public safety. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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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.
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Yes. People Will Die. — BY NOW, YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN or heard about the clips of Senator Joni Ernst trying to defend proposed health care cuts in the “Big Beautiful Bill” Republicans are rushing through Congress. — If you haven't, by all means check them out, and not simply because they are so bizarre.
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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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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 …
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The Hill, Politico, The Guardian, UnHerd, NewsMax.com, Gothamist and Jewish Insider
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
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
How to become a right-wing star? Harass people — A Brown student used crummy AI to label university staff as worthless; now he has a Times profile and is testifying to Congress — Here is one version of the story: A Brown University student created a shoddy AI that labeled individual …
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USA Today, Raw Story and Washington Times
Isaac Stanley-Becker / The Atlantic:
The Trump Administration Is Spending $2 Million to Figure Out Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes — When President Donald Trump blamed diversity, equity, and inclusion programs for the deadly January crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, some aviation officials were appalled.
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KRDO
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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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 …
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and WHEC.com
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Americans are filing for Social Security at record rates amid fears about its future — Older Americans are filing for Social Security benefits at a record rate this year, a surge that could reflect growing anxiety about the stability of the retirement system amid cutbacks under the Trump administration, experts say.
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al.com and FedSmith.com


