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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.
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 …
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump signs travel ban on nationals from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
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
Discussion: IJR
NPR:   Supreme Court sides with straight Ohio woman who claimed workplace discrimination
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:   Supreme Court revives straight woman's reverse discrimination claim
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: emptywheel
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:
Dems eye a villain-to-ally arc for Musk
Discussion: The.Ink
The Bulwark:   Dear Dems, Don't Welcome Elon Back
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson, Musk to talk amid megabill spat
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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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 …
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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The GOP doesn't really care how the pardons were signed
Discussion: Fox News
Associated Press:
Trump orders investigation into Biden's actions as president, ratcheting up targeting of predecessor
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
The Ugly Truth About Trump's ‘Appalling’ Hair: Biographer
Discussion: Alternet.org
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.
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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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Reviewing Certain Presidential Actions  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby directed:  —  Section 1.  Background.
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Directs Review of Certain Presidential Actions
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Biden hits back at Trump over autopen investigation
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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Kate Payne / Associated Press:
David Jolly, a Trump critic and former GOP congressman, to run for Florida governor as a Democrat
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.
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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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump Pushes to Restrict Harvard's International Students From Entering U.S.
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
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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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Yes. People Will Die.
Discussion: American Prospect and MSNBC
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 …
Discussion: Politico
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Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
What Is Centrism?  —  “Let me start by saying I don't know the answer to that question.”
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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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.
Discussion: Alternet.org and KRDO
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 …
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
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 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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Independent
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
 
 
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Matt Ott / Associated Press:
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