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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.
Washington Post:
Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban — The effort comes as the president has pursued extraordinary measures to curtail legal and illegal immigration. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday restricted the entry of travelers to the United States from more than a dozen countries …
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CBS News, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, New Jersey Online, Associated Press, Daily Mail, Al Jazeera and Bloomberg
Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries, CBS News reports
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Bans Citizens of 12 Countries From Traveling to U.S.
Trump Bans Citizens of 12 Countries From Traveling to U.S.
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Fox News, NPR, PJ Media, Newsweek, The Western Journal, Forbes, Magnolia Tribune, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Independent
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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NBC News, Associated Press, New York Times, The White House, USA Today, CNN, The Forward, The Guardian, Washington Post, BBC, Politico, The Post Millennial, Al Jazeera, One America News Network, NOTUS, KRDO, Daily Mail, NPR, Twitchy, Reuters, Alternet.org, IJR, The Hill, Townhall and Washington Examiner
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
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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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Rolling Stone and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The GOP doesn't really care how the pardons were signed
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Fox News
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Orders Investigation of Biden and His Aides
Trump Orders Investigation of Biden and His Aides
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, Althouse, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Townhall, HotAir, New York Post, Daily Mail and Chicago Tribune
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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American Greatness, Townhall, Twitchy, Associated Press, Florida Politics, Fox News, IJR, Roll Call, Washington Times, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit and The Independent
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
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Biden hits back at Trump over autopen investigation
Biden hits back at Trump over autopen investigation
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Politico, The Hill, RedState, Raw Story, New Republic, Mediaite, Newsweek, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News and ABC News
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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Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Karine Jean-Pierre walks away from Democratic Party to ‘follow my own compass’ — An upcoming book by former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reveals that she is no longer a member of the Democratic Party and is urging others to “think outside of our boxes.”
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The Daily Caller, Newsbusters, The Wrap and The Post Millennial
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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PinkNews, TV Insider, Twitchy, The Daily Caller, RedState, Washington Times, The Western Journal, The Federalist, Advocate and So What
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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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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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 …, The Independent and Talking Points Memo
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Yasmeen Hamadeh / The Daily Beast:
22-Year-Old Leading Terrorism Prevention Center at DHS
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, The Kyiv Independent, Politico, Raw Story and Patterico's Pontifications
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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.” Jake Auchincloss, a young patrician Congressman from Massachusetts, was on a ballroom stage in the Hamilton Hotel in downtown DC, trying to respond to a question about what story the centrist wing of the Democratic Party had to tell.
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Revolving Door Project
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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
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 …
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Miami Herald, Florida Politics 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 and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Yes. People Will Die.
Yes. People Will Die.
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American Prospect, New York Times and MSNBC
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, IJR, Daily Mail, Axios, Newsweek and Washington Examiner
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump Pushes to Restrict Harvard's International Students From Entering U.S.
Trump Pushes to Restrict Harvard's International Students From Entering U.S.
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The White House, Washington Post, USA Today, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, CNN, The Hill, Washington Times, Townhall, Fox News, KRDO, IJR, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Guardian and masslive.com
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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Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Santa Ono's Bid for U. of Florida President Shows Politicization of Higher Education
Santa Ono's Bid for U. of Florida President Shows Politicization of Higher Education
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Jewish Insider, The Federalist, NewsMax.com and MLive.com
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
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
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
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