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New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Cut Elon Musk's Government Contracts as Feud Escalates  —  The open acrimony between the two men comes after the billionaire denounced President Trump's signature domestic policy bill as an “abomination.”  —  Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times  —  Here's the latest.
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Rolling Stone:
Trump and His Team Tease Vengeance Against Elon as Feud Goes Nuclear  —  The president is threatening to “terminate” Musk's federal contracts, while a senior appointee warns the administration could investigate his companies  —  President Donald Trump has threatened to “terminate” …
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump and Musk's relationship flames out just as intensely and publicly as it started  —  Donald Trump and Elon Musk's alliance took off like one of SpaceX's rockets.  It was supercharged and soared high.  And then it blew up.  —  The spectacular flameout Thursday peaked as Trump threatened …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Musk calls for Trump's impeachment  —  Elon Musk unleashed a fresh round of tweets Thursday evening, calling for President Trump to be impeached and declaring that SpaceX would begin decommissioning a spacecraft essential to NASA's operation.  —  Why it matters: Trump's threat to cancel billions …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats probe whether Trump is in the Epstein files  —  House Democrats are asking the Department of Justice and FBI whether it is true, as Elon Musk now claims, that President Trump is in the Epstein files, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: It's the starkest example to date …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Bloomberg:
Tesla Plunges After Conflict Erupts Between Musk and Trump … Trump on Thursday said he was “very disappointed” by the Tesla chief executive officer's criticism of the president's signature tax policy bill.  Musk fired back in several social media posts, saying in one that “without me, Trump would have lost the election.”
Wall Street Journal:
The Day That Trump and Musk Torched Their Partnership  —  An afternoon of escalating attacks left the men threatening to wield their power against each other  —  WASHINGTON—This is exactly what President Trump and his advisers were trying to avoid.  —  Just six days ago …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson scrambles to stop Elon Musk from torching the megabill  —  The speaker is mounting a multi-front rebuttal to the billionaire's criticism — and trying to keep the backlash contained.  —  Mike Johnson has spent his 19 months as speaker forging a close relationship with President Donald Trump …
Bloomberg:
Musk Says SpaceX to Decommission Dragon Spacecraft Immediately  —  Elon Musk said he was going to decommission SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft that ferries cargo and people to the International Space Station for the US, escalating a dayslong spat between the billionaire and President Donald Trump.
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump-Musk Feud Explodes as Elon Alleges Trump Is in Epstein Files  —  Meanwhile, the president suggested the world's richest man may have come down with a nasty case of Trump Derangement Syndrome  —  Elon Musk has been waging a full-throated campaign against Donald Trump's “big, beautiful” …
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Elon Musk escalates feud with Trump: ‘Time to drop the really big bomb’
Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Calls to Deport Musk Amid Messy Trump Breakup
Discussion: The Free Press
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Musk becomes GOP pariah after “ridiculous” Trump attacks
Adam Kinzinger:
Trump's Empire of Control Is Crumbling
Discussion: Axios, New Jersey Online and Raw Story
The Atlantic:
When Pete Hegseth's Pentagon Tenure Started Going Sideways
Discussion: Alternet.org
Jake Lahut / Wired:
The Elon Musk and Donald Trump Breakup Has Started
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Musk floats idea of third party amid feud with Trump
Ahmad Austin Jr / Mediaite:   House Democrat Accuses Pam Bondi of Hiding Epstein Files to Save Trump: ‘My Suspicion Has Been Confirmed’
Branko Marcetic / Jacobin:
Ignore Elon Musk. Pay Attention to Russell Vought.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
CNBC:
Tesla loses $152 billion in market cap after Musk-Trump spat, biggest hit ever
NBC News:   Nervous Republicans flee Trump-Elon Musk blast radius
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump just took his public feud with Musk to a new level: Going after his money
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Elon Musk directs attacks on Hill GOP leaders
Discussion: Fox News and Wall Street Journal
Politico:
Medicare is a target as Senate GOP faces megabill math issues  —  Republicans have so far kept hands off the politically sensitive program.  But senators are now desperate to find additional spending cuts.  —  Senate Republicans are eyeing possible Medicare provisions to help offset the cost …
Discussion: The Hill, Roll Call and Axios
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NBC News:   Senate Republicans open the door to cutting Medicare ‘waste’ in Trump agenda bill
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Dr. Oz on Medicaid cuts: People should ‘prove that they matter’
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ losing momentum in Senate
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Independent
CNBC:   Sen. James Lankford: We do not have the votes to pass the House GOP bill as is
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants  —  Trump officials transferred the migrants to the East African nation in response to a judge's order.  They now face threats that include rocket attacks from Yemen.  —  Nearly a dozen immigration officers …
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?
Washington Post:
D.C.'s Reagan National Airport will close during Army's birthday bash  —  Military flyovers and fireworks on June 14, which coincides with Trump's birthday, are expected to disrupt commercial passenger flights.  —  Reagan National Airport is expected to halt takeoffs and landings …
Discussion: WTOP News, CBS News and NewsMax.com
Emily Bregel / Arizona Daily Star:
Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson, feds confirm  —  A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday.
Discussion: Arizona Capitol Times
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Steve Inskeep / Differ We Must:
Trump threatens Musk the same way he did Harvard  —  He threatened to use federal contracts to gain retribution.  —  A federal contract is for services rendered in the public interest as specified in the contract.  It is not payment for political loyalty to a temporary occupant of the White House.
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention  —  Counter-terror chief was pulling up weeds just five years ago.
 
 
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