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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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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 …
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” …
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: New York Times and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
Discussion: News/Talk 94.9 WSJM
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.”
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump and Musk's Relationship Melts Down in Spectacular Fashion  —  The speed of the fallout was breathtaking, with President Trump celebrating Elon Musk during an Oval Office farewell just last Friday.  —  The moment had finally come, and it was every bit as lowdown, vindictive, personal …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Musk-Trump Divorce Is as Messy as You Thought It Would Be  —  The world's richest man and its most powerful leader channel their inner middle schooler in a breakup for the ages.  —  Shamelessness, defined as brazen disregard for that which might deter anyone else, has always been one of Donald Trump's superpowers.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Musk becomes GOP pariah after “ridiculous” Trump attacks
NBC News:
Nervous Republicans flee Trump-Elon Musk blast radius
Discussion: Associated Press
CNBC:
Tesla loses $152 billion in market cap after Musk-Trump spat, biggest hit ever
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump-Musk Feud Explodes as Elon Alleges Trump Is in Epstein Files
Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:   Steve Bannon Calls to Deport Musk Amid Messy Trump Breakup
NBC News:
Trump says he is ‘very disappointed’ in Elon Musk's attacks on the GOP policy bill
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Taking the Trump-Musk War Seriously
Associated Press:
Musk's threat to withdraw Dragon capsule would leave NASA with 1 option: Russia
Jake Lahut / Wired:
The Elon Musk and Donald Trump Breakup Has Started
Adam Kinzinger:
Trump's Empire of Control Is Crumbling
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: Axios, Roll Call and STAT
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NBC News:   Senate Republicans open the door to cutting Medicare ‘waste’ in Trump agenda bill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ losing momentum in Senate
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Independent
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 …
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
Bloomberg:
Harvard Sues Over Trump Barring Foreign Students' US Entry  —  Harvard University sued to stop the Trump administration from barring its international students' entrance to the US, adding to a high-stakes legal battle between the government and the school.  —  Harvard asked a judge on Thursday …
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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.
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 …
Peter Walker / The Guardian:
EHRC commissioner calls for trans people to accept reduced rights  —  Akua Reindorf said law never permitted self-ID, but trans campaigners call remarks ‘profoundly unhelpful’  —  Transgender people must accept a perceived reduction in their rights after the supreme court decision on gender because they …
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Rubio sanctions international criminal court judges for ‘targeting’ US and Israel  —  US secretary of state cites ‘illegitimate actions’ of court that issued arrest warrants against Israeli officials  —  The United States is sanctioning four judges from the international criminal court …
 
 
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