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Kilmar Abrego Garcia on way back to US to face criminal charges: Sources — Sources say he faces charges of illegally transporting migrants within the U.S. — Undated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. — Murray Osorio PLLC via AP
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Abrego Garcia indictment led top federal prosecutor in Tennessee to resign: Sources — The decision to pursue the indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia led to the abrupt departure of Ben Schrader, a high-ranking federal prosecutor in Tennessee, sources briefed on Schrader's decision told ABC News.
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CNN:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been returned to the United States to face criminal charges — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, has been returned to the United States to face federal criminal charges, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday.
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Politico:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in US custody after being illegally deported and will now face criminal charges — The courts ordered the administration to facilitate his return after he was deported to El Salvador in violation of a court order. — Kilmar Abrego Garcia …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Return of Wrongly Deported Man Raises Questions About Trump's Views of Justice
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Washington Post:
Inside the battles that shattered Trump and Musk's alliance — Trump called Musk “a big-time drug addict” in a phone call shortly after their public feud. — President Donald Trump was dejected, processing his very public split with the world's richest man.
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New York Times:
Trump Has Options to Punish Musk Even if His Federal Contracts Continue — The president could tighten federal oversight of the tech titan's businesses, even if heavy reliance by the Pentagon and NASA on them makes terminating Mr. Musk's contracts less feasible.
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Musk Deletes Post Saying He'll Apologize to Trump if the President Does a ‘Full Dump’ of Epstein Files
Musk Deletes Post Saying He'll Apologize to Trump if the President Does a ‘Full Dump’ of Epstein Files
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Musk floats ‘The American Party’ after Trump tiff
Musk floats ‘The American Party’ after Trump tiff
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Alarming Part of the Musk-Trump Dispute
The Alarming Part of the Musk-Trump Dispute
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David Weigel / Semafor:
Democratic congressman steps up his work to pull Musk toward his party for the midterms
Democratic congressman steps up his work to pull Musk toward his party for the midterms
Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles ICE raids spark protests, fear, outrage. ‘Our community is under attack’ — A series of surprise U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps in downtown Los Angeles on Friday prompted fierce pushback from elected officials and protesters, who decried the enforcement actions as …
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SEIU California:
SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles — Los Angeles - David Huerta, President of SEIU California and SEIU- United Service Workers West was injured and detained at an ICE raid in Los Angeles today while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity.
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Missael Soto / NBC Los Angeles:
SEIU president injured and detained during ICE operations in downtown LA, mayor says … The Service Employees International Union California (SEIU) issued a statement Friday that the labor union's president, David Huerta, was detained during the ICE raids across Los Angeles.
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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
White House security staff warned Musk's Starlink is a security risk — Starlink satellite connections in the White House bypass controls meant to stop leaks and hacking. — Elon Musk's team at the U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House communications experts worried …
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Reuters:
Trump can bar The Associated Press from some White House events for now, appeals court rules — The AP sued after the White House restricted its access over continued references to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage despite Trump renaming the body of water the Gulf of America.
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Supreme Court allows DOGE to access Social Security data — The dispute concerns efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency, largely led by Elon Musk, to access sensitive data, including Social Security numbers. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members …
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New York Times:
Justices Grant DOGE Access to Social Security Data and Let the Team Shield Records
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans
Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Proud Boys Freed by Trump Sue the Government for $100 Million — Once convicted of serious felonies, members of the extremist group now paint themselves as “patriotic” victims of political warfare — In a Bizarro World lawsuit against the federal government, Proud Boys who were pardoned …
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Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal:
Proud Boys Leaders Sue U.S. Over Jan. 6 Prosecutions
Proud Boys Leaders Sue U.S. Over Jan. 6 Prosecutions
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
There are only two commissioners left at the FCC — After two departures on Friday, parts of Brendan Carr's agenda are in limbo. … After the departure of one Republican and one Democratic commissioner on Friday, the Federal Communications Commission is down to two members …
Associated Press:
Investigators looking at who sent Hegseth's Signal texts, whether they were told to delete them, sources say — Hegseth shared details of war plans in at least two group chats, officials said. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers a speech at the US cemetery to commemorate …
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New York Times:
Buyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner … He Tianying outside the White House on May 23. Mr. He is a member of an advisory body that seeks to broaden the Communist Party's influence and solicit support from influential people in Chinese society.Jason Andrew for The New York Times
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The Forward:
Exclusive: ADL chief compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda in address to Republican officials — Jonathan Greenblatt also said protests against Israel were driven by ‘same kind of nihilists’ who participated in Black Lives Matter — Jonathan Greenblatt, the Anti-Defamation League CEO …
Erica Pandey / Axios:
The great poaching: America's brain drain begins — The Trump administration's spending cuts and restrictions on foreign students are triggering a brain drain — and American scientists are panicking. — Why it matters: U.S. researchers' fears are coming true.
Financial Times:
Israel is destroying the foundations of a Palestinian state — The Netanyahu government must be held to account over Gaza and the West Bank — Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free — Your guide to what Trump's second term means for Washington, business and the world
Wall Street Journal:
The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America's UFO Mythology — U.S. military fabricated evidence of alien technology and allowed rumors to fester to cover up real secret-weapons programs — A tiny Pentagon office had spent months investigating conspiracy theories about secret Washington UFO programs …
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Newsom floats withholding federal taxes as Trump threatens California — His comments came amid reports Trump is weighing “large-scale” funding cancellations for the Golden State. — SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday suggested California consider withholding tens …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Breaking down 20 years of election data that shows how the two parties have evolved in the Trump era — The 2024 election was the first in two decades that saw a Republican popular vote victory. The trends since then illustrate extreme changes in the two parties.


