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11:50 AM ET, June 7, 2025

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ABC News:
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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ABC News:
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.
Discussion: CBS News and PBS NewsHour
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Return of Wrongly Deported Man Raises Questions About Trump's Views of Justice  —  For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.
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.
Politico:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in US custody after being illegally deported and will now face criminal charges
NPR:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador, is back in the U.S. to face smuggling charges
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
New York Times:
Buildup to a Meltdown: How the Trump-Musk Alliance Collapsed
Jonathan Freedland / The Guardian:
Musk and Trump are enemies made for each other - united in their ability to trash their own brands
David Weigel / Semafor:
Democratic congressman steps up his work to pull Musk toward his party for the midterms
Eric Garcia / The Independent:   AOC takes victory lap as Trump-Elon nuclear breakup confirms everything she and Bernie Sanders warned
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.
Chris Palmer / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Five Proud Boys leaders, including Philly resident Zach Rehl, want the government to pay them $100 million in restitution for Jan. 6 convictions  —  Zach Rehl, the former leader of the Philadelphia Proud Boys who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in helping incite the Jan. 6 …
Discussion: WHEC.com, Reuters and Washington Post
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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 …
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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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Appeals court hands AP an incremental loss in its attempt to regain its access to Trump events
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.
New York Times:
After His Trump Blowup, Musk May Be Out.  But DOGE Is Just Getting Started.  —  With members embedded in multiple agencies, the team's approach to transforming government is becoming “institutionalized,” as one official put it.  —  With members embedded in multiple agencies …
NBC News:
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
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 …
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
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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 …
P.J. Huffstutter / Reuters:
Ohio food banks strain as Trump slashes federal aid programs  —  On a warm spring morning, volunteers at the Mid-Ohio Food Collective plucked cucumbers from a greenhouse where a state psychiatric hospital once stood and the land lay fallow.  Now the state's largest food bank is working that ground again …
New York Times:
A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump's Culture of Corruption  —  At the gala dinner President Trump held last month for those who bought the most Trump cryptocurrency, the champion spender was the entrepreneur Justin Sun, who had put down more than $40 million on $Trump coins.
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Rocket launchers, missiles to be featured in Trump's Army parade  —  Army officials are preparing to display rocket launchers and missiles along with more than a hundred military aircraft and vehicles next weekend at the D.C. parade celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary, Axios has learned.
 
 
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Amy Mackinnon / Politico:
Graham's ‘bone crushing’ Russia sanctions bill could freeze US trade with the world's largest economies
Discussion: Raw Story and The Kyiv Independent
Washington Post:
Colleagues ask if Norton is still the best ‘warrior’ to fight for D.C.
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Rep. Mary Miller Loses It Over ‘A Muslim’ Speaking In Congress Before Deleting Racist Post
Financial Times:
Israel is destroying the foundations of a Palestinian state
Wall Street Journal:
JD Vance's False Immigrant Choice
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Desist’: Dept run by DeSantis orders reporter to stop probing wife's charity
Discussion: Florida Politics
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Breaking down 20 years of election data that shows how the two parties have evolved in the Trump era
 Earlier Items: 
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Sen. Eric Schmitt employs staffer linked to campaign video with Nazi imagery
Discussion: Alternet.org and The Guardian
Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Federal workforce advocates flood opposition to renewed Schedule F
The Forward:
Exclusive: ADL chief compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda in address to Republican officials
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Newsom floats withholding federal taxes as Trump threatens California
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Action to Lead the World in Supersonic Flight
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
The latest personnel purge at the FBI adds to a destabilizing problem
Discussion: New York Times
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
The Real Reason for the Trump-Musk Feud is Uglier Than You Think
Discussion: NewsMax.com
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

New York Times:
The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: Forbes has cut ties with dozens of contributing writers; one exec said Forbes needs to ensure the contributor model is “financially sound”
 
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