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4:50 PM ET, June 7, 2025

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NBC News:
Trump says Elon Musk will face ‘very serious consequences’ if he funds Democratic candidates  —  In an interview with NBC News, the president also said he assumes his relationship with the tech billionaire is over following their recent falling out.  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday …
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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.
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
NASA, Pentagon push for SpaceX alternatives amid Trump's feud with Musk  —  The fight between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk highlights the government's outsized dependence on a single company for missions.  —  NASA and Pentagon officials moved swiftly this week to urge competitors …
Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Elon Musk appears to delete some explosive X posts amid feud with Trump … Elon Musk has appeared to delete some of his posts on his social media platform X that escalated his bitter feud with President Donald Trump this week.  —  One post, no longer available as of Saturday morning …
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump advised Vance to take a diplomatic approach after Musk's blowup
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump threatens ‘very serious consequences’ if Musk backs Democrats
New York Times:
Buildup to a Meltdown: How the Trump-Musk Alliance Collapsed
NBC News:
Trump says he thinks the government has a ‘very easy case’ against Kilmar Abrego Garcia  —  In an interview with NBC News, the president said it was the Justice Department's decision, not his, to bring the Maryland man back to the U.S.  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday …
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NPR:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador, is back in the U.S. to face smuggling charges
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 …
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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Reuters:
Riot police, anti-ICE protesters square off in Los Angeles after raids
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 …
Adam Wren / Politico:
The Great Un-Awokening  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Bethany Irvine  —  Happy Saturday.  This is Adam Wren.  Get in touch.  —  President Donald Trump attends UFC-316 featuring Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O'Malley at 9:30 p.m.  —  DRIVING THE DAY
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Conservatives on SCOTUS give DOGE the go-ahead  —  A one-two punch: DOGE gets access to your data, but the public is restricted from getting information about DOGE.  —  On Friday afternoon, heading into the weekend, the U.S. Supreme Court told the Trump administration that the non-department Department …
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event  —  The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far right  —  An international neo-Nazi terrorist organization is boldly continuing to build in the US …
Alfred Lubrano / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Sikh man from Vineland criticized for leading Congress in prayer  —  After leading the U.S. House in a prayer with an entreaty to God to help people “remember that we belong to one family” on Friday, a Sikh man from South Jersey was the target of a highly critical social media post by U.S. Rep. Mary Miller …
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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.
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 …
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
Biden's doctor failed to properly assess fitness for office, Obama's doctor says  —  Biden would have benefited from a neurocognitive exam during the last year of his presidency, Jeffrey Kuhlman said.  —  Joe Biden's doctor should have given him a cognitive test during his final year …
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Trump stokes fear, confusion with pulled emergency abortion guidance  —  The Trump administration sowed confusion and fear among physicians with its move this past week to rescind Biden-era guidelines to hospitals that provide life-saving abortions.  —  While the move doesn't change the law …
Discussion: Blaze Media, Breitbart and SFL Action
 
 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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