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8:15 AM ET, June 9, 2025

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Wall Street Journal:
The Deportation Wars Begin  —  Trump has a mandate, but protests in California show the trouble that might lie ahead.  —  Rounding up and deporting millions of illegal migrants was never going to go down without protest.  But President Trump is determined to do it, and no one can say he didn't tell voters during the campaign.
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9News:
Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops  —  Tensions in Los Angeles have escalated again as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard …
Discussion: Deadline
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
The Legal Issues Surrounding Trump's Plan to Use Troops to Suppress Protests  —  President Trump has long mused about using troops to crush violent protests or riots in blue-state cities.  He is now moving to do so in Los Angeles.  —  Setting up a rare use of military force on domestic soil …
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Jumps at the Chance for a Standoff in California Over Immigration  —  The situation has all the elements that the president seeks: a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his agenda.  —  It is the fight President Trump had been waiting for …
Colin Meyn / The Hill:
Trump says he's meeting with military leaders at Camp David  —  President Trump told reporters on Sunday that he's heading to Camp David to meet with military leaders, among others, shortly before he posted a message online calling Los Angeles protesters an “insurrectionist mob.”
Politico:
Playbook: Trump: ‘BRING IN THE TROOPS’  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Bethany Irvine  —  On this morning's podcast, Dasha and I discuss the eruption of violence in Los Angeles and its political fallout; and the latest on Elon Musk's falling-out with Donald Trump.
MSNBC:
'Tom, arrest me.  Let's go.': Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar's threat  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Jacob Soboroff, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that President Trump “has created the conditions” surrounding the Los Angeles protests.
Punchbowl News:
6/9/2025_3 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … Senate Republicans have three weeks to meet their leadership's goal of passing a massive party-line reconciliation bill before the July 4 recess.  —  Privately, GOP senators, the White House and House Republican leaders are split on whether they can pull it off.
Discussion: E&E News
New York Times:
Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency  —  The National Guard is typically brought into American cities during emergencies such as natural disasters and civil disturbances or to provide support during public health crises when local authorities require additional resources or manpower.
NBC News:
Trump's border czar threatens arrest for immigration interference, warns Newsom and Bass not to ‘cross that line’
NBC Los Angeles:
Live updates: Protest spills onto 101 Freeway in downtown LA
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
The stealth Senate dealmaker who could deliver Trump's tax cuts
Discussion: Punchbowl News
Politico:   Democrats' big bet on the Big Beautiful Bill
Associated Press:
Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:   What Trump and Hegseth Really Fear
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
LA anti-ICE riots are latest instance of Democrats ‘on the wrong side’: Joe Concha
The Economist:
Sending the National Guard to LA is not about stopping rioting
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Read: Newsom demands Trump pull National Guard from LA protests
Associated Press:
Live Updates: L.A. Quiet as National Guard Troops Begin to Arrive
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   It's Summer in Trump's America and Fascism Is in Bloom
New York Times:
2 New York Representatives Are Denied Access to ICE Facility  —  Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez were turned away when seeking to inspect a migrant detention area inside a Manhattan federal building.  —  Federal officials prevented two members of Congress on Sunday …
Discussion: The City and New York Daily News
Yesica Fisch / Associated Press:
Israeli forces prevent aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching Gaza  —  Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists early Monday and diverted it to Israel, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Feud With Musk Highlights His View of Government Power: It's Personal … President Trump's second term so far has been a 139-day quest for retribution.Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times  —  Amid the fireworks of his spectacular breakup with Elon Musk last week was a striking admission …
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Scott Rosenberg / Axios:   Silicon Valley's not crying for Musk
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes  —  The social media network was doomed to fail as users tried to re-create Twitter.  —  Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, changed the social media site's name to X and altered its moderation policies, progressives have been hunting for a substitute.
Graham Lanktree / Politico:
Trump promised Britain a trade deal.  So where is it?  —  LONDON — In a much-hyped split-screen Oval Office phone call a month ago, U.S. President Donald Trump promised Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer that the two had struck an “historic” trade deal.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Daily Mail
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
ABC News suspends journalist after calling Trump and adviser ‘world-class’ haters  —  Terry Moran to be evaluated after now deleted post said Stephen Miller is ‘richly endowed with capacity for hatred’  —  ABC News has suspended its senior national correspondent after he described top White …
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
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NBC News:
Trump aims to slash Pell Grants, which could limit low-income students' college access  —  About 40% of undergraduates rely on Pell Grants to pay for college, and experts say that if the plans are enacted, many of the lowest-income students would be forced to drop out.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
 
 
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Kat Lonsdorf / NPR:
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The Economist:
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Latinas for Trump co-founder blasts ‘inhumane’ immigrant arrests
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Where Is Barack Obama?  —  Last month, while Donald Trump was in the Middle East being gifted …
Adam Bonica / On Data and Democracy:
Federal Judges Are Begging Us to Pay Attention
Discussion: E&E News
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. Economy Is Headed Toward an Uncomfortable Summer
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘You essentially destroyed any chance I have,’ DNC chair told David Hogg in private meeting
 

 
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