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3:00 PM ET, June 9, 2025

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Dr. Phil was embedded with ICE during controversial Los Angeles immigration raids  —  As federal agents prepared to fan out in Los Angeles for a controversial immigration crackdown, the officers were greeted by a familiar face: Dr. Phil McGraw.  —  The television personality and his camera crew …
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
CA Democrat claims ICE agents were first to ‘escalate the situation’ amid LA riots  —  Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA) claimed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was the first to escalate tensions amid the protests in Los Angeles that “started peacefully.”
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 …
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state  —  The national guard's deployment in Los Angeles sets the US on a familiar authoritarian pathway.  History shows the results  —  Now that Donald Trump's tariffs have been halted, his big, beautiful bill has been stymied …
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Examiner
NBC News:
California AG says he is suing Trump over ‘unlawful’ National Guard order  —  Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the legal action at a press conference, and called the president's move to federalize the National Guard an “infringement” on state sovereignty
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 …
Rebecca Solnit / Meditations in an Emergency:   Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
New York Times:
Live Updates: California Will Sue Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Newsom Says
David French / New York Times:
America Is No Longer a Stable Country
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Newsom Slams Trump as ‘Stone-Cold Liar’ Over Phone Call
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
GOP leaders cite L.A. immigration protests to push for quick passage of Trump's “big, beautiful bill”
Discussion: USA Today and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
The Deportation Wars Begin
MSNBC:
'Tom, arrest me. Let's go.': Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar's threat
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He ‘Would’ Arrest Newsom, Heightening Tensions
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
ICE: Crossing State Lines to Incite Riots
Discussion: HotAir and Los Angeles Times
NBC News:
White House struggles to find qualified people willing to work for Pete Hegseth  —  At least three people have turned down potential roles working for the defense secretary and former Fox News host.  Supporters say his leadership has been effective.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It's Always Darkest Before It Goes Pitch Black  —  U.S. and Chinese officials will meet today in London to give deescalation from the current trade war the old college try.  This might have been more difficult before, when Trump's saber-rattling was focused primarily on China.
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Politico:
Trump's troop deployment is a warning sign for what comes next, legal scholars fear  —  Trump has cited a provision of U.S. law that allows the president to use the National Guard to suppress the “danger of a rebellion.”  —  President Donald Trump's deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops …
New York Times:
Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   The Most Dangerous Week in American History (So Far)
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Pam Bondi's brother loses his D.C. Bar election in a blowout  —  Bradley Bondi lost his bid to be president of the D.C. Bar to Diane Seltzer, who received 34,982 votes compared to Bondi's 3,490.  —  WASHINGTON — Bradley Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi …
Discussion: NPR, The Hill and Newsweek
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DC Bar:
Diane Seltzer Wins as D.C. Bar President-Elect  —  Diane A. Seltzer, principal of the Seltzer Law Firm, has been elected president-elect of the D.C. Bar for the 2025-2026 term.  Seltzer will serve in that position for one year starting July 1, 2025, when Sadina Montani, current president-elect …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washingtonian
Politico:
The Medicare tweak Republicans are eyeing for their megabill is actually bipartisan  —  A Medicare proposal some Republicans want to include in their sweeping megabill has the backing of a key Democratic senator — though he doesn't want it included in the party-line package.
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Associated Press:
Unsubstantiated ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses
Discussion: Calendar for 6/9/2025
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
The stealth Senate dealmaker who could deliver Trump's tax cuts
Associated Press:
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research  —  In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own.  “Dissent,” he said, “is the very essence of science.”
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 …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Israeli forces intercept Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Musk's Own AI Claims He Took Miller's Wife and Mocked Him for It  —  Elon Musk has been forced to rebuke Grok, his own AI chatbot integrated into X, after it falsely suggested the tech billionaire wrote a post saying he “took” the wife of Stephen Miller.On Sunday, Grok replied to a question …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Hegseth aide upended Pentagon leak inquiry with false wiretap claims  —  Exclusive: ex-Doge staffer Justin Fulcher suggested he had evidence of wiretap that would help investigation  —  Days before Pete Hegseth fired three top aides last month over a Pentagon leak investigation into the disclosure …
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Gun Deaths of Children Rose in States That Loosened Gun Laws, Study Finds  —  Researchers looked at firearm fatalities in the 13 years immediately after the Supreme Court limited local governments' ability to restrict gun ownership.  —  Firearm deaths of children and teenagers rose significantly …
Discussion: KRDO
Abdallah Fayyad / Vox:
The big, beautiful bill is bad news for student loans  —  If the “big, beautiful bill,” President Donald Trump's signature legislative priority, eventually becomes law, it would gut some social programs that many people rely on.  As my colleague Dylan Scott wrote in a thorough explainer …
Discussion: CNBC
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
As ivermectin goes over the counter, some pharmacists worry about a lack of guidance  —  The drug, used to treat parasitic worms, has not been formulated or labeled specifically for over-the-counter use, like aspirin or an antacid.  —  Boise, Idaho, pharmacist Matt Murray has no choice …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Olivia George / Washington Post:
Army video of parade prep appeared to show ‘Hang Fauci’ graffiti  —  The footage, up for more than a day on the Army's official X account, showed tanks being loaded onto a flatcar.  —  A video shared Saturday by the U.S. Army of tanks being transported to the nation's capital …
 
 
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
ActBlue fires back at GOP investigation, saying it appears unconstitutional and partisan
Oriana González / NOTUS:
House Republicans Found a New Way to Go After Abortion Access in Blue States
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Why Is Tom Homan Going Full Fidel?
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation fears receded in May as Trump eased some tariff threats, New York Fed survey shows
Discussion: Axios, Semafor and KRDO
Los Angeles Times:
Glendale ends ICE contract, will no longer hold detainees
 Earlier Items: 
Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:
Welcome to the nihilocracy  —  In many ways, President Donald Trump is a dangerously cartoonish version …
Paul Krugman:
Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition
Discussion: STAT
Reuters:
How Trump defanged the Justice Department's political corruption watchdogs
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
A felon in the White House is making crime legal
Scott Rosenberg / Axios:
Silicon Valley's not crying for Musk
Discussion: Financial Times
 

 
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