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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness — With President Donald Trump sending more troops into Los Angeles amid protests there, a remarkable image has gone viral on social media. It shows members of the National Guard crowded into a sterile-looking office …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Wants to Be a Strongman, but He's Actually a Weak Man — President Trump thinks it is a sign of strength to send in troops to deal with protesters in Los Angeles. To that end, he has federalized a portion of the California National Guard and mobilized nearby Marines to support Immigration …
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Axios, HuffPost, The Atlantic, The Root, Alternet.org, NBC News, New Republic, ABC News and Wall Street Journal
Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to deploy National Guard across the state in response to protests — The move comes ahead of a planned protest in San Antonio and follows days of protest in L.A. and across the nation. — Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he'll deploy the National Guard to locations across the state …
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's ludicrously sloppy legal rationale for occupying LA
Trump's ludicrously sloppy legal rationale for occupying LA
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Politico, Rolling Stone, Just Security, Pepperspectives, Roll Call, The Independent, Blaze Media, Daily Mail, Bloomberg, HuffPost, The Long Memo, NewsMax.com, The Hill and Axios
Military and Veteran Benefits, News, Veteran Jobs:
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance — It was supposed to be a routine appearance, a visit from the commander in chief to rally the troops, boost morale and celebrate the Army's 250th-birthday week …
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KRDO, The Independent and Washington Post
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Politico:
‘He does love being commander in chief’: Trump leans in on the military — On one coast, military forces are arriving by the thousands to defend federal buildings and agents. On the other, they're readying a celebration of American military might. — President Donald Trump loves displays of military force.
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NBC News, Axios, Newsweek, PennLive, Plain Dealer, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, The Hill, Bangor Daily News, PBS NewsHour, PoliticusUSA, Daily Kos and USA Today
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Silence of the Generals — As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Grotesque Military Address
Trump's Grotesque Military Address
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Foreign Policy and Politico
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Fulbright Board Resigns After Accusing Trump Aides of Political Interference — The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers. — The dozen board members of the prestigious Fulbright program …
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The Guardian
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Adam Nichols / Raw Story:
Entire Fulbright board quits in mass revolt over Trump assault — In a stunning institutional revolt against Donald Trump, the entire 12-member board overseeing America's most prestigious international scholarship program resigned en masse Wednesday, blasting the administration …
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New York Times
Nathalie Baptiste / HuffPost:
The Board Of A Prestigious Program Resigns After Accusing Trump Of Political Interference
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Fulbright board quits, claims Trump administration politicized scholarships
Fulbright board quits, claims Trump administration politicized scholarships
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Wall Street Journal, ABC News and Reuters
Rolling Stone:
Some Trump Officials Now Fear Elon's ‘Burn Book’ — “What does he have on us?” — It's been less than a week since the explosive, extremely public breakdown in relations between Donald Trump, the most powerful person on the planet, and Elon Musk, the world's richest man.
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Raw Story, Reuters, CBS News and NewsMax.com
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Diana Glebova / New York Post:
Donald Trump responds to Elon Musk's late-night apology after ugly public feud — WASHINGTON — President Trump is feeling good about Elon Musk's apology after the former “first buddy” admitted late Tuesday he had gone “too far” in his personal attacks on the commander-in-chief.
New York Times:
Musk Spoke to Trump Privately Before Posting Message of ‘Regret’ — It remains to be seen how Mr. Trump will handle the attempted rapprochement and whether the two men's relationship can be restored. — President Trump received a phone call from Elon Musk late on Monday night …
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Majority Of Voters Oppose GOP Budget Bill, With Just 67% Of Republicans In Support, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Trump Job Approval: 38%, His Handling Of Russia - Ukraine War Lowest Among List Of Issues — mail_outline — As the Senate debates the GOP tax …
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Raw Story, The Hill, New Jersey Online, PoliticusUSA, Jewish Insider, masslive.com, The Liberal Patriot, Newsweek and Breitbart
Pew Research Center:
U.S. Image Declines in Many Nations Amid Low Confidence in Trump — Table of Contents Table of Contents — This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on public opinion of the United States and President Donald Trump in 24 countries across North America, Europe, the Middle East …
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Axios, Raw Story, Plain Dealer and The Guardian
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NBC News:
Views of the U.S. under Trump dip sharply in many allied countries
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Pew Research Center
Yurii Stasiuk / Politico:
US's worldwide popularity plummets thanks to ‘arrogant’ Trump
US's worldwide popularity plummets thanks to ‘arrogant’ Trump
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Pew Research Center and Advocate
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Senators Freak Out When Asked About Trump's Military Parade Costing $45 Million — Some ducked into elevators. Some stared into space. “I answered the question I wanted to answer!” Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) snapped. — WASHINGTON - They snapped. They stared off into space.
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New York Daily News, CBS News and TheGrio, more at Mediagazer »
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Politico:
'America's reputation is on the line': Republican senators chide Hegseth over Ukraine
'America's reputation is on the line': Republican senators chide Hegseth over Ukraine
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New Republic, CBS News, ABC News, The Hill, PBS NewsHour, Raw Story, NewsMax.com, Mediaite, The Kyiv Independent and Grabien
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Many Republicans Plan to Skip Trump's Military Parade
Many Republicans Plan to Skip Trump's Military Parade
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Roll Call, Politico, USA Today, New Republic, New Jersey Online, Mock Paper Scissors, MSNBC, Alternet.org and The Independent
Associated Press:
US prepares to order departure of all nonessential staff from Baghdad embassy, officials say — The State Department is preparing to order the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad due to the potential for regional unrest, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.
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Axios, Reuters, ABC News, New Republic, The National Pulse and VINnews
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: The GOP's latest megabill casualties — House Republicans will vote to make difficult changes to the GOP megabill Wednesday in an attempt to keep the bill on track in the Senate. The House Rules Committee teed up a provision Tuesday night that would scrub the House-passed bill …
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Daily Kos
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Politico:
Megabill timeline in flux as House and Senate spar over changes
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Daily Caller News Foundation, The Independent, Raw Story and The Hill
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Cramer: GOP has no ‘stomach’ for Medicare changes in Trump megabill
Cramer: GOP has no ‘stomach’ for Medicare changes in Trump megabill
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Politico
Wall Street Journal:
X's Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We'll Sue — Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform — Late last year, Verizon Communications got an unusual message from a media company that wanted its business: Spend your ad dollars with us or we'll see you in court.
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Quartz, Ars Technica and Above the Law, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Rubio Is Pressing to Open Sanctions Investigation Into Harvard — Experts and former officials said it was unusual for a cabinet secretary to try to influence the Treasury Department's sanctions process to target a domestic entity. — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pushing …
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Daily Caller News Foundation, Reuters and NewsMax.com
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Rubio knocks allies for sanctioning Israeli officials
Rubio knocks allies for sanctioning Israeli officials
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Washington Examiner, United States Department …, Breitbart, Fox News, VINnews, HuffPost, BBC, New York Times, NewsMax.com, Bloomberg, The Forward, The Times, Al Jazeera, CBS News, Politico, Reuters and The Guardian
Sid Garcia / ABC7:
ICE agents chase after farmworkers as they flee fields during latest raid in Ventura County — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeted workers on produce farms in Ventura County Tuesday morning in one of the latest raids in Southern California. — OXNARD, Calif. (KABC) …
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Washington Examiner, Reason and The Guardian
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
‘No Kings’: Millions to Protest Trump's ‘Dictator-Style Birthday Parade’ — A national day of protest is set for June 14. Can non-violent resistance counter Trump's authoritarian show of force? — Even before Donald Trump militarized his crackdown on pro-immigrant protesters in Los Angeles …
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USA Today, Washington Examiner, The Hill, New York Times, Vanity Fair, MSNBC, SFist, Adam Kinzinger, Axios, New York Sun, Newsweek, Alternet.org, The Social Contract …, SanDiegoVille, Forbes, Washington Times, IJR and Townhall
Politico:
Trump's EPA delivers new blow to Biden climate agenda — EPA argues that the second-largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution contributes too little to the world's climate problem to be worth regulating. — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it's revoking limits …
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The Guardian, KRDO, E&E News, League of Conservation Voters and Bloomberg
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Kyle Schnitzer / New York Post:
Harvey Weinstein convicted of sex crime at NYC retrial — but squabbling jurors fail to come to agreement on rape charge — Harvey Weinstein's Manhattan sex-crimes retrial was thrown into chaos Wednesday as jurors agreed to convict him on one charge — but failed to reach a verdict on a rape allegation.
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Harvey Weinstein found guilty in New York sex crimes retrial
Harvey Weinstein found guilty in New York sex crimes retrial
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MSNBC
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The secret police descending on Small Town, U.S.A. — Masked immigration officials are storming towns and arresting people. — GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Maybe they really were immigration officers, just as they claimed. Or maybe they were a ragtag vigilante group, arbitrarily snatching brown-looking people off the street.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
This Is What Trump Does When His Revolution Sputters — His military deployment in Los Angeles follows a long, disturbing tradition. — Revolutions have a logic. The revolutionaries start with a big, transformative, impossible goal. They want to remake society, smash existing institutions, replace them with something different.
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The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog and Los Angeles Times
Eric Holthaus / The Guardian:
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired — Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content — A major US government website supporting public education on climate science looks likely …
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Washington Examiner
CNN:
The days around Trump's trade war announcements saw spikes in lawmaker stock market transactions — In the days before President Donald Trump suddenly paused most of the punishing tariffs on foreign countries he had revealed in early April, more than a dozen congressional lawmakers were tied …
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Wall Street Journal and New York Post
New York Times:
Trump Is Pushing Allies Away and Closer Into Each Other's Arms — Important U.S. allies are trying to bolster their ties as the Trump administration shifts priorities and reshapes the world order. — New trade deals. Joint sanctions against Israel. Military agreements.
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New Republic and Bloomberg
Reuters:
Troops in Los Angeles can detain but not arrest individuals, military official says — U.S. military troops deployed to Los Angeles are allowed to temporarily detain individuals until law enforcement agents arrive to arrest them, a senior U.S. military official said on Wednesday.
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The Nation, The Guardian and Above the Law
David Horowitz / Daily News:
ICE detains local teen despite legal authorization to be in U.S. — DAVID MAMARIL HOROWITZ — [email protected] — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized and detained a local teenager in Bowling Green who has legal authorization to be in the country, according to a Teranga Academy-partnered nonprofit.
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Associated Press

