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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Civil rights groups warn that the decision involving birthright citizenship will create chaos.  —  In a major victory for President Trump, the court restricted the ability of federal judges to block his executive orders.  The decision may reshape the way U.S. citizenship is granted, even temporarily.
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Tim Sullivan / Associated Press:
Live updates: Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but leaves fate of birthright citizenship unclear  —  Watch live as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press briefing at the White House.  —  A divided Supreme Court ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions …
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship order  —  The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines on Friday sided with the Trump administration's request to limit universal injunctions issued by federal courts.  The opinion in the birthright citizenship case was highly anticipated.
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Sotomayor joined by Jackson, Kagan in fiery birthright citizenship dissents
Reuters:
Supreme Court, in birthright citizenship case, limits judges' power to block Trump's policies nationwide
Cate Martel / The Hill:
Supreme Court's blockbuster day
MSNBC:
The Supreme Court's birthright citizenship reasoning reveals a startlingly myopic view
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration  —  The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school.  —  The University of Virginia's president, James E. Ryan …
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Guardian, WUSA and Fox News
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
Where Are the University Presidents?  —  Mostly playing with live ammo and coping with existential threats.
Discussion: New York Times
Axios:
Trump administration tries to oust the University of Virginia's president
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Newsom Sues Fox News for Saying He Lied About Call With Trump  —  The lawsuit, which seeks at least $787 million in damages, comes as the California governor adopts an increasingly combative style with the president and his allies.  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom of California sued Fox News on Friday …
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Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787M in defamation case over Trump call  —  The amount is nearly identical to Dominion Voting's 2023 defamation settlement with Fox News.  —  Gavin Newsom is taking a page right out of Donald Trump's media playbook.  —  The California governor accused Fox News …
Nir Hasson / Haaretz:
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court backs parents seeking to opt their kids out of LGBTQ books in elementary schools  —  Parents sued Montgomery County, Maryland, schools after it said they couldn't opt their children out of exposure to LGBTQ books in the classroom.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court requires opt-out for LGBTQ-themed lessons in schools
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court endorses Obamacare panel that requires free preventive care  —  The case grew out of a conservative religious challenge to the approval of HIV prevention treatments that insurers are required to provide at no cost to patients.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected …
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Oriana González / NOTUS:
Supreme Court Grants RFK Jr. Unprecedented Power of Key HHS Panel
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
On Iran, a reminder that party trumps values  —  Last week, I wrote in my weekly chart article “The myth of Republican isolationism” that the GOP is not in fact the party of isolationism, despite the conventional wisdom about Donald Trump and his coalition.  I pointed out that support …
Discussion: Axios and The Boston Globe
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Gun Silencer Provision In GOP Tax Bill Violates Rules, Says Senate Rules Ref  —  The parliamentarian ruled that the provision making it easier to get silencers, rifles and shotguns is irrelevant to the budget bill and has to come out.  —  WASHINGTON — A provision in the GOP's tax …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill, USA Today and Bloomberg
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Associated Press:
Environmental groups sue to block migrant detention center rising in Florida Everglades  —  Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” now being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
A Week for the Ages in the Annals of Trump Suck-Uppery  —  The nato Secretary General goes all-in on strategic self-abasement while meeting with his American “Daddy.”  —  Over the past decade, as I watched ambitious, embattled, fearful, or just plain weak interlocutors deal with Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Economist
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites  —  The Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law that requires porn websites to verify that their visitors are 18 or older.  The justices rejected a First Amendment challenge to the law.  The court said in a 6-3 decision …
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The Hill:
Supreme Court upholds Texas age verification law for online porn
Washington Post:
Live updates: Supreme Court ends terms with decisions on birthright citizenship, the ACA and more  —  Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke for nearly 20 minutes as she explained her dissent in the decision on birthright citizenship, attacking the logic on both citizenship and the ruling against universal injunctions issued by lower courts.
Discussion: Associated Press, ABC News and The Hill
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
With Flu Shot Vote, Kennedy's Vaccine Skepticism Comes Full Circle  —  The preservative thimerosal started Robert F. Kennedy Jr. down the path of questioning vaccine safety.  A panel of experts he appointed will no longer recommend annual flu shots that contain it.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Public Is Resisting Trump.  The Elites Aren't.  —  Back in April, the White House took a sledgehammer to America's trading relationships with the rest of the world, pledging that a shiny new trade regime would be in place within three months: “90 deals in 90 days.”
Discussion: Axios, Jonathan Cohn and Newsweek
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening  —  Madonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was taken by plainclothes officers from her home in New Orleans  —  A 64-year-old Iranian woman, who has lived in the US for 47 years, was detained by immigration agents …
Discussion: The Indian Express
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Cuomo Doesn't Blame Himself for Losing the Primary.  Others Do.  —  Even some of his supporters say Andrew M. Cuomo ran an aloof campaign for mayor that underestimated his chief rival, Zohran Mamdani.  —  For Andrew M. Cuomo, the rally rolling out a $20-an-hour minimum wage proposal …
Discussion: Politico, Vanity Fair and Gothamist
Politico:
California donors cool on Kamala Harris: ‘No one is incredibly pumped.’  —  Some party funders have privately shared their ambivalence as the former vice president ramps up her outreach ahead of a potential run for governor.  —  LOS ANGELES — Kamala Harris is ramping up her outreach …
Politico:
Two major NYC unions back Mamdani's general election bid for mayor  —  Mamdani scored an upset win over Andrew Cuomo, who received labor backing during his failed primary bid.  —  NEW YORK — Two major labor unions that backed Andrew Cuomo's failed Democratic mayoral bid are set …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court upholds phone and internet subsidy program for underserved areas  —  The Federal Communications Commission policy requires telecommunications companies to spend billions of dollars to subsidize service in poor and rural areas.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Plenty of Jews Love Zohran Mamdani  —  In 2023, a branch of the Palestinian restaurant Ayat opened in Brooklyn's Ditmas Park, not far from where I live.  The eatery trumpets its politics; the seafood section on the menu is headed “From the River to the Sea,” which I found clever but some of its Jewish neighbors considered threatening.
Discussion: CNN and Althouse
 
 
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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and Husband Lie in State Alongside Their Dog, Gilbert
Discussion: Associated Press
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Muslim Democrats ask leaders to denounce Islamophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani
Xochitl Gonzalez / The Atlantic:
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats fume at “waste of time” Trump admin briefing on Iran
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jack Rakove / Washington Monthly:
It's Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It's Constitutional Failure
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Group suing over Trump's birthright order seeks to convert case to a class action lawsuit
David Sirota / The Lever:
Who's Afraid Of Zohran Mamdani?
Discussion: Forbes and National Review
 Earlier Items: 
Andy Olsen / Christianity Today:
ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution
Discussion: ABC7
The Atlantic:
How Trump Lives With the Threat of Iranian Assassination
Discussion: Washington Post
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
DOGE enters ATF with mandate to slash gun regulations
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
US State Department adviser wanted to boost French far-right leader Marine Le Pen
Nikole Hannah-Jones / New York Times:
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
New Republic:
MAGA Rage Suddenly Takes Unnerving Turn as Trump Plummets in New Polls
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story