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NBC News:
Trump readies blanket tariffs as he brushes off inflation worries — In a wide-ranging interview with NBC News, Trump talked about tariffs, sending Patriot missiles to NATO for Ukraine and how he'll sell his recently passed “big, beautiful bill.” — President Donald Trump on Thursday …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Tariffs Blow Up the Copper Market — U.S. firms will pay 50% more while waiting years for more U.S. production. — President Trump likes tariffs for their own sake, and the latest evidence is his bewildering decision to slap a 50% tax on copper imports.
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Derek Wallbank / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans ‘Major’ Russia Statement Monday, Mulls Sanctions — President Donald Trump said he plans to make a “major statement” on Russia, as the US prepares to send more American weapons to Ukraine via purchases from NATO allies. — “I think I'll have a major statement to make on Russia on Monday …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Doubles Down on Using Tariffs as Tool of American Power
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Steve Kopack / NBC News:
Trump says he will hit Canadian imports with a 35% tariff in major escalation of trade war
Trump says he will hit Canadian imports with a 35% tariff in major escalation of trade war
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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Attorney General Ken Paxton — In a statement, Angela Paxton said she moved to end her 38-year marriage “on biblical grounds,” citing “recent discoveries.” — State Sen. Angela Paxton announced Thursday she has filed for divorce from her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Punchbowl News:
7/11/25 ☀️ AM: … Now that the Senate is entering a somewhat calmer summer period …
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Politico:
Joni Ernst is the next GOP senator on retirement watch
Joni Ernst is the next GOP senator on retirement watch
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Los Angeles Times:
Federal immigration agents carry out sweep at Ventura County cannabis farm — Federal immigration agents were carrying out immigration sweeps in Ventura County Thursday, prompting a standoff between authorities and immigrant rights groups. — Videos shared on social media show nearly …
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Chelsea Hylton / CBS News:
Protesters and Border Patrol agents clash near Ventura County farm in California
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Joey Safchik / KNSD-TV:
ICE handcuffs 71-year-old grandmother, a U.S. citizen, at San Diego immigration court … A grandmother planning to document ICE arrests at the San Diego courthouse instead became the story Tuesday after video of her own arrest began circulating. — An ICE agent accused the woman of pushing her.
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs — Secretary of State Marco Rubio's plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling. — The State Department formally notified employees on Thursday that it was about to begin layoffs as part of a consolidation plan …
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Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
State Department tells employees mass layoffs are imminent
State Department tells employees mass layoffs are imminent
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump warns Republicans against rejecting cuts to PBS and NPR — President Trump on Thursday threatened to withhold his support for any Republican who opposes a rescissions package of roughly $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting. — “It is very important …
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump threatens to withhold endorsements for GOP senators who don't back rescissions bill
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Trump pushes battleground Republicans away from bigger races
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Opens Title VI Investigation into George Mason University — A Complaint Filed with OCR Alleges that the University Has Widespread Policies in Hiring and Promotion That Discriminate on the Basis of Race — Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights …
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Katherine Mangan / ProPublica:
George Mason Is the Latest University Under Fire From Trump. Its President Fears an “Orchestrated” Campaign.
George Mason Is the Latest University Under Fire From Trump. Its President Fears an “Orchestrated” Campaign.
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San Diego Union-Tribune and The Hill
Gus Saltonstall / West Side Rag:
A Baseball Coach Says He Fended Off ICE Agents Questioning Kids on the Upper West Side — After coaching baseball on the west side of Manhattan for more than 20 years, Youman Wilder says he had a first-of-a-kind experience at the end of last month. — Wilder was leading a group …
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions — During xAI's launch of Grok 4 on Wednesday night, Elon Musk said — while live-streaming the event on his social media platform, X — that his AI company's ultimate goal was to develop a “maximally truth-seeking AI.”
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials' Loyalty — Some senior officials who have taken the test have been asked whether they said anything negative about the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel. — 1.2k — Typically, the F.B.I. has turned to polygraph tests to sniff out employees …
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Fired Justice Department official warns we are “driving straight into an abyss” — A 17-year former Justice Department official is warning of a wave of retribution inside the agency. — Patty Hartman, who served as a top public affairs specialist at the FBI and federal prosecutors' offices …
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Nuha Dolby / NOTUS:
New Whistleblower Docs Bolster Claim Emil Bove Spoke Openly of Defying Courts — Emil Bove, a top DOJ official, is currently in the middle of a contentious nomination process for a seat on the federal judiciary. — Copy — A whistleblower who leveled explosive allegations against Emil Bove …
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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Cops Probed Trump Terror Chief, 22, Over Teen Love Triangle — EYEBROW-RAISING — Police were called in after a threatening message was sent to a child by the ex-gardener chosen by the president to lead a key homeland security post, The Daily Beast has learned. — EXCLUSIVE
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Demands Patient Details From Trans Medicine Providers — Doctors and hospitals were subpoenaed for private information on gender-related care for minors, the latest move by the Trump administration to stop the treatments. — The Justice Department has issued subpoenas demanding …
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New York Post, Washington Times, Washington Examiner and STAT
Dell Cameron / Wired:
DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’ — DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action. — The Department of Homeland Security …
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Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
Live updates: New Hampshire judge pauses Trump's birthright citizenship order — EDITED BY CURTIS YEE, BERNARD MCGHEE, NELL CLARK AND SAM BURDETTE — President Donald Trump posted a letter to social media Thursday evening announcing Canadian goods will be subject to a 35% tariff rate starting Aug. 1 …
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Janie Har / Associated Press:
California surgical center staff demand to see warrant as ICE agents detain landscaper — Federal immigration agents seeking to detain a Honduran landscaper chased him into a Southern California surgical center and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff as clinic staff demanded to see identification and a warrant.
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twitchy.com, The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
DOL:
US Department of Labor moves to prevent illegal immigrants from utilizing taxpayer-funded workforce programs — WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced new guidance to ensure illegal immigrants are not allowed access …
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Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Trump's EPA Chief Tried to Debunk Chemtrails, but Nobody Actually Read the Report — Lee Zeldin's social media posts about weather phenomena confused many into thinking he had endorsed conspiracy theories … Unfortunately, he seems to have left many people confused as to the agency's actual policies and actions.
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Wall Street Journal:
Harvard Explores New Center for Conservative Scholarship Amid Trump Attacks — The Ivy League school has discussed an effort to ‘support viewpoint diversity’ with potential donors, says it ‘will not be partisan’ — Harvard leaders have discussed creating a program that people briefed …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Some of Iran's Enriched Uranium Survived Attacks, Israeli Official Says — The assessment came as experts are trying to determine how long it would take Iran to rebuild its nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes. — Israel has concluded that some of Iran's underground stockpile …
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Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Freed from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration — On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child's birth in New York.
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump administration backs away from abolishing FEMA — As the president heads to Texas to see the impact of last week's deadly flash floods, the White House has backed away from plans to abolish the agency, officials said. — For months, President Donald Trump and his homeland security secretary …
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New York Times:
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power … Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 5. — ‘You no longer have a government’ — Six months into the war in the Gaza Strip, Benjamin Netanyahu was preparing to bring it to a halt. Negotiations were underway …
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