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ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens — The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of people being sent to places where they lack family ties or even a common language. — Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants …
NBC News:
Trump faces a revolt from his MAGA base over the Epstein files — The Epstein files — and calls for Attorney General Pam Bondi to be fired — dominated a conservative conference in Tampa this weekend. — TAMPA, Fla. — On the weekend President Donald Trump decided to pick his biggest political fight …
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Trump Pleads With Followers to Back Bondi in Dispute Over Epstein Inquiry — In a long social media post, President Trump praised Attorney General Pam Bondi and told his followers to “not waste Time and Energy” on the Jeffrey Epstein case. — President Trump on Saturday threw a political lifeline …
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Bondi fires 20 Justice Dept. employees involved in Trump prosecutions
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump posts support for embattled Attorney General Pam Bondi
Trump posts support for embattled Attorney General Pam Bondi
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Donald Judd / CNN:
Trump says he's considering revoking Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship, reigniting decades-long feud — President Donald Trump reignited a decades-long feud with comedian Rosie O'Donnell Saturday, taking to his Truth Social platform to write he was considering revoking her citizenship.
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Trump threatens to strip Rosie O'Donnell of U.S. citizenship.
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Trump Thinks He Can Take Away Citizenship From Anyone He Doesn't Like
Trump Thinks He Can Take Away Citizenship From Anyone He Doesn't Like
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump threatens to revoke US citizenship of longtime critic Rosie O'Donnell
Trump threatens to revoke US citizenship of longtime critic Rosie O'Donnell
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump's paranoid security state — America's top national security agencies have been using polygraph tests, seeking employees' communications and threatening criminal investigations, all in the name of ferreting out leakers or ensuring loyalty. … - Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino …
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
America Would Be Better Off If Trump Won in 2020 — When Donald Trump's megabill passed the Senate, consummating nearly a half-year of aggressively reactionary policymaking by the 47th president, a colleague commented that “it's like the Biden presidency never happened.”
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
A year after Trump's near-assassination, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man
A year after Trump's near-assassination, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man
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Mark Thiessen / Associated Press:
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses — The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
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New York Times:
Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response — As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government's disaster capabilities. — In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Trump …
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Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Trump and Noem's attacks on FEMA blew up in the most predictable way
Trump and Noem's attacks on FEMA blew up in the most predictable way
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users' ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company said its Grok chatbot had also undergone a code update that caused it to share antisemitic messages this week. — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company …
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
xAI issues lengthy apology for violent and antisemitic Grok social media posts
xAI issues lengthy apology for violent and antisemitic Grok social media posts
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Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
California farmworker dies after chaotic federal immigration raid, family says — Jaime Alanis Garcia died days after falling some 30 feet during a chaotic raid on Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California, according to his family. — A cannabis farmworker who was critically injured during …
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New York Times:
ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds … Thousands of new deportation agents deployed into American cities. A doubling of detention space to hold tens of thousands of immigrants before they are expelled. Miles of new border wall, along with surveillance towers equipped with artificial intelligence.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
GOP warning sign in new poll: Trump's voters don't love his tariffs
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Associated Press:
Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions, AP sources say — The Justice Department has fired additional lawyers and support staff who worked on special counsel Jack Smith's prosecutions of President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
From Science to Diversity, Trump Hits the Reverse Button on Decades of Change — President Trump has moved aggressively to reopen long-settled issues and to dismantle long-established institutions as he tries to return to what he considers better times. — NEWS ANALYSIS
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries — Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”
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Wall Street Journal:
How the Tragedy at Camp Mystic Unfolded, Cabin by Cabin — Amid chaos from the flood, campers huddled with young counselors—many unaware of the devastation just yards away — Amelia Moore, 14, had been awakened about an hour earlier by a clap of thunder so near that it shook her cabin at Camp Mystic.
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Charles Homans / New York Times:
Democrats Lost Voters on Transgender Rights. Winning Them Back Won't Be Easy. — The party's vanguard position got ahead of voters in 2024, and the internal debate now underway reveals an uncertainty on how to adapt. — OUT OF POWER — The party's vanguard position got ahead of voters in 2024 …
New York Times:
‘Egregious.’ Brazen.' ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump's Actions, in Their Own Words — Dozens of judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, have stood up to the administration's lawlessness. — By THE EDITORIAL BOARD — GUEST ESSAY
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Patience on Tariffs Runs Thin as Nations Jostle for Deals — US trading partners trying to navigate the final weeks of negotiations before President Donald Trump's so-called reciprocal tariffs hit are facing a leader who has made clear he's lost patience with talks.
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