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Miami Herald:
Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns — Hundreds of immigrants with no criminal charges in the United States are being held at Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility state and federal officials have characterized as a place where “vicious” …
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Miami Herald:
Is your family member or client at Alligator Alcatraz? We obtained a list — The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.
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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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David French / New York Times:
MAGA Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Jeffrey Epstein — Last week President Trump's Department of Justice delivered a blow to one of the foundational beliefs of the MAGA movement, one that helped carry him back to the White House. — In an unsigned memorandum, the department declared …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Michael-In-Norfolk, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
David Edwards / Raw Story:
'I don't buy it': Fox News turns on Trump over Epstein ‘ticking time bomb’ — The hosts of Fox & Friends said they didn't buy claims from President Donald Trump's administration that Jeffrey Epstein did not have a list of people connected to his alleged sex trafficking crimes.
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New York Times:
Trump Pleads With Followers to Back Bondi in Dispute Over Epstein Inquiry
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Washington Post:
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 …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
DOJ drops charges against Utah doctor accused of throwing away COVID vaccines, distributing fake vaccination cards — The Justice Department moved to dismiss charges against a Utah plastic doctor charged in connection with a COVID-19 fraud scheme, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Saturday.
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Mark Thiessen / Associated Press:
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
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USA Today, The Post Millennial and Newsweek
Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Bondi says all charges against doctor who allegedly destroyed COVID vaccines have been dropped
Bondi says all charges against doctor who allegedly destroyed COVID vaccines have been dropped
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CBS News and Salt Lake Tribune
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
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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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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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 …
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 …
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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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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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump could potentially fire Powell over Fed renovations, Hassett says — President Trump could possibly fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell over questions about the renovation of Fed facilities, National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday.
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American Prospect, Bloomberg, NewsMax.com and Politico
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
How DOGE's reckless cuts created chaos at the Social Security Administration — Staff reassignments are not going to fix the growing problems at the agency. — The Trump administration's colossal cuts to the Social Security Administration in the name of “efficiency” are sowing chaos and dysfunction throughout the agency.
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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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Emily Peck / Axios:
Federal workers face mass firings this summer after Supreme Court ruling — It's shaping up to be a summer of firings for tens of thousands of federal workers, now that the Supreme Court cleared the way for agencies to conduct layoffs. … - The Trump administration says this is just a step toward better government efficiency.
Financial Times:
Crypto companies race to secure banking foothold in US — Appetite to integrate into financial system driven by bullishness over Trump's regulatory regime — Cryptocurrency companies are racing to expand into traditional banking in the US, as they seek to capitalise on a friendlier …
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