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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.
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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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 …
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.
Discussion: Mediaite
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump posts support for embattled Attorney General Pam Bondi
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 …
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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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 7-13-25: White House NEC Director Kevin Hassett  —  Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council speaks with ABC News on “This Week” from Washington, April 6, 2025. … (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)  —  DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think he's done a terrible job.
Discussion: The Guardian
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
Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Bondi says all charges against doctor who allegedly destroyed COVID vaccines have been dropped
Discussion: CBS News and Salt Lake Tribune
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 …
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.”
Discussion: Fox News and Althouse
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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
Discussion: USA Today
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Associated Press:   Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions, AP sources say
Jacob Rosen / CBS News:
Justice Department purge continues, firings include Trump classified document case investigators and Jan. 6 prosecutors
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
Secret Service failed to stop Trump assassination attempt, Senate report says  —  The report from the Homeland Security Committee accuses the Secret Service of fumbling communications and denying extra security at the Pennsylvania rally last year.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Althouse
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Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs:
Chairman Rand Paul Releases Final Report Detailing Secret Service Failures in Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. 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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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.
Hadas Gold / CNN:
xAI issues lengthy apology for violent and antisemitic Grok social media posts  —  Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI issued a lengthy apology Saturday for a series of violent and antisemitic posts from its Grok chatbot this week, blaming a system update.
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Financial Times:
Crypto companies race to secure banking foothold in US
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
U.S. Subpoenas Governor Who Said He Would House Migrant at His Home
Sam Baker / Axios:
Trump wins big on the Supreme Court's “shadow docket”
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says Trump wants FEMA ‘remade,’ not dismantled
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
How the Trump shooting supercharged beliefs in a divine right of MAGA
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries
Discussion: Slate
Charles Homans / New York Times:
Democrats Lost Voters on Transgender Rights. Winning Them Back Won't Be Easy.
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
‘Egregious.’ Brazen.' ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump's Actions, in Their Own Words
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Texas Democrat: Government failed ‘at every level’ amid deadly flooding
Discussion: NewsMax.com
David Enrich / New York Times:
UnitedHealth's Campaign to Quiet Critics
New York Times:
ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds
Discussion: The Independent
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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David Pierce / The Verge:
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