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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Lashing Out Over Russia and Jobs Data, Trump Displays His Volatile Side  —  The president had been on something of a winning streak.  But when faced with facts and foes that wouldn't bend to his will, he responded with impatience and disproportionate intensity.
Discussion: Raw Story and Wide World of News
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's authoritarian streak  —  A five-alarm fire tore through the economic establishment Friday after President Trump ousted the government's top labor statistician, accusing her — without evidence — of “rigging” a weak jobs report. … - But apply any of these five storylines …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Economy Stumbles  —  The President has his new world tariff order in place, but jobs and growth don't look so good.  —  Click for Sound  —  President Trump has now imposed his new tariff regime on the world, and the triumphalism is palpable in MAGA land.
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Associated Press:
Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and Straight Arrow News
Associated Press:
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
Neil Irwin / Axios:
Trump says he will fire labor statistics chief after weak jobs report
CNN:
Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows  —  President Donald Trump has already enmeshed the United States military in domestic law enforcement operations involving immigration to an unprecedented degree.  He has authorized a major military buildup at the border.
Discussion: Raw Story
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New Republic:
Department of Homeland Security Memo … HOMELAND SECURITY AND DOD MEETING  —  [The New Republic omitted logistical details here.]  —  STAFF: Chief, Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Steven Munoz, Troup Hemenway, and Joseph Guy, Acting Director of ICE, Todd Lyons, CBP Commissioner, Rodney Scott, Liaison Officer, DoD, Philip Hegseth
Discussion: Mother Jones, Fox News and USA Today
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Office of Special Counsel launches investigation into ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith  —  The investigation comes after GOP Sen. Tom Cotton requested that Smith be investigated for “unprecedented interference in the 2024 election.”  —  The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Senate leaving Russia sanctions power fully in Trump's hands  —  Republican senators are getting ready to leave Washington without advancing a major sanctions bill against Russia, giving President Trump sole discretion over whether to follow through on his threats against Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
Playbook: The new master of the Senate  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  I'm Charlie Mahtesian.  Get in touch.  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  MASTER OF THE SENATE: The most eventful week to date in the midterm battle for the Senate just came to a close.
Discussion: The Hill
Paul Kane / Washington Post:   Republican war hawks find momentum, a trust-but-verify moment with Trump
New York Times:
Judges Keep Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Arrests, in Setback for Trump Agenda  —  An appellate panel upheld a finding that federal agents appeared to rely exclusively on race and other factors, such as speaking Spanish, in making arrests.  —  The Trump administration's agenda suffered …
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Federal judges side with Trump on ending union bargaining for federal workers  —  A federal appeals court on Friday sided with the Trump administration, lifting a temporary block on a March executive order that prevented government workers from union bargaining.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Appeals Court Allows Trump Order That Ends Union Protections for Federal Workers
Discussion: Reuters and Commonplace
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:   Federal Court Orders Trump to Answer on Actions Taken for Anti-Voting Order
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas State House Panel Advances Gerrymandered Congressional Map  —  The full Texas House will now vote next week on a map drawn to flip five House districts to the G.O.P., but Democrats might walk out to deny Republicans a quorum.  —  A Republican-led committee of the Texas House voted …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How the New Texas Map Changes the Outlook for Control of the House
Discussion: KVUE-TV, The Guardian and ABC7
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Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Unmasked: the man behind one of the fastest growing far-right YouTube channels  —  Chris Booth's channel - rife with neo-Nazi ideology, antisemitism and racism - garnered 2.3m views and likely thousands of dollars from YouTube in about two months  —  The Guardian has identified the self-described …
Maxwell Adler / Bloomberg:
Trump Administration Suspends UCLA Grants After Rights Probe  —  The federal government is suspending certain research funding to the University of California at Los Angeles over concerns about antisemitism and bias on campus, hitting one of the most prestigious public higher-education systems in the US.
New York Times:
Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump's Pay-for-Access Operation  —  A new disclosure shows how corporations and individuals, including many in the crypto business, wrote big checks while seeking favor from the president.  —  When the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Eric Schiermeyer heard …
Discussion: Newsweek, Sludge and Bloomberg
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Comer agrees to postpone Maxwell's testimony to House on Epstein  —  House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) agreed Friday to a request from Ghislaine Maxwell to delay deposing her until after the Supreme Court considers her petition to overturn her conviction for sex trafficking.
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Stagflation fears are back  —  America is showing new signs of stagflation — inflation running hotter, the job market suffering new weakness, and economists warning both are at risk of getting worse in the months ahead.  —  Why it matters: The word “stagflation” revives miserable memories of the 1970s …
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
Four people dead in Montana bar shooting, suspect at large  —  Four people are dead after a shooting at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, Friday morning, the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation said in a news release.  —  Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center said in a Facebook post …
NBC News:
Trump hits Brazilian products with 50% tariffs over Bolsonaro  —  The president typically ties his tariffs to trade policy, but he hit Brazilian products with the highest rate of any country's goods largely due to politics.  —  WASHINGTON — Products imported to the U.S. from Brazil …
Discussion: Reuters, Associated Press and CBS News
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: Supreme Court, in Order Asking for Additional Briefing in Louisiana Voting Case, Appears to Put the Constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act into Question  —  The Supreme Court just issued this order:  —  Louisiana had to create that second majority-minority district …
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and NBC News
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Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
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