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Brian Mann / NPR:
Federal agents spread out across D.C. streets amid Trump's vow to crack down on crime  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says National Guard soldiers will be deployed on the streets of Washington, D.C., and he asserted federal control over the city's Metropolitan police department.
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New York Times:
Trump's homicide-rate chart has been making the rounds on right-wing social media.  —  D.C.'s mayor acknowledged local officials could do little to block what was expected to be a 30-day takeover of the capital's policing.  President Trump suggested his action might be expanded to other cities.
The Guardian:
Trump nominates chief economist at rightwing Heritage Foundation to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics - live  —  EJ Antoni nominated to take over from Erika McEntarfer, who was fired by Trump earlier this month  —  Trump nominates economist at the Heritage Foundation as the new BLS commissioner
Washington Post:
Trump says crime in D.C. is out of control.  Here's what the data shows.  —  Crime in D.C. and nationwide is declining from pandemic-era spikes.  But individual incidents can shake residents and capture the president's attention.  —  President Donald Trump once again catapulted crime …
Washington Post:
Trump orders federal takeover of D.C. police, deploys National Guard  —  The president is planning to flex his law enforcement power over Washington, declaring that he would clear the city of homeless people and crack down on crime.  —  just now  —  President Donald Trump announced Monday …
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
D.C. Police Put Under Federal Control, Are Now ‘Allowed to Do Whatever the Hell They Want’  —  Feds will take control of the Police, National Guard deployed after “Big Balls” car jacking  —  President Donald Trump announced Monday he is placing Washington D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department …
Anna Spiegel / Axios:
Trump's D.C. crime claims don't match the data  —  Violent crime is declining in D.C. — not rising, as President Trump claimed on Monday. … - And for the first half of 2025, violent crime has dropped in all categories in Washington, according to new data from Major Cities Chiefs Association …
Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
Crime is down. But Trump's authoritarian power grabs are escalating.
Discussion: Techdirt
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   Why Trump's Chilling Flex of Brute Force is So Disturbing
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Warns Fascist D.C. Takeover Is Just the Beginning
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Military Preparing to Activate National Guard in D.C.
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Planned D.C. Takeover Because He Hated Route to His Golf Course
New York Times:
D.C. Mayor Calls Trump's Police Takeover ‘Unsettling’ but Promises Cooperation
Chris Mirasola / Lawfare:   Deploying the D.C. National Guard
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Convicted Felon Trump Lies About Crime Rate In D.C., Deploys Troops
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Trump nominates Bureau of Labor Statistics critic to replace fired agency head  —  E.J. Antoni, a staunch critic of the BLS, had emerged in recent days as a favorite candidate among some influential Trump advisers, including Stephen K. Bannon.  —  President Donald Trump will nominate …
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Meridith McGraw / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Nominate Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
Molly Smith / Bloomberg:
Trump Names Heritage's EJ Antoni to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
Discussion: KVIA-TV
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 740 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Public Law 93-198) …
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Doesn't Really Care About Crime
New York Times:
Harvard Nears a Deal With the Trump Administration to Restore Funding  —  A potential $500 million settlement would end a monthslong battle that pitted the nation's wealthiest school against the Trump administration's extraordinary crackdown on higher education.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump's Fight Against Top Universities … The policies that May Mailman has helped devised have sent shock waves through higher education, dividing faculty and alarming some students who see an effort to silence dissent.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Reason
CBO Publications:
How the 2025 Reconciliation Act (Public Law 119-21) Will Affect the Distribution of Resources Available to Households  —  This interactive tool illustrates the distributional effects of the 2025 reconciliation act (P.L. 119-21).  It allows users to explore how that law will affect …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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CNBC:
Trump extends China tariff deadline by 90 days … President Donald Trump on Monday delayed high U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods from snapping back into place for another 90 days, a White House official told CNBC.  —  Those tariffs were set to resume Tuesday.
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics  —  President Trump is imitating Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into economy  —  A generation ago conventional wisdom held that as China liberalized, its economy would come to resemble America's.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study  —  An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children …
Discussion: STAT
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Small Businesses Brace for the Punishing Side Effects of Trump's Tariffs  —  Large firms with big bank balances, workers already in jobs and households near the top of the income ladder will have an easier time navigating the economic waves.  —  Katrina Golden, the owner of Lil Mama's Sweets & Treats …
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling  —  Kim Davis, a former clerk who refused gay couples, brought the appeal.  —  Paula Faris speaks to Kim Davis, the Kentucky court clerk who went to jail because she refused to issue gay marriage licenses.
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Grok Claims It Was Briefly Suspended From X After Accusing Israel of Genocide  —  Elon Musk's chatbot saw another day of erratic activity as it also responded to user requests to identify performers in adult videos … As with any suspended account, a notice appeared on @grok's blank profile …
Steve Vladeck / One First:
172. “Federalizing” D.C.  —  Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia.  But Congress has delegated most of that power to local officials; it would take new laws to undo that.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a weekly newsletter that aims …
Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza  —  Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital  —  A prominent Al Jazeera journalist …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
An Uncomfortably Revealing Laura Loomer Deposition  —  Insights into her insults, clues about her career hopes.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Coming Soon: The Laura Loomer Foundation for Twitter Trolling  —  LAURA LOOMER HAS BEEN HYPERACTIVE during the second Trump administration …
 
 
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