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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Feds Conduct Immigration Raid Outside California Redistricting Press Conference — Masked and armed federal agents made arrests outside of a Los Angeles museum in which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Thursday was announcing plans to redraw the state's congressional map to offset the GOP's redistricting efforts in Texas.
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Los Angeles Times:
Border Patrol agents stage show of force at Newsom's ‘big beautiful press conference’ — Newsom was announcing California's response to President Trump's efforts to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives — Mayor Karen Bass asks why border patrol ‘thumbed their nose’ at the governor's event
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Sophia Bollag / San Francisco Chronicle:
Border Patrol chief crashes Newsom's rollout of California redistricting campaign
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NBC News:
Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for a special election to allow for a new congressional map in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for a special election to allow for a new congressional map in California
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Politico:
Leaked chart reveals winners and losers in California's Democratic gerrymander
Leaked chart reveals winners and losers in California's Democratic gerrymander
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Associated Press:
Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans' redraw of US House maps
Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans' redraw of US House maps
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Oren Oppenheim / Associated Press:
Newsom to make announcement on redistricting after threatening to end Trump's presidency
Newsom to make announcement on redistricting after threatening to end Trump's presidency
Jonathan Lloyd / NBC Los Angeles:
Border Patrol conducts LA immigration patrol operation outside Gov. Newsom event
Border Patrol conducts LA immigration patrol operation outside Gov. Newsom event
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Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
Firing Back at Texas Redistricting, Newsom Calls Special Election to Authorize California Countermove
Firing Back at Texas Redistricting, Newsom Calls Special Election to Authorize California Countermove
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Melanie Mason / Politico:
Poll: California voters back independent congressional maps, complicating Gavin Newsom's redistricting push
Poll: California voters back independent congressional maps, complicating Gavin Newsom's redistricting push
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Texas Democrats signal they are poised to end redistricting walkout
Texas Democrats signal they are poised to end redistricting walkout
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
DC man charged with felony assault after hitting federal agent with Subway sandwich — WASHINGTON — This perp ate too fresh. — A man who used a Subway sandwich to attack a federal agent on the streets of DC earlier this week has been charged with felony assault.
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Man who threw sandwich at law enforcement was DOJ employee, Bondi says — Police allege that the man approached law enforcement officers, including Metro Transit Police and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, and began yelling obscenities. — Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday …
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Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Meta's AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info — An internal Meta policy document, seen by Reuters, reveals the social-media giant's rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex, race and celebrities.
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Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. — He never made it home. — Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home. — A cognitively impaired New Jersey man grew infatuated with “Big sis Billie,” a Facebook Messenger chatbot with a young woman's persona.
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Hawley calls for congressional probe into Meta chatbots
Hawley calls for congressional probe into Meta chatbots
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Axios:
Veggie-flation strikes, with a warning for grocery prices — The U.S. economy has a vegetable problem, and it's not just “broccoli refusal” either — wholesale prices for fresh veggies soared by a record amount last month, foreshadowing a possible spike at the grocery store soon.
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Alicia Wallace / CNN:
Businesses have been eating Trump's tariffs. That's starting to change
Businesses have been eating Trump's tariffs. That's starting to change
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
D.C. Mayor Apparently In Martha's Vineyard Amid Trump's Police Takeover — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reportedly left town for Martha's Vineyard in the midst of Trump's unprecedented takeover of D.C. police and deployment of federal law enforcement agents around the city.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
D.C. Mayor Heads to Martha's Vineyard as Trump Takes Over City
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Tyler Thrasher / WTTG-TV:
DC Mayor Bowser flies to Martha's Vineyard while city is under federal control
DC Mayor Bowser flies to Martha's Vineyard while city is under federal control
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New York Times:
Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin — The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.
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Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks
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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Putin praises Trump's ‘energetic and sincere’ peace efforts ahead of Alaska summit
Putin praises Trump's ‘energetic and sincere’ peace efforts ahead of Alaska summit
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Pew Research Center:
1. Trump's job approval and views of his personal traits — Table of Contents Table of Contents — Trump's Tariffs and ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips — 3. How Americans view the Trump administration's tariff policies and the GOP's budget and tax bill
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Jordan Fischer / WUSA:
US Attorney Pirro's office admits grand jury refused ICE interference charges — twice — Federal prosecutors told a judge they had failed twice to secure an indictment against Sydney Lori Reid for allegedly assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest.
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Social Security has existed for 90 years. Why it may be more threatened than ever — When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he vowed it would provide economic stability to older people while giving the U.S. “an economic structure of vastly greater soundness.”
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump claims credit for fixing Social Security as it barrels to insolvency
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Elena Giordano / Politico:
Trump cold-called Norwegian minister to ask about Nobel Peace Prize — American president angles for top diplomatic award while world watches his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. — U.S. President Donald Trump called Norway's Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg out of the blue …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time — Members of a law enforcement group chat including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies inadvertently added a random person to the group called “Mass Text” where they exposed highly sensitive information …
The Guardian:
Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to Jeffrey Epstein — First lady threatens to sue Joe Biden's son after he said sex offender Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump — Melania Trump has demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking …
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Megan Cerullo / CBS News:
Costco says it won't sell mifepristone abortion pill — Costco will not sell the abortion pill mifepristone at its pharmacy locations, the shopping club told CBS News. — The wholesaler said its decision not to sell the prescription medication was based on a “lack of demand from our members and other patients.”
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Washington Post:
Checkpoint with ICE agents met by protesters in D.C. — Department of Homeland Security agents stopped cars at a busy intersection for seat belt violations and broken taillights. — Tensions over President Donald Trump's deployment of federal law enforcement erupted on a busy Northwest …
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NBC4 Washington:
DC police now allowed to notify ICE of people not in custody, police chief says
DC police now allowed to notify ICE of people not in custody, police chief says
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Staff Mutiny Forces Pub to Turn Away JD Vance — NO ROOM AT THE INN — The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, weeks after the venue hosted Kamala Harris. — A staff mutiny forced the management of a plush British countryside pub to turn away JD Vance …
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
D.C. Homeless Camps Are Cleared Ahead of Expected Federal Raids — City officials and advocates spent much of the day trying to clear the city's dozens of homeless camps, urging people to go to shelters ahead of expected federal raids. — City officials and advocates warned people living …
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Rachel Treisman / NPR:
Mayors of Democratic cities beyond D.C. decry Trump's takeover threats — When President Trump announced his plans to mobilize Washington, D.C.'s National Guard and take control of the city's local police force, he suggested that other liberal-leaning cities could be next. — “You look at Chicago, how bad it is.
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Privately Dismissed Epstein Victims as ‘Democrats’ — The president and his administration are struggling to bury the scandal around their handling of the convicted sex offender's case — Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress, and the president's allies across right-wing media …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Federal judge blocks Trump administration's broad birth control mandate exemptions — The Trump administration's religious and moral carve-outs to an ObamaCare requirement that all employer health plans cover contraception at no cost were blocked on Wednesday by a federal judge.
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