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NBC News:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia taken into ICE custody at appointment  —  Abrego, who was just released from federal custody on Friday, now faces deportation to Uganda.  —  BALTIMORE — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who reunited with his family last week after 160 days apart following his mistaken deportation to El Salvador …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kilmar Abrego Garcia Is Detained By Immigration Authorities, Lawyer Says  —  Where Things Stand  — Immigration case: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March and then brought back to face criminal charges …
Discussion: Reason and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán / NPR:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE during Baltimore check-in
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Prosecuting Burning of The American Flag  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  Our great American Flag is the most sacred and cherished symbol of the United States of America …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Additional Measures to Address the 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, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Crime Emergency.  Two weeks ago, I declared a crime emergency …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump plans order to end “cashless bail” in D.C.  —  President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday that aims to eliminate “cashless bail” for arrested suspects in Washington, D.C., Axios has learned. … - Trump previewed his support for ending cashless bail in D.C. earlier this month.
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Cuneyt Dil / Axios:
Trump's D.C. utopia  —  President Trump is molding D.C. into his own personal Epcot — a political theme park where troops keep the peace, the White House glitters like Mar-a-Lago and museums answer to MAGA. … With America's 250th anniversary coming next year, Trump has claimed dominion over D.C.'s crime …
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters:
Trump to sign orders aimed at ending cashless bail policies  —  U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday that seeks to end cashless bail by threatening to revoke federal funding for jurisdictions that use it, according to a White House official.
NBC News:
Trump to sign an executive order to end cashless bail in D.C.
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’  —  WAR ON SCIENCE  —  A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market …
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
America Tips Into Fascism  —  Today is different than before. … The United States, just months before its 250th birthday as the world's leading democracy, has tipped over the edge into authoritarianism and fascism.  In the end, faster than I imagined possible, it did happen here.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Pressed on the FBI's John Bolton search, the White House says a bit too much  —  Team Trump has an incentive to at least try to distance itself from the John Bolton investigation.  For the most part, it's not bothering with appearances.  —  At face value, the circumstances surrounding …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Then they came for John Bolton
Discussion: CNN and Salon
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Three Bolton Problem
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
These House Democrats seek a new middle ground on immigration
Discussion: Grabien
New Republic:   Transcript: Gavin Newsom's Harsh Trump Takedown Nails It: “Wake Up!”
Associated Press:
AP freelancer among 4 journalists killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza, health officials say  —  An Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza killed four journalists on Monday, including a freelancer who worked for The Associated Press, according to health officials.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Government will take stakes in more companies, top Trump adviser says  —  The U.S. government is likely to take ownership stakes in more companies — just as it did with Intel — toward the goal of building a sovereign wealth fund, National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Monday.
Discussion: New York Sun
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Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
FEMA staff warn Trump officials' actions risk a Katrina-level disaster  —  About 150 FEMA employees signed a letter to Congress arguing that current agency leadership has eroded and hindered the ability to effectively manage emergencies.  —  More than 180 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees sent …
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New York Times:
The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think  —  As a fight over the future of elite higher education consumes university leaders and politicians, most college students live in a very different world with very different challenges.  —  There are more than 19 million college students in the United States.
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak  —  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country.
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Patrick Smith / NBC News:
First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite detected in the U.S., HHS confirms
Discussion: UPI and The Japan Times
Matthew Holloway / RedState:
Trump Calls for Pentagon Officials to Vote on Renaming the Department of Defense the ‘Department of War’  —  In the Oval Office on Monday morning, President Donald Trump hosted the vice president, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump floats renaming ‘Department of Defense’ to ‘Department of War’
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Newsweek
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Despotism at the Door  —  Two years ago yesterday, Donald Trump was booked on racketeering charges at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia.  Those charges—which stemmed from Trump's open attempt to steal the 2020 election in the state—have gone up in smoke after the American people saw fit …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
MAGA knows DC takeover isn't about crime — which is why they love it  —  Trump's war on the Smithsonian reveals that this is about childish resentment, not safety  —  Ever since Donald Trump orchestrated a federal takeover of Washington, D.C.'s law enforcement, complete with the National Guard …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
JD Vance flunks the basics on World War II as the White House targets history museums  —  If anyone would benefit from some quality time at a history museum, it's White House officials.  Take Vance's line on the end of World War II, for example.  —  Donald Trump's offensive …
Paul Krugman:
We Are All Lisa Cook  —  Donald Trump is threatening to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, over allegations that she made false claims on mortgage applications before she went to the Fed.  —  I am not going to lead with a discussion of what Cook may or may not have done.
Discussion: New York Post and The Guardian
 
 
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
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John Bolton / Washington Examiner:
Trump's utterly incoherent Ukraine strategy
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Trump badly wants a Nobel Peace Prize. Most on the committee oppose him.
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For some in D.C., first day of school to look different under Trump crackdown
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
'We Still Don't Know How Far They'll Go' … Donald Trump's second term in office has been marked …
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