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John Koblin / New York Times:
Jimmy Kimmel's Show to Return to ABC on Tuesday Night — The network removal of Mr. Kimmel's show last week almost immediately morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America. — Jimmy Kimmel is coming back. — ABC said on Monday that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return to its airwaves on Tuesday …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday — Jimmy Kimmel will have more to say on late-night TV. — Disney and ABC will bring the comedian back to its schedule starting Tuesday night, after a decision to take his show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” off the air for an indefinite period of time.
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Ethan Stark-Miller / AM New York:
EXCLUSIVE | Mamdani pulls planned ABC town hall event after network suspended Jimmy Kimmel's show — Democratic mayoral nominee and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani. — Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that he is canceling a televised town hall with WABC News planned …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sinclair Won't Air Jimmy Kimmel's Return on Its 38 ABC Stations — The preemption means that ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ will remain unavailable for some of the U.S. despite its return after a nearly week-long suspension. — Jimmy Kimmel may be returning to ABC Tuesday night …
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CNBC:
Disney says ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ will return to ABC on Tuesday … Disney plans to bring “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” back to air on ABC's broadcast network beginning on Tuesday, the company said in a statement. — The decision was announced nearly a week after ABC said it was suspending the late night show indefinitely.
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Bloomberg:
Disney Says ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to Return Following Backlash
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Jimmy Kimmel to Return to ABC on Tuesday After Show's Controversial Suspension
Jimmy Kimmel to Return to ABC on Tuesday After Show's Controversial Suspension
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Kimmel's Late-Night Show Will Return to Air Tuesday
Kimmel's Late-Night Show Will Return to Air Tuesday
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NBC News:
Trump claims acetaminophen use during pregnancy may cause autism, without clear proof — The over-the-counter drug has been used in Tylenol and many other other widely used medications for decades as a pain and fever reliever during pregnancy. — President Donald Trump said Monday the Food …
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Associated Press:
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence — President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence. Speaking from the White House …
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New York Times:
Trump's Pick to Replace Ousted U.S. Attorney Lacks Prosecutorial Experience — Where Things Stand — Autism: President Trump, speaking at the White House, gave direct and unproven medical advice contradicting decades of research about vaccines and the use of a common painkiller in pregnancy and infancy.
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David Lim / Politico:
FDA to approve drug to treat autism symptoms
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
It's Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy — If you haven't had time yet to soak in the details of the stunning Tom Homan story that Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian of MSNBC broke over the weekend, hold on to your hats. I'd say you won't believe what you're about to read, but of course, you will.
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Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
The Justice Department Had 36 Lawyers Fighting Corruption Full-Time. Under Trump, It's Down to Two.
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
White House Denies Homan Took Bag of Cash in F.B.I. Inquiry
White House Denies Homan Took Bag of Cash in F.B.I. Inquiry
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A Scandal Covered in Tahini
A Scandal Covered in Tahini
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
A lot of powerful people just don't realize how unpopular Trump is — Last week, ABC/Disney canceled Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show after the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, threatened to revoke the broadcast licenses of television stations that carry the program.
New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner — The justices said they will consider overruling a landmark Supreme Court precedent that has limited the president's ability to fire top officials at the agency. — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to fire …
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire Democratic member of trade commission
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump's power to shape agencies by overturning 90-year-old ruling
Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump's power to shape agencies by overturning 90-year-old ruling
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Ben Terris / New York Magazine:
Top Goon — Kristi Noem is the face of Trump's police state. Corey Lewandowski is the muscle. Who really runs DHS? — On the morning of May 7, before making his way to Capitol Hill to testify in front of Congress, Cameron Hamilton, then the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, packed up his office.
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
ICE Barbie Dropped F-Bombs on ‘Screaming’ Call With DHS Officials After Embarrassing Stories — ATTACK DOG — Sources say Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her de facto chief of staff seemed to feed off each other's negative energy during a furious call.
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Financial Times:
US offers financial lifeline to Argentina's Javier Milei — Scott Bessent proposes support package during market volatility — US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said “all options” are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility …
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American Civil Liberties Union:
Join the ACLU and Over 400 Artists to Defend Free Speech — Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation for Kimmel's remarks. This is a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation. — This is unconstitutional and un-American.
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Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Mamdani pulls out of event with ABC station after Kimmel suspension
Mamdani pulls out of event with ABC station after Kimmel suspension
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
White House backs Trump's prosecutions, blasts “gaslighting” critics … - “We are not going to tolerate gaslighting from anyone in the media or from anyone on the other side who is trying to say that it's the president who is weaponizing the DOJ,” she added, before accusing former President Biden of weaponizing the department.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Bondi taps Trump's former personal attorney as a top federal prosecutor
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Jack Goldsmith / Executive Functions:
How Should a DOJ Political Appointee Think About a Trump-Weaponized DOJ?
How Should a DOJ Political Appointee Think About a Trump-Weaponized DOJ?
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, NPR and Daily Kos
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization — Section 1. Antifa as a Terrorist Threat. Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.
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Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Tulsi Gabbard Breaks With Trump in MAGA Free Speech Rebellion — CARR SMASHED — Political observers viewed the comments as an implicit rebuke to the administration's punitive steps attacking dissent — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has broken ranks with the Trump administration …
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Turns out Republicans don't care about free speech after all
Turns out Republicans don't care about free speech after all
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Kylie Cheung / Teen Vogue:
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women — Kylie Cheung argues in this op-ed that a rash of cases of men dressing as plainclothes ICE agents and assaulting immigrant women is possible because ICE agents operate with impunity.
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Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy … Twenty years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts took the oath of office and ushered in a new era for the Supreme Court. His 2005 confirmation vote marked the transition from the Rehnquist court—where a narrow majority of conservatives …
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Ted Mann / Bloomberg:
Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars — The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking back federal aid: the projects aren't designed for cars.
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Steven Levy / Wired:
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong — Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact. — For decades, Mark Lemley's life as an intellectual property lawyer was orderly enough. He's a professor at Stanford University and has consulted for Amazon, Google, and Meta.
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
What is Schumer's shutdown endgame? — Quickish newsletter today, mainly to allow subscribers an opportunity to comment on my New York Times story that published this morning on Democrats' strategy as Republicans seek to pass a government funding bill and avert a government shutdown.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon — U.S. considers entity-wide sanctions against ICC, sources say — ICC member states to oppose U.S. sanctions at U.N. meeting — ICC holds emergency meetings to prepare for U.S. sanctions
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Charlie Kirk tribute scrapped by Sinclair after local TV giant got threats against its ABC stations: source — Sinclair Broadcast Group abruptly cancelled plans to air a Charlie Kirk tribute last week after the company's local ABC affiliates received multiple violent threats …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Wall Street Journal Seeks Dismissal Of Donald Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Over Jeffrey Epstein Report: “The Article Is True” … “In an affront to the First Amendment, the President of the United States brought this lawsuit to silence a newspaper for publishing speech that was subsequently proven true …
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