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Rachel Muller-Heyndyk / BBC:
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says — Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump's new National Security Strategy, calling it “largely consistent” with Moscow's vision. — The 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration this week, suggests Europe is facing …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Trump's Security Doctrine Leaves Europe at a Strategic Crossroads — A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump's long-held contempt for Europe's leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads. — The Trump administration has not exactly kept its low regard for Europe secret.
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Max Griera / Politico:
Europe's populist right hails Trump team's EU bashing — Europe's far-right firebrands are rushing to hitch their fortunes to Washington's new crusade against Brussels. — Senior U.S. government officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
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Washington Post:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt's nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest — In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son's godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom. — Just now
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump's latest anti-immigration push echoes the nativism of the 1920s — The president and his aides have escalated anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies in recent weeks. — Just now … Somalis are “garbage,” and “we don't want them in our country.” Migration from “all Third World countries” should be halted.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Homan defends Trump after president calls Somali community ‘garbage’
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Trump vows to slam America's doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
Trump vows to slam America's doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle … A new president with a bold agenda, determined to exert control over government agencies to carry it out. An agency head who refused to quit, rejecting the president's demand that he resign and insisting Congress …
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court to hear major test of presidential power over Trump's firing of FTC commissioner
Supreme Court to hear major test of presidential power over Trump's firing of FTC commissioner
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump's son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine … Zelenskyy himself has not been accused of corruption. — “Because of the war, and because he's one of the great marketers of all times, Zelenskyy became a borderline deity, especially to the left, where he could do no wrong, he was beyond reproach,” Trump Jr. said.
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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
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Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans' Faith in Immigration … In the weeks after Joseph R. Biden Jr. was elected president, advisers delivered a warning: His approach to immigration could prove disastrous. — Mr. Biden had pledged to treat unauthorized immigrants more humanely …
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Politico:
Judge blocks prosecutors' access to James Comey's lawyer's emails and data … Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee based in Washington, issued the restraining order before getting a formal response from prosecutors to a petition Richman filed last week seeking return of his data.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment — The judge's decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey. — A federal judge on Saturday night threw …
NBC News:
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows — The figures do not include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months. — More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested …
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump's Kennedy Center is showier, emptier and more political — In 10 months, the president has transformed Washington's cultural hub. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors. — On the day in February that President Donald Trump took over the John F. Kennedy Center …
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Politico:
Trump awards medals to Kennedy Center honorees in Oval Office ceremony
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Inside Trump's transformation of the Kennedy Center
Inside Trump's transformation of the Kennedy Center
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KDFX-TV, Breitbart, Washington Examiner and Mediaite
Aaron Krolik / New York Times:
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions … Smugglers, money launderers and people facing sanctions once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork to store illicit fortunes. The luxury goods could help hide wealth but were cumbersome to move and hard to spend.
Sahara Sajjadi / Copper Courier:
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court — More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to serve as their own attorneys in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
Robert Klemko / Washington Post:
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump's immigration crackdown — Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?” — Just now … WAUKEGAN, Ill. — If you rolled past Bedrosian Park after the final bell rang at Waukegan High School …
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NBC News:
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets — Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump's campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
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NBC News:
Video shows masked Border Patrol agent chasing woman back to her Louisiana home — Jacelynn Guzman said she is a U.S.-born citizen. The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it “determined the individual in question was not the target.” — Masked immigration authorities …


