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New York Times:
Federal Agent Shoots Man in Minneapolis, Prompting Tense Protests — The agent shot a Venezuelan man who was resisting arrest, an official said. Protesters and law enforcement officers clashed for hours, as city officials urged people to go home. — A federal agent shot and injured a man …
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Associated Press:
Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown.
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
With Blood on His Hands, Trump Is Eager To Invoke Insurrection Act
New York Times:
Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE
Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE
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Politico, Fox News, CBS News, New Republic, El País, Associated Press and Louder With Crowder
Maria Curi / Axios:
ICE raid on Meta shows tension between Trump's immigration and AI agendas
ICE raid on Meta shows tension between Trump's immigration and AI agendas
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Wall Street Journal and GV Wire
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act, deploy military to Minnesota
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act, deploy military to Minnesota
Stephen Swanson / CBS News:
ICE officer shoots man in leg in north Minneapolis after shovel attack, officials say
ICE officer shoots man in leg in north Minneapolis after shovel attack, officials say
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after protests
Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after protests
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Five takeaways from the Reuters interview of President Trump — Reuters sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump for an interview in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Here are some takeaways from the 30-minute exchange: — TRUMP'S DOING IT HIS WAY — Trump repeatedly dismissed concerns by the public …
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump's mass deportations are in big trouble — Support for President Trump's immigration crackdown is unraveling quickly and reviving Democratic opposition on an issue that helped decide the last election. … Now, it's chaos from ICE and other Trump immigration enforcers that's turning off the public, one viral video at a time.
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Democrats need to shut down Trump's terrorist government — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — Subscribe to PN — Last week in Minneapolis, a masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, an unarmed 37-year-old mother, in her car.
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Zeteo
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Trump has made ICE a 70-30 issue — for Democrats
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CNN
Aaron Blake / CNN:
5 takeaways from new polls of the Minneapolis ICE shooting
5 takeaways from new polls of the Minneapolis ICE shooting
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MS NOW, New York Magazine, WTTG-TV, USA Today, Axios, Fox News and DEEPER LOOK …
Joe Gould / Politico:
Bipartisan bill targets Trump's Greenland talk — A bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce a resolution Thursday that repudiates President Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland and warns that any U.S. military action involving the Danish territory would require Congress's approval.
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Trump insists Greenland is crucial for national security after Denmark talks
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Mitch McConnell Eviscerates Trump's Greenland Ambitions in Scathing Floor Speech: Would Be an ‘Unprecedented Act of Strategic Self-Harm’
Mitch McConnell Eviscerates Trump's Greenland Ambitions in Scathing Floor Speech: Would Be an ‘Unprecedented Act of Strategic Self-Harm’
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Inside Trump's ‘crazy world’ of milk bottles, sled dogs and threats to bomb Iran
Inside Trump's ‘crazy world’ of milk bottles, sled dogs and threats to bomb Iran
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We Got This Covered, Raw Story and Semafor
NOTUS:
‘Stop Proposing This Populist S—’ — Today's notice: Congress steps aside on foreign policy. How the booze lobby won. Tech Force is here. The ACA discharge petition is not going away. And: Trump blindsides congressional Republicans. — THE LATEST
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A crypto titan flexes in the Senate
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New York Times:
Republicans Block Effort to Check Trump's Power in Venezuela
Republicans Block Effort to Check Trump's Power in Venezuela
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Appeals Court Opens the Door to Mahmoud Khalil's Rearrest — Any new detention would not come immediately, and Mr. Khalil's lawyers plan to appeal. But the ruling is a major blow to Mr. Khalil, a Columbia graduate and prominent figure in the pro-Palestinian movement.
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Talking Points Memo and The National Pulse
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Mark Arsenault / New York Times:
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip — Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers. — Until recently, Harvard was the most productive research university …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid — Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person's current address, 404 Media has learned.
Brian Mann / NPR:
24 hours of chaos as mental health grants are slashed then restored — After a tense day of confusion and backroom negotiations, the Trump administration moved Wednesday night to restore roughly $2 billion in federal grant money for mental health and addiction programs nationwide.
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Straight Arrow News, Washington Post, STAT, CBS News, Associated Press, WBUR, The Guardian, Wisconsin Examiner, Montana Free Press, NOTUS, MPR News and Orlando Sentinel
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NBC News:
HHS quickly reverses $2 billion in mental health and substance abuse cuts after pushback
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Tonko, Oregonian, Politico and Associated Press
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
H.H.S. Reverses Decision to Cut $2 Billion for Mental Health and Addiction Services
H.H.S. Reverses Decision to Cut $2 Billion for Mental Health and Addiction Services
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NOTUS, The Guardian, Roll Call, Boston.com, NPR and The Bulwark
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Calls on Congress to Enact — The Great Healthcare Plan — CALLING ON CONGRESS TO LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump called on Congress to enact the Great Healthcare Plan, a comprehensive plan to lower drug prices …
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Axios, Washington Examiner and Reuters
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Cheyenne Haslett / Politico:
Trump releases health policy outline
Trump releases health policy outline
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Bloomberg, Washington Times and Breitbart
Ben Doody / Omaha World-Herald:
Rep. Don Bacon says House could impeach Trump if U.S. invades Greenland — Rep. Don Bacon on Wednesday ratcheted up his criticism of President Donald Trump's approach to Greenland, telling The World-Herald that Trump's comments represent “utter buffoonery” and that invading Greenland would be a …
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MeidasTouch News and IJR
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled — $1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease — The controversial US-funded study on hepatitis B vaccines among newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been halted …
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Ketrin Jochecová / Politico:
Iceland demands answers from US after Trump ally cracks 52nd state joke — Billy Long's gag about the North Atlantic island landed with a jolt amid sky-high tensions over ownership of Greenland. — First Greenland, next Iceland? — Reykjavík is concerned about America's growing …
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Politico
Austin Gelder / ArkansasTimes:
Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — Emily Suski, the attorney and educator named last week to be the next dean at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville law school, is already …
NBC News:
24 members of Congress are 80 or older. More than half are running for re-election. — While older members of leadership in the House and the Senate are retiring, some from the Silent Generation say their seniority is still a boon for their districts. — WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker …
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Fox News
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Texas 2026 Poll: Talarico Leads Crockett for Democratic Senate Nomination, Cornyn and Paxton Face Potential Runoff — Home Polls Texas 2026 Poll: Talarico Leads Crockett for Democratic Senate Nomination, Cornyn and Paxton Face Potential Runoff — Cornyn outperforms Paxton in hypothetical head-to-head Senate matchups
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The Guardian:
X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images — New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual images — Elon Musk's X is understood to have told the government it is acting to comply with UK law …
New York Times:
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis — Pull up a stool at Ye Olde Pickle Factory and listen to a story about America's urban-rural divide. — The regulars file into Ye Olde Pickle Factory in Nisswa, Minn., before 10 a.m. most days, taking their seats at the bar.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Daniel Villarreal / LGBTQ Nation:
GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children. Now he's going to prison for child porn. — He was caught sharing hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds. — South Carolina state Rep. RJ May (R) — an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who has accused drag queens …
David Plouffe / New York Times:
Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now — In election after election last year, Democrats had big wins everywhere. Voters who swung hard to President Trump swung hard back. These moments are incredibly rare. Trust me. — It may be discordant, then, to believe the party is still in crisis.
