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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Administration Erases the Government's Power to Fight Climate Change — The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the bedrock scientific finding that says greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change — Watch in our video player above. — The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding that determined …
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Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding
A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding
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Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a ‘scam’
Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a ‘scam’
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Wall Street Journal:
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner — Substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn't known — WASHINGTON—The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard …
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New York Times:
Intelligence Dispute Centers on Kushner Reference in Intercepted Communication — A whistle-blower has accused Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, of blocking distribution of a report that Jared Kushner's name came up in an intercepted communication about Iran.
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Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Trump administration says it is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota — More than 4,000 undocumented immigrants have been apprehended since the operation began in November, according to the Department of Homeland Security. — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE — Listen to this article with a free account
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Gigi Douban / NPR:
Trump border czar Tom Homan announces Minnesota immigration surge is ending
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Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
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Associated Press:
What independents think of Trump's recent immigration actions, according to a new AP-NORC poll
What independents think of Trump's recent immigration actions, according to a new AP-NORC poll
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown
Live updates: Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown
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Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Trump immigration officials shown video of Alex Pretti's death in tense Senate hearing
Trump immigration officials shown video of Alex Pretti's death in tense Senate hearing
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Financial Times:
Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to resign over Epstein links — Attorney to depart Wall Street bank on June 30 after new documents revealed extent of her ties to the sex offender — Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathy Ruemmler said she will resign this summer after documents released …
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Rob Copeland / New York Times:
Goldman's Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein — Kathryn Ruemmler, a former top Obama administration lawyer, is out at Goldman Sachs after emails showed she had a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the sex offender, spanning many years.
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House speaker condemns Trump Justice Department monitoring of lawmakers' Epstein document review — Federal agencies Epstein files Congressional news Donald Trump — Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal's search history of the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files …
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Politico:
Mike Johnson chides DOJ for tracking lawmakers' perusal of unredacted Epstein files
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NBC News:
Lawmakers demand DOJ stop tracking lawmakers' Epstein files searches
Lawmakers demand DOJ stop tracking lawmakers' Epstein files searches
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge blocks Pete Hegseth's censure of Sen. Mark Kelly over troops video, for now … A federal judge on Thursday enjoined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from censuring Sen. Mark Kelly over the Arizona Democrat's participation in a video reminding American military service members of their right to refuse illegal orders.
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Megan Mineiro / New York Times:
Partial Federal Shutdown Shrinks Congressional Presence in Munich — In a moment of frayed trans-Atlantic relations, Speaker Mike Johnson abruptly canceled the House delegation to Europe's biggest annual security summit. — The congressional delegation to Europe's biggest annual security summit …
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Politico:
House leaders say lawmakers can't attend Munich Security Conference as official delegation
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
DHS shutdown all but certain after failed Senate vote
DHS shutdown all but certain after failed Senate vote
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024. Not Anymore — Two notes: First, this is a special article with insights from Strength In Number's recent polling with Verasight. We just finished writing our February poll, and will publish the results in two weeks.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Pam Bondi Threw an Insolent Tantrum Before the House Judiciary Committee — And she did so to dodge a simple question about the Epstein files. — Attorney General Pam Bondi met the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, and she did a great job. She blustered. She filibustered. She shouted.
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
US antitrust chief Gail Slater ousted from Trump justice department — Exclusive: Decision comes after Slater lost the support of JD Vance and Pam Bondi, the attorney general — Gail Slater, the head of the US justice department's antitrust division, was forced out of the Trump administration …
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Jacqueline Sweet / The Intercept:
FBI Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a Climate Activist — Then Showed Up at His Door — Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, at least one of whom works on counterterrorism, went to the home of a former member of a climate activism group for questioning last week …
Politico:
Trump-endorsed Karrin Taylor Robson drops out of Arizona governor's race … In a statement ending her campaign, Robson cited the need to avoid “a divisive Republican primary that drains resources and turns into months of intraparty attacks.” — “With so much on the line in 2026 …
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Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Top Republican Ends Bid for Arizona Governor, Showing MAGA's Power
Top Republican Ends Bid for Arizona Governor, Showing MAGA's Power
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Media Matters for America:
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. ... They have to be imprisoned.” — Fuentes: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women. ... So they go to the gulag first.
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Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January — Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts — Elon Musk's longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Even Trump's own appointees are ruling against ICE's mass detention strategy … Even judges Trump appointed are largely against him: 44 of them have ruled against the administration in mass-detention cases. Twenty Trump-appointed judges have signed off on the policy.
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Molly Parks / Washington Examiner:
Hawley calls on Minnesota attorney general to be indicted over fraud reports: ‘You ought to be in jail’ — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison called on each other to resign from their respective positions after a heated exchange in a Senate homeland security committee hearing on Minnesota oversight.
Celisa Calacal / KCUR:
Kansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mounts — Federal officials first toured the building in January, sparking speculation over whether the owners had sold the building to the U.S. government. Media reports suggested the sale was part …
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Paul Krugman:
Making America Stagnate Again — Deportations don't create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew? — Yesterday's employment report was widely expected to be weak. As it turned out, it was unexpectedly strong, with an estimated 130,000 jobs added.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump met with David Ellison days before saying he's ‘not involved’ in Paramount's Netflix battle — Donald Trump Media Corporate news Tech news … Paramount CEO David Ellison returned to the White House last week to meet privately with President Donald Trump, amid Paramount's ongoing hostile takeover bid …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Jeanine Pirro is filing a personal injury lawsuit against her hometown — U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is filing a personal injury lawsuit against her hometown over a trip-and-fall incident. — The top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia filed a $250,000 injury lawsuit against the city of Rye …
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Associated Press, New York Post and The Independent
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Candace Owens Gets Inside TPUSA's Head — TURNING POINT USA COMMUNICATIONS staffer Aubrey Laitsch was called into a meeting last month and abruptly told she was being fired, according to a video she posted online last week. — In her telling, the reason Laitsch was given for being let go involved …
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NBC News:
Trump administration working to expand effort to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials focused on denaturalization were sent to offices nationwide, sources say. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dramatically expanding …
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite — The search continues in the documents for ironclad criminal conduct, but the story of a sexual predator given a free ride by the ruling class has already emerged. — Journalists and researchers will spend …
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
We are all passengers in Trump's death cab — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 💬 Subscribe to PN 💬 — Nearly 13 months into Trump's second term, the most terrifying attribute of his regime is its utter contempt for the United States …
Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
White House Pushes Shake-Up at HHS Ahead of Midterms — Chris Klomp, the head of Medicare and a former healthcare executive, will take on new role as RFK Jr.'s No. 2 — WASHINGTON—The White House and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have shaken up the top ranks at his department …

