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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Trump Administration Erases the Government's Power to Fight Climate Change — The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the bedrock scientific finding that says greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being.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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Anna Kramer / NOTUS:
EPA No Longer Believes Greenhouse Gas Emissions Threaten Public Health
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Ben Geman / Axios:
EPA abandons the foundation of greenhouse gas rules
EPA abandons the foundation of greenhouse gas rules
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Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Trump repeals EPA's ability to regulate climate pollution, teeing up a legal battle with global stakes
Trump repeals EPA's ability to regulate climate pollution, teeing up a legal battle with global stakes
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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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Associated Press:
Live updates: Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown
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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
Gigi Douban / NPR:
Trump border czar Tom Homan announces Minnesota immigration surge is ending
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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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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Zachary Basu / Axios:
A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better
A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better
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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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CNN:
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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NBC News:
Lawmakers demand DOJ stop tracking lawmakers' Epstein files searches — Attorney General Pam Bondi brought a document referencing Rep. Pramila Jayapal's search history to a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE — Listen to this article with a free account
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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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Elena Moore / NPR:
Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon action against Mark Kelly over illegal orders video
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Judge blocks Hegseth, Pentagon bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
Judge blocks Hegseth, Pentagon bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
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Reuters:
Trump's Justice Department antitrust head Gail Slater stepping down — The Trump administration's head of the Justice Department's antitrust division said Thursday she is stepping down less than a year after being appointed by President Donald Trump. — Gail Slater was confirmed in March …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
US antitrust chief Gail Slater ousted from Trump justice department
US antitrust chief Gail Slater ousted from Trump justice department
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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.
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CBP shot down party balloons with anti-drone tech before FAA closed El Paso airspace, sources say — The sudden airspace closure came after CBP officials did not coordinate with officials from the FAA, four people familiar with the matter said. — Listen to this article with a free account
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New York Times:
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
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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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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 …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
DHS shutdown all but certain after failed Senate vote — Lawmakers are heading for the exits following a failed Senate vote Thursday, all but guaranteeing the Department of Homeland Security shuts down early Saturday morning. The funding lapse, which will hit parts of DHS harder than others …
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Senate heads into doomed DHS votes
Senate heads into doomed DHS votes
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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:
Judge orders Trump administration to help dozens of deportees return to the US … The Supreme Court later ruled that legal challenges to the Alien Enemies Act deportations should have been filed in Texas, not Washington. However, the justices concluded that the men did not receive adequate notice …
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AP-NORC:
About 6 in 10 think Trump has gone too far when it comes to deploying federal immigration agents in major U.S. cities. — Sixty percent of adults have an unfavorable view of Trump's handling of immigration. … In the wake of two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minnesota …
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Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
The Republican Party's Advantage on Immigration Shrinks, Poll Finds
The Republican Party's Advantage on Immigration Shrinks, Poll Finds
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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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Babak Dehghanpisheh / NBC News:
Nicolás Maduro is still the ‘legitimate president’ of Venezuela, acting leader Delcy Rodriguez says — “Cooperation is off to a tremendous start,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told NBC News as the two countries hammered out details of how Venezuela's vast oil reserves are to be distributed.
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Fabiola Zerpa / Bloomberg:
Venezuela Plans to Grant More Oil Blocks to Chevron, Repsol
Venezuela Plans to Grant More Oil Blocks to Chevron, Repsol
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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 …
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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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Jake Kwon / BBC:
Kim Jong Un chooses teen daughter as heir, says Seoul — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has selected his daughter as his heir, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday. — Kim Ju Ae - who is believed to be 13 - has in recent months been pictured beside her father in high-profile events …
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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 …
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