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New York Times:
Judge Reopens Trump's Lawsuit Demanding $10 Billion From IRS — The ruling was a blow to both President Trump, who had voluntarily dismissed the suit last week, and to the Justice Department, which used the suit to establish a fund likely intended for Trump allies.
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Ordered to Address ‘Grievous’ Fraud Claims in IRS Case — A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a $1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a “fraud” on the court.
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Politico:
Judge launches inquiry into Trump-IRS settlement that led to ‘anti-weaponization’ fund … The lawsuit immediately triggered questions about conflicts of interest: How could the Justice Department and IRS now controlled by Trump appointees defend against a lawsuit brought by their boss?
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's $1.8 Billion Settlement Fund Sparks Alarm Inside White House
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement fund
Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement fund
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Washington Post:
Pentagon recruiting troops to watch White House UFC fights, memos show — Internal messages reviewed by The Post stipulate that military personnel must pay their own way and meet strict physical requirements to be eligible. — Summary — The Pentagon is moving to recruit hundreds …
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Bought Stock In UFC's Parent Company As He Promoted White House Fight — The president purchased as much as $50,000 of TKO Group Holdings even as he heavily promotes an Ultimate Fighting Championship event for his birthday. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump purchased stock …
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
US judge orders removal of Trump's name from Kennedy Center — A judge on Friday ordered the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the iconic Washington venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.
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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
ICE Agent Wanted in Minneapolis Shooting Is Captured in Texas — Christian Castro, who had been charged with assault in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, was taken into custody Friday morning. — Law enforcement officials from Minnesota and Texas …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Stephen Miller's Wife Doxed This Young Dem. Then the MAGA Rage Hit. — Katie Miller, who is married to Stephen Miller, lashed out at a young Democratic operative on Thursday, after the Democratic Party's official account called Miller's husband an “ugly f-k.”
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Wired:
The White House's Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens — The website, which compares human beings to extraterrestrials, touts arrest numbers from the Trump administration's sweeping immigration crackdown. But some of its details are really out there.
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Jgroves / The White House:
Aliens — Search illegal alien arrests in your city and across the US on our interactive map.
Aliens — Search illegal alien arrests in your city and across the US on our interactive map.
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Postal Service moving forward with Trump's attack on mail voting — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said in a yet-to-be-published proposed rule Friday that it's drawing up plans to radically crack down on mail voting by sending ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government.
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Erin Doherty / Politico:
Poll: Trump's economic message isn't breaking through … Americans still aren't sold on President Donald Trump's economy — and many say the Iran war is making their financial situation worse. — Six months after The POLITICO Poll first found deep concern among voters …
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Lawfare:
The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It — Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are. — TylerMcBrien — tylermcbrien.com — michael-feinberg.bsky.social
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Inside Bari's ‘60’ Bloodbath … “They're killing ‘60 Minutes.’” — That's how the iconic newsmagazine's former executive producer Bill Owens, who quit last summer citing corporate interference, put it to me by phone on Thursday as news broke about the firings ordered by the widely disliked …
NBC News:
U.S. has not confirmed that Iran placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz, sources say — The U.S. military has not definitively identified any mines during repeated searches of the waterway, raising questions about how “robust” the threat may be, sources say.
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Adam Cancryn / CNN:
White House breaks from precedent by not releasing Trump's medical report — The White House has yet to release any results from President Donald Trump's most recent physical exam, a break from its own past practice that's likely to fuel further questions about his health and fitness.
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Raisa Habersham / Miami Herald:
Frederica Wilson is leaving Congress. She explains why in an exclusive interview — Congresswoman Frederica Wilson will not seek a ninth term in Congress, she confirmed to the Miami Herald Thursday in a wide-ranging interview explaining why she obfuscated her plan to give up her seat …
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority-Black District — A Supreme Court court ruling last month rejected the state's previous congressional map as an illegal racial gerrymander and set off a redistricting race across the South. — Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval on Friday …
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Aiden Reiter / Politico:
'He's full of s—t': JPMorgan's Dimon rips Coinbase CEO, escalates fight over crypto bill … Senators once seen as sympathetic to bank priorities brushed off their complaints, raising broader worries that traditional finance has lost its sway in Washington.
Baltimore Sun:
Allan Kittleman: Why I'm leaving the GOP — After 50 years as a registered Republican, I have made the difficult decision to leave the party and become an unaffiliated voter. — My family spent generations helping build the Republican Party. My grandfather chaired his county GOP in lowa.
Politico:
Sherrill tries to ‘lower the temperature’ at immigration detention facility … The announcement comes after days of chaos at Delaney Hall, the state's largest immigrant detention center. The 1,000-bed federal facility — run by the GEO Group, a private company — has been the site …
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Lok Darjee / The Guardian:
Utah releases state voter roll audit amid Trump administration lawsuit — Audit finds 99.7% of those registered to vote are US citizens as DoJ presses for access to information citing low removals — The fight for democracy is supported by — Utah released the results of a year-long audit …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Don't Call It Project 2029 If It's Not A Fighting Document — Policy remedies to kitchen-table issues won't end the fascist threat. I thought we learned this? — When Donald Trump took office, dusted off Project 2025—the governing playbook he'd disclaimed throughout the election …
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Talking Points Memo, The Independent and Project 2029
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Remarks by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent before the 2026 Reagan National Economic Forum: While America Slept — Thank you very much. It's an honor to be here, and I'd like to thank the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute for inviting me to join you.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Lead federal prosecutor in James Comey seashells photo case steps aside — Matthew Petracca, a former Republican county committeeman, was the rookie federal prosecutor who brought the highly criticized case to a federal grand jury. — A rookie federal prosecutor who brought …
New York Times:
Journalist Favored by Trump Is in Talks to Join White House in Temporary Role — John Solomon said he was being vetted for a role as a “special government employee,” a status given to part-time, outside advisers to the federal government. — John Solomon, a reporter who gained President …
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Rock-bottom immigration rates leave mark on U.S. economy — President Trump's immigration crackdown is causing one of the sharpest slowdowns in U.S. population growth in decades. Economists are beginning to tally the effects, with some warning that the damage will stick around.
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Boat Strikes Have Failed to Curb Flow of Cocaine to U.S., Experts Say … With deadly precision, the Trump administration has launched dozens of attacks on small boats in the waters off South America, killing nearly 200 people in a campaign U.S. officials say is meant to curb the flow of illicit drugs to the United States.
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Jill Biden on that disastrous debate and Joe's decision to withdraw — Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris − the memoir settles a few scores, but generally with a stiletto rather than a hatchet. — Jill Biden knew something was going disastrously wrong as she watched Joe Biden struggle …
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Bloomberg:
Zandi Says US Is ‘Uncomfortably Close’ to Recession — Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi says the war with Iran needs to end immediately or recession will become more likely than not. He says another jump in oil and gasoline prices could cause consumers to “pack it in,” pushing a fragile economy into contraction.
Andrew Stiles / The Washington Free Beacon:
Sorry, Haters: James Talarico Not Gay, Analysis Finds — Republicans are seizing and pouncing on James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, because—let's be honest—they're threatened by his modern brand of masculinity. — He's not a typical “bro.” He doesn't flaunt his “jacked” physique.
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
ICE allows mother it deported without her toddler to return for his burial — Wendy Hernandez Reyes denies she “abandoned” her son, as ICE claimed. In an extraordinary act, she was allowed to come back to the U.S. for his burial. — Summary — ATLANTA — The funeral home doors swung open …
Stephen Neukam / NOTUS:
Bondi Blames Acting AG Todd Blanche for Epstein Files Controversies — The former attorney general also refused to answer questions about President Donald Trump in an interview with lawmakers on Friday, Democrats said. — Copy — Former Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer questions …
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