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2:20 PM ET, June 5, 2026

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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower says  —  A former Social Security executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure immigrants to leave the country.  —  Summary
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Whistleblower Exposes Trump Goons' Jaw-Dropping Social Security Plot  —  WIPED FROM EXISTENCE  —  The plan involved exploiting a database known as the “Death Master File.”  —  A Trump administration whistleblower says officials plotted to declare 2.7 million living individuals dead to push immigrants out of the country.
Avani Kalra / NOTUS:
Senate Passes Party-Line Reconciliation Bill, Sidesteps Attempts to Kill ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund  —  The bill provides $70 billion for immigration and border agencies.  The House plans to take it up next week.  — Copy  —  The Senate voted mostly along party lines …
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NBC News:
Senate passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement, without limits on Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund  —  Republicans ultimately defeated multiple attempts by senators on both sides of the aisle to codify ending or changing the $1.8 billion pot of money.
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:   Senate Republicans Chicken Out—Again.
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
House GOP endorses Trump's Department of War renaming
Discussion: Washington Examiner, UPI and NOTUS
Filip Timotija / The Hill:   House GOP moves to codify Hegseth's ‘Department of War’ name change
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Paramount's Weiss Woes … Over the last week, as Bari Weiss plunged CBS News into an unprecedented crisis by implementing her ill-advised overhaul of “60 Minutes,” other Paramount leaders have been left to deal with the fallout.  Indeed, Status has learned that the Weiss-induced turmoil …
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Financial Times:
Inside the CBS mutiny against Bari Weiss and David Ellison  —  A saga that started with Donald Trump's assault on ‘60 Minutes’ has turned into a full-blown crisis  —  Scott Pelley walked into a meeting with CBS executives on Tuesday evening with his future at one of America's most venerated news programmes hanging in the balance.
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Urges ‘Less Shackled’ Pulte to Fire Intelligence-Community Employees  —  President said in interview Office of the Director of National Intelligence should be ‘much smaller’ and maybe even terminated  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said he wants Bill Pulte, his incoming acting director …
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New York Times:
Judge Says Trump Officials Must Restart Asylum and Immigration Processing  —  The judge invalidated policies the Trump administration enacted last year that halted asylum grants, as well as the processing of immigration benefits for people from 39 countries.
Ron Ribiat / RNS:
Defense Department to drop atheists, pagans, 175 others from list of military faiths  —  (RNS) — The Department of Defense is substantially reducing the number of religions it officially recognizes, reportedly excluding atheists, pagans, humanists and New Age faiths, an independent military-focused news website reports.
Discussion: Fox News
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Cooper Quintin / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Move Fast, Surveil Things  —  Meta has deployed facial recognition code to millions of their always-on surveillance glasses, according to new reporting by Wired.  EFF's Threat Lab was able to confirm that the facial recognition code is present through static analysis of the application.
Torrence Banks / NOTUS:
Trump Is Eyeing Control of Smithsonian's Budget  —  The administration is creating a conflict with how Congress intended its money be spent.  — Copy  —  A directive from the Office of Management and Budget could force the Smithsonian Institution to change its spending plans …
Radley Balko / The Watch:
How Bari Weiss's Free Press laundered MAGA talking points about refugees  —  Bari Weiss continues to take a hatchet to CBS News.  This week she fired longtime journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after he angrily confronted her handpicked new editor for the program.
Discussion: The Daily Wire
M. Gessen / New York Times:
The White House's Latest Provocation Is ‘Grotesque and Terrifying and Juvenile’  —  “They walk among us.”  The glowing green letters emerge ominously against a dark backdrop.  Above them hover the words “aliens” and “declassified,” suggesting the release — long awaited in some corners of the internet …
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Trump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S. Audits, Even as $1.8 Billion Fund Falls Away  —  Even as they rebelled against a $1.8 billion fund for President Trump's allies, Republicans looked the other way as his administration granted him potentially lucrative tax protections.
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Platner ex-girlfriend accuses New York Times of ‘set up’  —  An ex-girlfriend of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is expressing her frustration with The New York Times over the way it portrayed her and others' experience dating the Democrat.  —  Lyndsey Fifield, whom the Times quoted …
Jake Spring / Washington Post:
Park Service orders removal of ‘woke’ quotes at Boston's Bunker Hill monument  —  A visitor complaint prompted a review of quotes that are anti-war, pro-immigrant or highlight American hypocrisy on slavery ahead of the monument's 251st anniversary celebration.  —  Summary
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Tonya Alanez / The Boston Globe:   Quotes about slavery, immigrants, and war memorials slated for removal from Bunker Hill historic site
Molly Jong-Fast / New York Times:
It's No Wonder Grads Are Booing Their Commencement Speakers  —  Commencement address season hasn't been going well — for the commencement speakers.  —  I'm sure you've seen the videos on social media.  The big shots who have been brought in to inspire a next generation of graduates have used …
Discussion: Althouse
Nick Bednar / Lawfare:
Inside the Implementation of Schedule Policy/Career  —  President Trump signed an executive order making over 8,000 federal employees removable at will.  —  nicholasbednar.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors  —  Immediately following his second inauguration, President Trump signed …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. payrolls rose by 172,000 in May, much more than expected; unemployment at 4.3% … Job growth unexpectedly surged in May as the U.S. labor market continued a solid year of expansion, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.  —  Nonfarm payrolls jumped a seasonally adjusted 172,000 …
Paul Krugman:
America, the Inessential Nation  —  On Feb. 28, 2025 Donald Trump berated Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, for what he claimed was failure to show sufficient respect.  “You're not in a good position,” Trump declared.  “You don't have the cards right now.”
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Casting Her 10,000th Vote in a Row, Collins Sets a Senate Record … Senator Susan Collins of Maine has not missed a vote since taking office in 1997, a feat that colleagues on both sides of the aisle recognized as impressive.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times  —  Shortly after Susan Collins entered …
Olivia Ralph / The Daily Beast:
White House Explodes Over Viral Video of Sleepy Trump, 79  —  EYES WIDE SHUT  —  Trump's aides flew into attack mode amid renewed scrutiny of the president's health.  —  A viral video of Donald Trump sitting with his eyes closed sent the White House's social media operation into full meltdown mode.
Politico:
Trump could also tear down the Statue of Liberty, DOJ argues in defense of White House ballroom … “On these theories, I think that's right,” replied Yaakov Roth, a Justice Department attorney.  —  Millett, an Obama appointee, peppered Roth with questions about the extent …
Joe Lovinger / Bloomberg:
Talarico Orders a Texas BBQ Feast After Paxton's ‘Vegan’ Taunt  —  James Talarico picked at the brisket with his bare hands and polished off a rack of pork ribs.  Sausage links and “Texas Twinkies” — stuffed jalapeño peppers wrapped in bacon — crowded the butcher paper on his overflowing tray of smoked meats.
Mark Bradford / Washington Examiner:
Jesse Ridgway aborted his child with Down syndrome.  He was lied to  —  Jesse Ridgway, a famous YouTuber with almost 2.5 billion views, had a viral post on X recently in which he announced that he and his wife had recently faced a “difficult decision” after learning that his wife was pregnant with a baby with Down syndrome.
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
I wrote about George Santos.  Then he made a violent threat and lied about it  —  I was winding down my work day here in Los Angeles when my phone rang at 5:37 p.m. from a blocked number.  It was former Congressman George Santos.  He was boiling with rage.
Associated Press:
Trump's back-and-forth on troops in Europe potentially cost millions, US officials say  —  The U.S. military is still waiting for clarity from the Pentagon following President Donald Trump's back-and-forth on troop levels in Europe, upending the lives of military personnel …
Politico:
Trump's next GOP loyalty test: Ending the changing of the clocks … His personal touch, coupled with engagement from the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, helped land the provision in the House transportation bill, according to a senior White House official granted anonymity to share private legislative strategy.
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Kennedy Center moves to erase Trump references after judge said they were illegally added  —  The Kennedy Center is beginning the process of removing references to President Donald Trump a week after a federal judge ruled that his name had been illegally added to the performing arts center.
 
 
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Rachel Schilke / Bloomberg:
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump admin's 2A “tsunami” rolls back gun regulations
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Wall Street Journal:
The John Bolton Plea Deal
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Discussion: Raw Story
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
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