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US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents, officials say — Chicago Public Schools officials initially claimed they denied ICE entry to Hamline Elementary Friday morning — US Secret Service approached Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards …
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Patrick Reis / Vox:
The Logoff: The truth about “mass deportations” — The Logoff is a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. — Welcome to The Logoff — the newsletter that gives you the Trump news …
Vi Nguyen / NBC Chicago:
ICE agents ‘showed up’ at Chicago school amid heightened concerns of raids
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Financial Times:
Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark's prime minister over Greenland — US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island — Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark's prime minister, according to senior European officials.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Dems Worry Sen. Whitehouse Considering Vote for RFK Jr — Wanted to share some information on the RFK Jr. nomination before the Senate. — It probably won't surprise you that RFK Jr., along with Tulsi Gabbard, are among the few Trump nominees who might actually not get confirmed.
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis. RFK Jr. saw an opportunity. — New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump's pick for health secretary, sought to exploit a deadly vaccine accident.
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NBC News:
Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight — The Mexican government has criticized President Donald Trump's unilateral immigration actions, and the landing would have required Mexico's assistance. — WASHINGTON — Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday …
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Politico:
State Department issues immediate, widespread pause on foreign aid — The “stop-work orders” appear to apply to US aid for all countries except Israel and Egypt. — Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday issued new guidance halting spending on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days.
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Camilla Schick / CBS News:
Rubio orders freeze of new funding for nearly all U.S. foreign aid programs — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sent an order to all U.S. diplomatic and consular posts instructing a pause on “all new obligations of funding, pending a review, for foreign assistance programs funded by or through the Department and USAID.”
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump has pulled Fauci's security detail, source says — President Donald Trump has terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci's security detail that was being provided and paid for by the National Institutes of Health, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN. It was pulled on Thursday night.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump returns — and so does his astounding ignorance — If you feel off-kilter, you're in good company. The president seems downright bewildered. — “I think we're going to do things that people would be shocked at,” President Donald Trump declared on his second day in office.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump recommends ending FEMA ahead of California fire site visit
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Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X Loans — Banks are hoping to sell the X debt at around 90 to 95 cents on the dollar — Banks are getting ready to sell billions of dollars in debt borrowed by Elon Musk's X, bringing Wall Street a step closer to exiting …
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New York Times:
Sensing Political Support, Abortion Opponents Raise Ambitions — The March for Life on Friday will bring together a movement invigorated by some early moves of the second Trump administration. — Anti-abortion activists are charging ahead with their ultimate mission to end all abortions nationwide …
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Politico:
Trump signs anti-abortion policies after speaking to March for Life
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Johnson touts ‘new era’ of abortion opposition under Trump
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to hear church-state fight over Oklahoma bid to launch first publicly funded religious school — An attempt to authorize the Catholic school was challenged as a violation of the First Amendment, which limits government involvement in religion.
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Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Facing FBI investigation that Trump could halt, Andy Ogles proposes allowing third term for president — The Tennessee congressman, who was effusive in his praise of President Trump, faces an FBI investigation over allegations of fraud in reporting a $320,000 personal loan to his campaign.
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Associated Press:
Senate is preparing to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary in late evening vote — The Senate is muscling Pete Hegseth's nomination as defense secretary toward confirmation late Friday, prioritizing his vow to create a “warrior culture” at the Pentagon over allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women.
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Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Hegseth Confirmation on the Line With Senate Vote Outcome Uncertain
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Elon Musk doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt — Since Donald Trump's rise to power, some liberals have developed a bad habit of seeing secret Nazi imagery everywhere on the right. — Be it Laura Ingraham allegedly sieg-heiling at the 2016 Republican National Convention …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Musk Tells a ‘Joke’
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Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Says Mark Zuckerberg Has ‘More Ass-Kissing’ to Do — Trump's aides and allies aren't ready to buy the Facebook chief's right-wing conversion. “He can't just snap his fingers and make the past not happen” … The Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder reportedly promised the administration …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's Plan to Crush the Academic Left — Last year, Chris Rufo, the influential right-wing strategist who spearheaded the campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion, or D.E.I., initiatives, told me about his ambitions for a second Trump presidency. He hoped, he said …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump enlists attorney general to investigate Biden administration — President has thrown weight of justice department behind two politically charged reviews into his personal grievances — Donald Trump has tasked the attorney general in two executive orders to conduct far-reaching investigations …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The immigrant crackdown has begun. Its first target might surprise you. — Trump is not just going after foreigners who break the law. — Donald Trump promised to crack down on illegal immigration, a vow many Americans support. But so far, his administration has been much more fixated …
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Charles Kaiser / Columbia Journalism Review:
Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times — The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says. — For two and a half decades, Paul Krugman's columns in the New York Times were beacons of intelligence and common sense.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Trump Leaves Democrats Dazed and on the Defensive — Locked out of power in Washington, the party is struggling to agree on a unified message of opposition. Some of its lawmakers are even telling Republicans they want to work together. — As President Trump pushes aggressively to reshape …
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NBC News:
Trump administration tests the power to email every federal employee at once — The new feature, announced by the Office of Personnel Management, aligns with the goals of DOGE. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration is testing a new capability that would allow officials …
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Walter Olson / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Obscene Jan. 6 Pardons Will Live in Infamy — As Inauguration Day neared, Donald Trump and his associates put out a reassuring message: while the new president would pardon many Jan. 6 rioters, as he had promised supporters, he would do so in a responsible and prudent way.
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. skipped meeting where officials planned fight against a future pandemic — The session between Trump and Biden administration officials is required of transitions and included other Trump Cabinet nominees. — As Biden officials packed up the White House last week …
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden's Book Ban Hoax — The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that it has dismissed 11 complaints related to so-called “book bans.” The complaints alleged that local school districts' removal of age-inappropriate …
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Punchbowl News:
Inside the room: Where House Republicans are looking to slash … We got our hands on the presentations that House committee chairs made during a closed-door Republican conference meeting this week. — They lay out a road map of where the GOP's hunt for spending cuts is heading right now.
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Shondiin Silversmith / Arizona Mirror:
Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders — Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley called for swift action from Navajo tribal leaders to address the concern over ICE raids that have impacted Navajo people living in urban areas.
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