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David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘Bloody Saturday’ at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks — Journalists showed up at the Voice of America today to broadcast their programs only to be told they had been locked out: Federal officials had embarked on indefinite mass suspensions. — All full-time staffers …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Purpose. This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy …
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Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Post Millennial and Variety, more at Mediagazer »
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America's Parent — The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president's power.
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CBS News, The Wrap, Deadline and Washington Times, more at Mediagazer »
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump signs order to dismantle seven federal agencies focused on media, libraries, homelessness
ABC News:
Trump revokes nearly 20 executive orders issued by Biden administration
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The Post Millennial
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Trump's next agency cuts include US-backed global media, library and museum grants
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UPI
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump rolls back over a dozen Biden-era executive orders, actions
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Washington Times, Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
‘It Is Facing a Campaign of Annihilation’: Three Columnists on Trump's War Against Academia — Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists M. Gessen, Tressie McMillan Cottom and Bret Stephens about Donald Trump's attacks …
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The Gateway Pundit, LiveNOW from FOX and Townhall
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New York Times:
How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her — Ranjani Srinivasan's student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities. That was just the start of her odyssey. — The first knock at the door came eight days ago, on a Friday morning.
New York Times:
The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education — When a political leader wants to move a democracy toward a more authoritarian form of government, he often sets out to undermine independent sources of information and accountability. The leader tries to delegitimize judges, sideline autonomous government agencies and muzzle the media.
Sarah Betancourt / New Hampshire Public Radio:
Green card holder from New Hampshire ‘interrogated’ at Logan Airport, detained — A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
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Eschaton
New York Times:
Trump Expands Attacks on Law Firms, Singling Out Paul, Weiss — Experts have warned that the president's efforts threaten the ability of lawyers to do their jobs and private citizens to obtain legal counsel. — President Trump on Friday opened a third attack against a private law firm …
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New Republic, Washington Times, Simple Justice, Executive Functions and The Hill
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trump's Justice Dept. Speech Shows a Renewed Quest for Vengeance
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Twitchy
Politico:
Judge blocks Trump from deporting 5 Venezuelans in anticipation of administration invoking wartime law — U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued the urgent ruling Saturday morning, citing “exigent circumstances.” — A federal judge has preemptively barred the Trump administration …
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The Gateway Pundit, DNyuz, Axios, ABC News, USA Today and The Independent
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America's Voice:
BREAKING: Trump Admin Aiming to Invoke Alien Enemies Act, the “Tip of a Very Dangerous Spear” for Democracy
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Common Dreams
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Trump Administration Appears to Launch ‘Alien Enemies Act’ Deportation Program
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Forbes
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Judge blocks Trump admin from deporting 5 Venezuelans amid plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act
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USA Today
Susanne Barton / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Ordered Military Action Against Houthis in Yemen — President Donald Trump says he ordered the US military to launch decisive and powerful action against the “Houthi terrorists” in Yemen.
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New York Times:
U.S. Launches Broad Attack on Militant Sites in Yemen
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Axios, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Reuters, CBS News and Atlantic Council
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Trump launches strikes against Yemen's Houthis and warns Iran
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Bloomberg, Washington Post, New York Post, NewsNation and The Independent
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Keeping With Kennedy's Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments — In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said. — Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
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Off the Kuff
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn't True. — Mr. Kristof reported from South Sudan and Nairobi, Kenya. Ms. Fezehai is a photographer and visual journalist based in Kenya. — As the world's richest men slash American aid for the world's poorest children, they insist that all is well.
Brianne Pfannenstiel / USA Today:
‘Do something, dammit!’: Tim Walz says Democrats need to answer Americans' ‘primal scream’ — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he came to Iowa Friday to answer the “primal scream” coming from Americans demanding that elected officials do more to push back against President Donald Trump's sweeping, norm-defying agenda.
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Twitchy, Associated Press, HuffPost, DNyuz and Journal Sentinel
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Edward Fitzpatrick / The Boston Globe:
R.I. doctor prevented from returning to US after visiting her parents in Lebanon — Dr. Rasha Alawieh works at Brown Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, and she had secured an H-1B visa, her lawyer said — PROVIDENCE — A Rhode Island doctor who had traveled to Lebanon to see her parents …
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide — The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were. — Early on Friday, Elon Musk shared …
Martha Bellisle / Associated Press:
Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk — Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods, employees and industry experts warn.
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Coeur d'Alene Press
András Pethő / The Atlantic:
Trump's Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar — Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán's playbook. — When Viktor Orbán gave a speech in 2022 at a Conservative Political Action Conference gathering in Budapest …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Expels South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. — Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg. — President Trump's administration …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Addressing Risks from Paul Weiss — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Background. Global law firms have for years played an outsized role in undermining the judicial process …
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Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal and The Hill
NBC News:
A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally — “I feel like it's more secure now,” one woman said. “I know my son can walk home and be OK.” — LINCOLN HEIGHTS, Ohio — Nearly every morning for the last month, Jay has been waking up before sunrise to drive around …
STAT:
STAT+: At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control — With the National Institutes of Health facing deep workforce cuts and little information from agency leadership about how those cuts will be made, scientists, administrators …
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