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11:00 PM ET, April 25, 2025

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan charged with 2 felonies in ICE case  —  Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was charged April 25 with two felonies on allegations of trying to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge  —  Democratic lawmakers reacted with ferocity — and some Republicans with cheers — to the Friday arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly helping an undocumented defendant avoid arrest by ICE agents.
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Arrested by FBI in Immigration Dispute  —  Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on suspicion that she “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from” an immigrant being pursued by the authorities, the F.B.I. director said.  —  F.B.I. agents arrested …
Eva Wen / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A Milwaukee judge is accused of helping a man evade ICE.  What do legal experts have to say?  — Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is charged with helping an undocumented defendant evade ICE agents.  — Legal experts express concern over the charges, viewing them as a political message and an overreach by the federal government.
CNBC:
Federal authorities arrest two judges, in escalation of Trump immigration crackdown
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Some see Trump weaponizing government in targeting of judge and Democratic fundraising site
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents.  A Brutal New Poll Shows Why.  —  Donald Trump campaigned for the presidency this time around on the most openly ethno-nationalist platform in memory, one he explicitly promised to implement with undisguised authoritarian measures.
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New York Times:
Voters See Trump's Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  Skepticism has grown of his efforts to expand his authority and of his handling of issues long seen as strengths for him, including the economy and immigration.  —  Voters believe President Trump is overreaching …
Politico:
DOGE slashes disability and aging services
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:   Public isn't buying Trump's message about Kilmar Abrego García, polls show
Politico:
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’  —  The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father's efforts to keep her in the United States.  —  A federal judge is raising alarms that the Trump administration deported …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Alternet.org
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ACLU:   ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday announced a stepped-up effort to go after government leaks by changing the policy for when the Justice Department will seek information from journalists — reversing a Biden administration policy barring “compulsory process.”
Gabe Kaminsky / The Free Press:
Exclusive: Trump's D.C. Prosecutor Threatens Wikipedia's Tax-Exempt Status  —  Ed Martin, the firebrand Republican activist whom President Donald Trump picked to be the top prosecutor in D.C., has a new target: Wikipedia.  —  Martin, the interim U.S. attorney in Washington and Trump's permanent selection …
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Washington Post:   Wikipedia's nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney
Time:
Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's ‘100 Days’ Interview With TIME  —  President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME at the White House on April 22.  —  Over the course of the interview, Trump discussed a wide range of issues, including his trade war and the economy …
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New York Times:
Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Makes Alarming Confession on Wrongly Deported Immigrant
Discussion: Breitbart and Axios
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal  —  The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure.  Other journals have also received the letter.  —  A federal prosecutor in Washington …
NBC News:
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide  —  Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.  —  Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died by suicide, her family said Friday.
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Politico:
Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students' US visa registrations  —  DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges.  —  The Trump administration has restored …
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ProPublica:
Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material  —  A Treasury Department inspector general is probing efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to obtain private taxpayer data …
Discussion: CNN
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant … The Justice Department quietly invoked the Alien Enemies act last month to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the power to conduct warrantless searches of people's homes as long as they suspect them to be an “alien enemy.”
Discussion: USA Today
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C.J. Ciaramella / Reason:   Justice Department Memo Claims Alien Enemies Act Allows Warrantless Home Searches and No Judicial Review
New York Times:
George Santos's Closing Act: A Prison Sentence of More Than 7 Years  —  Federal prosecutors had said Mr. Santos, whose pattern of lies and fraud led to his expulsion from Congress, should receive a lengthy sentence to “protect the public” from future fraud.  —  George Santos …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud
Politico:
Trump administration discussed possible exemptions for some Afghan refugees facing deportation  —  Christian leaders lobbied the White House to spare hundreds of Christians after the administration revoked humanitarian parole status for Afghan refugees.  —  Trump administration officials …
Discussion: Globe Trot and Raw Story
April Ryan / BlackPressUSA:
BLACKPRESSUSA UPDATE COMING SOON - The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance  —  BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE - Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in exhibit.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Rolling Stone:
Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret  —  Sources tell Rolling Stone the secret project could be a perfect vehicle for embedding Elon Musk's Starlink within the FAA's operations … The situation fits into some broader patterns: Musk and DOGE have expressed significant influence …
Discussion: GovExec.com
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
How the Trump Administration Flipped on Kilmar Abrego Garcia  —  At each stage in the political and legal fight over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's wrongful deportation, the Trump administration has pushed back harder and dug in deeper.  —  The administration first called Abrego Garcia's deportation an …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Susan Rice knocks ‘dumb as a rock’ Hegseth  —  Former United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice bucked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's intelligence following weeks of scrutiny over leaks at the Pentagon amid massive spending reductions at the Department of Defense (DOD).
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs  —  After 20 percent of the agency's work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and review firings to fill gaps in critical roles.  —  Federal health officials have reversed the decision …
Daniel Boffey / The Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch's company ‘actively frustrated’ Met's phone-hacking investigation  —  Exclusive: Court document reveals accusations by former detectives, with one concluding NGN's Will Lewis could have been arrested  —  Rupert Murdoch's company, News Group Newspapers, has been accused …
New York Times:
Hegseth's Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities  —  The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's personal phone number, the one used in a recent Signal chat …
Sam Sutton / Politico:
Consumer expectations crater to three-decade low amid Trump tariff chaos  —  The danger for Trump is if consumers' declining faith in the economy causes them to slow their spending in the coming months.  —  Just three months into President Donald Trump's second term, Americans' confidence in the economy's prospects is plunging.
Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they're suddenly uninsured  —  Danielle Waterfield was already dealing with the shock and disappointment of being fired from a job she loved.  —  An attorney recruited to the Commerce Department's CHIPS for America program in 2023 …
Lisa Hagen / NPR:
They say they want Americans to have more babies.  What's beneath the surface?  —  “Humanity is dying,” billionaire Elon Musk told Fox News anchor Bret Baier recently when asked what keeps him up at night.  “The birth rate is very low in almost every country.  And so unless that changes, civilization will disappear.”
Discussion: We Hunted The Mammoth
 
 
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Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
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Ashraf Khalil / Associated Press:
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Discussion: RedState and The National Pulse
Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Voters Overwhelmingly Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians
CNN:
Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Courts Handed Trump A Slew of Legal Losses This Week
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Financial Times:
Apple aims to source all US iPhones from India in pivot away from China
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done
Discussion: The Verge and Accountable US
WUSA:
ICE backs down, says it will restore status of thousands of foreign students
Adam Klasfeld / All Rise News:
Law students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problem