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Associated Press:
WATCH: Stephen Miller says Trump administration is ‘actively looking at’ suspending habeas corpus  —  Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, said the administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the country illegally.  —  Watch Miller's remarks in the video player above.
Discussion: The Guardian
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The Hill:
White House ‘actively looking’ at suspending habeas corpus in immigration crackdown  —  White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said Friday that President Trump and his team are “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus as part of the administration's immigration crackdown.
Steve Vladeck / One First:
148. Suspending Habeas Corpus
Discussion: Democracy Docket
Shore News Network:
Newark mayor, New Jersey candidate for governor Ras Baraka arrested after refusing to leave ICE facility  —  NEWARK, NJ — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after allegedly committing trespass and defying multiple warnings from federal authorities to vacate …
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Associated Press:
New Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says  —  Newark, N.J. AP —  Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, a federal prosecutor said.
NOTUS:
Newark's Mayor Was Arrested at an Immigration Protest
Discussion: Blaze Media and New Jersey Online
Paul Krugman:
Crypto Is Still for Criming  —  Yesterday “the president” announced a trade “deal” with “Britain.”  IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, I'M TRYING TO EMULATE TRUMP'S STYLE, WITH RANDOM QUOTATION MARKS AND BLOCK CAPITALS, PLUS EXCLAMATION POINTS AT WEIRD PLACES!  —  Anyway, as I predicted yesterday …
Discussion: American Prospect
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NBC News:
An isolated John Fetterman clashes with colleagues and staff as he skips his Senate duties
Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Why the Senate crypto bill tanked
Discussion: HuffPost and Axios
New York Times:
Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE  —  The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was being detained in Louisiana.  A federal judge said her detention threatened to chill the speech of millions of noncitizens.  —  A federal judge in Vermont ordered the Trump administration on Friday …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court's Liberal Wing, Dies at 85 … Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter in 2003.  Appointed in 1990, he had become known by the end of his second year on the Court for having surprised the president who appointed him, George H.W. Bush …
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Patricia McCabe / Supreme Court of the United States:
For Immediate Release  —  For Further Information Contact:  —  Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, David H. Souter, died peacefully yesterday at home in New Hampshire.  He was 85 years old.  Justice Souter was appointed to the Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 …
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
David Souter, Supreme Court justice favoring judicial restraint, dies at 85
NBC Boston:
‘Harrowing’: Video shows Worcester police hold girl's face on ground during ICE operation  —  Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
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Adam Bass / masslive.com:
Chaotic ICE arrest in Worcester leads to second arrest by local police
Discussion: WHDH-TV
Justin Papp / Roll Call:
Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden  —  President Donald Trump has fired Carla Hayden, the longtime head of the Library of Congress, in a move that Democratic lawmakers panned as “callous” and “ignorant.”  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., described Hayden as …
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Betty Lin-Fisher / USA Today:
Three U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioners have been fired by Trump. What to know.
Discussion: Politico
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Kash Patel Is Seriously Infuriating FBI Officials  —  NOT A FAN OF BRIEFINGS  —  The FBI director has canceled key intelligence briefings and upset rank-and-file by carrying a field agent badge he never earned.  —  FBI Director Kash Patel has alarmed some members of the bureau by taking …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Kash Patel's new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaners to U.S. as Refugees Next Week  —  The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.
Cuneyt Dil / Axios:
Here's what we know about Trump's June 14 D.C. military parade  —  With June 14 fast approaching, President Trump's proposed military parade is yet to be finalized, but permit applications give us a glimpse into the spectacle that's expected to cost tens of millions of dollars.
Discussion: WCNC-TV
Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
New FEMA head tells staff: “Don't get in my way... I will run right over you”  —  During his first all-hands meeting with agency personnel, acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Richardson issued a striking warning: “Don't get in my way,” the former United States …
Discussion: FEMA.gov
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Reuters:
New FEMA head says he will “run right over” staff who resist his changes
Isha Banerjee / Columbia Daily Spectator:
Barnard suspends WKCR and Spectator reporters who covered Butler Library protest  —  Barnard and Columbia issued interim suspensions Thursday afternoon to four student journalists who covered a Wednesday pro-Palestinian protest in Butler Library, citing “information received” …
Discussion: New Republic and VINnews
New York Times:
DOGE's Zombie Contracts: They Were Killed but Have Come Back to Life  —  The Times found that federal agencies have revived dozens of contracts that Elon Musk's group still publicly listed as canceled, inflating what it has saved.  —  At least 44 of the government contracts canceled …
Discussion: The Independent
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Colbert Was Sold on Pope Leo by a Single Tweet About JD Vance  —  X CATHEDRA  —  Pope Leo's posts on X have captured the attention of commentators, including the ‘Late Show’ host.  —  Stephen Colbert was won over by the newly elected Pope Leo XIV in no time.
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Catherine Pepinster / The Guardian:
What will the new pope be like? He's chosen to be called Leo: that's no accident
Saul Elbein / The Hill:
Texas Senate passes bill requiring solar plants to provide power at night  —  The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that leading business interests fear would lead to an age of expensive power and rolling blackouts.  —  If passed by the House, state S.B. 715 would require all renewable projects …
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
Why is Trump so fixated on toys for little girls?  —  Asked about his tariffs' impact, the president has repeatedly pointed to dolls - because they're seen as feminine, childlike and frivolous  —  Donald Trump has found a new target for his trademark mockery and dismissal: little girls.
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Associated Press:
Two dolls instead of 30? Toys become the latest symbol of Trump's trade war
Discussion: New York Magazine
NPR:
USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipients  —  The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status …
Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg:
Trump to Tap McKernan for Domestic Finance Role at Treasury  —  President Donald Trump intends to nominate attorney Jonathan McKernan as the Treasury Department's head of domestic finance, a surprise move given he was previously tapped to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Discussion: U.S. Department …, CNBC and Roll Call
New York Times:
New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans  —  His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked Black Catholic experience in America.  —  Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the new pope …
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Manufacturers Say Trump Has Made Opening U.S. Factories Impossible  —  The Trump administration's tariff scheme appears less and less likely to bring manufacturing jobs back to U.S. shores.  —  Businesses across the country are crunching the numbers and realizing that, despite Donald Trump's insistence …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Man ‘Disappeared’ by ICE Was on El Salvador Flight Manifest, Hacked Data Shows  —  Ricardo Prada Vásquez, a Venezuelan man whose family says he was “disappeared” and who wasn't included on a previously leaked government list of people sent to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador …
Josh Funk / Associated Press:
Air traffic controllers for Newark airport briefly lose radar access again  —  The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks.  —  The Federal Aviation Administration said the radar at the facility …
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services  —  Trump's maximalist strategy of firing off one executive action after another seeks to overwhelm us.  Finding some tangible way to respond sometimes feels impossible.  So, here is something that you can do:
 
 
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump to build national center for homeless veterans with funds previously spent on housing for illegal aliens
NBC News:
Trump's float of a tax hike for the wealthy quickly runs into GOP resistance
Associated Press:
Most Americans disapprove of Trump's treatment of colleges, a new AP-NORC poll finds
Cameron Joseph / Christian Science Monitor:
They've watched democracies fail. They see it happening under Trump.
Reuters:
Exclusive: US weighs special status for Greenland as quest for island intensifies
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
MAGA influencer collapses on Fox News after starting transphobic rant about Kamala Harris's ‘incompetency’
 Earlier Items: 
AP-NORC:
Few support punitive funding cuts to colleges and universities
Washington Post:
D.C.-area economy starts to show deep impacts of federal spending cuts
Discussion: Blue Virginia
The Hill:
Democrats fume over Biden's return to spotlight
Michelle H. Davis / Lone Star Left:
Republicans Just Made It Legal to Take Homes from Legal Immigrants in Texas
 

 
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Camille Bromley / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Wired's Steven Levy on the evolving relationship between the tech industry and the press, media outlets' licensing deals with AI companies, and more

Financial Times:
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