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10:45 AM ET, May 10, 2025

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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 Daily Wire, UPI, The Guardian and NOTUS
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
148. Suspending Habeas Corpus  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an (increasingly frequent) newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to all of us.  If you're not already a subscriber, I hope you'll consider becoming one (and, if you already are …
emptywheel:
Stephen Miller Threatens to Suspend Habeas Corpus because He Got Caught Lying  —  You should know that the question to Stephen Miller about habeas corpus was a set up.  —  The male “journalist” who asked it after Miller called on him for the first question at a staged press event posed it in terms of …
Discussion: Associated Press and CNN
CNN:
Trump involved in discussions over suspending habeas corpus, sources say
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next
Discussion: Adam Kinzinger and Blaze Media
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:   Trump Officials Consider Suspending Habeas Corpus for Detained Migrants
New York Times:
Newark's Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center  —  Ras J. Baraka and city officials have said that the lockup is operating without a valid certificate of occupancy.  Three members of Congress from New Jersey were with Mr. Baraka when he was arrested.
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NBC News:
Newark mayor arrested at ICE detention facility in New Jersey for alleged trespassing  —  Ras Baraka, who was released from custody Friday night, is one of six major Democratic candidates competing in the gubernatorial primary on June 10.  —  Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka arrested for alleged trespass at New Jersey ICE detention facility
New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Announces Truce Between India and Pakistan  —  Officials in both countries acknowledged a halt after several days of their most expansive fighting in decades.  —  Here's the latest.  —  President Trump announced Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a cease-fire …
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New York Times:
A New Kind of Battle for Two Old Enemies
New York Times:
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Plans for Mass Layoffs and Program Closures  —  An emergency ruling by a federal judge in California amounted to the broadest effort yet to halt the Trump administration's overhaul of the federal government.  —  A federal judge on Friday called for a two-week pause …
Discussion: Reuters, Raw Story, Townhall and Politico
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Federal judge temporarily blocks further Trump-backed mass firings across gov't  —  The Friday order from Judge Susan Illston is in effect for the next two weeks, with further arguments set for May 22.  [Update: DOJ is appealing.]  —  A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
There are big, ugly problems at the center of the House budget bill  —  Republicans have created impossible restraints on their tax-and-budget package.  —  You might have heard the riddle about the man who must row a fox, a chicken and a sack of corn across a river one at a time.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Promised to End Two Wars Quickly.  In Private, He Admits He's Frustrated.  —  The president has told donors resolving the conflicts has been more difficult than he thought  —  When President Trump spoke to a room of top donors at his Florida club last week, he described ending Russia's war …
NBC Boston:
Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters  —  Rumeysa Ozturk has been in Louisiana for over six weeks following an op-ed she co-wrote last year that criticized the school's response to Israel's war in Gaza  —  Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk …
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New York Times:
Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE
Vanessa Yurkevich / CNN:
Zero ships from China are bound for California's top ports.  Officials haven't seen that since the pandemic  —  On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues  —  The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21
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Andrew Limbong / NPR:
Librarian of Congress firing is latest move in upheaval of U.S. cultural institutions
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Lawmakers did not seek Hayden's firing as Librarian of Congress
Associated Press:
'Don't get in my way,' the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff  —  The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday not to try to impede upcoming changes, saying that “I will run right over you” …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, USA Today, NPR and Reuters
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won't run for U.S. Senate  —  Republicans, who are wary of Greene, have been looking for an alternative candidate after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he wouldn't enter the Senate race.  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said definitively on Friday …
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Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Marjorie Taylor Greene won't run for Senate
Wall Street Journal:
America's Richest Foundations Team Up Against Feared Trump Assault  —  Grantmakers are discussing legal and other strategies to help them avoid the recent fates of law firms and universities  —  Some of America's wealthiest and most powerful private foundations are informally banding together …
Discussion: Politico and IJR
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Calls for 20,000 Extra Officers to Help With Deportation Efforts  —  The order, which would use state and local officers, among others, would represent an enormous expansion of immigration enforcement.  But it is unclear how it would be paid for.  —  President Trump ordered the Department …
Amy Mackinnon / Politico:
Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office  —  The scarcity of the President's Daily Briefings comes as he pursues high-stakes diplomacy with America's friends and foes.  —  Since President Donald Trump was sworn into office in January …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
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Inside the salacious scandal that derailed Jeanine Pirro's political career
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OPM appears to cancel sole-source award for cloud HR system
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 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
ICE moves detainees to Texas facility where judge declined to halt deportations
Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg:
Trump to Tap McKernan for Domestic Finance Role at Treasury
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New York Times:
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Kash Patel Is Seriously Infuriating FBI Officials
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
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