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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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Judge orders immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts student detained by ICE — U.S. District Judge William Sessions III said her detention, over an op-ed, could chill the speech of “millions and millions” of noncitizens. — BURLINGTON, Vermont — A federal judge Friday ordered …
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Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk ordered freed from detention, pending immigration proceedings
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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.
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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.
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
White House considering suspending habeas corpus, Stephen Miller says
White House considering suspending habeas corpus, Stephen Miller says
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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 …
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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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Newark's Mayor Was Arrested at an Immigration Protest
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Mayor Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, arrested at ICE detention center he has been protesting
Mayor Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, arrested at ICE detention center he has been protesting
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dems clash with police at ICE facility, mayor arrested
House Dems clash with police at ICE facility, mayor arrested
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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 …
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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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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
David Souter, Supreme Court justice favoring judicial restraint, dies at 85
David Souter, Supreme Court justice favoring judicial restraint, dies at 85
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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.
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Trump shut out refugees but is making White South Africans an exception
Trump shut out refugees but is making White South Africans an exception
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‘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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Chaotic ICE arrest in Worcester leads to second arrest by local police
Chaotic ICE arrest in Worcester leads to second arrest by local police
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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.

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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Kash Patel's new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events
Kash Patel's new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events
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Trump fires 3 Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission — President Trump fired the three Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a White House official told The Hill, aligning with his view that the president has authority over independent agencies.
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Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
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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” …
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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 …
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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
What will the new pope be like? He's chosen to be called Leo: that's no accident
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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 …
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Trump's float of a tax hike for the wealthy quickly runs into GOP resistance — Trump and his aides have sent mixed signals about an idea that runs counter to decades of Republican orthodoxy. — President Donald Trump's last-minute push to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans is running …
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Fight Over ‘Green New Scam’ Complicates Trump's Tax Plans
Fight Over ‘Green New Scam’ Complicates Trump's Tax Plans
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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 …
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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 …

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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Exclusive: US weighs special status for Greenland as quest for island intensifies — U.S. officials are discussing a plan to pull Greenland into America's sphere of influence using a type of agreement that the United States has used to keep close ties with several Pacific Island nations …

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 …
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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 …
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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 …

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:

White House to take choice of Pentagon chief of staff out of Hegseth's hands — Exclusive: The intervention to marginalize Ricky Buria is aimed at insulating the Pentagon from any more missteps — Exasperated by the turmoil that has dogged Pete Hegseth's office in recent weeks …
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