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8:35 AM ET, May 30, 2026

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New York Times:
Judge Reopens Trump's Lawsuit Demanding $10 Billion From IRS  —  The ruling was a blow to both President Trump, who had voluntarily dismissed the suit last week, and to the Justice Department, which used the suit to establish a fund likely intended for Trump allies.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's $1.8 Billion Settlement Fund Sparks Alarm Inside White House  —  Top White House aides have discussed whether to kill ‘anti-weaponization’ fund after Republican backlash  —  President Trump's top aides have discussed whether he should kill the administration's nearly $1.8 billion …
Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:
Judge probes whether Trump defrauded the court to create $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund
Discussion: New York Sun, WTTG-TV and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Kennedy Center Must Remove Trump's Name From Building, Judge Orders  —  In an incensed social media post, President Trump suggested that the ruling might prompt him to cast the center aside after more than a year at its helm.  —  A federal judge ordered on Friday that the John F. Kennedy Center …
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Janay Kingsberry / The Atlantic:
The Kennedy Center Enters the Unknown  —  It may or may not close.  Trump says he'll abandon it.  And the fight isn't over.  —  for months, the dwindling ranks of staffers at the Kennedy Center have been bracing for July, when the Washington, D.C., arts complex had been slated to shut down.
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
US judge orders removal of Trump's name from Kennedy Center  —  A judge on Friday ordered the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the iconic Washington venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.
Washington Post:
Pentagon recruiting troops to watch White House UFC fights, memos show  —  Internal messages reviewed by The Post stipulate that military personnel must pay their own way and meet strict physical requirements to be eligible.  —  Summary  —  The Pentagon is moving to recruit hundreds …
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Bought Stock In UFC's Parent Company As He Promoted White House Fight  —  The president purchased as much as $50,000 of TKO Group Holdings even as he heavily promotes an Ultimate Fighting Championship event for his birthday.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump purchased stock …
NBC News:
No heavyweights allowed: Troops must meet fitness criteria to attend White House UFC event
Discussion: Mediaite
Ana Ley / New York Times:
ICE Agents to Leave Site of Volatile Protests at Detention Center  —  Clashes between protesters and armed federal agents have erupted at the parking lot of Delaney Hall in Newark since the Memorial Day weekend.  —  Federal agents have agreed to withdraw from the parking lot …
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Politico:
Fears of travel chaos flare as Mullin weighs pulling customs officers from Newark airport … Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced plans Friday to create protected protest zones around the Delaney Hall facility to try to “lower the temperature” there — a decision Mullin praised as a “win for law and order.”
New York Times:
Actually, Most Immigrants Won't Need to Leave U.S. to Get Green Cards, D.H.S. Says  —  But details remained scant after officials said last week that, with “extraordinary” exceptions, people seeking permanent residency must first leave the country.  —  The Department of Homeland Security sought …
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New York Times:   Trump Squeezes Immigrants by Cutting Them Off From Jobs, Healthcare and Housing
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Lead federal prosecutor in James Comey seashells photo case steps aside  —  Matthew Petracca, a former Republican county committeeman, was the rookie federal prosecutor who brought the highly criticized case to a federal grand jury.  —  A rookie federal prosecutor who brought …
New York Times:
Bondi, Pressed Over Epstein Files, Places Responsibility on Blanche and Patel  —  Her remarks, delivered during a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee, were a candid admission of her own powerlessness.  —  Pam Bondi, fired as attorney general by President Trump in April …
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Stephen Neukam / NOTUS:
Bondi Blames Acting AG Todd Blanche for Epstein Files Controversies
Lawfare:
The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It  —  Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters.  Here they are.  —  TylerMcBrien  —  tylermcbrien.com  —  michael-feinberg.bsky.social
The Athletic:
Nationals exec let go after video shows him saying team avoided using conservative player on social media: Sources  —  WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals have let go of a community relations executive, sources told The Athletic on Friday, three days after a conservative group posted …
New York Times:
Journalist Favored by Trump Is in Talks to Join White House in Temporary Role  —  John Solomon said he was being vetted for a role as a “special government employee,” a status given to part-time, outside advisers to the federal government.  —  John Solomon, a reporter who gained President …
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Iran's Hard-Liners Try to Derail Potential Deal With the U.S.  —  A political fight is playing out in Iran, where the small but loud faction of hard-liners has used rallies, state media and private and public statements to try to undermine negotiations.  —  As Iran and the United States appeared …
New York Times:
Is JD Vance the 2028 Front Runner?  Trump Has Questions. … In recent conversations with aides and allies, President Trump often interjects with a question about his vice president: Does JD Vance have what it takes to go all the way?  —  He usually answers his own question: He's not so sure.
Discussion: New York Post
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
‘This Is a War’: How Powerful A.I. Super PACs Are Dueling Over the Midterms  —  One is allied with Anthropic.  The other is tied to OpenAI.  They're both spending millions to influence the midterms, and they're leaving a trail of fearful candidates and canceled ads in their wake.
New York Times:
Trump on His Presidential Library: He'll Write His Own History  —  In his determination to own and control every document in his future library, the president is working to shield his administration's inner workings from public view.  —  President Trump's presidential library …
Baltimore Sun:
Allan Kittleman: Why I'm leaving the GOP  —  After 50 years as a registered Republican, I have made the difficult decision to leave the party and become an unaffiliated voter.  —  My family spent generations helping build the Republican Party.  My grandfather chaired his county GOP in lowa.
Texas Public Opinion Research:
NEW POLL: JAMES TALARICO LEADS KEN PAXTON IN TEXAS SENATE GENERAL ELECTION  —  Texas Public Opinion Research (TPOR) today released a new poll of likely Texas general election voters, surveying their attitudes on the 2026 races for U.S. Senate, Governor, and Attorney General.
Aiden Reiter / Politico:
'He's full of s—t': JPMorgan's Dimon rips Coinbase CEO, escalates fight over crypto bill … Senators once seen as sympathetic to bank priorities brushed off their complaints, raising broader worries that traditional finance has lost its sway in Washington.
Discussion: CoinDesk and RedState
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Remarks by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent before the 2026 Reagan National Economic Forum: While America Slept  —  Thank you very much.  It's an honor to be here, and I'd like to thank the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute for inviting me to join you.
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Breitbart and Commonplace
 
 
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Mike Johnson faces brutal June as deadlines come due
Discussion: The Hill
Reuters:
Ukrainian drones strike port, oil depot in southern Russia, authorities say
Discussion: RTÉ and Al Jazeera
NBC News:
ICE eyes selling mega-warehouses purchased for mass detention
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Judge Orders President's Name Off Kennedy Center, and He Reacts With Fury
Bloomberg:
Zandi Says US Is ‘Uncomfortably Close’ to Recession
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
Trump's mass deportations are only possible with racial profiling
Lok Darjee / The Guardian:
Utah releases state voter roll audit amid Trump administration lawsuit
Discussion: American Greatness
New York Times:
Research Funding Slows Again for Universities Targeted by White House
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Rock-bottom immigration rates leave mark on U.S. economy
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Postal Service moving forward with Trump's attack on mail voting
Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
ICE Agent Wanted in Minneapolis Shooting Is Captured in Texas
 

 
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Ina Fried / Axios:
OpenAI says its models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and “an even more capable pre-release model”, breached Hugging Face while OpenAI tested their cyber capabilities

Tulsee Doshi / Google:
Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, and says it has started its “most ambitious pre-training run yet” for Gemini 4

Nectar Gan / Bloomberg:
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