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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court lets the Trump administration end legal protections for Haitians and Syrians — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands more people to potential deportation.
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Expands Trump's Power Over Immigration — The court handed President Trump victories in his push to rescind deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people and turn away migrants at the southern border. — In a pair of sharply divided decisions on Thursday …
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Melissa Cruz / American Immigration Council:
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Strip TPS, Turn Away Asylum Seekers Arriving at the Border in Pair of New Immigration Rulings — Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued two seismic immigration law decisions, ruling 6-3 in the Trump administration's favor in each case.
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Elora Mukherjee / New York Times:
This Decision Is a Slap in the Face to Immigrants Who Followed the Law
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Wall Street Journal:
Iran Attacks Cargo Ship, Testing Trump's Deal to Reopen Strait — Attack takes place hours after Iranian warning to ships not to use routes that the regime hadn't sanctioned — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged cargo ship Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz …
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James Bikales / Politico:
Hormuz evacuation effort on hold after new ship attack … “I have decided to temporarily pause its implementation in order to reconfirm that the necessary safety guarantees continue to be in place for the ships on our evacuation list and all those in the region,” Dominguez said.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii's ‘vampire rule’ for gun owners — The Hawaiian provision required gun owners to, like Count Dracula, have explicit permission to enter certain properties when armed, — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Hawaii gun restriction …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's New Expansion of the Second Amendment Is Genuinely Deranged
The Supreme Court's New Expansion of the Second Amendment Is Genuinely Deranged
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
SCOTUS to Hawaii on #2A: Welcome to America, Pals
SCOTUS to Hawaii on #2A: Welcome to America, Pals
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii law requiring permission to carry guns in stores and hotels
Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii law requiring permission to carry guns in stores and hotels
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump 250 Gala Takes Humiliating New Turn as More States Pull Out — Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro occupies something of an intriguing position among Democrats. He represents a state that Donald Trump won twice—a state that's both deeply divided and pivotal in deciding presidential elections.
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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Trump told us exactly what he did — This was a members-only piece we decided to share with all of our readers. Notes like this from Marc go out almost daily to our members — upgrade now so you don't miss the next one. — Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, this week.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump calls on House GOP hard-liners to end floor blockade — President Donald Trump instructed a band of his GOP hard-liner allies to end their House floor blockade with multiple major bills at risk of being derailed. “House Republicans should unify, and stop voting down ‘Rules’ or …
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Washington Post:
Trump's latest declaration of an emergency leaves GOP allies scrambling again
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Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
Under pressure from Trump, Republican-led Senate reverses course on Iran
Under pressure from Trump, Republican-led Senate reverses course on Iran
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Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Hard-liners grind House agenda to a halt over SAVE America Act demands
Hard-liners grind House agenda to a halt over SAVE America Act demands
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. urged Iowa candidate to make deal to help GOP win House seat, per audio recording … Summary — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged a Libertarian congressional candidate in Iowa to drop out of a competitive House race to help Republicans keep control of Congress …
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Texas Public School Students May Soon Be Required to Read the Bible — Texas is set to pass what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts. — Texas is on the verge of passing a sweeping …
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Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
First felony conviction from Operation Midway Blitz on rocks amid grand jury scandal — One of the only felony convictions secured by federal prosecutors in Operation Midway Blitz now appears to be under threat as a scandal over alleged grand jury misconduct continues to swirl around the U.S. attorney's office.
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Raw Story
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
DHS watchdog opens probes into ICE treatment of detainees … The two new probes join a large swath of internal investigations into ICE's operations. Since the Trump administration took office, the department's inspector general has opened inquiries into a host of its immigration enforcement activities …
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New York Times:
Federal Judge Strikes Key Parts of Trump Order Restricting Mail Voting — The ruling rejected the Trump administration's attempt to change federal election procedures through an executive order. — A federal court in Massachusetts struck down crucial components of an executive order …
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Finya Swai / The Hill:
Postmaster general confirms plan to hold back mail ballots in states that won't share voter data
Postmaster general confirms plan to hold back mail ballots in states that won't share voter data
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Billionaire Trump Envoy's Superyacht Stunt Blows Up in His Face — COASTAL DIPLOMA-WHAT? — The trip couldn't have come at a worse time. — President Donald Trump's billionaire ambassador to Italy has infuriated members of his host country with plans to “flaunt” his $450 million mega yacht during …
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Alito appears testy during Sotomayor's asylum dissent reading from the bench — Justice Samuel Alito responded tersely to Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday morning after the liberal justice read her blistering dissent to his majority opinion in a case on asylum seekers.
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Ken White / The Popehat Report:
A Bit of Tedious Drama At Bluesky — Recently I got suspended for four days from Bluesky for posting this: — My suspension is over now. But I believe that returning after a suspension carries with it an implicit promise that I won't post that, or something like it, again.
Washington Post:
Meet the megadonors pouring more than $1.3 billion into the 2026 election — Billionaires make up the top individual donors with the exception of Elon Musk. … Just now — The top donors in American politics have poured more than $1.3 billion so far this cycle into influencing the country's politics …
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a sharp knife or razor, National Park Service says — A liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project …
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Axios:
Supreme Court blocks lawsuits over chemical risks — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that consumers can't use state courts to bring “failure-to-warn” lawsuits against manufacturers that don't warn of hazards surrounding their products. … - While Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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Politico:
Centrist Democrats are freaking out about progressives' winning streak … They also have a more fundamental fear: that progressives are becoming more mainstream as they keep winning — reshaping the Democratic Party. — “Centrist Democrats, normie Democrats, need to realize we're the insurgents …
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Trans Cultist Charged with Murder of ‘Her’ Parents — Do you remember the trans cult known as the Zizians? I wrote about them several times last year because members of this group have been tied to a number of murders. Like a lot of bad ideas, this one started in Berkeley.
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Michelle R Smith / The Guardian:
New evidence casts doubt on RFK Jr testimony before Senate — Kennedy repeatedly said 2019 Samoa trip had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’. An email from his then colleague says they were on a vaccine-related ‘mission’ — Prefer the Guardian on Google — New evidence has emerged …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
What Cletus Thinks About “Democracy” — They are who we thought they were. And we let them off the hook. — ∙ Paid — 1. Ethnography — My best friend and I have a long-running dialogue about what The People want, and the nice part of this conversation is that we're both right.
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Republican chairman intervenes against Markwayne Mullin at heated hearing — House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Amodei (R-NV) intervened on behalf of Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) during a particularly heated segment of a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Wall Street Journal:
Army Will Lease Land on Bases for Critical Mineral Production — Agreement with mining companies is part of Trump Administration's push to establish a domestic supply chain for vital industrial inputs — The U.S. Army is leasing land on bases across the country to companies that will build …


