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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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José Olivares / The Guardian:
Supreme court conservatives accused of advancing ‘white-supremacist agenda’ — Lawmakers and advocates condemn ‘disastrous’ decisions that allow Trump officials to strip away migrant protections — Lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups on Thursday sharply denounced two US supreme court rulings …
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Elora Mukherjee / New York Times:
This Decision Is a Slap in the Face to Immigrants Who Followed the Law — On Thursday morning, the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration sweeping power to remove the legal right to live in America for Haitians and Syrians who are here under a program known as Temporary Protected Status.
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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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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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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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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Johnson Says He Will Send Housing Bill to Trump
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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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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump Keeps Undercutting Republicans' Message, Squandering His Own Trifecta
Trump Keeps Undercutting Republicans' Message, Squandering His Own Trifecta
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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 6-3 decision in Wolford v. Lopez on Thursday confirms our worst fears about the supermajority's Second Amendment jurisprudence: It is a freewheeling policy project utterly unmoored from history …
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Ilya Somin / Reason:
Guns, Property Rights, and the Second Amendment
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii's ‘vampire rule’ for gun owners
Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii's ‘vampire rule’ for gun owners
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Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
After wins by democratic socialists, centrist Democrats unite to push back — Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates announced their support for an initiative that commits them to centrist principles. — Summary — Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates announced …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dem centrists plot Mamdani Caucus counterattack
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Emily Davies / New York Times:
Here's What It Means to Be a Democratic Socialist
Here's What It Means to Be a Democratic Socialist
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CNN:
FEMA official who claimed he teleported to Waffle House ousted from agency, sources say — Federal agencies Fighting disinformation — A top FEMA official who had drawn scrutiny for bizarre past remarks — including claiming he teleported to a Waffle House — has been pushed out of the agency, four sources tell CNN.
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Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
FEMA official who said he teleported to a Waffle House steps away from post — Gregg Phillips, tapped to lead FEMA's Office of Response and Recovery in December, had also claimed that millions had voted illegally in the 2016 election. — Summary — A high-ranking official …
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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New York Times:
Federal Judge Strikes Key Parts of Trump Order Restricting Mail Voting
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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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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Judge orders DOJ to release more Epstein files — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to release additional unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records or explain by July 2 why it can't. … - The department has already released 3.5 million pages under the law …
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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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Janaki Chadha / Politico:
Mamdani delivers promised rent freeze on 1 million rent-stabilized apartments … It caps a triumphant week for the Democratic socialist, who scored a clean sweep in Tuesday's primary elections. The mayor's endorsed candidates won three congressional contests and a handful of state legislative contests …
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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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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Jason Beeferman / Politico:
A district that went +20 for Trump now in play for Democrats … Constantino, the CEO of a sticker company who's self-funding his campaign with $10 million, earned Trump's endorsement in April, a blow that proved fatal for Smullen's primary campaign. — Constantino is an eccentric …
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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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 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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Laura Strickler / NBC News:
DHS watchdog announces new ICE reviews — One of the reviews will focus on a recent increase in ICE detainee deaths, while the other will look into whether ICE detention facilities are using proper use of force standards when interacting with detainees. — WASHINGTON — The watchdog …
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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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Lauren Zola / NBC News:
GOP nominee for N.Y. governor says House candidate Brad Lander would be ‘a camp guard in the concentration camp’ for Nazis — Bruce Blakeman later said Lander would have been a “collaborator” with the Nazis. — Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for governor of New York …
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