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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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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump hits a wall on voter fraud  —  President Trump's voter fraud crusade is crashing into the limits of his power ahead of November's midterm elections. … - Trump has retaliated by threatening not to sign any legislation without it. … - A D.C. court on Monday blocked Trump's expansion of the SAVE …
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Johnson Says He Will Send Housing Bill to Trump  —  After meeting with the president, the speaker said he would send him a housing bill that Mr. Trump declined to sign this week.  There was no word on whether he would sign it.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday that he would send …
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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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 …
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
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Expands Trump's Power Over Immigration
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Supreme Court Once Again Endorses Trump's Racism
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 …
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Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Mamdani's Rent Freeze Is Approved by New York City Board  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pledge to freeze rents for rent-stabilized apartments became a centerpiece of his campaign.  Six months into his first year, a city panel delivered.  —  A New York City panel voted on Thursday to freeze rents …
Wall Street Journal:
How Iran Devastated an American Naval Base—and Caused a U.S. Recalculation  —  Satellite imagery reveals for the first time the extent of what Iran destroyed at Naval Support Activity Bahrain  —  When the Iranian missiles and drones came for the nerve center of America's naval operations …
Discussion: emptywheel and The Times of Israel
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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
Discussion: Raw Story and KRDO
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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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dem centrists plot Mamdani Caucus counterattack  —  Moderate House Democrats are warning they're prepared for “war” if incoming progressives and democratic socialists try to hijack the House floor to secure ideological concessions. … - Despite being generally more closely aligned …
Discussion: NOTUS and Politico
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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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Associated Press:
WATCH: Stephen Miller says 'America's doors are closed fully to asylum seekers' after Supreme Court rulings  —  The Supreme Court voted 6-3 on Thursday to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria …
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 …
Politico:
Wes Moore's vision for America  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Friday morning.  It's Adam Wren, a little bummed after that USMNT loss last night.  On to Santa Clara.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — Wes Moore previews his July Fourth plans.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's lawless witch hunt of Tim Walz crashes and burns  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🌲🌲🌲 Subscribe to PN 🌲🌲🌲  —  One thing that is becoming increasingly clear …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: JC Vance raises $4.2 million in Silicon Valley  —  Vice President JD Vance headlined an RNC fundraiser on Thursday night in Palo Alto, California, at the residence of influential investor and All-In Podcast host Chamath Palihapitiya, raking in $4.2 million for the Republican Party, a source familiar with the dinner tells Axios.
Wall Street Journal:
Top DOJ Official Tells Staff He Wants to Avoid Antitrust Trials  —  Trump appointee Stanley Woodward's push for settlements upends how government handles antitrust enforcement  —  A top Justice Department official has told antitrust enforcers he prefers they stop taking cases to trial …
Paul Kane / NOTUS:
A Far-Left Freedom Caucus Would Be a Nightmare for Jeffries  —  Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-New York) has a message for the far-left Democrats who won in Tuesday's primaries and are all but guaranteed to join Congress in January: tone it down.  —  But Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) …
Discussion: Fox News
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
The Lincoln Memorial should be green with envy: This reflecting pool stayed clear … Still blue waters, abundant waterfowl, promenading tourists and barely a whiff of mildew — that is the vision President Donald Trump has struggled to turn into reality this month at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Adam Wren / Politico:
Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success  —  The triumph of the World Cup's first two weeks — boosting the U.S.'s global reputation with sold-out stadiums and few logistical complications — has forced Democrats who had criticized President Donald Trump's role in preparations to grudgingly reconsider.
Discussion: Townhall
Paige Winfield Cunningham / NOTUS:
RFK Jr. Loves Supplements.  Their Makers Say They're MAHA's Collateral Damage.  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he takes so many dietary supplements that he can't recall all of them.  —  The makers of those vitamins say they could be collateral damage in Kennedy's campaign to Make America Healthy Again.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:
The Americans Trump Would Rather Not See  —  There are some uncomfortably eugenicist vibes in Trump's latest disability policy, which authorizes states to institutionalize more Americans.  —  THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE clear that it wishes to purge America of some of its undesirables.
 
 
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Elon Musk ordered to give deposition in alleged ‘vote buying’ election scheme
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Gregg Gonsalves / The Nation:
Russell Vought's Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You
Discussion: Axios
Rachel Cohrs Zhang / Bloomberg:
Trump Taps Chris Klomp as No. 2 Official at RFK Jr.'s HHS
Discussion: Axios, Fox News, KRDO and Politico
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Billionaire Trump Envoy's Superyacht Stunt Blows Up in His Face
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Om Malik / On my Om:
Om Malik, a longtime technology writer, founder of Gigaom, and a partner at True Ventures, died on Wednesday at 59

Washington Post:
Jacqueline Smith, the Stars and Stripes ombudsman who was fired in April, sues the Pentagon, claiming the government violated her First Amendment rights

Wall Street Journal:
Brendan Carr says ABC is running a “campaign of misinformation” about the FCC inquiry into The View and the agency isn't trying to control the show's guests

 
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