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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy …
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Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Voice of America staff put on leave after Trump orders cuts  —  Employees at Voice of America were placed on paid leave on Saturday and funding for two U.S. news services that broadcast to authoritarian regimes was slashed, one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order gutting …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘Bloody Saturday’ at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks  —  Journalists showed up at the Voice of America today to broadcast their programs only to be told they had been locked out: Federal officials had embarked on indefinite mass suspensions.  —  All full-time staffers …
Discussion: Reuters, National Review and Politico
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America's Parent  —  The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president's power.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump signs order to dismantle seven federal agencies focused on media, libraries, homelessness  —  President Trump on Friday signed an executive order that aims to eliminate seven federal agencies, including ones that focus on media, libraries, museums and ending homelessness.
Discussion: The Wrap
ABC News:
Trump revokes nearly 20 executive orders issued by Biden administration
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Trump's next agency cuts include US-backed global media, library and museum grants
Discussion: The Independent and UPI
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump rolls back over a dozen Biden-era executive orders, actions
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of members, many of whom have unlawfully infiltrated …
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America's Voice:
BREAKING: Trump Admin Aiming to Invoke Alien Enemies Act, the “Tip of a Very Dangerous Spear” for Democracy
Discussion: Common Dreams
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Judge blocks Trump admin from deporting 5 Venezuelans amid plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act
Discussion: USA Today
New York Times:
How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her  —  Ranjani Srinivasan's student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities.  That was just the start of her odyssey.  —  The first knock at the door came eight days ago, on a Friday morning.
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New York Times:
‘It Is Facing a Campaign of Annihilation’: Three Columnists on Trump's War Against Academia  —  Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists M. Gessen, Tressie McMillan Cottom and Bret Stephens about Donald Trump's attacks …
New York Times:   The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
Washington Post:
Trump says pressure on Columbia is only the beginning for college campuses
Sarah Betancourt / New Hampshire Public Radio:
Green card holder from New Hampshire ‘interrogated’ at Logan Airport, detained  —  A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
Tom Mooney / The Providence Journal:
Brown Medicine doctor deported despite federal court order.  What we know.  —  A federal court order that would have halted the immediate deportation of a Rhode Island doctor was issued Friday evening while the doctor's departing plane sat on the tarmac at Boston Logan International Airport, said a family friend and colleague.
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Edward Fitzpatrick / The Boston Globe:
R.I. doctor prevented from returning to US after visiting her parents in Lebanon
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Susanne Barton / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Ordered Military Action Against Houthis in Yemen
Discussion: Axios, RedState and CBS News
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Keeping With Kennedy's Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments  —  In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.  —  Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trump's Justice Dept. Speech Shows a Renewed Quest for Vengeance  —  The sole offense of those President Trump singled out in remarks at the Justice Department appeared to have been trying to hold him accountable for his actions.  —  Presidents and prosecutors have for generations appeared …
Discussion: Twitchy
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump picks his next Big Law target
Discussion: ABC News
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut.  That Isn't True.  —  Mr. Kristof reported from South Sudan and Nairobi, Kenya.  Ms. Fezehai is a photographer and visual journalist based in Kenya.  —  As the world's richest men slash American aid for the world's poorest children, they insist that all is well.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Mediaite
Brianne Pfannenstiel / USA Today:
‘Do something, dammit!’:  Tim Walz says Democrats need to answer Americans' ‘primal scream’  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he came to Iowa Friday to answer the “primal scream” coming from Americans demanding that elected officials do more to push back against President Donald Trump's sweeping, norm-defying agenda.
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Martha Bellisle / Associated Press:
Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk  —  Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ability to provide reliable electricity, supply farmers with water and protect communities from floods, employees and industry experts warn.
Discussion: Coeur d'Alene Press
András Pethő / The Atlantic:
Trump's Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar  —  Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán's playbook.  —  When Viktor Orbán gave a speech in 2022 at a Conservative Political Action Conference gathering in Budapest …
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide  —  The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.  —  Early on Friday, Elon Musk shared …
Discussion: Futurism and USA Today
New York Times:
Trump Administration Expels South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg.  —  President Trump's administration …
NBC News:
A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally  —  “I feel like it's more secure now,” one woman said.  “I know my son can walk home and be OK.”  —  LINCOLN HEIGHTS, Ohio — Nearly every morning for the last month, Jay has been waking up before sunrise to drive around …
STAT:
STAT+: At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control  —  With the National Institutes of Health facing deep workforce cuts and little information from agency leadership about how those cuts will be made, scientists, administrators …
 
 
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The Day That Never Ends  —  In a political maneuver that would make Kafka blush …
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