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Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown Retreat — Philip Montgomery for The New York Times — It has been quite a week for Chuck Schumer. When I spoke to the Senate minority leader on Monday, we talked about a lot of things: the direction of his party …
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New York Post, Althouse and The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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Democratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harder — Unlike in Trump's first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at the risk of not getting things done, per the NBC News poll.
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Politico, Washington Examiner, PoliticusUSA, Fox News, Bloomberg, No More Mister Nice Blog and Daily Kos


CNN Poll: Democratic Party's favorability drops to a record low — The Democratic Party's favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, fueled in part by dimming views from its own frustrated supporters.
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Axios, Twitchy, The Warning with Steve Schmidt, Daily Caller News Foundation, RedState, Breitbart and Daily Mail


Poll: Trump faces early challenges on the economy as a united GOP backs big change
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Axios, New York Post and Mediaite


Trump administration deports hundreds of migrants, despite judge's order stopping removal — The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge's order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting …
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US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order — A plane carrying more than 200 Venezuelans deported by the US has landed in El Salvador, hours after a US judge ordered the Trump administration not to do so. — El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, wrote on social media …
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Washington Examiner, DNyuz, RedState, Twitchy, FOX 32 Chicago, The Gateway Pundit, Reuters, Townhall and Associated Press


Cornell Graduate Student Fearing Deportation Files Pre-emptive Lawsuit
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The Status Kuo


He voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center. — Bradley Bartell and Camila Muñoz had a familiar small-town love story, before they collided with immigration politics. — They met through mutual friends, had a first date at the local steakhouse …
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Raw Story and Saywhat Politics


Trade War Retaliation Will Hit Trump Voters Hardest — The counties where tariffs could hit jobs, by presidential vote winner — Source: New York Times analysis of data from Lightcast and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Note: Vote results are for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
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Daily Mail and Fox Business
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Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent says he's ‘not at all’ worried amid a stock market selloff
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Politico, Reuters, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Hill and Fox Business


Nervous about Trump, international tourists scrap their U.S. travel plans — The Trump administration's hard stance on tariffs and other international policies has some travelers rethinking where they vacation. — International travelers concerned about President Donald Trump's trade policies …
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The Independent


Don't Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Columbia — Columbia University is now the epicenter of the American culture war. The Trump administration is targeting a former Columbia student — and the university itself — as a test case for its new authoritarian regime.
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The Guardian, Politico, archive.ph and Associated Press
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The View Inside Trump's Assault on Universities
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San Diego Union-Tribune, The Guardian, Fox News and The Intercept


Trump moves to close down Voice of America — Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back the federally funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being “anti-Trump” and “radical”. — A White House statement said the order would “ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook …
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DNyuz, Twitchy, The Kyiv Independent, Associated Press and Committee to Protect …, more at Mediagazer »
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Trump's move to silence pro-democracy media sparks outrage
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LinkedIn, The Newsguy, Associated Press, Mediaite, WUSA, Semafor, DNyuz, Deadline and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »


Nita M. Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87 — A Democrat, she represented Westchester County for three decades and became the first woman to lead the powerful House Appropriations Committee. — Nita M. Lowey, who represented a congressional district based in Westchester County …
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DNyuz, One America News Network and New York Post
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132. Five Questions About Trump's Alien Enemy Act Proclamation — A quick take on some of the questions raised by President Trump's ... dubious invocation of a 1798 statute as a basis for arresting, detaining, and removing non-citizens with ties to Tren de Aragua.
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Shipwreckedcrew's Port-O-Call, JURIST, Simple Justice and DNyuz


‘Not getting the donations’: DC insider notes Kennedy Center decline after Trump takeover — A longtime insider who has been at the center of the Washington, D.C. social scene for decade claims Donald Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center is destroying the venerable institution as ticket sales dry up …
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The Guardian


Featured Comment — Bill Clinton enacted his Reinventing Government package of streamlining restructuring (REIGO) in 1993, when he still held legislative majorities. It was passed by a margin of ONE VOTE. Al Gore was the one who actually drafted the plan in writing …


Trump's Moves Are Boosting Stocks ... Overseas — For years, the S&P 500 soared above the stock indexes of other countries. But since Trump's inauguration, it has fallen 6 percent and is now trailing major markets in Europe and China. — President Trump has promised to create an age …


Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning — “Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world's richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.
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Rolling Stone


Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’ — A new social studies agenda approved by the education board would require high-schoolers to review baseless claims related to President Trump's 2020 election loss.


What Authoritarianism Means — An audio version of this piece will be added by Monday morning. — It has been almost two months since Donald Trump's inauguration. It feels much longer. The speed and the scope of the assault on the constitutional order, on the foundations of democratic self-government have been unprecedented.


‘Maga since forever’: mercenary mogul Erik Prince pushes to privatize Trump deportation plans — Notorious Blackwater founder is lobbying allies in White House for private contractors to assist in mass deportations — Never miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.


National security adviser Mike Waltz says ‘all options’ on the table in responding to Iran — The national security adviser's answer came when asked whether the White House would consider direct military action on Iran. — WASHINGTON — National security adviser Mike Waltz said Sunday that …
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