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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Rescinding Security Clearances and Access to Classified Information from Specified Individuals  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES  —  I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information …
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Rachel Wolf / Fox News:
Trump revokes security clearances of former opponents Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Clinton and More
Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
Trump revokes access to classified material for Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and Biden officials
Discussion: DNyuz, RedState and The Independent
Janine Phakdeetham / Bloomberg:   Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Blinken
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
White House buoyed up by submission of major law firm attacked by Trump  —  Paul, Weiss's chair hung former partner out to dry after a series of attacks on US legal community by president  —  Inside the White House, advisers to Donald Trump reveled in their ability to bully Paul, Weiss …
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New York Times:
How a Major Democratic Law Firm Ended Up Bowing to Trump  —  Paul Weiss was targeted by an executive order from President Trump.  Its chairman, who had worked against Mr. Trump during his first term, then went to the Oval Office and cut a deal.  —  Since President Trump's first term …
New York Times:
Who Will Defend the Defenders of the Constitution?
Discussion: Washington Times and ABC News
New York Times:
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million  —  A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand.  It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump.  He did not forget it.  —  Donald Trump was demanding $400 million from Columbia University.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Saywhat Politics
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Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS  —  Staff cuts and disruptions related to the U.S. DOGE Service have officials bracing for a sharp loss of revenue.  —  Just now  —  Senior tax officials are bracing for a sharp drop in revenue collected this spring …
Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge  —  Musk lambastes judges as leftwing activists in more than 20 posts as Trump administration's judiciary clash intensifies  —  In the days after a federal judge ruled Elon Musk's dismantling of USAID likely violated the constitution …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism  —  From media to culture and the arts to the refusal to abide by court orders, we're nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’, experts say  —  Entering the magnificent great hall of the US Department of Justice …
Eliza Gkritsi / Politico:
Musk's X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest  —  Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.  —  Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.
Thor Benson / Public Notice:
How #TeslaTakedown is bringing the fight to Musk  —  “Part of the reason people are coming out is because they feel it's having a real impact on Elon's pocketbook.”  —  ∙ Paid … 🚙🪧🚙  —  While the Trump administration and DOGE recklessly dismantle the federal government …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump downplays Jan. 6 by suggesting Tesla arson attacks are more serious
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to self deport  —  The Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the U.S. under a Biden-era sponsorship process …
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Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Trump revokes legal status for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
CNN:
Trump says he didn't sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act  —  President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn't signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration's move.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Appears Skeptical of Trump's Use of Wartime Law to Deport Venezuelans
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Kitty Dukakis, Wife of 1988 Presidential Nominee, Dies at 88  —  Married to Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, she became a proponent of electroshock therapy after unsuccessful treatments for alcoholism and depression.  —  Kitty Dukakis, an activist first lady and humanitarian …
Discussion: New York Post, WUSA and The US Sun
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump's Attempts to Resolve Global Conflicts Quickly Face Diplomatic Reality  —  Allies say the foreign policy version of “flood the zone” is working.  But critics argue that the hurry-up approach in Israel, Ukraine and Iran may not lead to stable, durable solutions to conflicts around the world.
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Makeover of US Diplomacy Leaves Many Allies at a Loss
Discussion: Asia Times
Reuters:
Exclusive: Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown  —  Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are now cracking down on immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally.  —  Homeland Security investigators who specialize in money laundering are raiding restaurants …
Discussion: Gothamist and Washington Examiner
Robert Tait / The Guardian:
US tourism industry faces drop-off as immigration agenda deters travellers  —  Westerners increasingly hesitant to travel to US out of fear of arrests and detentions as Trump enforces crackdown  —  A string of high-profile arrests and detentions of travellers is likely to cause a major downturn …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY  —  Lawyers and law firms that engage in actions that violate the laws of the United States or rules governing attorney conduct must be efficiently and effectively held accountable.
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
Exclusive: 20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda  —  New poll also shows that a significant share of Americans will avoid companies that drop social-inclusion policies  —  One in five Americans plan to turn their backs for good on companies …
Politico:
An airport, Mount Rushmore and the $100 bill: Inside the GOP effort to venerate Trump while he's still in office  —  House Republicans say they're honoring the sitting president with their unprecedented bills.  Historians see something darker.  —  Benjamin Franklin might have made scientific breakthroughs …
Elliott Wenzler / Denver Post:
Bernie Sanders, AOC rally crowd of 30,000 in Denver's Civic Center  —  “We will not allow America to become an oligarchy,” Vermont senator says  —  In what he described as his largest rally ever, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, spoke to a crowd that filled Denver's Civic Center on Friday evening …
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, their lab set to lose its federal funding and close next month.
Discussion: IPM Newsroom and Chicago Tribune
CBS News:
Pentagon announces investigation into leaks that could include lie detector tests  —  The Pentagon's intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information.  Defense Department personnel could face polygraphs in the latest such inquiry by the Trump administration.
Discussion: WTOP News
 
 
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