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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must work to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El Salvador, rejecting the administration's emergency appeal.
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: SCOTUS says Trump admin must “facilitate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday evening upheld a district court's order that the Trump administration “facilitate and effectuate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man sent to a prison El Salvador illegally …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived  —  America has reached a very dangerous moment, as the Supreme Court's indulgence of President Donald Trump's belief in his own untrammeled authority collides with the justices' expectation that he will abide by their decisions.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Sides With Wrongly Deported Migrant  —  A trial judge had ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from a notorious prison in El Salvador.  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday instructed the government to take steps …
Discussion: The Nation, Mediaite, Raw Story and Semafor
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Tells Government to Seek Return of Man Mistakenly Deported to El Salvador Prison
Paul Krugman:
The Third-Worlding of America  —  How to destroy 80 years of credibility in less than 3 months  —  Oops, they're doing it again.  —  Major news media organizations sanewashed Donald Trump all through the 2024 campaign, cleaning up his incoherence and downplaying his extreme policy positions.
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CNBC:
Trump trade advisor says stock market plunge ‘No big deal’: Live updates … WATCH NOW … CNBC's reporters are covering the tariffs and their effects, live on air and online from our bureaus in Washington; London; Singapore; San Francisco; and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.  —  16 MIN AGO
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Donald Trump Is Raising Your Taxes, and Republicans Won't Stop Him
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Washington Post:
Social Security classifies thousands of immigrants as dead, as part of Trump crackdown  —  The tactic is aimed at putting pressure on undocumented immigrants to self-deport from the country.  —  just now  —  The Social Security Administration this week entered the names and Social Security numbers …
NPR:
How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives  —  One of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency lieutenants working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing dubious claims about noncitizens voting, apparently using access to data …
Discussion: AMAC
Aaron Navarro / CBS News:   Trump administration invalidates Social Security numbers of immigrants, pushing them to “self deport”
BBC:
US fires Greenland military base chief for ‘undermining’ Vance  —  The head of the US military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email distancing herself from Vice-President JD Vance's criticism of Denmark.  —  The US military's Space Operations Command …
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Thomas Novelly / Military.com:
Space Force Commander in Greenland Sent Out Email Breaking with Vance After His Visit  —  Just days after Vice President JD Vance's March visit to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, the installation commander sent out an email to the base distancing it from Vance's criticism of Denmark …
Richard Milne / Financial Times:   US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit
Qasim Nauman / New York Times:
U.S. Military Removes Commander of Greenland Base After Vance Visit
Discussion: Twitchy
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Space Force Colonel Removed After Disavowing JD Vance's Comments About Acquiring Greenland
Discussion: Associated Press and CNN
Wall Street Journal:
Government Spending Continues to Climb Even as DOGE Touts Cuts  —  Musk team's $150 billion in savings barely dents $6.8 trillion in spending largely on autopilot, WSJ analysis finds  —  Cumulative total spending since Trump's inauguration compared with the same periods in 2023 and 2024
Discussion: Strength In Numbers
Grant Schwab / The Detroit News:
Slotkin's first bill seeks to prevent data-collecting Chinese cars from entering the U.S. … The bill, titled the Connected Vehicle National Security Review Act, would formally establish a national security review process for imports of internet-connected vehicles and components made by companies …
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Josh Xiao / Bloomberg:
China Raises Tariffs on US Goods to 125% in Retaliation
Associated Press:
Six people have died in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in New York City, an AP source says  —  A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday, killing all six people aboard in the latest high …
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abc7NY:
Pilot, family of 5 from Spain killed after helicopter crashes into Hudson River
New York Times:
Trump Deploys Justice Dept. to Scrutinize Ex-Officials and Perceived Foes  —  A presidential decree instructing the Justice Department to scrutinize whether a former official broke the law crosses a new line.  —  President Trump's first-term efforts to spur law enforcement officials to pursue …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump moves to legally enforce 2020 election denialism
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs  —  Facing a deadline from an immigration judge to turn over evidence for its attempted deportation of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, the federal government has instead submitted a brief memo …
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
ICE Says It Will Stop ‘Ideas’ From Crossing The Border Illegally
Discussion: Politico
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks  —  All of the full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program are now off the job, multiple officials tell CBS News, gutting the agency's ability to investigate outbreaks and conduct health inspections on cruise ships.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
We asked 500 manufacturing workers about Trump's tariffs  —  Compete on an even level Supply chains are global  —  President Donald Trump pitched sweeping international tariffs as a windfall to American manufacturers and workers who he said suffered from decades of free trade agreements.
Discussion: IJR and The Lever
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:   Yes, they voted for this  —  🐍 With corporate outlets obeying in advance …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced Milwaukee cop's report  —  A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison, according to documents reviewed by USA TODAY.
Discussion: Advocate and them.
New York Times:
In Cabinet Meeting, Musk Seems to Drastically Lower DOGE's Savings Goal  —  Musk said his group was on pace to cut $150 billion from the federal budget in one budget year.  That would be a sharp drop from his previous stated goal of $1 trillion.  —  While stumping for Donald J. Trump during …
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward  —  A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government, in a move that could have far …
New York Times:
The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges  —  Christopher Rufo has helped inspire Republican messaging and bills on hot-button issues.  —  Produced by Eric Krupke and Asthaa Chaturvedi  —  Original music by Marion Lozano and Dan Powell  —  Listen and follow ‘The Daily’
 
 
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
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Reuters:
Scientists in U.S. harried by Trump cuts turn towards Europe
Discussion: Persuasion, The Japan Times and UPI
Ian Hodgson / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida's DOGE agency asks university faculty to hand over research
Zack Stanton / Politico:
Playbook: A crisis of confidence
Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
Trump floats plan for undocumented farm and hotel workers to work legally in the U.S.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg:
Bessent Emerges as Wall Street Man-of-the-Hour Trade Negotiator
Discussion: Politico
ProPublica:
From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump's Deportation Plans
 Earlier Items: 
Nature:
How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts
Discussion: Mother Jones
Reuters:
EU, China will look into setting minimum prices on electric vehicles, EU says
Discussion: CNBC, Carscoops and Quartz
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Surgery? Yes. Chainsaw? No. How not to reform the U.S. government
Barbara Rodriguez / The 19th:
House passes bill that could make it harder for married women to vote