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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
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
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Gustaf Kilander / The Independent:
Some fund managers concerned ‘that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology’
Discussion: Reason
New York Times:
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers … Migrants who arrived in New York last year waited for shelter assignments at the Roosevelt Hotel.Todd Heisler/The New York Times  —  Since taking office, the Trump administration has moved aggressively …
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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
Discussion: AMAC
Aaron Navarro / CBS News:   Trump administration invalidates Social Security numbers of immigrants, pushing them to “self deport”
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 …
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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 …
Richard Milne / Financial Times:   US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Space Force Colonel Removed After Disavowing JD Vance's Comments About Acquiring Greenland
Discussion: CNN and Associated Press
Qasim Nauman / New York Times:
U.S. Military Removes Commander of Greenland Base After Vance Visit
Discussion: Raw Story
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
Josh Xiao / Bloomberg:
China Raises Tariffs on US Goods to 125% in Retaliation … China retaliated against Donald Trump's latest tariffs by hiking duties on all US goods, while calling the administration's actions a “joke” and saying it no longer considers them worth matching.  —  Beijing will raise tariffs …
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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
Zack Stanton / Politico:
Playbook: A crisis of confidence  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Happy Friday.  Zack Stanton in your inbox this morning.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — Economic tumult continues, with China unveiling new 125% tariffs on the U.S.
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Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg:   Bessent Emerges as Wall Street Man-of-the-Hour Trade Negotiator
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.
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.
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:
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 …
 
 
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Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
Trump floats plan for undocumented farm and hotel workers to work legally in the U.S.
Discussion: Bloomberg
ProPublica:
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Grant Schwab / The Detroit News:
Slotkin's first bill seeks to prevent data-collecting Chinese cars from entering the U.S.
Michael Kosnar / NBC News:
Justice Department drops charges against man it called a top MS-13 gang leader
Rajiv Sethi / Imperfect Information:
The University in Exile  —  I feel like we are witnessing a charade.
Discussion: UPI
Nature:
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Discussion: Mother Jones
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Reuters:
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Barbara Rodriguez / The 19th:
House passes bill that could make it harder for married women to vote
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DOD issues guidance to advance civilian workforce overhaul
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
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