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Trump admin must seek return of another man who was improperly deported to El Salvador, judge rules — A Trump-appointed judge ruled that the administration deported a 20-year-old Venezuelan man last month in violation of a legally binding, court-approved settlement agreement.
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Wife of wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia forced into safe house after government posts address online
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Twitchy, Alternet.org, Baltimore Sun, Notes From The Circus, Washington Post and New Republic

Switching from ICE to DoD Custody: An Alarming Violation of Court Order on Deportations to El Salvador
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Just Security and Political Wire

Judge orders return of 2nd migrant deported to El Salvador
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CNN, Talking Points Memo, Rolling Stone and The Independent

Nayib Bukele, 2028 Republican Frontrunner
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One America News Network

Military deportations not covered by order halting DHS removals, admin claims
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WBAL Baltimore News, Associated Press and New York Times


Fox News Poll: The first 100 days of President Trump's second term — 82% are extremely or very concerned about inflation, down from 89% in January — As Donald Trump approaches the 100th day of his second term, a Fox News survey finds voters pleased with the job he is doing on border security …
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Trump approval falls, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 100 days, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: April 19-22, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll


Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer — The move was intended to circumvent a lack of cellphone service in much of the Pentagon and enable easier communication between Hegseth and other Trump officials, said people familiar with the matter.
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New Republic, Washington Examiner, The Independent, Raw Story and Axios
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Hegseth Set Up Signal on a Computer in His Pentagon Office — The app facilitated communications in a building where cell service is poor and personal phones are not allowed in some areas. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the commercial messaging app Signal set up on a computer …


Trump's Tariffs Bump Into Reality as Economic Strategy Wavers — President Trump has said his punishing tariffs would force companies to build factories in the United States. But it is far from clear that they will have the effects he predicted. — 阅读.体中 …
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Hounded by Wall Street, Trump tempers his populist rhetoric
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Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, Washington Post and Scripps News

China tells US to ‘cancel all unilateral tariffs’ if it wants talks
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Hassett on whether Trump is worried about empty shelves: ‘Absolutely not’
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Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy — 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. A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law.
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The Hill, The Guardian, Chalkbeat, Breitbart and National Review


Trump writes ‘Vladimir, STOP!’ after Russia launches deadliest strikes on Kyiv since last summer — US President Donald Trump said he is “not happy” after Russia launched its deadliest wave of attacks on Kyiv in nine months, telling President Vladimir Putin to “STOP!” as he attempts …
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‘Russian peace in all its glory’ — Mass Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills 12, injures 90
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Kyiv hit by deadly Russian missile and drone attack - officials
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The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor — Martin's career is dotted with ethical and professional questions, records show. Some of the most serious ones about the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. have remained buried …
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U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish — A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed. — The personal cellphones of dozens of current and former Barnard College employees pinged Monday evening …
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The Forward, Raw Story, Columbia Daily Spectator and The Intercept


Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton becomes the first to launch a bid for Dick Durbin's Senate seat — Stratton, who came into office alongside Gov. JB Pritzker in 2018, announced on Thursday she will seek Durbin's spot in the Senate. — CHICAGO — And the race is officially on.
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100 days of DOGE: lots of chaos, not so much efficiency — At the Social Security Administration, lawyers, statisticians and other high-ranking agency officials are being sent from the Baltimore headquarters to regional offices to replace veteran claims processors who have been fired or taken buyouts from the Trump administration.
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Washington Post, Alternet.org, Blaze Media and Jacobin, more at Techmeme »


Trump to target ActBlue in presidential memorandum — The action is expected to come Thursday. — In a shot at ActBlue, the left's major online donation platform, President Donald Trump plans to sign a presidential memorandum on Thursday cracking down on foreign contributions in American elections …
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NBC News


Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education — 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. A group of higher education accreditors are the gatekeepers that decide …
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Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities
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Politico and The Post Millennial


Fearing Trump's Visa Crackdown, College Students Race to Scrub Op-Eds — Campus newspapers confront ethics debates as international students try to remove their names and opinions from past articles — The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper at one of America's most prominent universities …
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The US Has Spent Over $500,000 on YouTube Ads to Discourage Irregular Migration — A WIRED investigation reveals that the US Department of Homeland Security has deployed at least 30 YouTube ads since April 1 to threaten irregular migrants with deportation and a ban on reentry.


Trump Is a Virus — Chaos is about to take its toll — Hammering out a few words before getting on the bike. — It has been amazing to watch the stock market gyrating in response to things that aren't even policy changes — they're hints and rumors of policy changes.
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Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline — Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows. — The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years …
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Forbes, Fortune, STAT and Baltimore Sun


A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed for It? — When a bomb threat coincided with a pro-Palestine student protest at Barnard College last month, the New York City Police Department arrested nine demonstrators. By the next day, local and national media had picked up the story.


Runaway Tren — How a Colorado slumlord's psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela — Earlier this month, a middle-aged woman with shaggy, silvery hair and a pleasant smoker's contralto flew from Denver to Washington to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Fox News, The Daily Wire and RedState


High-Ranking Tren de Aragua Member in Custody on Terrorism and International Drug Distribution Charges — For Immediate Release — Case Marks First Instance of TdA Member Charged with Terrorism Related Crimes — A five-count superseding indictment has been unsealed today charging …


Musk Goons Purged Living U.S. Citizens from Social Security — RESURRECTION DAY — Elon Musk and his DOGE foot soldiers effectively killed the financial lives of “countless” citizens through their database meddling. — What might be called Day of the Dead Living is being continually played …
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The Independent, Alternet.org and Washington Post


How I Describe Myself Politically These Days — I struggle these days whenever someone asks me for my political affiliation. But if you really force me, I'd describe myself as a “Waymo Democrat.” Waymos are the self-driving electric taxis started by Google.
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The San Francisco Standard


David Jolly registers as a Democrat, making moves toward Florida governor bid — Jolly is launching a state political committee called Florida 2026, which he said will be geared at registering voters and tackling key affordability problems. — Democrats may get a second shot at running …
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Washington Examiner and Florida Politics


White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On — Over the past two months, the Trump administration has taken steps to eliminate regulations addressing climate change, pull back funding for climate programs and cancel methods used to evaluate how climate change is affecting American society and its economy.
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Daily Camera and Cardinal News


In Defense of Everything-Bagel Liberalism — In a 2023 New York Times column, Ezra Klein coined the term “everything-bagel liberalism” to describe the phenomenon of projects that liberals favor getting weighed down by seemingly ancillary requirements liberals impose on them.