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State Department scraps office dedicated to relocating Afghan allies A proposed reorganization of the State Department would cut an office dedicated to helping Afghan allies escape the country. thehill.com/homenews/532...

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California state Sens. Tom Umberg and Josh Becker are asking former CBS leaders to testify in a probe into Paramount’s offer to settle a legal fight with President Donald Trump for $15 million. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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The Trump administration has admitted that it improperly deported another immigrant in violation of a court order — the fourth known case in which the administration deported someone erroneously or in breach of specific legal requirements. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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🤷‍♀️ The Trump administration has moved to end funding for a broad swath of HIV vaccine research, saying current approaches are enough to counter the virus, multiple scientists and federal health officials say. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

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Graham, Blumenthal meet with Zelensky in Ukraine The three leaders discussed a legislative initiative to strengthen U.S. sanctions against Russia and ongoing peace negotiations according to Zelensky’s office. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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Department of Energy cancels nearly $4B in energy awards The Trump administration announced Friday it has canceled nearly $4 billion in awards aimed at the decarbonizing industry that were issued under the Biden administration. thehill.com/newsletters/...

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Local regulators should immediately stop Elon Musk’s supercomputer project from operating in South Memphis because it's out of compliance with environmental rules www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Breaking: President Donald Trump told U.S. steelworkers on Friday that he will double tariffs on steel imports to 50%. “We’re going to bring it from 25% to 50%" www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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Trump trying to find ‘loophole’ on tariffs: Oregon attorney general Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said Thursday that President Trump was attempting to find a “loophole” to instate global tariffs. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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A physical altercation between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent precipitated the Tesla founder's quick ouster from the Trump administration, according to a report.

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The surveillance company Flock told employees at an all-hands meeting Friday that its new people search product, Nova, will not include hacked data from the dark web. www.404media.co/flock-decide...

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Following a public outcry, the academy returned titles by Maya Angelou, Harper Lee and others — many by women — that were purged under Pentagon orders targeting race and gender discourse.

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BREAKING: PBS sues Trump administration over funding cuts

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President Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces ethics law and protects whistleblowers, despite Ingrassia's links to extremists.

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It happens every few generations: the Confederates who attempted succession in the 1860s; the robber barons who murdered union organizers and catapulted America into the Great Depression; and it’s why wages stagnated post-Reagan. The rise of greedy oligarchs. https://trib.al/pBnqQED

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“The world’s richest man taking from its poorest and getting thanked for it”

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Over the course of the past week alone — in the name of academic, scientific and online “freedom” — Trump and his administration’s bigwigs have explicitly threatened free speech in at least a half-dozen different ways. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Uh huh.🤔 Musk sported what looked like a black eye during his DOGE goodbye press conference with President Trump on Friday. When asked about it, he blamed the bruise on his 5-year-old son punching him in the face. newrepublic.com/post/195938/...

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Trump said he was sacking the longtime director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Kim Sajet, on Friday, ending the 12-year tenure of the first woman to serve as the gallery’s director. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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😒👇 When asked by Fox News' Peter Doocy if he would pardon Diddy, the president responded in part: "Well, nobody's asked. You had to be the one to ask, Peter. I know people are thinking about it. First of all, I'd look at what's happening. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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🤷‍♀️👇 Trump said many DOGE staffers will remain in their roles. "Elon's really not leaving, he's going to be back and forth, I think," the president said. "This is not the end of DOGE, but really the beginning," Musk said. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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The agency kept Covid shots on the schedule for children 6 months to 17 years old with a new condition. Children and their caregivers will be able to get the vaccines in consultation with a doctor or provider, which the agency calls “shared decision-making.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/h...

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Lutnick on Fox News tonight claimed Trump has "$10 trillion coming to build factories in America." (The entire GDP of the US is under $28 trillion, so this is as ridiculous of a lie as you'll ever hear) substack.com/@aaronrupar/...

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President Taco Melts Down Over Judges He Picked, Blames Leonard Leo www.thegodpodcast.com/p/taco-supre...

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@petebuttigieg.bsky.social Will We Ever Recover? youtube.com/shorts/tBnvE...

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“People are not ― well, we all are going to die. So, for heaven’s sakes, folks,” Ernst responded, prompting more jeers from the audience. www.huffpost.com/entry/medica...

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Labor Department suspends Job Corps centers operations, drawing bipartisan pushback 05/30/25 12:13 PM ET The Department of Labor (DOL) announced this week it will pause operations at Job Corps centers nationwide thehill.com/business/bud...

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The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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🤨 White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Friday shrugged off a question about new reporting that tech billionaire and adviser to the president Elon Musk sparked concerns on the campaign trail with his drug use. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke Biden’s parole program; Sotomayor, Jackson issue scathing dissent The justices in the majority did not explain their reasoning. thehill.com/regulation/c...

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🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️👇 The White House has accused Harvard of allowing antisemitism to go unchecked on campus and of not ending diversity, equity and inclusion practices. abcnews.go.com/US/350-harva...

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🤬 PARKERSBURG — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst fielded angry questions on Medicaid cuts, President Donald Trump's tax cut proposal and DOGE at a town hall on May 30, at one point telling a member of the crowd concerned about Medicaid cuts that "we all are going to die." www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

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The parole program, known as CHNV, temporarily protected roughly 532,000 people from the risk of deportation. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...

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Trump said on Friday in a Truth Social post that tariffs had left China in "grave economic danger", before the countries had made a "fast deal". However he said China had "totally violated its agreement with us", without explaining how. bbc.com/news/article...

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The VA is the second-largest U.S. government department, employing around 470,000 people. There are some 6.2 million veterans in the United States who receive disability benefits from the VA. www.newsweek.com/veterans-mar...

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BREAKING: The decision lifts a lower court's order that had temporarily shielded migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela while legal challenges played out. www.newsweek.com/supreme-cour...

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Another Colorado measles case tied to Turkish Airlines flight into DIA https://trib.al/zEk111f

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At least three migrant children were taken into custody and restrained with zip ties at the San Antonio Immigration Court www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...

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👀 👇 Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday informed the American Bar Association that she is cutting off its access to nonpublic information about President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees because she thinks the nonpartisan organization is an “activist group.” www.huffpost.com/entry/pam-bo...

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Trump on Thursday nominated Paul Ingrassia, a former far-right podcast host now serving as the White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, to a new key role: head of the Office of Special Counsel www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

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The United States and 10 allies say the military cooperation between Russia and North Korea flagrantly violates U.N. sanctions and has helped Moscow increase its missile strikes on Ukrainian cities.

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Marc Elias joined Nicole Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss recent threats against judges and Trump’s losing streak against the country’s top law firms. youtu.be/EglIauGeGtg?...

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During a White House press briefing on Thursday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if Canadian government has discussed paying into the Golden Dome missile defense system. youtu.be/Gu5Qe_sMDTM?...

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A tech CEO warns AI is about to wipe out millions of jobs, so we asked what workers can do now to protect their careers. Here’s a look. youtu.be/2M1XU7H1uFU?...

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😣 “The federal government used to prioritize domestic terrorism, and now it’s like domestic terrorism just went away overnight,” Nessel told the audience. “I don’t think that we’re going to get much in the way of cooperation anymore.” www.salon.com/2025/05/29/t...

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un leads meeting on strengthening military, inspects artillery drill reut.rs/4kLzQxY

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President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal court has thrown a roadblock in his path.

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Russia and North Korea have a military partnership that has aided Moscow's war on Ukraine.

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