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While govt moves to dismiss Abrego Garcia case, his own attys seek to pierce atty-client privilege invoking the "crime-fraud exception." "There is ample evidence that defendants have actively strategized to avoid compliance with court orders." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court limits discovery into the Department of Government Efficiency’s internal workings in a dispute that asks if the initiative must comply with public records requests, and orders D.C. Circuit to narrow requests for info. Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson dissent. #SCOTUS

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NOW: Newly unsealed indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is reportedly en route back to the US to face federal charges alleging he illegally transported undoc migrants (per ABC: abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...) assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

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EXCLUSIVE: The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities.

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NEW at SCOTUS: the Trump administration files its 19th emergency plea to the justices. This is an application for a stay of a district court injunction against the government's mass firings of Department of Education staff

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In case of "Cristian," a 20yo Venezuelan sent to CECOT 3/25 in apparent violation of a 2024 consent decree, Judge Stephanie Gallagher (Trump apptee) has ordered discovery of US-El Salvador detention arrangement etc with eye to eventual contempt motion. 1/2 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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A DOGEr with no government or contracting experience used an LLM to identify contracts for cancelation — or “munching,” in his terms — at the VA. It did not go well. We have the scoop: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE’s staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process.

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SCOOP: A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/b...

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When you went to the Iowa Writers Workshop but ended up in journalism

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NEW: Judge Buchwald issues a preliminary injunction preventing the govt from arresting Yunseo Chung, a Columbia student and legal permanent resident who came to the US as a child and who has been targeted for deportation by Marco Rubio. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The billionaire owners of two social media sites are feuding today, but at the moment, only one of those billionaires' sites is working.

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NEW: In the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, Judge Xinis grants the plaintiff’s request to file a motion for sanctions. Motion due June 11.

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"The official also said that the timing of the announcement -- occurring during Pride month -- was intentional." www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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NEW: Attorneys for MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell said in opening statements at his defamation trial in Denver that they won’t present evidence of his claim that the 2020 election was rigged. “It’s just words. All Mike Lindell did was talk,” said Lindell’s attorney. #copolitics

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Of course open source software has been used in war before, but seeing ArduPilot Mission Planner being used to blow up Russian strategic bombers is still wild.

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JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Exclusive: FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say reut.rs/3SxBvuL

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Harvard slams the Trump admin's “shoot first, aim never” attacks on the university. The admin "fails to explain how the termination of funding for research to treat cancer, support veterans, and improve national security addresses antisemitism." Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The Supreme Court also took up this very interesting Fourth Amendment case asking when cops can enter a home without a warrant based on their belief that an emergency is taking place. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

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NEW: The Trump administration has conceded that it improperly deported another Salvadoran man in violation of a court order — blaming a "confluence of administrative errors." The man's lawyer plans to demand his return. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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It’s a little known fact, but there are genuinely not that many planes available for deportation to be carried out on. ICE doesn’t have its own fleet of aircraft. It contracts with private companies to provide charter air service. And there aren’t that many unbooked airplanes + crew floating around.

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Some women want love. Some seek power and money. Some seek attention and fame. Me? I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is. My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇 www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

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Elon Musk once famously wielded a chainsaw on stage in a theatrical demonstration of his effort to drastically cut federal spending under President Donald Trump. As he leaves government, official data shows he achieved something closer to a trim with scissors. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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. @wired.com has become an indispensable source for Washington news coverage.

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Trump vs Federalist Society

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Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan just filed her motion to dismiss her charges. Here's how it begins. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Background, @AllRiseNews.com www.allrisenews.com/p/dugan-trum...

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The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

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From @reuters.com: President Donald Trump's trade war has cost companies more than $34 billion in lost sales and higher costs, according to a Reuters analysis of corporate disclosures, a toll that is expected to rise. www.reuters.com/business/tru...

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As the FBI assigns hundreds of additional agents to focus on arresting people for deportation, agents "have been told by supervisors not to document moving resources away from high-priority cases toward immigration-related work." www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/p...

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BREAKING: In Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case, Judge Xinis denies DOJ’s request for an extension of the discovery deadline after plaintiffs say the Trump administration has only turned over one document during this period. The May 30 deadline will stand. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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President Trump's lawyers told a court that 60 Minutes' advertisement for an interview of Kamala Harris, which included footage not included in the show's segment, damaged his "status as a media icon." He says if CBS hadn't tricked people thusly, they might have gone to Truth Social instead.

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scoop: Business Insider is reducing staff by 21% as it reduces its reliance on “traffic-sensitive businesses.” Memo from CEO Barbara Peng:

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If you were wondering how DOJ civil rights investigations get started these days: www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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“A White House official told Reuters it was accurate Musk is leaving the administration and his ‘off-boarding will begin tonight.’”

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Notable 4th Amendment rulings in this 5th Circuit opinion today. Most importantly: People have a reasonable expectation of privacy in stored online contents—here, the contents of a Dropbox account. (Per Oldham, J., w/Richman & Ramirez) 🧵 storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2025/05/... #N

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CBS News' parent company has offered President Trump $15 million over his lawsuit claiming a "60 Minutes" interview of Kamala Harris was unfairly edited. Directors see Trump's lawsuit as an impediment to his administration approving their $8 billion merger. www.wsj.com/business/med...

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US Court of International Trade has issued unanimous ruling in case against Trump “liberation day” tariffs ruling also covers case filed by 12 states led by Oregon All tariffs invalidated as beyond scope of executive power; implementation blocked by permanent injunction, per @ilyasomin.bsky.social

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This is something. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-f...

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Foreign students had to apply to the government for visas to study in the United States. The government keeps a database of people with student visas. There was just a ton of litigation around the government purging people from that very database (which the administration did not win).

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Sol remembers her first kill for a Mexican cartel: a kidnapping she committed with a handful of other young recruits that twisted into torture and bled into murder. She was 12 years old reut.rs/3FsaNAR

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Harmeet Dhillon, a top Justice Department official, retweets a post claiming that “Elon Musk’s DOGE” has removed people from the U.S. social security database. The Justice Department has told multiple federal judges that Musk does not lead DOGE and that he’s “not part of” the U.S. DOGE Service.

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BREAKING #WITAOD NEWS: Judge Chutkan DENIES the government's motion to dismiss in State of New Mexico v. Musk. The suit alleges that Musk, as the leader of DOGE, exercises unchecked power in violation of the Appointments Clause of the Constitution. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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