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At 9:24 a.m., Trump arrives at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. President Trump will be golfing today with Bryson DeChambeau, winner of the 2024 U.S. Open, per a member of the press team. -- from pool report by John Bowden, the-independent

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NEWS: As Musk steps back, Trump moves to roll back some of his moves. First up: Trump plans to withdraw nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman as NASA director. Big deal for Musk--and SpaceX. By Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman and Kenneth Chang nyti.ms/43DVlK5

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Trump arrived at Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C., located in Sterling, Va., at 10:01 a.m. on Saturday, White House pool report.

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The Trump administration has quietly spread Palantir’s technology through U.S. agencies, paving the way to easily compile data on Americans. The company has received more than $113 million in federal government spending since President Trump took office. nyti.ms/4dJfR0o

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NEW: While you do normal Friday night things, I am reading the new 1,200+ page White House budget, which has new details about proposed cuts to some nutrition benefits, caps on Pell grants, reductions in cancer research, and more. My latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

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House Dem Raskin sends letter to President Trump about the Trump meme coin dinner last week. Trump will never respond obviously. But it documents some important ethics questions. Cites multiple stories we wrote at The New York Times democrats-judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfile...

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I like primary source information. Much of my life seems to be driven by finding it. Documenting it. Sharing it.

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Someone was up late in Senate Approps minority staff going through detailed Trump Friday night news dump. Here's a rundown of cuts proposed his FY26 budget. Like all presidential budgets-it is DOA. Congress will revise. But still, what Trum proposed www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minorit...

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🚨🚨🚨We sat down with @MileyCyrus for one of the most interesting, fun and soulful interviews I’ve done. And…our show THE INTERVIEW from the @nytimes is launching our own @YouTube channel so you can see our conversation here 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 youtu.be/1mGo9KXT8Ps?...

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Tremendous impact. 🎉🎉 Prompted by @ctmirror.org @propublica.org Investigation, Connecticut Legislature Approves Towing Law Reforms, by @ginnymonk.bsky.social and Dave Altimari

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SPACENEWS: NASA budget would cancel dozens of science missions, lay off thousands (But sets aside nearly $2 billion effectively earmarked for SpaceX) spacenews.com/nasa-budget-...

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Reading this Bloomberg story really makes it clear, at least to me, for the first time what the Trump global tariff fight is about. It's about finding revenue Trump needs to deliver his promised tax cuts.(free link) The whole thing implodes without this revenue www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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One thing Trump got out of Musk: a fake claim Trump could use on his fundraising pitches--even if DOGE has saved very little in actual federal funds and no DOGE savings check is coming in your mailbox

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WASHPOST: SpaceX Starship failure casts further doubt on NASA’s moon landing timeline NASA needs Starship for its scheduled lunar landing in 2027, but three consecutive test missions have ended with the spacecraft breaking apart and raining debris. By Joel Achenbach wapo.st/3Fn9YJD

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NEW: Megan Twohey and I went deep on Elon Musk’s intense drug use as he rose to political power alongside Trump last year. He was using so much ketamine that he told people it was affecting his bladder. At SpaceX, he is getting warnings ahead of drug tests www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

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Stiil amazed at this moment where Trump trashes Leonard Leo. Leo is the guy who orchestrated the Conservative takeover of the US Supreme Court to defeat Roe v. Wade and to dismantle the regulatory state. He also helped bring us Scott Pruitt at the EPA. Trump turns on almost everyone. Eventually.

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Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime Critics say President Trump has used the vast pardon powers of the presidency not to settle accounts, as President Biden did, but to burn the ledger. By Glenn Thrush www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

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Musk Leaves Washington Behind but With Powerful Friends in Place The world’s richest man created disruption and fear before giving up on revamping government. But his companies will now face less oversight www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

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This chart shows that in the City of London (the tiny historical part of London in red), bicycles have overtaken cars to become the most common vehicle. Let's make this throughout Greater London! www.economist.com/britain/2025...

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White House report re “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health included fictitious studies on direct-to-consumer drug advertising, mental illness and medications prescribed for children with asthma. By Dani Blum and Maggie Astor www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

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Politico: For Trump re Russia and Putin an answer is always two weeks away www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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S.E.C. Drops Lawsuit Against Binance, a Crypto Exchange The dismissal of charges against Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, is the Trump administration’s latest pullback in cryptocurrency enforcement. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/b...

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Musk Leaves Washington Behind but With Powerful Friends in Place The world’s richest man created disruption and fear before giving up on revamping government. But his companies will now face less oversight www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

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Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime Critics say President Trump has used the vast pardon powers of the presidency not to settle accounts, as President Biden did, but to burn the ledger. By Glenn Thrush www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

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You can now pay for D.C. Metro trains with your credit card www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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The question always was how long would the Musk Trump show last. We now have the answer. A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

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SpaceX Loses Control of Starship, Adding to Spacecraft’s Mixed Record Much was riding on Flight 9 for Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket after debris from January and March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting air travel. By Ken Chang (Free link) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/s...

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Trump Media Raises Money to Buy $2.5 Billion in Bitcoin\ The deal is the latest move by companies partly owned by President Trump and his family members to invest in crypto currency. By Matthew Goldstein (Free link) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/b...

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The road to making life multi-planetary will be delayed-- at least Elon Musk's effort to broadcast about it on Twitter is delayed.

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SpaceX prepares for its next test flight of its Starship on Tuesday. The last two tests ended with explosions that sent debris falling over the Caribbean. Big moment for SpaceX and whether it can really turn Starship into an operating/ cargo and astronaut carrying spacecraft.

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