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A former Israeli Defense Forces intelligence officer claimed Monday that Iran's retaliatory attack on a U.S. base in Qatar was carried out with full knowledge of the Trump administration.

NEW: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s termination of hundreds of NIH grants was “void and illegal.” He ordered funding for some of the grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be reinstated. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social

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Kentucky Republican + Democrats move to block U.S. strikes on Iran

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom is asking for a restraining order on Trump/Hegseth's use of the military in Los Angeles, saying they are preparing to go on immigration raids with ICE. He wants a ruling within two hours. "They must be stopped immediately." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The New York City Council requested that the city watchdog open an inquiry into how the NYPD under Mayor Eric Adams is sharing information with federal authorities amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Families of people who were detained by ICE in immigration raids say they haven't been able to make contact with their loved ones or even find out where many of them are being held.

"Mainstream media has a duty to inform its audience that Trump/Miller policies are in fact hateful. But it rarely does so. Moran is to be commended for speaking truth to power. Speaking truth to power is, after all, what journalists are supposed to do." — @nberlat.bsky.social

Senate Democrats rejected several appointees to Virginia’s governing boards at various colleges on Monday. via @virginiamercury.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/va-l...

"This is naked corruption on a massive scale. But at least the golf stuff is covered by a tiny fig leaf, ostensibly separating the Trump Org and the Oval Office. Now, less than four months into his second term, Trump is ripping the bandaid off and discarding all pretense." -- @lizdye.bsky.social

📢 Keep your religion out of my government open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo...

Experts are warning that President Donald Trump’s proposal to slash roughly 43 percent of funding for federal housing programs, like Section 8 vouchers, could have devastating effects for millions of Americans.

Remember when Maine’s Governor Janet Mills told Trump she’d “see him in court”? Well, she did. apnews.com/article/trum...

A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.

OPINION from Muhammad Tahir: Afghans who helped the U.S. fight the Taliban should not be deported to Afghanistan

When Trump says the economic pain will be over quickly, seems important to keep in mind he said the same thing about the pandemic - and 10 years later we’re still waiting for his health care plan.

ICYMI: “Charles lies, people die!” @climatedefiance.bsky.social crashed a Charles Koch award ceremony to shame him for being at the root of climate crisis denialism.

🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy H/T @violadavis.bsky.social

WATCH — @timmiller.bsky.social : “The Trump crypto corruption is now off the charts… the only rationale for doing a $2 Billion deal with Trump’s shitcoin is you want to bribe the president. We have a bribery scheme with Abu Dhabi and the Trump family.” H/T @thebulwark.com

The deference that judges have traditionally extended to lawyers representing the Department of Justice (DOJ) has quickly evaporated under Donald Trump and his Attorney General Pam Bondi.