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Trump says Egypt excluded from travel ban because ‘they have things under control’

President Trump said Thursday Egypt was not included on a proclamation banning travel into the U.S. from several countries because “they have things under control.” “Egypt has been a country that we deal with very closely. They have things under control. The countries that we have don’t have things under…

byThe editor5 June 2025
BBC US politics

Trump suspends foreign student visas at Harvard

US president says the move to restrict foreign student visas at Harvard is to safeguard national security.

byThe editor5 June 2025
Fox news

Longtime Trump loyalist flips on GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Trump-loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., dropped a bombshell this week, revealing that she had not read the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in its entirety and no longer supports it.  Greene joins the growing list of President Donald Trump’s staunchest House GOP allies who have come out in opposition…

byThe editor5 June 2025
Fox news

FCC Commissioner Simington expected to abruptly leave agency, potential replacement revealed

FIRST ON FOX: Federal Communications Commissioner, Nathan Simington, is leaving the agency, as revealed in an internal memo obtained by Fox News Digital.  Gavin Wax, a 31-year-old New York native and outspoken political ally of President Donald Trump, is being floated as a likely replacement. He would be the youngest commissioner…

byThe editor5 June 2025
Fox news

Ricketts, Fetterman team up for crackdown on China’s attempts to purchase US farmland

FIRST ON FOX: Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts, Democrat Sen. John Fetterman and others are teaming up on legislation to codify oversight on foreign countries buying American farmland. The bipartisan Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure (AFIDA) Improvements Act seeks to implement recommendations published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in January 2024,…

byThe editor5 June 2025
The Atlantic

Ukraine Got a Major Battle Victory. Trump Is Not Happy.

Ukraine’s drone strikes deep into Russia delivered a humiliating blow to Moscow last weekend. Kyiv’s defenders celebrated the attack as a triumph of modern warfare and a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin. But the extraordinary operation got a different response inside the White House: anger. Donald Trump has openly…

byThe editor5 June 2025
Fox news

Trump touts ‘very positive’ breakthrough with Xi after slamming China for trade violation

President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday in a lengthy call amid economic and national security friction regarding trade between Washington and Beijing.  “I just concluded a very good phone call with President Xi, of China, discussing some of the intricacies of our recently made, and agreed…

byThe editor5 June 2025
The Hill

Cleanup underway after 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaks into Baltimore’s harbor

BALTIMORE (WDCW) — Emergency crews in Baltimore are working to clean up roughly 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel that leaked into the harbor on Wednesday. Maryland officials said the spill started around 11 a.m. local time, when fuel began leaking from the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s facility in East Baltimore. Prosecutors:…

byThe editor5 June 2025
The Hill

House Oversight GOP shoots down Democratic attempt to subpoena Musk

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee shot down an attempt by the panel’s Democrats to subpoena Elon Musk, seeking answers about his short stint in the Trump administration. The surprise move from Democrats to compel Musk to testify before the panel sought to examine government service that, while brief, was…

byThe editor5 June 2025
The Hill

Musk could ‘tank Donald Trump’s entire legislative agenda’: Farah Griffin

Former White House aide and current political pundit Alyssa Farah Griffin said tech billionaire Elon Musk has the power to derail President Trump’s domestic agenda with his threats to primary Republicans who support the “big, beautiful” spending package. “Elon Musk basically could tank Donald Trump’s entire legislative agenda,” Farah Griffin,…

byThe editor5 June 2025
The Guardian

Hegseth says Nato allies ‘very close’ to raising defence spending target to 5%

US defence secretary says he expects goal of 5% of GDP in next decade to be agreed this month The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, said Nato allies were “very close, almost near consensus” to an agreement to significantly raise targets for defence spending to 5% of GDP in the…

byThe editor5 June 2025
The Guardian

US supreme court sides with heterosexual woman in ‘reverse discrimination’ case

Judges rule 9-0 in case where Marlean Ames argued she was denied a promotion because she is heterosexual US politics live – latest updates The US supreme court made it easier on Thursday for people from majority backgrounds such as white or straight individuals to pursue claims alleging workplace “reverse…

byThe editor5 June 2025
NPR

Unanimous Supreme Court rules against Mexico in guns case

The Court dismissed Mexico’s claim that U.S. gun manufacturers aided and abetted the pipeline of weapons from the U.S. to Mexican drug cartels. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)

byThe editor5 June 2025
NPR

Supreme Court sides with straight Ohio woman who claimed workplace discrimination

The court unanimously sided with an Ohio woman who claimed she was discriminated against at work because she is straight. (Image credit: Maddie McGarvey for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

byThe editor5 June 2025
BBC US politics

Musk turns on Republicans – and gives Trump’s big bill a harder path

The billionaire’s criticism could embolden Republicans who are considering voting against the tax and spending bill.

byThe editor5 June 2025
NPR

Unanimous Supreme Court sides with Catholic Charities in Wisconsin case

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that Catholic Charities can opt out of participating in a state unemployment compensation program in Wisconsin. (Image credit: Kayla Bartkowski)

byThe editor5 June 2025
BBC US politics

Trump orders inquiry into Biden’s actions, alleging ‘cognitive decline’

The US president accuses his predecessor’s aides of covering up his “mental state” – a claim Biden says is “ridiculous”.

byThe editor5 June 2025
Fox news

Migrant deported to third country returned to US after Trump admin yields to judge’s order

A Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico by the Trump administration was returned to the U.S. this week, his lawyers confirmed to Fox News on Thursday, marking the first known instance of the Trump administration complying with a judge’s orders to return an individual removed from the U.S. based…

byThe editor5 June 2025
Fox news

Supreme Court rules Wisconsin unconstitutionally discriminated against Christian charity

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Wisconsin-based Catholic charity group in a case centered on unemployment tax credits for religious institutions – delivering a victory for faith-based institutions, who argued that the state’s decision had violated the religious clauses under the First Amendment.  In a unanimous opinion, justices…

byThe editor5 June 2025
Fox news

Trump, China’s Xi invite each other on state visits amid trade fight, US president says

President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday on negotiations regarding trade between Washington and Beijing.  “I just concluded a very good phone call with President Xi, of China, discussing some of the intricacies of our recently made, and agreed to, Trade Deal,” Trump said in a Thursday…

byThe editor5 June 2025

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The Atlantic

  • Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade

    Not everything the Trump administration does is a threat to democracy.

  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia Was Never Coming Back. Then He Did.

    His return doesn’t mean he can go free. But it does mean the administration has changed course.

  • Inside the Trump-Musk Breakup

    The president tried to give his billionaire benefactor a dignified exit. It didn’t work.

  • When Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Tenure Started Going Sideways

    The defense secretary annoyed Donald Trump with a favor for Elon Musk. Hegseth’s problems only grew from there.

  • Ukraine Got a Major Battle Victory. Trump Is Not Happy.

    The president has fumed that Kyiv’s drone strike could prolong a war that he’s desperate to end.

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    Target “opts out of Pride month and replaced its Pride collection with an America First Summer display.”

  • Liz Oyer - Did Donald Trump’s pardons wipe out $1 billion in debt owed to the US?

    “President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law.”

  • Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future

    Trump and Musk public bickering raises more DOGE uncertainty

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    How Trump's policy bill rolls back Obamacare

Talking Points Memo

Reporting and analysis about American politics

  • Day-After Musings on the Feud

    A few thoughts on yesterday’s antics. I imagine that in many parts of the world, yesterday’s Musk-Trump blow-up reminded people...

  • Trump Admin Returns Abrego Garcia—To Face New Criminal Charges

    The Trump administration is finally abiding by a court order and returning the wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the...

  • Why Is Pete Hegseth Going to War Against Harvey Milk 47 Years After He Was Assassinated?

    This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Despite all the military threats facing the...

  • Trump Admin Laments South Sudan Deportation Debacle It Created

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  • Senate GOP Sorts Out Which Poison Pills It Can Swallow To Pass House’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Bill

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    Politico

    • Elon Musk goes on a warpath against Trump and the GOP

      The fallout from the very public breakup could engulf Republican hopes of holding onto the House.

    • The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

      Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

    • 7 Republicans stuck in the middle of the Trump-Musk divorce

      They may need to pick a side.

    • State Democrats set up a digital ad business with an influential private company. Now a key Dem official is becoming its CEO.

      The Association of State Democratic Committees recommended TargetSmart as a one-stop shop. That's triggering complaints over a perceived conflict of interest.

    • Trump just took his public feud with Musk to a new level: Going after his money

      Musk announced his company SpaceX will withdraw from service its Dragon spacecraft — critical to the American space program.

    The Guardian

    • Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event

      The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far rightAn international neo-Nazi terrorist organization is boldly continuing to build in the US and planning a new paramilitary training event without fear of local authorities or the FBI, which once dismantled it in a nationwide effort.The Base, founded in 2018 by a former Pentagon contractor living in Russia and now suspected of Kremlin-sponsored espionage, once boasted close to 50 stateside members before the bureau made more than a dozen arrests in a years-long counter-terrorism operation. Continue reading...

    • Fired US librarian of Congress details callous dismissal in new interview

      Carla Hayden, first woman and African American to serve in role, details firing by Trump administration to CBSThe first woman and African American to serve as the US librarian of Congress before Donald Trump fired her in May has not heard from the president’s administration beyond the 31-word email it sent her with word of her dismissal, she has revealed in her first interview since her ouster.“No one has talked to me directly at all from the White House,” Carla Hayden says in an interview airing on the upcoming CBS News Sunday Morning. “I’ve received no communication directly, except for that one email. Continue reading...

    • ‘I’m paranoid all the time’: surveillance and fear in a city of immigrants as White House ramps up deportations

      New York’s once-bustling immigrant neighborhoods are chilled as Trump administration cracks downTwo months after fleeing death threats in Colombia, Juan landed a construction job in New York. But on his first day, the bulky GPS monitor strapped to his ankle caught the manager’s attention. It wouldn’t fit inside standard work boots. The boss shook his head. “Come back when you’ve resolved your status,” he said.Since arriving in the US with his teenage daughter to seek asylum, Juan has lived in a state of constant anxiety. “It feels like I committed a crime, like they’re going to arrest me at any moment,” he said, speaking near the migrant shelter where they now live in Queens. Juan started wearing oversized pants to hide the monitor, a style he finds uncomfortable. “I’m paranoid all the time,” he said. Continue reading...

    • The Trump-Musk feud shows danger of handing the keys of power to one person

      A billionaire’s vendetta has threatened to cut off the US from the ISS and complicate national defenseAfter a year of effusive praise and expressions of love for each other, Elon Musk and Donald Trump exploded their political partnership in dramatic fashion this week. The highly public split included, among other highlights, the world’s richest person accusing the president of the United States of associating with a notorious sex offender. Trump said Musk had “lost his mind”.As Musk and Trump traded insults, each on his own social network, they also issued threats with tangible consequences. Trump suggested that he could cancel all of Musk’s government contracts and subsidies – “the best way to save money”, he posted – a move that would have devastating consequences not only on the tech billionaire’s companies but also on the federal agencies that have come to depend on them. Musk responded by announcing that he would begin decommissioning the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft that Nasa relies on for transport missions, although he later reversed the decision. Continue reading...

    • RFK Jr’s report calls farmers ‘backbone’ of US – but cuts leave workers lacking support

      Small farmers face ‘two personalities’ as Trump team slashes $1bn in resources despite Kennedy’s vow to protect themIndependent and organic farmers say chaos created by the Trump administration’s cuts have hurt their businesses, even as the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, praises small farms and regenerative agriculture.The split-screen for small and organic farms – which one described as “talking out of both sides of their mouth” – comes on the heels of the release of the “Maha” report. The White House document mentions farms, farmers and farming 21 times, and argues conventional agriculture has led to more ultra-processed foods. Continue reading...

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