The Continuing Crisis
- US revokes all visas for South Sudanese over country’s failure to repatriate citizens (theguardian.com)
- More than 1,000 ‘Hands Off’ anti-Trump protests hit cities across the US (theguardian.com)You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It’s Everywhere. (motherjones.com)
- Firing of National Security Agency Chief Rattles Lawmakers (nytimes.com)Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger (nytimes.com)Loomer’s Role in Firings Shows Rising Sway of Fringe Figures on Trump (nytimes.com)
- Amid attacks, Judge Boasberg weighs holding Trump officials in contempt (washingtonpost.com)
- Jerry Nadler on Trump’s university attacks: ‘He doesn’t give a damn about antisemitism’ – and is exploiting fight against antisemitism as a ruse to stamp his will on schools (theguardian.com)
- Netanyahu plans emergency visit to Trump for Oval Office showdown over 17% tariffs as tensions rise (irishstar.com)
- Senate GOP Approves Framework For Trump’s Tax Breaks And Spending Cuts After Late-Night Session (huffpost.com)
- Texas Governor Blames County’s Elections ‘Problems’ For Delay In Filling Vacant Congressional Seat (huffpost.com)
- Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda (washingtonpost.com)
- As Trump cracks down on immigration, U.S. citizens are among those snared (washingtonpost.com)
- Trump Administration Mocks Judge’s Order To Bring Back Maryland Father From Salvadoran Prison – Even After Admitting He Was Deported in ‘Error’ (mediaite.com)
- OOF! DHS Accidentally Tells Ukrainian War Refugees to Self-Deport (mediaite.com)
- Trump Snubs Return Of Dead U.S. Soldiers, Plays Golf And Boosts His Business Instead (huffpost.com)
- Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades (wired.com)
- RFK Jr now says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes (theguardian.com)
- Donald Trump fires director of US National Security Agency and other officials (theguardian.com)Trump makes National Security Council firings on advice of racist influencer Laura Loomer (salon.com)
- F.B.I. Leaders Push to Restore Trust in the Agency They Once Undermined (nytimes.com)
- Emboldened Democrats plot ways to hammer Trump on tariffs (semafor.com)
- Pentagon launches probe into Signalgate after Trump White House declared case ‘closed’ (salon.com)
- Dems have golden opportunity to pit GOP against Trump’s tariffs: House staffer (rawstory.com)
- GOP Confirms Anti-Voting Rights Extremist To Protect Americans’ Voting Rights (yahoo.com)
- Trump seeks court approval for most aggressive union-busting attempt ever (washingtonpost.com)
More News
- Mahmoud Khalil says his arrest was part of ‘Columbia’s repression playbook’ (theguardian.com)
- Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy criticises ‘weak’ US reaction to deadly Russian strike on his hometown (theguardian.com)
- Hundreds of law firms back Perkins Coie in fight against Trump sanctions (washingtonpost.com)
- ‘Pathological liar’: Federal prosecutors seek lengthy prison sentence for George Santos (rawstory.com)
- New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order (nytimes.com)
- Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics (theguardian.com)
- Children among 18 killed in Russian attack on Zelensky’s home city (bbc.com)US neo-Nazi group with Russia-based leader calls for targeted Ukraine attacks (theguardian.com)
- Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to US as Trump tariffs come into force (theguardian.com)
- Americans could pay more for these everyday basics under Trump’s new tariffs (bbc.com)
- Rape cult leader who told followers he was an alien called Great Shaman is arrested in Argentina (the-sun.com)
- US cardinal defrocked for sex abuse dies at 94 (rawstory.com)
- Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Order Date in the U.S. to Assess Impact of Trump’s Tariffs (ign.com)
- Risking Reprisals, Protesters in Gaza Call on Hamas to Step Aside (nytimes.com)
- In An Era of Big Money, the University of Illinois Shrugs Off Rules on Athletes’ NIL Deals (propublica.org)
- ‘The terror is real’: Tech insiders are furious at Elon Musk but ‘afraid to speak up’ (rawstory.com)
- Slumping Oil Prices Reflect Intensifying Economic Worries (nytimes.com)
- Russia Executes P.O.W.s Without Caring Who Watches, Ukraine Says (nytimes.com)
- U.S. Job Growth Strong Amid Trade War Worries (nytimes.com)
- Trump reportedly threatening to freeze $510m in grants from Brown University (theguardian.com)
- South Korea Removes Its Impeached President and Regains Direction (nytimes.com)
- At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say (theguardian.com)
- U.S. Strikes in Yemen Burning Through Munitions With Limited Success (nytimes.com)
Media Mess
Liberal Author Shreds Billionaire CNBC Guest: ‘I Cannot Believe What I’m Listening To’ (huffpost.com)- A beloved skier, an audacious jump and the complex grief left behind (washingtonpost.com)
- Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault (bbc.com)
- Trump Posts Slew of Pro-Tariff Content on His Truth [sic] Social Propaganda Network (meidasnews.com)
- ‘You F*cked Me!’ George Clooney Blasted at MSNBC Producer in Rage Over Mika Brzezinski’s Questionable Biden Editorial Claim: Book (mediaite.com)
- Livid Jim Cramer Tears Into Trump For Making Him ‘Feel Like A Sucker’ On Tariffs (sg.finance.yahoo.com)
- ‘Who Are You With?’ Trump Grills Reporter as She Confronts Him About Stock Market Disaster (mediaite.com)‘Don’t Bring That Up Again’: Trump Scolds Reporter for Asking Question About Signalgate (mediaite.com)
- E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk’s X (nytimes.com)
- Kaitlan Collins Makes House Republican Watch Brutal Clip of DeSantis Ripping Him: ‘He Repels People’ (mediaite.com)
- On Fox Business, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin repeats climate fund fraud claims one day after a federal judge said the agency has failed to offer “evidence with regard to malfeasance” (mediamatters.org)
The Blue Brain Room
- Trump may have just ended globalization as we know it (washingtonpost.com)
- The GOP has an Orwellian solution to pay for Trump’s tax cuts (washingtonpost.com)
- Trump Is on Shaky Legal Ground With Mass Layoffs at H.H.S., Experts Say (nytimes.com)
- “Liberation Day” surprise: Trump gets outmatched (mediaproxy.salon.com)
- Trump’s Mantra From Schools to FEMA: ‘Move It Back to the States’ (nytimes.com)
- Democrats May Be Down, but Their Appetite for Voting Hasn’t Dimmed (nytimes.com)
- How Trump Supercharged Distrust, Driving U.S. Allies Away (nytimes.com)
- Lock him up. Here’s what the Espionage Act has to say about disappearing information (rawstory.com)
- Wisconsin supreme court race a litmus test for neo-Nazi Elon Musk’s political power (theguardian.com)
- National security served up by a dry drunk (rawstory.com)
