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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
The Legal Issues Surrounding Trump's Plan to Use Troops to Suppress Protests  —  President Trump has long mused about using troops to crush violent protests or riots in blue-state cities.  He is now moving to do so in Los Angeles.  —  Setting up a rare use of military force on domestic soil …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Deportation Wars Begin  —  Trump has a mandate, but protests in California show the trouble that might lie ahead.  —  Rounding up and deporting millions of illegal migrants was never going to go down without protest.  But President Trump is determined to do it, and no one can say he didn't tell voters during the campaign.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Using the National Guard as Bait  —  Don't give him the pretext he wants.  —  President donald trump is about to launch yet another assault on democracy, the Constitution, and American traditions of civil-military relations, this time in Los Angeles.
Associated Press:
Live Updates: L.A. Quiet as National Guard Troops Begin to Arrive  —  Protests over immigration raids in the Los Angeles area were expected to continue for a third day.  Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Trump's decision to call in National Guards was “purposefully inflammatory.”  —  Los Angeles
Chris Mirasola / Lawfare:
The National Guard in Los Angeles  —  The president hasn't invoked the Insurrection Act.  He's instead relying on a theory of inherent constitutional power that is far more limited.  —  Meet The Authors … Late yesterday, President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation mobilizing …
The Economist:
Sending the National Guard to LA is not about stopping rioting  —  The city is being punished for resisting the Trump administration's deportation efforts  —  Donald trump is making good on his threats.  During his presidential campaign and first few months in office the president …
NBC News:
Trump's border czar threatens arrest for immigration interference, warns Newsom and Bass not to ‘cross that line’  —  ICE agents will be out “every day” regardless of pushback amid widespread protests across Los Angeles County, Tom Homan told NBC News on Saturday.
NBC Los Angeles:
Live updates: Protest spills onto 101 Freeway in downtown LA … What to Know  — Crowds gathered in downtown Los Angeles and Boyle Heights Sunday for a third straight day of protests over recent immigration raids.  — A march that began Sunday in Boyle Heights arrived …
Los Angeles Times:
What really happened outside the Paramount Home Depot? The reality on the ground vs. the rhetoric
Discussion: Breitbart and NBC News
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
LA anti-ICE riots are latest instance of Democrats ‘on the wrong side’: Joe Concha
Associated Press:
Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops
David Frum / The Atlantic:
For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal
Washington Post:
Trump charts new territory in bypassing Newsom to deploy National Guard
NOTUS:
Republicans Line Up to Back Trump's L.A. National Guard Deployment
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Republicans urge Trump to extinguish Los Angeles protests ASAP: ‘Put down the mob’
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Read: Newsom demands Trump pull National Guard from LA protests
New York Times:
Trump Is Calling Up National Guard Troops Under a Rarely Used Law
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Advisers Once Opposed Using Active-Duty Troops at Protests. Not Anymore.
Wall Street Journal:
National Guard Arrives in L.A. on Trump's Orders After Protests
New York Times:
2 New York Representatives Are Denied Access to ICE Facility  —  Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez were turned away when seeking to inspect a migrant detention area inside a Manhattan federal building.  —  Federal officials prevented two members of Congress on Sunday …
Discussion: The City and New York Daily News
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes  —  The social media network was doomed to fail as users tried to re-create Twitter.  —  Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, changed the social media site's name to X and altered its moderation policies, progressives have been hunting for a substitute.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Feud With Musk Highlights His View of Government Power: It's Personal … President Trump's second term so far has been a 139-day quest for retribution.Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times  —  Amid the fireworks of his spectacular breakup with Elon Musk last week was a striking admission …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Breaking With Trump, Bacon Says He Won't Follow His Party ‘Off the Cliff’
Discussion: Raw Story
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump shrugs off possible reconciliation with Musk
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Melts Down at ABC Reporter Over Stephen Miller Takedown  —  MAGA is going off on an ABC reporter who dared attack White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.  ABC's Terry Moran wrote Saturday night on X that “what's interesting about [Stephen] Miller” is “not brains.
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Ryan King / New York Post:
ABC correspondent Terry Moran suspended after wild rant against top Trump adviser Stephen Miller: ‘He eats his hate’
Yesica Fisch / Associated Press:
Israeli forces prevent aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching Gaza  —  Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists early Monday and diverted it to Israel, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘You essentially destroyed any chance I have,’ DNC chair told David Hogg in private meeting  —  Ken Martin expressed frustration and self-doubt in a meeting with other party leaders, according to a two-minute recording obtained by POLITICO.  —  Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
DOGE employees are ‘being pushed out’ without Musk to protect them: report  —  Now that billionaire Elon Musk has stepped away from his White House job as a “special government employee,” the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers he brought on board are exiting too — some not because they want to leave.
Discussion: Washington Post and Alternet.org
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. Economy Is Headed Toward an Uncomfortable Summer  —  Companies are freezing hiring and investment to deal with shifting tariff policies.  'Even Trump doesn't know what Trump will do next.'  —  The U.S. economy, which weathered false recession alarms in 2023 and 2024, is entering another uncomfortable summer.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
 
 
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
With U.S. vaccine policy in flux, four members of CDC advisory panel receive termination notices
NBC News:
Trump aims to slash Pell Grants, which could limit low-income students' college access
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Latinas for Trump co-founder blasts ‘inhumane’ immigrant arrests
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Texas Republican says LA is ‘tip of the iceberg’ as deportations nationwide ‘about to go way up’
Discussion: NewsMax.com and CBS News
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Where Is Barack Obama?  —  Last month, while Donald Trump was in the Middle East being gifted …
Adam Bonica / On Data and Democracy:
Federal Judges Are Begging Us to Pay Attention
 Earlier Items: 
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
It's Summer in Trump's America and Fascism Is in Bloom
Sam Sabin / Axios:
Trump might be the most accessible president ever — for spies or scammers
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
‘Mostly Peaceful’ 2.0: Another Great Moment in Protection Racket Media (Update)
Discussion: Instapundit
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Gina Ortiz Jones, a Progressive, Is Elected San Antonio's Mayor
Discussion: TPR, The Texas Tribune and The Hill
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Trump's deportation program nets positive approval amid contrasting views over its scope, CBS News poll finds
Discussion: The Atlantic and New York Post
Axios:
MAGA's blue-collar base waits patiently for populist payoff
 

 
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC News suspends senior national correspondent Terry Moran over a now-deleted X post calling Trump administration official Stephen Miller a “world class hater”

New York Times:
In its ruling letting Trump bar AP, a US appeals court says small settings like the Oval Office are essentially invite-only and not covered by 1A protections

Bloomberg:
Despite MLB's strong start to the season, with viewership broadly up, it is scrambling to find a buyer for a major TV package ESPN backed out of in February
 
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