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2:45 PM ET, June 9, 2025

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Dr. Phil was embedded with ICE during controversial Los Angeles immigration raids  —  As federal agents prepared to fan out in Los Angeles for a controversial immigration crackdown, the officers were greeted by a familiar face: Dr. Phil McGraw.  —  The television personality and his camera crew …
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9News:
Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops  —  Tensions in Los Angeles have escalated again as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard …
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state  —  The national guard's deployment in Los Angeles sets the US on a familiar authoritarian pathway.  History shows the results  —  Now that Donald Trump's tariffs have been halted, his big, beautiful bill has been stymied …
Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
CA Democrat claims ICE agents were first to ‘escalate the situation’ amid LA riots  —  Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA) claimed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was the first to escalate tensions amid the protests in Los Angeles that “started peacefully.”
NBC News:
California AG says he is suing Trump over ‘unlawful’ National Guard order  —  Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the legal action at a press conference, and called the president's move to federalize the National Guard an “infringement” on state sovereignty
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 …
Rebecca Solnit / Meditations in an Emergency:
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence  —  I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades - the advance of rights for nature …
David French / New York Times:
America Is No Longer a Stable Country
New York Times:
Live Updates: California Will Sue Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Newsom Says
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Newsom Slams Trump as ‘Stone-Cold Liar’ Over Phone Call
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
GOP leaders cite L.A. immigration protests to push for quick passage of Trump's “big, beautiful bill”
Discussion: USA Today, The Hill and The Root
Wall Street Journal:
The Deportation Wars Begin
MSNBC:
'Tom, arrest me. Let's go.': Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar's threat
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
ICE: Crossing State Lines to Incite Riots
Discussion: HotAir and Los Angeles Times
NBC News:
White House struggles to find qualified people willing to work for Pete Hegseth  —  At least three people have turned down potential roles working for the defense secretary and former Fox News host.  Supporters say his leadership has been effective.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It's Always Darkest Before It Goes Pitch Black  —  U.S. and Chinese officials will meet today in London to give deescalation from the current trade war the old college try.  This might have been more difficult before, when Trump's saber-rattling was focused primarily on China.
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New York Times:
Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   The Most Dangerous Week in American History (So Far)
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Pam Bondi's brother loses his D.C. Bar election in a blowout  —  Bradley Bondi lost his bid to be president of the D.C. Bar to Diane Seltzer, who received 34,982 votes compared to Bondi's 3,490.  —  WASHINGTON — Bradley Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi …
Discussion: NPR and The Hill
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DC Bar:
Diane Seltzer Wins as D.C. Bar President-Elect  —  Diane A. Seltzer, principal of the Seltzer Law Firm, has been elected president-elect of the D.C. Bar for the 2025-2026 term.  Seltzer will serve in that position for one year starting July 1, 2025, when Sadina Montani, current president-elect …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washingtonian
Associated Press:
Unsubstantiated ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses  —  As Louisiana Rep. Kimberly Landry Coates stood before her colleagues in the state's Legislature she warned that the bill she was presenting might “seem strange” or even crazy.
Discussion: Calendar for 6/9/2025
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Politico:
The Medicare tweak Republicans are eyeing for their megabill is actually bipartisan
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
The stealth Senate dealmaker who could deliver Trump's tax cuts
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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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Israeli forces intercept Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Musk's Own AI Claims He Took Miller's Wife and Mocked Him for It  —  Elon Musk has been forced to rebuke Grok, his own AI chatbot integrated into X, after it falsely suggested the tech billionaire wrote a post saying he “took” the wife of Stephen Miller.On Sunday, Grok replied to a question …
Associated Press:
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research  —  In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own.  “Dissent,” he said, “is the very essence of science.”
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Hegseth aide upended Pentagon leak inquiry with false wiretap claims  —  Exclusive: ex-Doge staffer Justin Fulcher suggested he had evidence of wiretap that would help investigation  —  Days before Pete Hegseth fired three top aides last month over a Pentagon leak investigation into the disclosure …
Los Angeles Times:
Glendale ends ICE contract, will no longer hold detainees  —  Amid rising tensions over immigration raids in the Los Angeles area, the city of Glendale announced Sunday night it has ended its agreement with the federal government to house detainees captured by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Missael Soto / NBC Los Angeles:
Glendale terminates contract with HSI, ICE to house detainees in its jail
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Gun Deaths of Children Rose in States That Loosened Gun Laws, Study Finds  —  Researchers looked at firearm fatalities in the 13 years immediately after the Supreme Court limited local governments' ability to restrict gun ownership.  —  Firearm deaths of children and teenagers rose significantly …
Discussion: KRDO
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
As ivermectin goes over the counter, some pharmacists worry about a lack of guidance  —  The drug, used to treat parasitic worms, has not been formulated or labeled specifically for over-the-counter use, like aspirin or an antacid.  —  Boise, Idaho, pharmacist Matt Murray has no choice …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Abdallah Fayyad / Vox:
The big, beautiful bill is bad news for student loans  —  If the “big, beautiful bill,” President Donald Trump's signature legislative priority, eventually becomes law, it would gut some social programs that many people rely on.  As my colleague Dylan Scott wrote in a thorough explainer …
Discussion: CNBC and NewsMax.com
Olivia George / Washington Post:
Army video of parade prep appeared to show ‘Hang Fauci’ graffiti  —  The footage, up for more than a day on the Army's official X account, showed tanks being loaded onto a flatcar.  —  A video shared Saturday by the U.S. Army of tanks being transported to the nation's capital …
 
 
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ActBlue fires back at GOP investigation, saying it appears unconstitutional and partisan
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation fears receded in May as Trump eased some tariff threats, New York Fed survey shows
Discussion: Axios, Semafor and KRDO
Anne Tergesen / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller and NewsMax.com
Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:
Welcome to the nihilocracy  —  In many ways, President Donald Trump is a dangerously cartoonish version …
New York Times:
Trump's Cuts Imperils Funding for a Levee Project in Washington
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Reuters:
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David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
A felon in the White House is making crime legal
Scott Rosenberg / Axios:
Silicon Valley's not crying for Musk
Discussion: Financial Times
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How a Democrat turned independent could shake up a key governor's race
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
WBD splits into two publicly traded companies: Global Networks, with CNN and other cable channels, and Streaming & Studios, with HBO Max and its studio business

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”

Max Tani / Semafor:
Politico's editorial union says its new AI tool generates garbled or made-up DC intelligence, including a fictional basket-weaver guild; Politico defends it
 
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