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4:50 PM ET, June 12, 2025

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NBC News:
Sen. Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference  —  The Democrat said he had questions for Trump's Cabinet secretary during her press conference in Los Angeles.  —  Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed from a news conference in Los Angeles …
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Democratic senator forcibly removed from DHS press conference  —  Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was physically removed on Thursday from a Los Angeles press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.  —  Why it matters: In a video posted to X by a Fox News reporter …
Politico:
Alex Padilla confrontation shocks senators  —  Good Thursday afternoon.  Senators have just finished voting for the week, but many of them are leaving the Capitol stunned by video of their colleague Alex Padilla getting manhandled and handcuffed in Los Angeles.
Associated Press:
California Sen. Alex Padilla forcefully removed from Noem's press conference by security  —  Democratic California U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcefully removed Thursday by security officers from a press conference being held on immigration by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Politico:
'It's a winner for him': Dems work to turn LA debate from immigration to Trump's executive powers  —  Democrats are scrambling to shift the fight away from immigration, instead highlighting Trump's use of executive powers.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Gavin Newsom has rallied Democrats in his war with Donald Trump …
Discussion: CalMatters
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats' fears of Trump administration violence erupt after Padilla incident  —  Democratic lawmakers' fears of violence and arrest at the hands of the Trump administration spiked Thursday after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was aggressively detained by Department of Homeland Security Personnel.
Discussion: Fox News and NOTUS
Associated Press:
Here's where anti-Trump protests are expected on Thursday  —  Senator Alex Padilla, a Democrat, was handcuffed after he interrupted a news conference by the homeland security secretary.  A judge will hear California's request to limit the role of the military in immigration raids.  —  Los Angeles
NBC Los Angeles:
Video: Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem news conference
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump promises farmers “changes are coming” to immigration crackdown
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Video: Stefanik Torches Hochul Over Sanctuary State EO — And Its Results
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Trump will target US employers in next phase of immigration crackdown, Homan says
New York Times:
Trump Blocks California E.V. Rules in Latest Move to Rein In the State
Alex Thompson / Axios:
“He's lost it”: Inside Newsom's attack on Trump's mental fitness
Discussion: Daily Kos, New York Times and Raw Story
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff  —  BUYER'S REMORSE  —  A Florida roofing boss backed the president's tough immigration policies.  Then six of his workers were taken away...  Vincent Scardina supported Donald Trump's tough stance on immigration at the ballot box.
Andrew Gumbel / The Guardian:
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’  —  Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary  —  California national guards troops and marines deployed to Los Angeles to help restore order …
Joe Gould / Politico:
Hegseth won't commit to obeying courts on Marines in Los Angeles  —  The Defense secretary declined to say whether the Pentagon would comply with any judicial order blocking Trump's domestic troop deployment.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say whether he would follow the courts …
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ProPublica:
“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”  —  Leer en español.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  In mid-April, President Donald Trump sat down in the Oval Office with President Nayib Bukele …
Discussion: Associated Press
NBC News:
House Republicans vote to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS  —  Trump's White House wants Congress to codify some of the cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency, which was helmed by billionaire Elon Musk.  —  The Republican-led House voted 214-212 …
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NPR:
House votes to claw back $1.1 billion from public media
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
GOP leaders say they are pressing forward with vote on DOGE cuts
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Hill
New York Times:
Israel Appears Ready to Attack Iran, Officials in U.S. and Europe Say  —  Concern about a strike and the prospect of retaliation led the United States to withdraw diplomats from Iraq and authorize the voluntary departure of U.S. military family members from the Middle East.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: U.S. fears Iran's response to Israeli strike would be mass casualty event
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA warns Trump of “massive schism” over Israeli strikes on Iran
Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Exclusive: Trump administration will tell migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela their legal status is terminated  —  The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will tell hundreds of thousands of migrants that their permission to live and work in the United States had been revoked …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
DHS to send termination notice to 530K migrant Biden parolees
Discussion: Washington Examiner
The Budget Lab at Yale:
Combined Distributional Effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and of Tariffs  —  The combination of 2025 tariff increases implemented as of June 1 and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by the House of Representatives would reduce after-tax-and-transfer incomes on average among the bottom 80 percent of U.S. households.
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CBO Publications:
How H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Would Affect the Distribution of Resources Available to Households
Discussion: NPR
AP-NORC:
Most say the upcoming military parade is not a good use of government funds  —  Forty percent approve of the military parade honoring the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, and 60% say it is not a good use of government funds.  Similar shares, about 3 in 10, feel the U.S. government spends …
Associated Press:
Texas governor says over 5,000 Texas National Guard members deployed ahead of No Kings protests  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday he has ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops across the state, along with more than 2,000 state police …
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Trump's civil war  —  And our new birth of freedom  —  Earlier this week Donald Trump called for a second civil war at a US military base.  This scenario can be resisted and prevented, if we have the courage to listen, interpret, and act.  And this Saturday we will have the occasion to act.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump on ‘No Kings’ protests during military parade: 'I don't feel like a king'  —  President Trump was asked Thursday to respond to planned counterprotests that will coincide with a military parade in the nation's capital to mark the U.S. Army's 250th birthday.
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Lara Spirit / The Times:
Trump's birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms
Paul Krugman:
This Is Not a Drill  —  American democracy is on the line right now  —  There are two disastrously wrong ways to read the news from Los Angeles right now, and the rest of America over the next few days.  The first is to believe that there is actually anything resembling an insurrection underway.
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Republicans are trying to sell a bizarre fantasy on the economy  —  💰 Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us.  👇  —  Even Donald Trump's most ardent supporters …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Elizabeth Warren / New York Times:
Trump Is Right About This One Thing
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Russia is amplifying conspiracy theories about the L.A. protests  —  Pro-Russian accounts are amplifying baseless claims, from Mexico fomenting the protests to a secret leftist cabal tied to Democrats orchestrating them.  —  Protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles have triggered …
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish  —  Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri was confirmed on Thursday to lead the Internal Revenue Service, giving the beleaguered agency he once sought to abolish a permanent commissioner …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: FBI Arrests Riot Supplier, Charges Conspiracy  —  The first rule in unraveling conspiracies: Follow the money.  Earlier this week, FBI Director Kash Patel declared that the riots in Los Angele are not organic spillovers from extemporaneous protests against ICE …
 
 
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Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
DHS Said to Brief Cleta Mitchell's Group on Citizenship Checks for Voting
Discussion: Prism
John Sexton / HotAir:
NBC: There's a ‘Far Left Online Ecosystem’ Pushing Protests Toward Violence
Discussion: NBC News and Ace of Spades HQ
Aaron Blake / CNN:
Trump's top general just undercut his ‘invasion’ claims
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
FBI Boss Kash Patel Is Suing to Prove He's Not Nightclub Hopping
Discussion: NewsNation and The Gateway Pundit
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
'Isn't this embarrassing?' Team Trump gets a brutal reminder about the weak economy
Seth Masket / Tusk:
Arrested in L.A.  —  Earlier this week, a friend of mine - a fellow social scientist …
ProPublica:
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
Discussion: The Nation
Andrea Hsu / NPR:
She served the American people for 35 years. Now her retirement income is on the line
Discussion: Kiplinger
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WaPo officials told staffers a cyberattack compromised the email accounts of several journalists and was potentially the work of a foreign government

Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Hamish McKenzie says WaPo approached Substack about hosting its writers, and there has been a “change in mindset” of traditional media about the platform

Liam Scott / Freedom of the Press Foundation:
An interview with US Press Freedom Tracker Senior Reporter Stephanie Sugars on documenting nearly 62,000 anti-press social posts by Trump over the past 10 years

 
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