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The GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ contains a provision that would kneecap judicial power

The GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ contains a provision that would kneecap judicial power

Austin Sarat writes: In his farewell address to the nation more than 200 years ago, President George Washington warned the branches of government to “confine themselves within their respective Constitutional spheres.” Encroachment on other branches, he wrote, “tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.” Today’s Republican Party never heard that advice. GOP majorities in the House and Senate have stood by as President Donald…

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Trump, attacking the Federalist Society, asserts autonomy on judge picks

Trump, attacking the Federalist Society, asserts autonomy on judge picks

The New York Times reports: President Trump appears to be declaring independence from outside constraints on how he nominates judges, signaling that he is looking for loyalists who will uphold his agenda and denouncing the conservative legal network that helped him remake the federal judiciary in his first term. Late Thursday, after a ruling struck down his tariffs on most imported goods, Mr. Trump attacked the Federalist Society, leaders of which heavily influenced his selection of judges during his first…

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Trump administration to prioritize sycophants for federal jobs

Trump administration to prioritize sycophants for federal jobs

Politico reports: As President Donald Trump moves to slash the size of the federal workforce, his administration unveiled a plan to ensure that any new hires are “patriotic Americans” who vow to advance the president’s policy priorities. The White House and the agency that serves as the government’s human resources arm Thursday released directives for departments to use when recruiting employees in a memo that represents a dramatic shift in federal hiring procedures. The administration’s “merit hiring plan” comes after…

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Trump defies Laura Loomer, ditches Musk’s ally as nominee for NASA administrator

Trump defies Laura Loomer, ditches Musk’s ally as nominee for NASA administrator

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Deep State operatives are trying to derail President Trump’s NASA Administrator pick @rookisaacman Jared Isaacman before his Senate confirmation vote this week. A well-placed source tells me Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be the next Administrator of @NASA was set… https://t.co/FnJWyzFx73 — Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 31, 2025 The New York Times reports: President Trump plans to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk’s, who was on track to be the…

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Trump nominates official with ties to antisemitic extremists to lead ethics agency

Trump nominates official with ties to antisemitic extremists to lead ethics agency

NPR reports: President Trump has nominated 30-year-old conservative lawyer Paul Ingrassia, to lead the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, a government ethics office, despite Ingrassia’s ties to multiple antisemitic extremists. If confirmed by the Senate, Ingrassia would oversee the agency that enforces the Hatch Act, which limits government employees from engaging in certain partisan political activities, and provides protections to whistleblowers. (The agency is separate and distinct from special counsels appointed by the Department of Justice, such as Robert Mueller…

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Universities quietly negotiating with White House aide to try to avoid Harvard’s fate, source says

Universities quietly negotiating with White House aide to try to avoid Harvard’s fate, source says

CNN reports: College and university leaders have been privately negotiating with a deputy to top Trump aide Stephen Miller in hopes of avoiding the same aggressive targeting of Harvard University, a person familiar with the matter said, as the administration looks to escalate its attacks on the Ivy League institution and other schools. The higher education leaders, who have had granular conversations with senior White House policy strategist May Mailman in recent weeks, are asking what signals they need to…

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‘If things continue as they are, American science is ruined,’ scientist warns

‘If things continue as they are, American science is ruined,’ scientist warns

The New York Times reports: For decades, Bangalore, India, has been an incubator for scientific talent, sending newly minted Ph.D.s around the world to do groundbreaking research. In an ordinary year, many aim their sights at labs in the United States. “These are our students, and we want them to go and do something amazing,” said a professor at the National Center for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, Raj Ladher. But this is not an ordinary year. When Professor Ladher queried…

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Jewish organizers increasingly confront Trump: ‘The repression is growing, but so is the resistance’

Jewish organizers increasingly confront Trump: ‘The repression is growing, but so is the resistance’

The Guardian reports: On the morning of Columbia University’s commencement last week, an intergenerational group of Jewish alumni gathered in the rain outside the Manhattan campus’s heavily policed gates, wearing keffiyehs and shirts emblazoned with the words “not in our name”. Two had graduated more than 60 years earlier, and one spoke of having fled the Nazis to the US as a child. Others recalled participating in Columbia protests of the past, including those that led the university to divest…

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Has Israel brought famine to Gaza by design?

Has Israel brought famine to Gaza by design?

Middle East Eye reports: The markets are empty. The make-shift hospitals are bare. The water is contaminated. The aid trucks are nowhere in sight. Gaza is being starved, and rights groups say, deliberately. At least 57 children have starved to death since 2 March, and 71,000 children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished over the next eleven months. In the ongoing war on Gaza, which genocide scholars and international human rights organisations have unanimously called…

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Economic fears mount as Trump tariffs get snarled in court

Economic fears mount as Trump tariffs get snarled in court

Politico reports: With President Donald Trump’s tariffs entangled in the courts, industry leaders are warning that continued confusion over his trade agenda could drag down an economy that was already in danger of slumping. They are urging Trump to abandon an aggressive policy that has been marked by chaos and reversals, and instead focus on delivering tangible, lasting deals that will allow businesses to plan ahead. A federal court on Wednesday froze the tariffs, but an appeals court on Thursday…

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The president isn’t a king. He doesn’t have the power to impose tariffs whenever he feels like it

The president isn’t a king. He doesn’t have the power to impose tariffs whenever he feels like it

Ilya Somin writes: Wednesday’s unanimous ruling against President Donald Trump’s expansive “Liberation Day” tariffs by the United States Court of International Trade wasn’t merely a victory for the businesses and consumers opposed to the policy. The decision was much more than that: a victory for the constitutional system of separation of powers—and, even more broadly, for the rule of law in America. The decision came in a case filed by the Liberty Justice Center and me on behalf of five…

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Trump goes after Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society in fury over tariffs ruling

Trump goes after Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society in fury over tariffs ruling

Politico reports: President Donald Trump leveled unusually pointed criticism of a prominent conservative legal activist and organization Thursday as he railed against a ruling that struck down his sweeping tariffs. The president, in a post on his social media platform, slammed Leonard Leo, the former chair of the Federalist Society, calling him a “sleazebag” who “probably hates America.” It was a striking characterization of Leo, who played a key role in working with Trump to shape the conservative Supreme Court….

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Trump is using his vast pardon powers to redefine crime in accordance with his needs

Trump is using his vast pardon powers to redefine crime in accordance with his needs

The New York Times reports: President Trump is employing the vast power of his office to redefine criminality to suit his needs — using pardons to inoculate criminals he happens to like, downplaying corruption and fraud as crimes, and seeking to stigmatize political opponents by labeling them criminals. In the past few days, Mr. Trump has offered pardons or clemency to more than two dozen people embraced by his obstreperous right-wing base, or favored by people in his orbit. Most…

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50+ Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador came to the U.S. legally and never violated immigration law

50+ Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador came to the U.S. legally and never violated immigration law

Cato Institute reports: Shortly after the US government illegally and unconstitutionally transported about 240 Venezuelans to be imprisoned in El Salvador’s horrific “terrorism” prison on March 15, CBS News published their names. A subsequent CBS News investigation found that 75 percent of the men on that list had no criminal record in the United States or abroad. Less attention has been paid to the fact that dozens of these men never violated immigration laws either. Why This Review Was Needed The US government not…

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Ethnic cleansing: State Department plans to create ‘Office of Remigration’

Ethnic cleansing: State Department plans to create ‘Office of Remigration’

Wired reports: As part of a sweeping reorganization of the State Department, the Trump administration is creating an Office of Remigration. Remigration is an immigration policy embraced by extremists that calls for the removal of all migrants—including “non-assimilated” citizens—with the goal of creating white ethnostates in Western countries. The details of the plan are contained in a 136-page notification document sent by the State Department to six Congressional commitees—including the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations Committees and the Senate Foreign…

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Trump regime and TikTok interfere in Polish presidential election

Trump regime and TikTok interfere in Polish presidential election

  ABC News reports: The “Make America Great Again” roadshow arrived in Europe this week with events in two nations where American conservatives see prime opportunities for a new transatlantic political culture — one molded by President Donald Trump’s right-wing populism and imbued with grand “clash of civilizations” rhetoric. The Conservative Political Action Conference — CPAC — opened its week of European events on Tuesday in Jasionka, Poland, where Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was among the speakers,…

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