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Kilmar Abrego Garcia on way back to US to face criminal charges: Sources — Sources say he faces charges of illegally transporting migrants within the U.S. — Undated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. — Murray Osorio PLLC via AP
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Abrego Garcia indictment led top federal prosecutor in Tennessee to resign: Sources — The decision to pursue the indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia led to the abrupt departure of Ben Schrader, a high-ranking federal prosecutor in Tennessee, sources briefed on Schrader's decision told ABC News.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been returned to the United States to face criminal charges — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, has been returned to the United States to face federal criminal charges, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday.
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Return of Wrongly Deported Man Raises Questions About Trump's Views of Justice — For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.
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Inside the battles that shattered Trump and Musk's alliance — Trump called Musk “a big-time drug addict” in a phone call shortly after their public feud. — President Donald Trump was dejected, processing his very public split with the world's richest man.
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Musk Deletes Post Saying He'll Apologize to Trump if the President Does a ‘Full Dump’ of Epstein Files — Elon Musk said an apology from him to President Donald Trump hinges on a “full dump.” — Many conservatives have been disappointed that the Trump administration has yet to release …

Trump Has Options to Punish Musk Even if His Federal Contracts Continue
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Musk floats ‘The American Party’ after Trump tiff
Musk floats ‘The American Party’ after Trump tiff
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Democratic congressman steps up his work to pull Musk toward his party for the midterms
Democratic congressman steps up his work to pull Musk toward his party for the midterms
Jonathan Freedland / The Guardian:
Musk and Trump are enemies made for each other - united in their ability to trash their own brands
Musk and Trump are enemies made for each other - united in their ability to trash their own brands
Eric Garcia / The Independent:
AOC takes victory lap as Trump-Elon nuclear breakup confirms everything she and Bernie Sanders warned
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The Alarming Part of the Musk-Trump Dispute
The Alarming Part of the Musk-Trump Dispute
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Los Angeles ICE raids spark protests, fear, outrage. ‘Our community is under attack’ — A series of surprise U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps in downtown Los Angeles on Friday prompted fierce pushback from elected officials and protesters, who decried the enforcement actions as …
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SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles — Los Angeles - David Huerta, President of SEIU California and SEIU- United Service Workers West was injured and detained at an ICE raid in Los Angeles today while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity.
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SEIU president injured and detained during ICE operations in downtown LA, mayor says
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Five Proud Boys leaders, including Philly resident Zach Rehl, want the government to pay them $100 million in restitution for Jan. 6 convictions — Zach Rehl, the former leader of the Philadelphia Proud Boys who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in helping incite the Jan. 6 …
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Proud Boys Freed by Trump Sue the Government for $100 Million — Once convicted of serious felonies, members of the extremist group now paint themselves as “patriotic” victims of political warfare — In a Bizarro World lawsuit against the federal government, Proud Boys who were pardoned …
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White House security staff warned Musk's Starlink is a security risk — Starlink satellite connections in the White House bypass controls meant to stop leaks and hacking. — Elon Musk's team at the U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House communications experts worried …
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After His Trump Blowup, Musk May Be Out. But DOGE Is Just Getting Started. — With members embedded in multiple agencies, the team's approach to transforming government is becoming “institutionalized,” as one official put it. — With members embedded in multiple agencies …
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Supreme Court allows DOGE to access Social Security data
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Justices Grant DOGE Access to Social Security Data and Let the Team Shield Records
Justices Grant DOGE Access to Social Security Data and Let the Team Shield Records
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Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans
Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans
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Trump can bar The Associated Press from some White House events for now, appeals court rules — The AP sued after the White House restricted its access over continued references to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage despite Trump renaming the body of water the Gulf of America.
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There are only two commissioners left at the FCC — After two departures on Friday, parts of Brendan Carr's agenda are in limbo. … After the departure of one Republican and one Democratic commissioner on Friday, the Federal Communications Commission is down to two members …

Investigators looking at who sent Hegseth's Signal texts, whether they were told to delete them, sources say — Hegseth shared details of war plans in at least two group chats, officials said. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers a speech at the US cemetery to commemorate …
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The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America's UFO Mythology — U.S. military fabricated evidence of alien technology and allowed rumors to fester to cover up real secret-weapons programs — A tiny Pentagon office had spent months investigating conspiracy theories about secret Washington UFO programs …

Buyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner … He Tianying outside the White House on May 23. Mr. He is a member of an advisory body that seeks to broaden the Communist Party's influence and solicit support from influential people in Chinese society.Jason Andrew for The New York Times
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Exclusive: ADL chief compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda in address to Republican officials — Jonathan Greenblatt also said protests against Israel were driven by ‘same kind of nihilists’ who participated in Black Lives Matter — Jonathan Greenblatt, the Anti-Defamation League CEO …

The great poaching: America's brain drain begins — The Trump administration's spending cuts and restrictions on foreign students are triggering a brain drain — and American scientists are panicking. — Why it matters: U.S. researchers' fears are coming true.