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Media: Giving the commencement address at @WestPoint_USMA and "Wearing his red 'Make America Great Again' hat, #DonaldTrump leaned into his aggressive agenda to purge diversity, equity and inclusion programs from the government, military and virtually every facet of American https://t.co/p6FZr0eeiO

Media: @DanaBashCNN asks @ElieHonig what legal basis the #Trump administration has for its attempt to block @Harvard from having foreign students: #Honig: "It's not exactly clear to me. It seems like the Trump administration's legal position here is, 'We're the executive branch. https://t.co/qUxag6gjSV

Media: US "#Republicans’ push to ban state AI regulations for the next 10 years as part of the party’s massive tax and immigration bill is forging ahead after the House narrowly passed it this morning, but obstacles are mounting. Congressional Democrats, consumer advocates, state

Media: @ElieHonig on potential federal charges for the alleged killer of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim in Washington at the Capital Jewish Museum, at an @AJCGlobal event. #Honig: "We should look for three different types of federal charges. "First of all, hate crimes. https://t.co/jWrkAGqCWD

Media: #RickSpinard, former @NOAA administrator, to @brikeilarcnn on the effect of the DOGE cuts to the National Weather Service @NWS and @NOAA: "I appreciate that the Weather Service and the acting administrator are putting a brave face on the situation right now, but the fact https://t.co/MqKhbLZGSs

Media: With "above average" hurricane activity forecast for the 2025 Atlantic season, "the National Weather Service @NWS and @NOAA, its parent agency, have lost hundreds of employees to layoffs and retirements in recent months after the Department of Governmental Efficiency https://t.co/btRjShKZUW

Media: "Judge Blocks #Trump Administration From Closing the Education Department. On Thursday, a federal judge in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction blocking president #Trump and US education secretary Linda McMahon from carrying out Trump's executive order calling for https://t.co/coR28PkF5n

Media: "House Republicans approved president #DonaldTrump’s sprawling tax and immigration agenda Thursday morning, sending to the Senate legislation that the @GOP hopes will transform the federal government and the economy and power the @WhiteHouse’s drive to deport immigrants https://t.co/Gv4AEyeACU

Media: @juliettekayyem tells @M_Lee: "I've talked to someone who was at the event. This is the @AJCGlobal. It's called the Young Diplomats event. ... There are many people there that are from a variety of embassies. It's a way to get young professionals in the foreign policy and https://t.co/EgBnpCL2tR

Media, new: In the newser in Washington DC about the lethal shooting just past 9pET outside the Capital Jewish Museum, we learn that a suspect is in custody. He is identified in the news conference as Elias Rodriguez, age 30, from Chicago, unknown earlier to Washington's https://t.co/UEzjJmVxA9

Media: "The Pentagon said Wednesday that it had formally accepted a donated $400 million luxury airliner from Qatar that president #Trump has said will serve as Air Force One. 'The secretary of defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and https://t.co/1k0v5xrcHJ

Media: "The Supreme Court on Monday let the #Trump administration, for now, remove protections from nearly 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants who had been allowed to remain in the United States without risk of deportation under a program known as Temporary Protected Status. The https://t.co/3OwpTPQup0

Media: "#Romania has elected a centrist president in a major surprise after weeks when voters looked likely to propel another hard-right populist to lead a large European country. Despite coming a distant second in the first round two weeks ago, the moderate mayor of #Bucharest, https://t.co/USgj2Krcbd

Media: On the Mexican Navy sailing ship, initially said to be bound for Iceland on an annual training cruise. The Cuauhtémoc's rigging hit a part of the #BrooklynBridge in #NYC at 20:26 ET on Saturday. Reportedly carrying some 277 people, at least 20 are said to be injured at https://t.co/3fjoxteYZc

Media: #DonaldTrump on Saturday "called on @Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, to 'EAT THE TARIFFS' and keep prices down. 'I’ll be watching, and so will your customers,' he wrote. "Mr. #Trump’s attempt to bully Walmart into keeping its prices steady came as the president, https://t.co/gLHWGJ2mvh