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Senate Democrat pepper sprayed at protest outside ICE detention facility in New Jersey

(The Hill) Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Monday was pepper-sprayed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers while demonstrators gathered outside an immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J. Kim, later Monday, said he saw “chaos inside and outside” of Delaney Hall, the detention center where around 300 migrants are holding a hunger and work strike against the center’s conditions. “Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help,” he wrote on the social platform X. “Instead of engaging with me and others about the poor conditions, ICE sent in an armored vehicle and a line of armed agents that only poured gasoline on the fire.”

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Trump friction with GOP senators may imperil his agenda, say senators

(The Hill) Senate Republican sources say that President Trump’s agenda for the rest of the year is in serious trouble, including a budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, after tempers erupted at a meeting between GOP senators and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche last week. GOP senators say that Trump has no chance of getting taxpayer money to fund construction of the White House ballroom and are warning that he will probably have to abandon or significantly reform his proposal to establish a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund if the stalled budget reconciliation package has any chance of passing before the midterm election.

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European stocks falter, oil rises, as US strikes Iran

(Reuters) European stock indexes were mixed on Tuesday, pulling back slightly from recent gains, and oil prices rose ‌after new U.S. strikes in southern Iran dampened investors’ hopes that a U.S.-Iran peace deal could be imminent. Market sentiment had turned more positive over the past week, as traders bet on a de-escalation in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, which has severely disrupted Middle East oil and gas supplies since it began in late February.

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Dem Congressman Calls Out Trump Admin For Creating 'Worse' Situation In Iran

(Huff Post) Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) has serious issues with the Trump administration’s strategy – or lack thereof – in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. In a Sunday interview on “Scott MacFarlane Reports,” Deluzio was asked what he’s been hearing from Trump officials about the war. “I think the military has been put in this position – and they are doing tactically what they’re being asked to do. The Trump administration, though, the strategic part of this? They’re floundering,” he said.

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Trump goes on wild posting spree ahead of hospital visit: 'That's all I have to say'

(Raw Story) Trump unleashed a torrent of social media posts Tuesday morning before his scheduled trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The president started his early morning posting spree by sharing a post from the Women For Trump account criticizing former President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, which was characterized as "sent tons of cash to fund nukes – treason." He shared other posts praising his deal-making abilities and urging followers to trust him, while another said "stay with me deplorables, you'll love how this movie ends."

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Rain Man: Trump stays dry while Gold Star families get soaked

(Steve Schmidt) Donald Trump stood beneath shelter on Memorial Day, while Gold Star families sat exposed in the rain. It was the perfect metaphor for this vulgar and degraded age in American life. The commander in chief was dry. The families who carried the unbearable burden of sacrifice were soaked. The image captured the truth of Trumpism better than any poll, speech or slogan ever could.

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Trump's vulgarity is poisoning public life

(Salon) Donald Trump is a vulgarian. We know this — it has long been a defining feature of his public and private lives. But a new report from the Washington Post quantifies what many people have sensed: Trump’s use of profanity, insults and combative language has grown much worse since his return to power in January 2025. In Trump’s first term, about 40% of his speeches contained at least one use of vulgarity. During just the first 16 months of his second term, that figure stands at 93%. The president’s profane or insulting posts on social media have also tripled as compared to his first term.

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Republicans Sound Like They're Getting Nervous About Supreme Court Expansion by Madiba K. Dennie

(TPM) On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Republicans held a hearing to discuss, as they put it in the hearing’s official title, “a threat to the Supreme Court’s legitimacy.” The threat to which they referred, though, was not the Court’s myriad ethical scandals, or its efforts to gut both the Voting Rights Act and the Fifteenth Amendment, or its 200-plus-year track record of concentrating power in the hands of well-connected white guys named John. Instead, the threat that had House Republicans all riled up is the idea of increasing the number of justices on the Court.

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After Historic SNAP Cuts, America's Hunger Emergency Is Already Here

(Ms Magazine) We are on the precipice of a hunger catastrophe in America, forged by morally bankrupt Republicans who privileged billionaires over our nation’s most vulnerable. It’s going to result in millions of children, single mothers and families losing access to food benefits with few alternatives. And you might not even know about it, as much of this crisis has unfolded outside national headlines.

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