The CDC director is fired for following science, Afghanistan reels from a deadly quake, Rudy Giuliani survives a serious car crash, Chicago braces for ICE raids, Trump disappears from public view, and the president might be golfing—or maybe not.

CDC Changes

-via ABC News, Reuters, NPR, and NY Times

Afghanistan Quake

-via BBC

Rudy Guiliani

-via CNN

Immigration in America

-via The Guardian 

ISO: The President

-via Newsweek

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Two false shooter threats hit universities, Trump targets 55 million visas, has a fraud fine tossed, halts NIH grants on DEI, and patrols DC streets, all while the Pentagon seeks ICE volunteers and Kevin McCarthy melts down over California’s redistricting.

Villanova University

-via NBC News

Trump Reviewing Visas

-via AP News

Trump’s Suit Tossed Out

-via Axios

SOCUS Allows NIH Grant Freeze

-via CNN

Pentagon Looking for Volunteers

-via The Guardian

Trump to Patrol DC

-via CBS News

Kevin McCarthy, LOL

-via CBS NewsTexas Tribune

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As Israel begins its takeover of Gaza, a change of command at Target shows protest works. Plus, updates on DC, the Epstein files, and Texas.

Israel in Gaza

-via NBC News and CNN

Protest Works

-via CNN

Update: DC

-via ABC News, ABC News, Democracy Now, and The Hill

Epstein Files

-via AP News and Axios

Texas

-via The Hill and Texas Tribune

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After a massive Russian strike follows Trump’s Putin-Zelensky plan, he calls Crimea and NATO “impossible” for Ukraine, while House Republicans trap a Texas Democrat in chambers, Epstein files are set for release, ICE arrests a legal police officer, and Trump revokes security clearances.

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

-via ABC News, BBC, and AP News

Epstein Files 

-via CBS News

Trump Revokes Security Clearances

-via AP News

ICE Raids

-via AP News

Rep. Nicole Collier

-via Texas Tribune

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Trump proposes ending mail-in voting, jokes about canceling elections during war, and arranges a Putin-Zelensky meeting after suggesting Ukraine give up Crimea; meanwhile, a Texas Democrat refuses to sign GOP demands to leave chambers.

Zelensky in America

-via AP News and Axios

Mail-In Voting

-via NPR and Huffington Post

Nicole Collier

-via NBC News

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Trump’s meeting with Putin fails to deliver, Oklahoma imposes ideological teacher tests, Hurricane Erin has arrived, Texas Democrats begin their trip home while DC protests continue over Trump’s emergency police takeover.

Putin + Trump

-via The Guardian, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Newsweek, AP News, and NPR

Okay, Oklahoma

-via USA Today

Hurricane Erin

-via CNN

Texans Return Home

-via Politico

Update: DC

-via NPR

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SCOTUS greenlights Mississippi’s social media age checks, Florida adds a “Deportation Depot,” Texas opens its largest-ever ICE facility, California puts gerrymandering on the ballot during an ICE raid, Trump threatens to punish DC officials over crime stats, and a House member has seen interdimensional beings.

Mississippi Social Media Age Verification

-via CNN

Florida Adds Another Deportation Center

-via ABC News

As Goes Florida, So Goes Texas

-via NBC News

Texas v California

-via ABC News 

Update: DC

-via The Guardian, NY Times, and AP News

Aliens

-via The Hill

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As preparations for Trump’s meeting with Ukraine begin, DC’s police state continues as does the Newsom/Trump feud). Plus - The Kennedy Center is a bummer now.

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

-via CNN, BBC, CBS News, and Washington Post

DC: 1984

-via CNN, AP News, The Guardian, Time, and Axios

Newson v Trump v Maps

-via The Hill

Kennedy Center Honors

-via CNN

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Trump faces legal backlash over his military deployment to LA, expands federal control in DC, Texas Republicans push gerrymandered maps as Paxton targets Beto, and Russia-linked hackers breach U.S. court records days before Trump meets with Putin to discuss Ukraine - without Ukraine.

LA v Trump Suit

-via CBS News, NBC News, and Cornell Law School

Trump’s DC Takeover

-via AP News, CNN, NY Times, and Washington Post

How About Them Cowboys?

-via Texas Tribune and Texas Tribune

Russia Russia Russia

-via NY Times and Reuters

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Mass shootings rock Chicago, Georgia, and Texas; a Pennsylvania steel plant explodes; Israel announces plans to occupy Gaza City amid rising death tolls; Trump takes control of DC police and sends in troops; and a SCOTUS challenge threatens same-sex marriage rights.

Mass Shootings

-via ABC News, ABC News, AP News, CNN, and NPR

Steel Plant Explosion

-via NY Times

Israel Takes Gaza

-via BBC, CNN, and NPR

Trump’s DC Takeover

-via AP News, CNN, NY Times, Washington Post, and Politico

Obergefell’s Future

-via ABC News

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