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Trump administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time, AP finds

(AP) Eleven-year-old Ederson Galicia Alva had just stepped off the plane and into the Miami airport’s dim hallways when federal agents pulled his mother aside for questioning. Again. ... Panic welled up. His excitement at soon being back at recess with his Florida classmates fell away. Would the government take her away again? This was not his first trauma. In 2018, when he was just 3 years old, Ederson was taken from his mother’s arms at the U.S.-Mexico border under the first Trump administration’s family separation policy and kept apart from her in a government facility for months.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refuses to say whether Trump remains exempt from IRS audits

(AP) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refused to say Wednesday whether President Donald Trump and his family would still get immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund that would have benefited the president’s allies. “There’s continuing litigation, and I’m unable to comment on ongoing litigation,” Bessent told lawmakers at the Senate Finance Committee hearing.

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President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

(NPR) President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal lawyer who has aggressively pursued the Republican president's agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role. Trump said at a dinner at the White House that he plans to nominate Blanche formally on Thursday, according to a video of the event posted on social media by a White House aide. ... "We are going to make him permanent attorney general," Trump said at the Rose Garden event.

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Republicans see trouble with independents for Trump

(The Hill) Republican senators are growing increasingly concerned about President Trump’s weak polling numbers with independent voters and warn that the GOP may be headed for a political wipeout in the November election because Trump’s popularity with Republican primary voters isn’t translating across the broader electorate. Several Republican senators told The Hill that polling data shared at a Tuesday conference meeting by Senate Republican Conference Committee Chair Tom Cotton (Ark.) indicated Democrats have a significant polling lead among independents five months before the general election.

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Plans for a Trump family-linked resort spark protests in Albania

(NPR) A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, is facing growing resistance from protesters in Albania. The government says the development on the Adriatic coast would be transformational for the former communist nation as it seeks to enter the high-end tourism market and pushes for European Union membership. But the venture, spanning an abandoned island and a nearby stretch of seafront on Albania's southern coast, has drawn opposition from environmental campaigners and critics of long-time Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama.

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Trump plans $700 million to build coal plants, export site

(Mining.com) President Donald Trump is preparing to use Cold War-era authorities to dole hundreds of millions of federal dollars to support coal-fired electricity as well as US exports of the fossil fuel. ... Trump is expected to announce he’s delivering much of the funding for US coal plants and an American export terminal under the 1950 Defense Production Act during an Oval Office event Thursday, according to a White House official who asked for anonymity because the plan isn’t yet public.

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Top DOJ official deletes post suggesting alternate plan for compensating alleged 'weaponization' victims

(ABC News) The Justice Department’s number three-ranked official suggested overnight in a since deleted post that the Trump administration would be moving forward with an alternative plan to compensate victims of claimed Biden-era "weaponization." The post came just hours after the acting attorney general committed to Congress that DOJ was scrapping plans for a so-called "Anti-Weaponization Fund."

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Democrats see the stars aligning in Iowa

(Politico) The economic turmoil of the past year-and-a-half has been felt acutely in Iowa, where the agriculture-heavy economy has been jolted by tariffs. Medicaid cuts in last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act are ransacking rural health facilities, Democrats say, and several clinics in the state have closed. And the Iran war has spiked prices for fertilizer and diesel — critical supplies for the farm state. That’s all creating a dynamic that Democrats feel will propel voters their way in the midterms, giving them a shot at their first major statewide wins since the Obama era.

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DOJ Secures Updated Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment

(Bloomberg Law) The Justice Department filed a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center in an apparent attempt to address deficiencies lawyers flagged with an earlier document levying fraud charges against the group. The grand jury indictment filed Tuesday by the US attorney’s office in the Middle District of Alabama, adds more detail in defense of the Trump administration’s claim that the SPLC misled donors and banks by concealing payments to informants infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, and other extremist groups.

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Ex-national security adviser John Bolton will plead guilty in classified information case: AP source

4 min ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the Justice Department that could allow him to avoid prison ti ... (AP)

Trump hits back at 'unpatriotic' vote after House rebukes him over Iran

23 min ago - US President Donald Trump has hit back at lawmakers who voted to send him a rebuke over the war in Iran, calling them "unpatriotic". On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a measure seeking to halt Trump from taking further military act ... (BBC)

Supreme Court sides with FCC in clash with wireless carriers over fines

48 min ago - Supreme Court (U.S.) Supreme Court sides with FCC in clash with wireless carriers over fines Published Thu, Jun 4 202611:09 AM EDT Reuters The exterior of Verizon and AT&T stores, Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images G ... (Reuters, via CNBC)

Police warn families of Tiananmen crackdown dead not to visit graves on 37th anniversary

2 hrs ago - By KEN MORITSUGU and KANIS LEUNG Updated 9:25 AM CDT, June 4, 2026 Leer en español BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are snuffing out any remembrance of the deadly 1989 military crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Tiananm ... (AP)

Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd

3 hrs ago - A flesh-eating parasite that had been kept out of U.S. livestock for decades has been detected in Texas, threatening the nation’s cattle industry and food supply at a time when prices are already high. The case of New World screwworm was confirm ... (NBC)

National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds

4 hrs ago - June 4, 20265:00 AM ET By Kat Lonsdorf President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has reduced petty property crimes, but has had little to no effect on violent crime, despite the high cost to taxpayers, according to a ... (npr)

Trump's 'big beautiful bill' has a 'double taxation' trap for top earners, tax lawyers say

4 hrs ago - Inside Wealth Trump's 'big beautiful bill' has a 'double taxation' trap for top earners, tax lawyers say Published Thu, Jun 4 2026 7:45 AM EDT Updated 41 Min Ago Hayley Cuccinello @HCuccinello @in/hayleycuccinello/ KEY POINTS * The One Big Beautiful ... (CNBC)

Workers at the Coolidge Corner Theatre prepare for possible strike, as management alleges unfair labor practice

5 hrs ago - by Nathan Metcalf June 3, 2026 Workers at the Coolidge Corner Theatre are preparing for a possible strike after rejecting management’s “last and final” contract offer last Friday. The nearly two-year labor dispute escalated further on ... (Brookline News)

Republicans see trouble with independents for Trump

5 hrs ago - Republican senators are growing increasingly concerned about President Trump’s weak polling numbers with independent voters and warn that the GOP may be headed for a political wipeout in the November election because Trump’s popularity with ... (The Hill)

Challenger Report: May Job Cuts Rise 16% from April; Highest May Total Since 2020

5 hrs ago - Challenger Report: May Job Cuts Rise 16% from April; Highest May Total Since 2020 AI DRIVES MAY CUTS TO 97,006, HIGHEST MAY TOTAL SINCE 2020; TECH CUTS HIGHEST SINCE 2023; AI LEADS REASONS FOR THIRD MONTH IN A ROW U.S.-based employers announced 97,00 ... (Challenger, Gray & Christmas)

Plans for a Trump family-linked resort spark protests in Albania

6 hrs ago - World Plans for a Trump family-linked resort spark protests in Albania June 4, 20262:00 AM ET By The Associated Press Police officers block a street during a demonstration in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, opposing a luxury coastal develop ... (Associated Press, via NPR)

Trump administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time, AP finds

7 hrs ago - U.S. News Trump administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time, AP finds By GARANCE BURKE and SONIA PÉREZ D. Updated 12:25 AM EDT, June 4, 2026 Leer en español Eleven-year-old Ederson Galicia Alva ... (Associated Press)

Ukraine's drone strikes set a gloomy tone for Putin's economic showcase

7 hrs ago - A massive black cloud rising above the St. Petersburg skyline from a Ukrainian drone strike set a gloomy tone for the opening of President Vladimir Putin’s annual showcase of Russia’s economic achievements. With Putin set to arrive Thursday ... (AP)

President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

8 hrs ago - Politics President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general June 4, 2026 1:50 AM ET By The Associated Press Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before the House Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 i ... (Associated Press, via NPR)

SpaceX says it's worth $1.75tn as it targets largest stock market debut

8 hrs ago - In a filing setting out plans for its initial public offering (IPO), SpaceX said its shares should go for $135 (£100) each, ratcheting up its own valuation of the firm to roughly $1.75tn. Setting an estimated price for its stock listing so far ... (BBC)

Trump plans $700 million to build coal plants, export site

11 hrs ago - Trump plans $700 million to build coal plants, export site Bloomberg News June 3, 2026 5:37 pm Energy USA Coal Oakland's former Army Base. Credit: City of Oakland President Donald Trump is preparing to use Cold War-era authorities to dole hundreds ... (Bloomberg, via mining.com)

Trump soon expected to nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general, source says

14 hrs ago - The announcement could come as soon as tonight, sources said, but the White House wouldn't confirm the decision ... (CNN)

xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity

15 hrs ago - Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm, xAI, is requesting the public identification of four people who allegedly had deepfake sexualized images created of them using Grok—including one apparently targeted with sexualized deepfake images ... (Wired)

DOJ Secures Updated Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment

16 hrs ago - The Justice Department filed a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center in an apparent attempt to address deficiencies lawyers flagged with an earlier document levying fraud charges against the group. The grand jury indictment f ... (Bloomberg Law)

Top DOJ official deletes post suggesting alternate plan for compensating alleged 'weaponization' victims

16 hrs ago - The acting AG said the so-called "Anti-Weaponization Fund" would be scrapped. By Alexander Mallin June 3, 2026, 10:27 AM The Justice Department’s number three-ranked official suggested overnight in a since deleted post that the Trump adminis ... (abc)

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