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The Guardian reports: Voters in a small patch of south Texas are casting their ballots on Saturday in an election that could give Elon Musk a town to call his own. The vote would officially create a new city called Starbase in the area where Musk’s SpaceX holds its Texas rocket launches. The outcome, which will be decided almost entirely …

The Hill reports: President Trump lashed out at judges early Saturday after a recent court ruling barred his administration from continuing to use the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. “Can it be so that Judges aren’t allowing the USA to Deport Criminals, including Murderers, out of our Country and back to where they came …

The Huffington Post reports: An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as $20 million worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy — the precise sort of quid-pro-quo arrangement that corruption experts warned Trump was encouraging when he unveiled his venture. Freight Technologies Inc. CEO Javier Selgas said in a Wednesday news release …

Maine Public Radio reports: Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Friday that she has “serious objections” to President Donald Trump’s first budget blueprint, which proposes massive cuts to health, education and other programs. Presidential budget proposals are often referred to as blueprints because Congress makes the final decision on spending levels, led by the Senate and House appropriations …

The New York Times reports: Some have logged on late at night. Others have driven for hours. And some have just given up. All in the hunt for a coveted appointment for a Real ID. Starting on Wednesday, travelers in the United States will need a Real ID, passport or other federally recognized document to board domestic flights, a requirement …

Politico reports: At least 15,000 Agriculture Department employees have taken the Trump administration’s offers to resign, according to a readout of a USDA briefing with congressional staff that was shared with POLITICO. The departures represent a drastic contraction of a department that handles a diverse portfolio including flagship federal nutrition programs, food safety, farm loans and rural broadband initiatives. While …

Yahoo Finance reports: Microsoft is raising the price of its Xbox consoles, games, and accessories worldwide amid ongoing tariff uncertainty surrounding consumer technology goods. Video game companies manufacture consoles and accessories in China, which is currently subject to 145% reciprocal tariffs, and areas like Vietnam, subject to a 10% blanket tariff. Physical games, discs, and cartridges are also produced in …

CBS News reports: Nearly all of the remaining staff at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health were laid off Friday, multiple officials and laid-off employees told CBS News, gutting programs ranging from approvals of new safety equipment to firefighter health. Much of the work at NIOSH, an arm of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had …

Reuters reports: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s centre-left Labor Party was projected to win elections, broadcasters said on Saturday, in a comeback against once-resurgent conservatives powered by concerns about the influence of U.S. President Donald Trump. Supporters at Labor’s election party in Sydney cheered and hugged as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Sky News Australia announced Labor was likely to …

Axios reports: President Trump says a recession is OK in the short term, in a clip of a pre-recorded interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker” released on Friday. Business owners and politicians alike have shared fears of a recession given the uncertainty surrounding the president’s tariffs. Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok put the probability of a “Voluntary …