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“In a few moments, you’ll become graduates of the most elite and storied military academy in human history and you will become officers of the greatest and most powerful army the world has ever known. And I know, because I rebuilt that army, and I rebuilt the military. And we rebuilt it like nobody has ever rebuilt it before in …

Bloomberg Law reports: The Trump administration must republish two Harvard Medical School professors’ papers it censored because they contained words related to gender ideology, a federal judge ruled Friday. “The plaintiffs are likely to succeed in proving that the removal of their articles was a textbook example of viewpoint discrimination by the defendants in violation of the First Amendment,” Judge …

Politico reports: California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Friday he’s prepared to sue if appropriate to defend the state’s companies like Apple after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on the iPhone maker unless it moves production fully to the U.S. “We definitely will assess our potential role,” Bonta said in response to a question from POLITICO at a San Francisco …

The Washington Post reports: A federal judge on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order sanctioning the law firm Jenner & Block, the second time a court has struck down one of Trump’s efforts to punish a firm. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates wrote that Trump’s order was unconstitutional, saying the president was trying “to chill legal representation …

REPORTER: “When you said Walmart should eat the cost of tariffs, isn’t that an acknowledgment it is companies that bear the brunt of tariffs?” TRUMP: “Sometimes the country will eat it. Sometimes Walmart will eat it. And sometimes there’ll be something to pay something extra. Because they’ll do a lot of business, but, you know, they announce record profits and …

“We have numbers. Nobody’s ever seen numbers like we have. I’m not looking for any deal. I mean, we’ve set the deal. It’s at 50 percent. But again, there are no tariffs if they build a plant here. Now, if somebody comes in and wants to build a plant here, I can talk to them about a little bit of …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump left out a key detail this week when he outlined his plans for a massive missile and air defense shield over the continent: He can’t build it without Canada. And it’s not clear America’s northern neighbor wants in. Canada would need to play a pivotal role in Trump’s signature, potentially $500 billion effort to build …

Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders on Friday aimed at boosting the domestic nuclear energy industry. The orders aim to simplify the regulatory process for approving new nuclear reactors and to strengthen nuclear fuel supply chains amid mounting concerns over U.S. dependence on foreign suppliers. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “Energy security is national security. By having …

FOX HOST BILL HEMMER: “This bill adds trillions to our debt. How is that acceptable to this administration? SCOTT BESSENT: “You’re referring to the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) scoring, which is 10-year scoring, and it’s DC-style scoring. So we think that we can both grow the economy and control the debt. What’s important, Bill, is that the economy grows faster …

Forbes reports: The Secret Service has paid Trump’s political committees about $13 million for air travel since 2016, a spokesperson confirmed to Forbes, to cover the costs of having the security detail travel with Trump. FEC data from Trump’s committees, which runs through Dec. 31, list $10.4 million in payments and about another $5 million in outstanding bills. Trump’s political …

The Hill reports: In a conversation about immigration enforcement with The New York Times’s “Interesting Times” podcast, JD Vance said two principles core to the nation could slide into “real conflict” unless district courts “exercise a little bit more discretion” or the Supreme Court intervenes. The first is that courts interpret the law, he said. The second is that the …

Mediaite reports: Leaked videos on social media show President Donald Trump using the official presidential seal at his crypto investors’ gala despite White House claims it was a strictly “private” event. The president’s schedule Thursday contained an opaque entry that read “7:00 PM: THE PRESIDENT attends a Private Dinner, Trump National Golf Club, Closed Press.” The occasion was a gala …

Reuters reports: A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students, a move that ratcheted up White House efforts to conform practices in academia to President Donald Trump’s policies. In a complaint filed in Boston federal court filed earlier on Friday, Harvard called the revocation a “blatant violation” of the U.S. …

The Washington Post reports: A federal judge has extended her freeze on President Donald Trump’s plan for mass layoffs and reorganizations at 22 federal agencies until a lawsuit against his administration is resolved, saying the president “likely must” seek approval from Congress before carrying out such widespread changes. Judge Susan Illston issued the order granting a preliminary injunction in a …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to put a 25% tariff on Apple products unless iPhones are manufactured in the United States. The threat delivered over social media could dramatically increase the price of iPhones, potentially hurting sales and the profits of one of America’s leading technology companies. The company now joins Amazon, Walmart and other …

USA Today reports: First lady Melania Trump is getting a little help with the release of the audiobook version of her memoir: artificial intelligence. “I am honored to bring you Melania – The AI Audiobook – narrated entirely using artificial intelligence in my own voice,” Trump wrote in a post on X, along with a futuristic video. “Let the future …

“When you hear 10,000, it was 1 in 10,000, and now it’s 1 in 31 for autism, I think that’s just a terrible thing. It has to be something on the outside, has to be artificially induced, has to be. And we will not allow our public health system to be captured by the very industries it’s supposed to oversee. …

The Washington Post reports: A divided Supreme Court on Thursday refused to immediately reinstate a pair of independent regulators fired by Trump administration, saying the president may have the power to summarily oust the board members and calling into question a 90-year-old legal precedent that has protected the independence of key regulatory bodies. The court’s order, which drew a sharp …

The Associated Press reports: Between a barrage of executive orders, foreign trips and norm-shattering proclamations, Donald Trump has also been busy raking in cash. The president has amassed a war chest of at least $600 million in political donations heading into the midterm elections, according to three people familiar with the matter. It’s an unprecedented sum in modern politics, particularly …

FactCheck.org reports: Pointing to the screen, which showed an aerial view of a rural highway dotted on each side with white crosses, Trump said, “These are burial sites, right here. Burial sites — over a thousand of white farmers. And those cars are lined up to pay love on a Sunday morning. Each one of those white things you see …