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NY Times – Politics

In a 103-page opinion, Judge William G. Young chronicled an “unmistakable pattern of discrimination” by the Trump administration in its termination of federal science funding. [...]

President Trump worked the phones and welcomed Republicans to the White House to cajole them into supporting his megabill. They left with signed merchandise and photos of the Oval Office. [...]

The president escalated his recent attacks on Jerome H. Powell for not cutting interest rates. [...]

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was made to kneel overnight, denied bathroom access and confined in an overcrowded cell with bright lights and no windows, his lawyers say. [...]

President Trump is using his July 4 deadline as a cudgel to pass his signature domestic policy bill. [...]

The appraisal that Iran’s nuclear hopes had been set back 1 to 2 years by U.S. and Israeli bombings was the latest in a shifting series of pronouncements. [...]