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How Trump's firings could upend a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling limiting his power

Already, lower courts have found President Trump's removal of Democratic members of independent agencies to be unlawful. The Trump administration has appealed.
- Andrea Hsu
5 takeaways from this week — from courts pushing back on Trump to wars overseas

Here are five takeaways from a week when President Trump moved ahead with deportations and sweeping changes to the federal government — and ran into obstacles in the courts.
- Domenico Montanaro
Is this the year rent limits pass?

For years, progressives have tried to fight the rising cost of living by instituting a kind of "rent control" – what proponents call "rent stabilization." There’s buzz this year that a rent stabilization bill could safely parachute onto the Governor’s desk.
- Gabriel Spitzer
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Why D.C. police decided to side with DOGE in Institute of Peace standoff

Washington, D.C., police were in an awkward position during this week's standoff between the U.S. Institute of Peace and DOGE staffers, who sought access to the building to install a new president.
- Meg Anderson
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Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE

Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.
- Andrew Limbong
Colorado constituents press Democrats on the party's plan to oppose Trump

Attendees at a town hall hosted by Congressional Democrats expressed frustration with the party -- saying they want lawmakers to give them outlines of a plan to fight against the Trump administration.
- Barbara Sprunt
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Congress may kill the program that saved thousands of veterans from foreclosure

An NPR investigation helped lead to 15,000 veterans being saved from losing their homes, but some in Congress want to kill the rescue program.
- Chris Arnold
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3 people face federal charges for Tesla attacks. Are such acts domestic terrorism?

Attorney General Pamela Bondi says the accused are part of a "wave of domestic terrorism." Experts say this is a common stance of the federal government and can be used to seek stiffer penalties.
- Jaclyn Diaz
Remembering Ralph Munro, 5-term Washington secretary of state and statesman

Ralph Munro, Washington’s longest-serving secretary of state and a moderate Republican who achieved unusually broad popularity across the political spectrum, died early Thursday at his convalescent home in Lacey.
- Tom Banse/Washington State Standard
Why a DOJ prosecutor resigned, telling coworkers and bosses 'you serve no man'

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Murphy resigned from the Department of Justice, telling NPR, 'It just was not a Department of Justice that I any longer wanted to associate with.'"
- Tom Dreisbach
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