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Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension Fallout, Bill Ackman's Denial, Trump H-1B Visa Plan And More: This Week In Politics

It’s been a wild week, with several major events in the political world. Here’s a quick recap of the top stories that made headlines.

Benzinga

Trump Calls On Attorney General Pam Bondi To Act Swiftly Against Political Foes, Criticizes Justice Department For 'All Talk, No Action'

President Donald Trump publicly urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue criminal charges against several political figures, expressing frustration with what he called delays in the Justice Department's investigations.

Benzinga

The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing

Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence culture’

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Trump picks his former lawyer to be top prosecutor, as he pushes Bondi to investigate foes

Lindsey Halligan appointed as US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia after president demands investigations of his political enemies

The Guardian - AU

Trump ‘border czar’ Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents

Alleged handoff occurred before Trump won second presidency, after which administration killed federal corruption case

The Guardian - US

MAGA’s loudest voices turn on Donald Trump over Charlie Kirk’s death

The mutiny the POTUS didn't expect.

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Luigi Mangione lawyers file motion to dismiss murder case citing ‘Marvel movie’ perp walk and ‘politicized’ death penalty ruling

At a minimum, Mangione’s lawyers urged a federal judge in New York to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty

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How Trump is seizing on Charlie Kirk’s killing for a campaign of vengeance

The Trump administration is trying to harness outrage over the rightwing activist’s killing to crush dissent, experts say

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump administration threatens to use all resources of the government to ‘dismantle and destroy’ NGOs

100 nonprofits are calling it an attempt to "exploit political violence" to silence them.

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Kirk Killing Sparks Fierce US Free Speech Debate

For Americans, the words are practically sacred: the First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees freedom of speech.

International Business Times

‘These people are crazed lunatics’: Trump gives rambling answer when pressed about attacks on First Amendment

‘I see people saying things, they're crazy,’ Trump said

The Independent UK

Kash Patel’s guilty freak out episode over Trump’s name in Epstein files might make the president rue the day he made him FBI director

Patel's meltdown was... telling.

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Stephen Colbert on falling vaccine rates: ‘What other scientific advances are people going to toss out?’

While ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel from the air ‘indefinitely’, other late-night hosts discuss declining US vaccination rates and Kash Patel’s disastrous Capitol Hill hearing

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump administration threatens to prosecute Office Depot employee for refusing to print Charlie Kirk flyers

Someone needs to explain the First Amendment to our Attorney General.

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The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson says Trump administration is using Charlie Kirk’s killing to trample First Amendment

Conservative voice speaks out after the White House cracks down on critics of Charlie Kirk since his assassination

Al Jazeera

US right shifts tone on social media censorship after Charlie Kirk’s murder

Platforms that loosened moderation in the Trump era are now under scrutiny over online reaction to activist’s killing.

Reason

Trump's 'Firing' of Lisa Cook Is Headed for SCOTUS

Plus: Pam Bondi flunks free speech 101.

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‘You have a lot of hate in your heart’: Trump savagely destroys ABC reporter after awkward Pam Bondi question backfires spectacularly

Trump just threatened to sic his AG on ABC... and he wasn't joking.

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The Independent UK

FBI chief Kash Patel admits he hasn’t read all Epstein files — then blows up when asked if Trump is in them

Patel ends two-day congressional hearings with furious exchanges attacking Democratic lawmakers

Roll Call

House lawmakers squash effort to censure Ilhan Omar - Roll Call

Four Republicans helped Democrats pull off the procedural move. Some hope it could be enough to defuse a cycle of retribution in the House.

The Independent UK

The Daily Show star schools Pam Bondi on free speech after Trump DOJ chief threatens Charlie Kirk ‘hate speech’

‘Even if you’re not a big reader, it’s the first one,’ host cracked of AG’s knowledge of the Bill of Rights

The Independent UK

DOJ says Trump protesters could face RICO charges for yelling at him while he was ‘trying to enjoy dinner’

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defends Trump’s threat to charge protesters for using ‘vile words and vile anger’

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Donald Trump’s feelings get hurt and apparently, that’s enough to criminally prosecute the offender

Trump has now fully embraced cancel culture.

The Guardian - US

Sonia Sotomayor says Americans may not know difference between presidents and kings

Supreme court justice warns poor quality of civics education may lead to lack of understanding

The Guardian - US

Democrats to introduce a No Political Enemies (Nope) act, to protect government critics – as it happened

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