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• Trump Says He Only Appeared to Nod Off in Last Cabinet Meeting Because It Was ‘Boring’ - Mr. Trump’s allies have strenuously insisted that he was alert and attentive at the meeting last month. The president said he had only closed his eyes.
• Andrea Lucas, EEOC Chair, Recasts Workplace Discrimination in Trump’s Image - Andrea Lucas, the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has said she wants to undo years of what she describes as activist excess around labor law.
• Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses on Strike in Protest Against ICE - After protesters called for a pause on economic activity and work to strike against the federal immigration crackdown, many business owners won’t open their doors on Friday.
• Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE - Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, administration officials have defended the use of deadly force, which agency guidelines say should be a last resort.
• Tensions High as Vance and Rubio Are to Meet Danish and Greenlandic Officials - Top officials from the United States, Denmark and Greenland will meet at the White House for the first time since President Trump said he wanted to own Greenland.
• 6 Takeaways on the Unwinding U.S.-Ukraine Alliance - A Times investigation reveals the inside story of the Trump administration’s chaotic push for a peace deal and its erratic role in the war.
• At Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, Attendees Find Conservative Squabbling Distracting - “It’s creating division instead of building a movement that keeps everyone together.”
• At Turning Point Fest, Vance Refuses to Take Sides in Fight Over Bigotry - The vice president’s plea for a big-tent coalition at an annual conservative gathering belied the cracks in his party over antisemitism, racism and conspiracy theories.
• Vivek Ramaswamy Challenges Conservatives on Surging Anti-Indian Hate - The leading Republican candidate for Ohio governor is calling out his party for rising intolerance, including against Indian American immigrants and their children, like him.
• Susie Wiles Acknowledges Trump’s ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions - In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, called JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and said Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the early handling of the Epstein files.