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Hmmmm… Free Speech?

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Where Things Stand

• Networks threatened: President Trump said federal regulators should revoke broadcast licenses over late-night hosts who speak negatively about him, a day after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” after pressure from the Federal Communications Commission chairman. Mr. Trump and administration officials have long championed free speech, but their actions — as well as their promises since Charlie Kirk’s killing — to guarantee it have been replaced by efforts to quash criticism. Congressional Democrats plan to introduce long-shot legislation to bolster legal protections for people targeted by the president for speaking freely.

• Child deportations: A federal judge temporarily blocked the hasty deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children, saying the Trump administration had misleadingly presented its actions as a “reunification” effort. Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee, said the government relied on false pretexts that “crumbled like a house of cards.”

Vaccine panel: A federal vaccine advisory panel appeared poised to vote against recommending vaccinating children under 4 with a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox. It was also expected to vote to limit the use of a hepatitis B vaccine.

Federal officers arrested 11 Democratic elected officials inside a federal building in Lower Manhattan on Thursday after the officials demanded access to cells used by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to detain migrants.

The officials, including Brad Lander, the city comptroller, and city and state lawmakers, were arrested after they showed up at 26 Federal Plaza and sought to inspect the 10th-floor holding cells, which are operated by ICE and closed to the public. The cells have drawn scrutiny following complaints of unsanitary and overcrowded conditions, leading a federal judge to order ICE to improve the conditions last month.

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President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, leaving London on Thursday.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times

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