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8:00 AM ET, May 18, 2021

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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Crenshaw tries to whitewash Republican brief supporting lawsuit that sought to overturn election  —  ‘Seditious’: See Tapper's reaction to GOP election lawsuit  —  Washington (CNN)Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw tried Sunday to downplay his December decision to sign on to a legal brief …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Is Taking Direct Aim at Roe v. Wade
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court issues rulings on policing, climate, criminal defendants' rights
Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Court to weigh in on Mississippi abortion ban intended to challenge Roe v. Wade
Washington Post:
Biden calls for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas fighting as pressure mounts to halt violence  —  President Biden on Monday called for a cease-fire to end a week of fierce fighting between Israel and Hamas militants, urging both sides to “protect innocent civilians” in a statement that amounted …
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Reuters:
Israel-Gaza conflict rages on despite U.S., regional diplomacy
Jessica Donati / Wall Street Journal:   U.S. Blocks U.N. Statement on Violence in Gaza
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Justice Dept. Tried to Use Grand Jury to Identify Nunes Critic on Twitter  —  An unsealed court filing shows that the social media company fought the subpoena, which the Biden administration is said to have withdrawn.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department under President Trump secretly obtained …
Robin Bravender / Insider:
EXCLUSIVE: Documents reveal how Trump is spending taxpayer money on his post-presidential offices — from printer toner to Stephen Miller's salary  — New documents show the inner workings of ex-president Donald Trump's team.  — Former White House aides Stephen Miller and Dan Scavino are still getting government salaries.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Insider:
Donald Trump donated his federal salary, but he's taken $65,600 in pension payments since January 20
Discussion: Raw Story
Rosalind Helderman / Washington Post:
‘Our democracy is imperiled’: Maricopa County officials decry 2020 recount as a sham and call on Arizona Republicans to end the process  —  The Republican-dominated Maricopa County board of supervisors Monday denounced an ongoing audit of the 2020 vote as a “sham” and a “con,” …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Val Demings to run for Senate against Rubio  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Rep. Val Demings is planning to run for the U.S. Senate, rather than governor, providing Democrats with a big-name candidate to take on Republican Sen. Marco Rubio next year.  —  For months, Demings mulled …
Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
David Larimer, versatile Washington Post editor, dies at 47  —  David Larimer, a Washington Post editor who helped shape the paper's coverage of college athletics, conflict overseas and the coronavirus pandemic, died May 15 at a hospital in Washington.  He was 47.
Perry Bacon / Washington Post:
The misguided identity politics of the anti-Trump Republicans  —  Opinion by  —  It's good that Republicans such as former president George W. Bush, Sen. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) have made clear that they oppose former president Donald Trump because of his anti-democratic and racist behavior.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:   There are no Marjorie Taylor Greenes in the Democratic Party
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
The Inside Story of How Joe Biden Decided to Run for President  —  Joe Biden was in his living room at the Naval Observatory on Election Night 2016.  He hadn't been watching the presidential results.  Hillary Clinton was going to win, obviously, so the vice president was more focused …
Discussion: Washington Post, Roll Call and The Week
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
In Biden White House, the Celebrity Staff Is a Thing of the Past
Discussion: Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
AT&T's Hollywood Ending Erased Billions in Value  —  Telecom giant is giving up its dreams of marrying content and distribution—one of the biggest about-faces in corporate deal history  —  Three years ago, AT&T Inc. executives were in a federal courthouse fighting the Justice Department …
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Politico:
Republicans not sold on bipartisan Jan. 6 commission  —  After months of negotiations in the House culminated in a bipartisan deal on a Jan. 6 commission, Republicans might not go along with the agreement after all.  —  Several Senate Republicans on Monday evening expressed worries …
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CNN:   GOP leaders split on the January 6 probe but No. 2 Republican predicts Senate will pass bill ‘in some form’
New York Times:
Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China  —  Apple built the world's most valuable business on top of China.  Now it has to answer to the Chinese government.  —  GUIYANG, China — On the outskirts of this city in a poor, mountainous province in southwestern China …
New York Times:
Democrats, Growing More Skeptical of Israel, Pressure Biden  —  Among Democrats in Congress, attitudes toward Israel have grown more critical as the party base expresses concern about the human rights of Palestinians.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's carefully worded statement …
Discussion: CNN, New York Post and Washington Post
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Adam Brewster / CBS News:
Cuomo set to receive $5.1 million for COVID-19 book  —  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to earn $5.1 million from his memoir about leading New York through the COVID-19 pandemic, according to information provided by his office on Monday.  Cuomo received $3,120,000 in gross income …
Discussion: CNN and Breitbart
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New York Times:
Cuomo Set to Receive $5.1 Million From Pandemic Book Deal
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Republicans are sprinting away from democracy  —  Opinion by  —  Almost half of Republicans are now saying the quiet part out loud: They'd prefer to ditch this whole democracy thing.  —  So finds CBS News-YouGov polling conducted in mid-May. The survey asked Republicans a series of questions …
Discussion: Fox News, CNN and Salon
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / Medium:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love the Lab-Leak Theory*  —  In early spring 2020, I reported an article for The New York Times on which I put the tentative headline: “New Coronavirus Is ‘Clearly Not a Lab Leak,’ Scientists Say.”  —  It never ran.  —  For two reasons.
Mike Pence / National Review:
Violence in Israel Is the Price of Biden's Weakness  —  In the Middle East, he has replaced strength with weakness, moral clarity with confusion, and loyalty with betrayal.  —  The Trump-Pence administration opened the door to a future of peace in the Middle East founded on our strong and unwavering commitment to the state of Israel.
Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
Point of Order: George P. Bush supports Donald Trump in 2024, teases primary challenge to Ken Paxton  —  In the latest episode of our podcast about the Texas Legislature, Evan Smith talks to Land Commissioner George P. Bush about the state of the state and the issues in play as the 2021 session winds down …
Lateshia Beachum / Washington Post:
Black Lives Matter activists said a man tried to hit them with his car.  The suspect turned out to be a judge.  —  A North Carolina court of appeals judge was summoned by a criminal court Friday after being accused of nearly hitting Black Lives Matter protesters at a demonstration in downtown Fayetteville on May 7.
Discussion: The Hill
Alayna Treene / Axios:
The freshmen in Congress who have missed the most votes  —  The top five are all House Republicans.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Republicans eye new House majority through redistricting  —  Republican state legislators see this year's decennial redistricting process as a prime opportunity to gain House seats in next year's midterms — with some believing those gains alone can help the GOP take back the majority.
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Kansas Chamber cuts ties with U.S. Chamber of Commerce over Sharice Davids endorsement  —  The Kansas Chamber of Commerce has cut ties with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce after the national business group endorsed Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids last year.  —  The U.S. Chamber's decision …
Politico:
Mask controversy spurs CDC to rethink its pandemic response  —  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky is shaking up the agency's Covid-19 response to consolidate oversight amid mounting criticism over its guidance for vaccinated people, according …
Discussion: Deseret News
Bloomberg:
Labor, Gig Companies Near Bargaining Deal in N.Y.  — Draft bill would give gig workers the right to unionize  — A compromise could take political pressure off Uber and Lyft  —  New legislation creating collective bargaining rights for gig-economy workers is poised to be introduced …
The Hill:
After losing a congressional seat, California needs a course correction  —  According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,  California's leading exports are computers and electronic products.  But these days, it feels like the top exports are jobs, residents and misguided public policy.
 
 
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Buddy Roemer, Reformer as a Louisiana Governor, Dies at 77
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Biden Is Developing a Pardon Process With a Focus on Racial Justice
Discussion: CNN and The Week
Erin Murphy / Sioux City Journal:
State board requests information from group that claimed involvement in Iowa elections bill
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California recall candidates use auto-donation tactic Trump made famous
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
New Grassroots Group Launches To Take War Against Cancel Culture On Offense
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Robert McCartney / Washington Post:
Republican Glenn Youngkin has a surprisingly good chance of winning Virginia governorship
Discussion: Breitbart and Power Line
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Biden, Harris Incomes Dropped in 2020, Tax Returns Show
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
He was banned from having guns after his Capitol riot arrest. Then he shot a mountain lion, feds say.
Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:
‘So I raped you.’ Facebook message renews fight for justice
Discussion: New York Post
Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
The end of D.C.'s elite social scene
William M. Arkin / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Inside the Military's Secret Undercover Army
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
How ‘Rear Adm. Jack Meehoff’ fooled a bunch of real retired generals and admirals