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Ben Terris / New York Magazine:
All By Himself  —  John Fetterman insists he is in good health.  But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.  —  When John Fetterman was released from Walter Reed hospital in March 2023, Adam Jentleson, then his chief of staff, was proud of his boss …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS.  They say he can't  —  President Trump issued an executive order late Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board of directors to “cease federal funding for NPR and PBS,” the nation's primary public broadcasters, claiming ideological bias.
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Associated Press:
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters' reporting.  The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) …
Washington Post:
GOP balks at approving even a fraction of Musk's DOGE cuts  —  Republican lawmakers have told administration officials that pushing sweeping cuts through Congress will be difficult.  —  White House officials have in recent weeks brainstormed strategies for enshrining into law …
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NBC News:
Senate Republicans raise red flags about Trump's private dinner with his meme coin holders
Discussion: Raw Story and Wired
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump's budget proposes slashing health, education and clean energy programs while growing the military
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:   Hard-liners' Medicaid letter has ties to GOP think tank
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Stephen Miller emerges as top contender for Trump's next national security adviser  —  President Trump's top policy adviser, Stephen Miller, is garnering buzz inside the White House as a top candidate to be the next national security adviser, five sources familiar with the situation say.
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Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Mike Waltz offered other roles before accepting U.N. ambassador post, sources say
Reuters:
These judges ruled against Trump.  Then their families came under attack.  —  As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with threats and harassment.
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Tom Sanders / The Daily Beast:
Supreme Court Justice Gets Standing Ovation for Breaking Cover to Attack Trump
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Kennedy Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination  —  Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.  —  With the United States facing its largest single measles outbreak …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes  —  In response, the state will drop its lawsuit that had been filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  —  / Source: The Associated Press  —  PORTLAND, Maine — President Donald Trump's administration …
Discussion: USA Today and Prism
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Press Herald:   Maine settles lawsuit against USDA over $3 million in school funds
CNN:
Trump repeats that the government will revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status  —  President Donald Trump says Harvard University will be stripped of its tax-exempt status, redoubling an extraordinary threat amid a broader chess match over free speech, political ideology and federal funding …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump administration reaches ‘settlement in principle’ with rioter shot by cop on Jan. 6  —  The amount of Ashli Babbitt's expected payout has not been publicly revealed.  —  The Trump administration has reached a financial settlement “in principle” with the family of Ashli Babbitt …
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Allies Sue John Roberts To Give White House Control Of Court System  —  A think tank founded by Stephen Miller sued Roberts and the office that administers the judiciary, claiming that the White House should run the federal courts.  —  Close allies of President Trump are asking a judge …
Discussion: Democracy Docket
Andrew Freedman / CNN:
US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously known as hurricane season nears  —  The National Weather Service is in worse shape than previously known, according to interviews with current and former meteorologists, due to a combination of layoffs, early retirements and preexisting vacancies.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Warren P. Strobel / Washington Post:
Trump plans major downsizing at U.S. spy agencies  —  The CIA plans to cut 1,200 positions, along with thousands more from other parts of the U.S. intelligence community.  —  The Trump administration is planning significant personnel cuts at the Central Intelligence Agency and other major U.S. spy units …
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Trump's brain is gone  —  🗣️ 🎤 🤯 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please click the button below and become one to support our work.
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Trump plans to change Veterans Day into ‘Victory Day for World War I’  —  President Donald Trump in a social media post Thursday announced plans to rename Veterans Day as “Victory Day for World War I” and establish May 8 as “Victory Day for World War II.”  —  “We won both wars …
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Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Mike Waltz Has Somehow Gotten Even Worse at Using Signal  —  A photo taken this week showed Mike Waltz using an app that looks like—but is not—Signal to communicate with top officials.  “I don't even know where to start with this,” says one expert.  —  On ThursdaY, Reuters published …
Karina Elwood / Washington Post:
Fearing deportation, a beloved music teacher gives a final lesson  —  Jesús Rodríguez, worried about being detained, decided to leave the country before his humanitarian parole expired.  —  On the day before spring break at Forest Grove Elementary School in Northern Virginia …
BBC:
Temu to stop selling goods from China directly to US customers  —  Temu has said it will stop selling goods imported from China in the US directly to customers from its platform.  —  The online marketplace said sales would now be handled by “locally based sellers”, with orders fulfilled from within the country.
Chance Phillips / Liberal Currents:
The New York Times Launders Another Fascist  —  Misogyny, racism, and antisemitism all were glossed over in Ross Douthat's softball interview of Jonathan Keeperman.  —  The New York Times apparently has an addiction to profiling fascists whose beliefs will shock its liberal, upper-income audience.
Discussion: New York Times
Eli Thompson / Wall Street Journal:
Boys at My High School Love the Tate Brothers.  Here's Why.  —  In this confusing time for young men, we take our role models where we can find them.  —  “He's back!” someone exclaimed in a group chat at my private, all-boys Catholic high school in Chicago.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump's Space Budget Reflects Influence of Elon Musk and SpaceX  —  SpaceX, already one of the biggest NASA and Pentagon contractors, could win billions of dollars in new contracts if President Trump's budget proposal is approved by Congress.  —  Elon Musk and SpaceX are big winners in Donald J. Trump's 2026 spending plan.
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Trump Takes a Surprise Dig at Elon Musk After Tesla CEO's White House Exit  —  FRIEND OR FOE?  —  The president said the billionaire was “terrific”—before taking a jab.  —  Donald Trump took an awkward dig at his “first buddy” Elon Musk just days after the billionaire left the White House.
Dasha Burns / Politico:
White House wants Rubio in powerful dual role long-term  —  His dual role is seen as far more than a short-term solution.  —  Marco Rubio is expected to serve as both secretary of State and national security adviser for a minimum of six months, and a number of top advisers to President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Hill
Emily Bregel / Arizona Daily Star:
Border agents posted at Tucson maternity ward to quickly deport migrant mom  —  A Guatemalan woman who gave birth in Tucson on Wednesday — days after entering Arizona through the desert and getting arrested by border agents — is facing rapid deportation proceedings under Trump's …
Kevin Duggan / nyc.streetsblog:
Policy Change: NYPD Will Write Criminal Summonses, Not Traffic Tickets, for Cyclists  —  Quietly, the NYPD has changed its policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications.
Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
Most parents don't enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests  —  Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love  —  Less than half of parents find it fun to read aloud to their children, new research shows.
Discussion: Fortune
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Why did Tommy Tuberville vote in Florida if he lived in Alabama?  —  This is an opinion column.  —  Last week, I challenged Sen. Tommy Tuberville to clear his residency questions once and for all by doing something that most Alabamians would be able to do without any problem …
Discussion: New Republic
Olivia Estright / Post Bulletin:
Crowdfunding campaign for woman allegedly involved in viral TikTok garners over $250K  —  A fundraiser created by the user “Shiloh Hendrix” has raised more than $250,000 to help her family relocate after claiming the viral video led to their address, names and her Social Security number to be leaked.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Post Millennial
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Elon Musk Is an Evil Piece of Garbage—and an A-Level Fraud Too  —  When I was growing up in Morgantown, West Virginia, I remember very well when that new building went up at the end of Willowdale Road, near the West Virginia University Medical Center and not too far from my friend Doug's house.
Martha McHardy / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Collapses With Rural Americans  —  Donald Trump's support among one of his most loyal constituencies — rural Americans — is showing signs of significant erosion.  —  Why It Matters  —  Rural voters have long been a cornerstone of Trump's base …
Discussion: New Republic
Megan L. Blonigen / The Harvard Crimson:
HMS Researcher Denies Lying To Border Patrol Officials  —  Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard Medical School researcher detained by Customs and Border Patrol officials in February, denied lying to authorities about the contents of her luggage in a Thursday statement.
Discussion: HuffPost
 
 
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
U.S. economy added 177,000 jobs in April as White House ramped up tariffs
Rusty Weiss / RedState:
Van Jones Gets a Shock As Panel of Black Voters Tells Him They'd ‘1,000% Absolutely’ Vote for Trump Again
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Wired:
A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Project to Deploy AI Agents Across the US Government
Ben Meiselas / Meidas+:
Fox News Caught Using Meidas Research as They ATTACK US
Charles Gaba / ACA Signups:
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Trump administration considering labeling some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as ‘enemy combatants’
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

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The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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