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8:30 AM ET, May 4, 2025

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Voice of America's fate still in flux after appeals court pauses back-to-work orders  —  Less than two months ago, when the Trump administration turned off the Voice of America's networks and websites, Kari Lake, a fierce loyalist to President Donald Trump, said the agency is “unsalvageable.”
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
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Politico:
Embattled Voice of America's fate uncertain after brief apparent reprieve  —  Trump has targeted the government-funded media outlet that has been off the air for almost two months.  —  The future of Voice of America remains in flux after a federal appellate court Saturday paused a ruling reversing …
Isabelle Taft / New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Administration Begins Pulling Back Money for the Arts
Discussion: Variety
Nina Lakhani / The Guardian:
Court foils plan to reinstate more than 1,000 Voice of America employees
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. federal prosecutors resign over plea deal for convicted sheriff's deputy, sources say  —  Several federal prosecutors — including the chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section — have submitted their resignations following a plea deal offered by the new U.S. attorney …
Micah Lee / micahflee:
Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials  —  Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app used by Mike Waltz, and presumably also by Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, and other fascists in Trump's government.
Associated Press:
Elon Musk's Starbase on its way to becoming a Texas city after lopsided early voting results  —  The South Texas home of Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket company is on its way to becoming an official city with a galactic name: Starbase.  A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city …
Maya C. Miller / New York Times:
Republicans in Congress Use Obscure Law to Roll Back Biden-Era Regulations  —  As G.O.P. lawmakers have largely ceded power to President Trump, they are also pushing the bounds of a little-known statute to undo federal rules — and potentially undermining the filibuster.
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Trump Battles Academia, but Especially the Ivy League … President Trump's attacks on Harvard and other Ivy League schools have endeared him to his base.Sophie Park for The New York Times  —  There it was for all to see, President Trump's tangled relationship with the Ivy League …
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
How a School in a Tiny, New York Town Beat ICE  —  Sackets Harbor demanded that Tom Homan return three children and their mother.  Why did he cave?  —  When the school board, or most of it, met for its regularly scheduled session on April 15, Sackets Harbor was still a feel-good story.
Wall Street Journal:
Everyone Wants a Piece of Trump's ‘Golden Dome’ Defense Plan  —  Lasers in space, ‘rods from God’ and a huge number of satellites are being discussed for proposed missile shield  —  Laser-toting satellites capable of taking out missiles have long been the stuff of science fiction.
Washington Post:
Justice Department lawyers face skeptical judges upset by ‘shoddy work’  —  As they defend against more than 200 lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump's initiatives, some government lawyers are getting scolded from the bench.  —  Justice Department lawyers defending …
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Isabella Kwai / New York Times:
Trump Posts an Image of Himself as Pope
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
‘A cocktail for a misinformed world’: why China and Russia are cheering Trump's attacks on media  —  Today on World Press Freedom Day, there are warnings that US attempts to withdraw from promoting independent journalism will have far-reaching effects  —  As Donald Trump's executive order …
Zoya Sheftalovich / Politico:
How Trump lost conservatives the Australian election  —  SYDNEY, Australia — Incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese secured a come-from-behind win for his center-left Labor Party in Australia's election Saturday while his right-wing challenger lost his seat.
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CNN:
Australia's center-left Labor Party retains power in vote seen as test of anti-Trump sentiment
Sarah Basford Canales / The Guardian:
Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win
Washington Post:
Scientist who was part of covid treatment controversy returns to HHS  —  Steven Hatfill promoted hydroxychloroquine during the pandemic.  Decades earlier he was wrongly connected with the anthrax attacks that killed five people.
Marcia Brown / Politico:
More than 15,000 USDA employees take Trump's offer to resign  —  Their departures will affect how the department administers food safety and nutrition programs, conducts research and offers services to farmers.  —  At least 15,000 Agriculture Department employees have taken …
Discussion: The Hill, RedState and The Daily Caller
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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
After paying people to leave, one federal agency is scrambling to fill positions
Discussion: CoinDesk
 
 
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New York Times:
How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town
Erica Orden / Politico:
Justice Department hasn't filed Eric Adams docs, despite court order
Discussion: New York Post
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump is trying to chill the investigative journalism that holds him to account
New York Times:
Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Reuters
Financial Times:
An unwelcome surge of rightwing populism in Britain
Discussion: New York Times and Twitchy
Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Trump Rages at Own Judge After Ruling Halting Deportations Under Wartime Act
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Lawsuit Against Humanities Endowment Offers Details on DOGE
Devin O'Connor / MSNBC:
Congressional Republicans don't want the blame for DOGE's mayhem
Discussion: Raw Story
Juliette Kayyem / The Atlantic:
Don't Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
Harvard's President Alan Garber Talks About His Legal Fight With Trump
Discussion: HuffPost
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Trump brands his opponents as ‘communists,’ a label loaded with the baggage of American history
Discussion: Frontpage Mag
Politico:
The problems are piling up for the GOP megabill
 

 
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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

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: Forbes has cut ties with dozens of contributing writers; one exec said Forbes needs to ensure the contributor model is “financially sound”

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the First Amendment Watch's SLAPP Back Initiative, a US SLAPP tracker; in 2024, 69 of 500 cases involved the media, of which 46 were dismissed
 
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