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Adam Wren / Politico:
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp passes on running for Senate  —  The popular governor looked like a prime recruit against Sen. Jon Osoff.  —  Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will not run for Senate in 2026, according to three people familiar with his decision.  —  Kemp, a popular Republican …
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Andres Picon / Politico:
GOP may be closer than ever to enacting a massive rule-busting bill  —  “For those who say it would make a radical change ... I'd say, ‘Thank heaven above for that,’” says Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee.  —  Conservative Republicans have spent more than a decade working toward a wholesale rollback …
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kemp will not run for U.S. Senate, igniting a GOP scramble in Georgia race  —  The governor's decision reshapes one of the nation's top Senate contests against Democrat Jon Ossoff.  —  Gov. Brian Kemp has decided not to run for U.S. Senate in 2026, dashing the hopes of Republicans in Georgia …
NBC News:
TeleMessage suspends services after hackers claim to have stolen files  —  The app was seemingly used by Mike Waltz in last week's Cabinet meeting, according to a photograph published by Reuters.  —  TeleMessage, the app that President Donald Trump's former national security adviser …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
GlobalX, Airline for Trump's Deportations, Hacked  —  Hackers have targeted GlobalX Air, one of the main airlines the Trump administration is using as part of its deportation efforts, and stolen what they say are flight records and passenger manifests of all of its flights, including those for deportation, 404 Media has learned.
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Announces Historic Travel Assistance and Stipend for Voluntary Self-Deportation  —  The First Illegal Alien to Utilize Travel Assistance has Already Returned to Honduras  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a historic opportunity for illegal aliens …
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Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country  —  Pushing forward with its mass deportation agenda, President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it would pay $1,000 to immigrants who are in the United States illegally and return to their home country voluntarily.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
America's least American president
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump's trip  —  Israel has set President Trump's visit to the Middle East next week as a deadline for a new hostage and ceasefire deal, with a massive ground operation to commence if no deal is reached, Israeli officials say.
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Associated Press:
Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say
New York Times:
A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse … Last month, an A.I. bot that handles tech support for Cursor, an up-and-coming tool for computer programmers, alerted several customers about a change in company policy.  It said they were no longer allowed to use Cursor on more than just one computer.
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The Post wins Pulitzers for Trump rally shooting stories, editorial cartoons  —  The newpaper was recognized in the breaking news category for coverage of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July and for the illustrated work of Ann Telnaes.  The New York Times won four prizes.
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Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
'They can't take a joke': Trump says he knew ‘nothing’ about AI image of him as the pope  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he knew nothing about an artificially generated image of him dressed as the pope that was posted to his Truth Social account over the weekend.  —  “I had nothing to do with it.
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump downplays AI pope image: ‘The Catholics loved it’
Joshua P. Cohen / Forbes:
Europe Seeks To Lure U.S. Scientists Disenfranchised Under Trump  —  Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy.  —  SaveComment  —  At a conference at Sorbonne University in Paris on Monday, May 5th, President Emmanuel Macron of France and the president of the European Commission …
Discussion: Reuters, Financial Times and Politico
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Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
A GOP congressman is peppered with questions about Trump during raucous town hall  —  Voters in U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler's suburban New York swing district heaped criticism on the Republican during a raucous town hall Sunday night, peppering him with questions around President Donald Trump's aggressive agenda …
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Washington Post:
These 6 Republican ‘red lines’ could complicate Trump's policy plans
Discussion: Semafor, Raw Story and Press Herald
Politico:   House Republicans set flurry of meetings on GOP megabill
New York Times:
Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump  —  The president's older sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, spent the past two weeks traveling the world and announcing deals, many of which will financially benefit their father.
Media Matters for America:
Trump ally Laura Loomer uses Nazi slogan to call for replacing Indian American congressperson  —  Loomer: “It'd be nice to have an American there, like a real blood and soil American”  —  Loomer's use of “blood and soil” is notable because the phrase is identified as a “Nazi rallying cry.”
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Trump announced Alcatraz reopening just hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on a South Florida PBS station  —  The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired on the local PBS channel just six hours before the president made his demand that the prison be reopened
New York Times:
Trump Crypto Deals Provoke Senate Backlash and Calls for Investigation  —  Some Democrats who had supported legislation for so-called stablecoins are now demanding tougher language to prevent fraud and money laundering.  —  Senate Democrats are demanding changes to cryptocurrency legislation pending …
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Punchbowl News:
Big hurdles for the Antisemitism Awareness Act
Discussion: Raw Story
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Trump Tells Hate Leader And J6 Seditionist ‘I Love You Guys’ At Mar-A-Lago: Report  —  The president chatted with the former extremist group boss as he was dining at Trump's country club.  —  Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys and convicted seditionist in the Jan. 6 …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:   Our Megalomaniacal President  —  More headlines from the disaster zone: … Happy Monday
New Republic:
Transcript: Fox News Visibly Rattled as Trump's Slide in Polls Worsens  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 5 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
‘60 Minutes’ Thumbs Its Nose at Trump With Scathing Segment  —  NOT SCARED OF YOU  —  The show brought on lawyers and firms targeted by President Donald Trump's sweeping executive orders.  —  60 Minutes examined Donald Trump's revenge tour against Big Law in a scathing episode on Sunday …
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
We need a way to aggregate what Donald Trump is doing to this country  —  News organizations, along with good-government groups and other interested parties, are doing a commendable job of chronicling the damage the Trump regime is doing to the government, the country, and the world.
New Yorker:
The New Yorker Wins Three 2025 Pulitzer Prizes  —  The awards honor Mosab Abu Toha's commentary on the devastation in Gaza, Moises Saman's photographs of Syria after Assad, and the third season of the investigative podcast In the Dark.  —  The New Yorker was named the winner of three Pulitzer Prizes …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
This Is Fascism: MAGA, Ashli Babbitt, and Derek Chauvin  —  The Trump cult loves police violence—except for when it doesn't.  —  1. Back the Blue  —  You may remember Ashli Babbitt as the only insurrectionist killed by law enforcement during the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.1
Allyson Versprille / Bloomberg:
Newark Airport Radar Loss Left Controllers Blind for 90 Seconds  —  Air traffic controllers guiding planes bound for Newark Liberty International Airport lost radar and radio communication for more than a minute early last week before flights at the key hub were snarled for days, according to people familiar with the matter.
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Inside the Most Politically Charged Met Gala in Years  —  The party and its related exhibition, about Black male style, land in a moment when anything to do with race and diversity is under added scrutiny.  —  Last October, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute announced …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to revoke 400,000 migrants' legal status  —  A federal appeals court rejected on Monday a request by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to allow it to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousand of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans living in the United States.
Liz Alderman / New York Times:
As Backlash to Trump's Tariffs Grows, Europe Boycotts American Brands  —  A shifting perception of the United States amid President Trump's trade war is prompting Europeans to pivot decisively away from U.S. goods and services.  —  For motorcycle lovers in Sweden, Harley-Davidson is the hottest brand on the road.
Emily Brindley / Dallas Morning News:
Texas bill would monitor wastewater for the abortion medication mifepristone  —  Under a bill filed in the Legislature, Texas could begin monitoring wastewater for substances including the abortion drug mifepristone.The legislation is part of a broader push spearheaded by anti-abortion advocates …
Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Industry Reacts To Trump's “Insane” Movie Tariff Threat: “This Would Destroy The Independent Film Sector”  —  The U.S. and international film sectors are reeling after Donald Trump's announcement last night that he is “authorizing” the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative …
CNN:
Hegseth orders Pentagon to cut number of senior generals by 20%  —  US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon leadership to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals by at least 20% across the military, according to a memo signed by Hegseth dated Monday and obtained by CNN.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Portnoy says antisemitic message found in Barstool bar: 'I've been shaking'  —  Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said on Sunday he was “shaking” after discovering an antisemitic sign on display at his bar in Philadelphia this weekend and vowed to hold the individuals involved accountable.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Tariffs Are Lifting Some U.S. Manufacturers
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ProPublica:
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Rachel Cohrs Zhang / Bloomberg:
Mehmet Oz Questions Federal Funding for Medicaid Expansion
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Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
After pregnant USAID workers' pleas, State Department postpones layoff dates
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
As Musk steps back, experts say Doge cuts have harmed government services
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19 states sue RFK Jr., Trump administration for overhauling HHS and staff cuts
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Democratic Governors Should Not Paul Weiss Themselves
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Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
‘A slippery slope to eugenics’: advocates reject RFK Jr's national autism database
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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:
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