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Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Republicans to Pay for Trump Tax Cuts With Sales of Public Land — House Republicans have added a plan to raise billions of dollars to help pay for US President Donald Trump's massive tax cuts through the sale of thousands of acres of federal land — a politically charged idea that has drawn opposition from some in their own party.
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
Laura Loomer hammers Trump ally for backing Medicaid cuts — Far-right activist Laura Loomer is going after a prominent conservative health policy expert and former Trump administration official for his proposals to overhaul Medicaid — stoking larger intraparty tensions at a pivotal moment …
James Downie / MSNBC:
Donald Trump can't figure out how to lie about Medicaid cuts
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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
Republican megabill ‘must not add to the deficit,’ fiscal hawks demand
Politico:
Committee approves sale of public lands to help finance megabill
Committee approves sale of public lands to help finance megabill
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Washington Examiner
Brendan Buck / New York Times:
Trump's Tariffs Have Set Up a Trap for Mike Johnson and John Thune
Trump's Tariffs Have Set Up a Trap for Mike Johnson and John Thune
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Kari Lake says OAN's far-right coverage will fuel Voice of America — Senior presidential adviser Kari Lake appears to have resolved any doubts about what she wants to do with the Voice of America. — Lake seeks for it to look and sound a lot like the far-right One America News Network …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Voice of America will carry One America News programming
Voice of America will carry One America News programming
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The Hill, The Guardian, The National Pulse and NPR
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Republican Jefferson Griffin concedes N.C. Supreme Court race after months of legal battles — The announcement, which comes six months after the final votes were cast, brings an end to the final unresolved contest from the 2024 election. — Republican Jefferson Griffin conceded …
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New York Times and Vox
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Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
Republican concedes long-unsettled North Carolina court election to Democratic incumbent — The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat conceded last November's election on Wednesday to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs, two days after a federal judge ruled …
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Jake Pearson / ProPublica:
DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest — Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE's Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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New Republic
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Medicaid Cuts in Republican Bill Would Charge Poor People More for Coverage — The cost-sharing requirements on beneficiaries above the federal poverty line is the most notable item in a menu of Medicaid cuts seen by the Prospect. — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) …
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New York Times and Off Message
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
CBO: Millions could lose coverage if GOP pulls back on Medicaid expansion — Congress' nonpartisan scorekeeper projects that millions of Americans would lose health coverage under options currently being considered by Republicans to help pay for President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill.”
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MeidasTouch News and The Hill
NOTUS:
GOP Moderates Begin to Voice Opposition to Defunding Planned Parenthood in Reconciliation
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RedState, Blaze Media and Axios
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Capitol agenda: A new twist in the Medicaid fight
Capitol agenda: A new twist in the Medicaid fight
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Roll Call, The Hill, Punchbowl News, Raw Story and NOTUS
Nick Robinson / BBC:
Trump appeasing Putin with pressure on Ukraine, Biden tells BBC — Joe Biden has told the BBC that pressure from the Trump administration on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia is “modern-day appeasement” in an exclusive interview, his first since leaving the White House.
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Anthony Zurcher / BBC:
Five takeaways from Biden's BBC interview
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James D. Walsh / New York Magazine:
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College — ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project. — Chungin “Roy” Lee stepped onto Columbia University's campus this past fall and, by his own admission, proceeded to use generative artificial intelligence to cheat on nearly every assignment.
CNN:
Second US Navy jet is lost at sea from Truman aircraft carrier — Another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, the second jet lost from the carrier in just over a week, four people familiar with the matter told CNN.
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Plans to Send Migrants to Libya on a Military Flight — Human rights groups have called conditions in the country's network of migrant detention centers “horrific” and “deplorable.” — The Trump administration is planning to transport a group of immigrants to Libya …
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Daily Mail, Raw Story and The Independent
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Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump's Information Warfare Against America — I AM SUCH A GEEK that I remember when Barack Obama made a splash by liberating reams of government data so Americans could use it to do things like compare colleges and start businesses. — It was 2013 and talk of a catchy “abundance agenda” …
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Alexander Cornwell / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S., Israel discuss possible U.S.-led administration for Gaza, sources say — The United States and Israel have discussed the possibility of Washington leading a temporary post-war administration of Gaza, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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HotAir, Axios, israelhayom.com and Bloomberg
Anna Peterson / New York Times:
Did One of My Students Hate Me So Much They'd Lie to Get Me in Trouble? — In the three years since Ron DeSantis set out to rid Florida's universities of woke ideology, my campus changed significantly. Professors suddenly worried about what they could say and teach. Some started avoiding terms like “racism.”
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Raw Story
Reuters:
Biden's Gaza pier injured far more troops than previously known — More than 60 service members were injured as a part of former President Joe Biden's floating aid pier in Gaza, a Pentagon Inspector General report published on Tuesday said, a number significantly higher than had been previously disclosed.
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Vance says Russia is ‘asking for too much’ to end invasion of Ukraine — Vice President JD Vance said Russia is “asking for too much” in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. — “Certainly, the first peace offer that the Russians put on the table, our reaction to it was …
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Nora Eckert / Reuters:
Exclusive: Ford hikes prices on Mexico-produced models, citing tariffs — Ford Motor (F.N) is hiking prices on three of its Mexico-produced models effective May 2, becoming one of the first major automakers to adjust sticker prices following U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Trump plans to announce that the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials say — President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia, according to two U.S. officials.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 6, 2025 — In a follow-up story to last night's information about the Trump family's cryptocurrency corruption, MacKenzie Sigalos of CNBC reported today that 58 crypto wallets have made more than $10 million each on Trump's meme coin, gathering a total of $1.1 billion in profits.
The Guardian:
Kashmir crisis live: Pakistan PM authorises armed forces to undertake ‘corresponding action’ after India strikes kill 26 — Pakistan authorises retaliation after India conducts ‘precision strikes’ in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir — Pakistan PM's office …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Rants About Young Girls' Dolls Just Got Weirder and Darker — President Trump is suddenly very taken with visions of Barbie doll factories in America. On three separate occasions, Trump has defended his tariffs by arguing that young American girls don't need a lot of dolls—in fact, they can make do with fewer.
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump's Threatened Tariffs Are So Large, 10% Feels Like a Relief — As he proposes ever stiffer tariffs, President Trump has normalized his merely big ones. — There has been a mantra spreading among weary corporate executives who are becoming resigned to President Trump's tariffs …
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Amid tariffs, biz elites hope for deus ex midterms — The big buzzword on stage during this week's Milken Global Conference was “tariffs.” — In the private hotel suites and at the $25,000 restaurant tables, it was “midterms.” — Behind the scenes: Almost every dealmaker …
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
RFK Jr. May Have Inspired Acting US Attorney's Harassment of Medical Journals — Ed Martin's nomination may be DOA, but MAHA lives on. — Ed Martin, the acting US attorney for Washington, DC, had recently been peppering medical journals with “vaguely threatening” letters accusing them of acting as “partisans” in scientific debates.
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Punchbowl News, The Hill, Forbes and Raw Story
ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix:
Family uses AI to create video for deadly Chandler road rage victim's own impact statement — There is no other known use of AI in the creation of victim impact statements — CHANDLER, AZ — Christopher Pelkey was killed in a road rage incident in Chandler in 2021, but last month …
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Holly Hartigan / Cornell Chronicle:
Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies — On a lab bench in the basement of Weill Hall, a tiny device silently pumps fluid through a series of tubes and vessels that mimic the human heart. It has the potential to save the lives of tens of thousands of babies with heart defects.
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Raw Story
Bloomberg:
States, Cities Face Funding Collapse Threat With Trump Cuts — Officials are confronting deep uncertainty about funding for programs that undergird their economies — just as Trump's trade war has raised fears of a recession. — In city halls and state capitols across the US …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Housing Market Perceptions Dampen Homebuying Intentions — Less than a third of non-homeowners expect to buy a home in the next five years — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Homeownership appears to be further out of reach for non-homeowners in the U.S. Two-thirds of these Americans report being priced …
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