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ABC News:
Trump eying Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC  —  Pirro, if chosen, would be interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.  —  Judge Jeanine Pirro speaks following an exclusive interview with Daniel Penny for FOX Nation, Dec. 10, 2024, in New York.
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New York Times:
Trump Drops Nominee for U.S. Attorney, Ed Martin, After Republicans Balk  —  The means of Ed Martin's ascent as the leading prosecutor for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington was his path out of power.  —  Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, was breezing toward …
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Erupts as Top DOJ Pick Implodes in Huge Blow to MAGA  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 8 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.
Paul Krugman:
Will Trump Pretend to Fix What He Broke?  —  The Trump administration is planning to announce its first trade deal today, with Britain.  Except it won't be a deal; more of a “deal.”  Reportedly it will mainly be a “framework” for an actual deal that may or may not happen sometime in the future.
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Anthony Zurcher / BBC:
US removes tariffs on UK steel and aluminium, and cuts car rate to 10%, as Trump and Starmer unveil deal  —  Starmer and Trump Announce Tariff Deal  —  Summary  — Donald Trump removes the 25% tariff on UK steel and aluminium, and immediately cuts the rate on most car exports from 27.5% to 10%
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Fact Sheet: U.S.-UK Reach Historic Trade Deal
Polly Thompson / Business Insider:
Trump says his trade deal with the UK will cut the ‘red tape’
Axios:
Meet Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope  —  Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, was elected as the 267th leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, the second day of voting in the internationally watched papal conclave.  — He will be the first pope from the U.S. and will be known to the world as Pope Leo XIV.
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV  —  EDITED BY CURTIS YEE, KATARINA KRATOVAC AND MICHAEL WARREN  —  Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV.  The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican's powerful office …
Reuters:
Here's the latest.  —  Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope from the United States and defying the conventional wisdom before the conclave that any American would be a long shot to become pontiff.
Lauren FitzPatrick / Chicago Sun Times:
Cardinal Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, is first pope from United States
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Politico:
Johnson targets smaller tax package with $1.5T in spending cuts  —  Speaker Mike Johnson told House Republicans behind closed doors Thursday that he is pursuing $1.5 trillion in spending cuts as part of the GOP's party-line megabill, resulting in a smaller tax cuts package of $4 trillion.
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Politico:
Ways and Means chair to huddle with Trump on taxes
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Trump considers tax hike on Americans making $2.5 million or more per year
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill
David Pilling / Financial Times:
Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts  —  Billionaire reopens feud with Tesla chief as he unveils plan to spend $200bn on philanthropy and close foundation in 2045  —  Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free  —  Your guide to what Trump's second term means for Washington, business and the world
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
Bill Gates Explains His Plans to Close the Gates Foundation in 2045
Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Democrats vote to reject Senate crypto bill  —  All Democrats and three Republicans — including Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Josh Hawley of Missouri — voted against the effort.  —  Senate Democrats on Thursday voted down a procedural motion that would allow the upper chamber …
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CNN:
House passes GOP-led bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America
Axios:
Major crypto bill fails key vote
Discussion: USA Today
Rolling Stone:
MAGA Melts Down Over New Pope's Anti-Trump, Pro-Immigrant Social Media  —  Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, has been critical of the president and his actions  —  Catholics have a new Pope, and for the first time in the church's history, it's an American.
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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
New Pope Leo XIV Bashed Trump and JD Vance on Twitter Just Weeks Ago  —  YOU'RE WRONG!  —  The very online new pope has made his feelings about MAGA's top two figures clear.  —  Pope Leo XIV called out Vice President J.D. Vance in a social media post just weeks ago bluntly calling him …
Graham Parsons / New York Times:
West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate  —  It turned out to be easy to undermine West Point.  All it took was an executive order from President Trump and a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dictating what could and couldn't be taught in the military and its educational institutions.
Discussion: The Guardian and Daily Nous
New York Times:
No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines  —  How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy?  —  Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be.  Most 21st-century autocrats are elected.  Rather than violently suppress opposition like Castro or Pinochet …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tina Nguyen / The Verge:
New surgeon general nominee cofounded ‘biowearables’ startup with DOGE operative  —  Casey Means is a MAHA celebrity; her cofounder is now in charge of dismantling the IRS. … Before she was chosen as Donald Trump's latest nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Casey Means came from the world …
Discussion: FedScoop
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump chose new surgeon general pick on RFK Jr.'s recommendation
Default:
Our Reporters' Notes on the May 7 Hearing in the J.G.G. Case  —  The judge seemed receptive to a class action on behalf of aliens sent to CECOT under President Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation.  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  rparloff.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors
Discussion: Law & Crime
Washington Post:
Small-time Trump coin buyers have seen their investments collapse  —  Nearly 67,000 crypto novices have pulled out their debit cards to bet on Trump's meme coin venture, a Post analysis found.  So far it's been a monumental bust.  —  Rebecca Davis bought President Donald Trump's meme coin …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into New York attorney general  —  Exclusive: Prosecutors impanel federal grand jury in Virginia to hear evidence after Trump official's referral against Letitia James  —  Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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New York Post:
FBI opens formal criminal probe into New York AG Letitia James over alleged mortgage fraud
Bill Text / Mike Lee US Senator for Utah:
Lee Bill Establishes Obscenity Definition Across States  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act today to clarify the legal definition of “obscenity” for all states, making the transmission of obscene content across state lines more easily prosecuted.
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Border Czar Secretly Deported Two U.S. Citizen Children  —  WITHOUT A TRACE  —  Two citizens, 5 and 4, simply vanished when their mother was lured to an immigration appointment, advocates say.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Denisse Parra Vargas and her husband, Omar, had just dropped their three children …
Discussion: New Republic and Slate
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
The Brain Rot Cabinet  —  How right-wing Internet claims and muddled conspiracies are an integral part of the second Trump administration.  —  Last week, baffling many and delighting a few, HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared during a Trump administration cabinet meeting that he's engaged …
Luke Goldstein / The Lever:
The Texas-Sized Plan To Shut You Up  —  Texas is considering a sweeping set of legislative changes that would erode First Amendment protections, emboldening corporations and powerful individuals to use retaliatory lawsuits to silence their critics.  If passed, the bills could unleash a torrent …
Politico:
Biden enlists veteran Democratic operative to help defend his reputation  —  The Trump administration, meanwhile, is eying the release of Biden's interview with Robert Hur.  —  Joe Biden is in reputation management mode, hiring a veteran campaign and communications strategist to help burnish …
Santa J. Ono / Inside Higher Ed:
Why I Chose the University of Florida  —  Santa J. Ono explains why he's pursuing the University of Florida presidency.  —  The University of Florida is already one of the nation's premier public universities.  But it has the potential to be the very best.
TouchGrass:
Kamala Harris Didn't Lose to the Couch  —  Why did Kamala Harris lose last November?  Three answers have been prominently offered:  — Too many 2020 Biden voters stayed home,  — Too many 2020 Biden voters changed their minds, or  — New 2024-only voters broke heavily for Donald Trump.
Discussion: Washington Times
Washington Post:
What Ed Martin told the Senate about Jan. 6 — and what he said before  —  Martin's responses to Senate committee are at odds with previous public comments.  His views on the Capitol breach may derail his nomination.
Andrew Freedman / CNN:
NOAA ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980  —  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to impossible …
Mary-Beth Mangrum / WTVC-TV:
From traffic stop to ICE custody: Dalton student now in limbo, family wants answers  —  DALTON, Ga. — After a traffic stop for turning right on a red light in Dalton on Monday, a 19-year-old Dalton State student is now facing possible deportation.  —  Friends say Ximena Arias-Cristobal …
 
 
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Jessica Riedl / The Atlantic:
The Actual Math Behind DOGE's Cuts
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Department of Transportation:
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Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal:
Venerable New York Firm That Struck a Deal With Trump Is Losing Lawyers
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Democrats push GOP toward Medicare ‘upcoding’ instead of Medicaid cuts
Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
Push Back Against The Monsters  —  Wow!  You know you're not living in the America you grew …
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Rep Reveals He Was Married by Radical Islamic Cleric
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Trump demands wartime sacrifices. Good luck with that.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Sam Sutton / Politico:
‘Crony capitalism’: GOP megadonor Griffin slams Trump trade war
 Earlier Items: 
David Strom / HotAir:
Halperin Scoop: Biden Inc. Is Going Broke
Discussion: Townhall and The Maine Wire
Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Irish woman detained by US immigration released after 17 days in custody
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Disturbing Rise of MAGA Maoism
David Armstrong / ProPublica:
The Price of Remission  —  THE PAIN JOLTED ME AWAKE.  It was barely dawn, a misty February morning in 2023.
MSNBC:
‘Disturbing’: Trump admin tapping right-wing MAGA outlet OAN for taxpayer-funded news network
Discussion: Washington Post, Reuters and Politico
Molly White / Citation Needed:
Meet Trump's memecoin dinner guests
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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