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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 …
CNN:
Trump names Jeanine Pirro interim US attorney for DC  —  President Donald Trump announced Thursday he's appointing Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro the interim US attorney for Washington, DC, after his first pick faced what appeared to be insurmountable pushback from Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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 …
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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.
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 the first pope from the United States
Thomas Frank / Politico:
Fired FEMA chief threatened to quit weeks ago  —  Cameron Hamilton, the acting disaster chief, appeared to contradict Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by defending the agency on Wednesday.  —  The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was fired Thursday morning and replaced …
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Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Agency  —  The ouster of Cameron Hamilton, less than a month before the start of the hurricane season, came a day after he told lawmakers that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. and U.K. Unveil Framework for Trade Deal  —  President Trump lauds agreement as first with major trading partner since he imposed blanket tariffs on countries worldwide  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump announced the outlines of an agreement on trade with the U.K. on Thursday …
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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
Paul Krugman:
Will Trump Pretend to Fix What He Broke?
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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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Trump considers tax hike on Americans making $2.5 million or more per year
Politico:
Ways and Means chair to huddle with Trump on taxes
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
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Rolling Stone:
MAGA Melts Down Over New Pope's Anti-Trump, Pro-Immigrant Social Media
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:   Today in Politics, Bulletin 126. 5/8/25
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
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.
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New York Times:   The Pentagon's Culture Wars Strike West Point
Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal:
Venerable New York Firm That Struck a Deal With Trump Is Losing Lawyers  —  Cadwalader avoided a punitive executive order but the accord has left the firm in turmoil  —  Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft struck a deal with President Trump last month intended to secure the future of New York's oldest law firm.
Discussion: Business Insider and Law & Crime
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 …
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New York Post:
FBI opens formal criminal probe into New York AG Letitia James over alleged mortgage fraud
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
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 …
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The Contrarian:
Evening Roundup,  —  History was made today with the announcement of a new pope.  “Robert Francis Prevost, became the first American pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.  He was not considered a favorite...any American would be a long shot to become pontiff,” the New York Times reports.
Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired:
US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants  —  CBP's acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency's custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.
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 …
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
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.
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
A Subpoena for the White House?  —  On April 16, I wrote to you about a hearing in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, which is before U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland.  At that time, she characterized the steps the government had taken to facilitate his return to the U.S. following …
Discussion: Raw Story and Law & Crime
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.
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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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 …
 
 
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Katya Schwenk / The Lever:
Airlines Are Collecting Your Data And Selling It To ICE
CBS News:
Court rules Alabama violated Voting Rights Act in drawing congressional lines
Discussion: CNN, Roll Call and al.com
Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP
Annabella Rosciglione / Washington Examiner:
Elias Law Group files lawsuit challenging Wisconsin congressional maps
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Jessica Riedl / The Atlantic:
The Actual Math Behind DOGE's Cuts
Department of Transportation:
Plan Supported by Broad Coalition Never Before Seen in Aviation History
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Democrats push GOP toward Medicare ‘upcoding’ instead of Medicaid cuts
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Trump chose new surgeon general pick on RFK Jr.'s recommendation
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Rep Reveals He Was Married by Radical Islamic Cleric
Discussion: Daily Mail and Raw Story
David Armstrong / ProPublica:
The Price of Remission  —  THE PAIN JOLTED ME AWAKE.  It was barely dawn, a misty February morning in 2023.
Washington Post:
What Ed Martin told the Senate about Jan. 6 — and what he said before
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Border Czar Secretly Deported Two U.S. Citizen Children
Discussion: New Republic and Slate
Politico:
Biden enlists veteran Democratic operative to help defend his reputation
 

 
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New York Times:
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
 
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