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Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Taps a ‘MAHA’ Movement Leader for Surgeon General  —  Casey Means will work closely with RFK Jr. on health policy, president says  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a California doctor and wellness influencer, to be the next surgeon general.
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump picks conspiracy theorist with no medical license to replace Fox News contributor as Surgeon General  —  Previous nominee was withdrawn amid claims she had misrepresented her medical education … President Donald Trump has selected a conspiracy theorist and self-styled …
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Trump pulls surgeon general nominee  —  President Trump has pulled his nomination of Janette Nesheiwat to be U.S. surgeon general and has instead chosen chronic disease entrepreneur Casey Means, a physician with close ties to the “Make American Healthy Again,” or MAHA, movement, as his new pick to fill the role.
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Withdraws Surgeon General Nomination and Announces New Choice
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
White House pulls nomination for surgeon general a day before Senate confirmation hearing
Dan Ruetenik / CBS News:
Trump withdraws Dr. Janette Nesheiwat's surgeon general nomination, picks Dr. Casey Means instead
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Punchbowl News:
5/8/25 ☀️ AM:  —  The SALT Republicans have more leverage than you think
Discussion: The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Worst Idea Since Tariffs
Politico:
Trump administration eyes release of Hur interview blocked by Biden  —  Biden had asserted executive privilege to block House committees from obtaining the recordings.  —  The Trump administration is making plans to release the audio of former President Joe Biden's interview with Robert Hur …
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and Politico
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Chief Justice John Roberts defends independent judiciary as Trump officials criticize courts  —  Speaking in Buffalo, the Supreme Court justice said judges sometimes have to “check the excesses” of the president and Congress.  —  Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday stressed the importance …
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump teases ‘major trade deal’ with ‘big, highly respected country’  —  President Trump on Wednesday night teased a trade deal announcement, nearly a month after he implemented a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs and implemented a 145 percent tariff on China.
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
Trump's latest deportation scheme is almost certainly illegal  —  President Donald Trump is looking to additional faraway countries to deport immigrants — another escalation of his immigration crackdown.  —  He has already sent immigrants to an El Salvador megaprison that is notorious for human rights abuses.
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Washington Post:
Judge warns Trump administration against Libya deportations
Washington Post:
U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk's Starlink, cables show  —  Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in conjunction with trade talks, State Department staffers wrote.  The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, but Musk's role complicates the picture.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Kennedy Announces New Database for Research Into ‘Root Causes’ of Autism  —  The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, alarming researchers and parents.  —  After weeks of confusion about his plans for autism research …
Discussion: New Republic
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Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
US Health department will analyze data from autistic Medicare, Medicaid enrollees, RFK Jr. says
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Democrats Cave, Prepare to Rubber-Stamp Trump Crypto Corruption  —  Pro-crypto senators are poised to pass a stablecoin bill, while failing to crack down on the Trump organization issuing one to collect payments from foreign governments.  —  Despite the twists and turns and drama-creation …
Annie Waldman / ProPublica:
Trump's NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  For more than two months, the Trump administration …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Politico:
House Republicans eye scaled back tax cut amid fights over spending  —  House GOP tax writers are eyeing a scaled-back $4 trillion tax cut amid concerns their colleagues will not be able to come up with the full slate of spending cuts required under their budget plan, people familiar with their internal deliberations say.
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Joanne Kenen / Politico:
The uphill battle to cut entitlements
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Richard L. Hasen / The Atlantic:
America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers  —  When judges act as partisan hacks, it is important to condemn their conduct.  Last month, four Republican justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court blessed the antidemocratic attempt by the fellow Republican judge Jefferson Griffin to subvert …
Wall Street Journal:
Thom Tillis Says No to U.S. Attorney Ed Martin  —  This is a good exercise of the Senate's advise and consent power.  —  Republican Senators who hold up a troubling nominee might attract President Trump's short-term anger, but they're doing him a long-term favor.
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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 …
Discussion: New York Post
CNN:
Exclusive: Some ‘Les Mis’ cast members plan to boycott Trump's attendance at Kennedy Center performance next month  —  When President Donald Trump descends on the Kennedy Performing Arts Center next month for a high-dollar fundraiser and a performance of “Les Misérables,” …
Michelle Chapman / Associated Press:
Disney to build its 7th theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates  —  Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said Wednesday.  —  The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi …
River Akira Davis / New York Times:
Toyota Says Tariffs Will Erase $1.3 Billion in Profits in Just 2 Months  —  The automaker's somber forecast for the fiscal year underscored how quickly fortunes have turned for many companies reckoning with President Trump's tariffs.  —  A year ago, the world's biggest automaker was on a tear.
Discussion: The Japan Times
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Sen. John Fetterman raises alarms with outburst at meeting with union officials, AP sources say  —  Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.
Discussion: Politico
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Outgoing UMich Prez Santa Ono Pulls His Name from Academic Freedom Letter … Over the weekend University of Michigan President Santa Ono announced that he was leaving his post to take up the leadership of the University of Florida.  It was an interesting choice.
Reuters:
Dozens of students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University  —  Police arrested dozens of Columbia University students who seized part of the school's main library on Wednesday in one of the biggest pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus since last year's wave of protests against Israel's war in Gaza.
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Biden's Gaza pier was more dangerous and costly than previously known  —  The aid mission was beset with challenges from the start, including rough seas that tore the structure apart, ships that ran aground and the death of a U.S. soldier.  —  The Biden administration's failed humanitarian mission …
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Molly White / Citation Needed:
Meet Trump's memecoin dinner guests  —  Citation Needed is an independent publication, entirely supported by readers like you.  Consider signing up for a pay-what-you-can subscription to support this kind of deep analysis and reporting.  —  Foreign investors have spent millions scrambling …
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Fortune, Meidas+ and CNBC
Jake Epstein / Business Insider:
A US Navy aircraft carrier in the Red Sea fight just lost a third Super Hornet.  The $60 million jet went overboard on landing.  — An F/A-18 fighter jet went overboard after trying to land on the USS Harry S. Truman on Tuesday.  — It's the second Super Hornet the Truman has lost …
 
 
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Discussion: Reuters and Bloomberg
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
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Discussion: Washingtonian
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Discussion: FedSmith.com
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