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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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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 …
Jason Lalljee / Axios:
Trump says that ports running empty is a “good thing”  —  President Trump called the slowdown at U.S. ports in the wake of his tariffs on China going into effect a “good thing.”  —  Why it matters: West Coast ports warn of plunging cargo volume, with likely far-reaching economic effects in the weeks and months ahead.
Discussion: New Republic
Anthony Zurcher / BBC:
US removes tariffs on UK steel and aluminium, and cuts car rate to 10%, as Trump and Starmer unveil deal
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump expected to announce framework of UK trade agreement, sources say
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.
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Washington Post:
What Ed Martin told the Senate about Jan. 6 — and what he said before
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
As D.C. U.S. attorney nomination falters, Ed Martin's past feeds doubts
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump says he's pulling nomination of Ed Martin for top D.C. federal prosecutor
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 … Today the Gates Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary by announcing its plans to close up shop.  —  Established in 2000 — when Melinda French Gates was just 35 and Bill Gates was 44 and the world's richest man …
CNN:
House passes GOP-led bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America  —  The House has passed a Republican-led bill that would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, moving a step closer to codifying President Donald Trump's push to rename the body of water.
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Axios:
Major crypto bill fails key vote
Discussion: Semafor and Columbian
Jasper Goodman / Politico:   Democrats vote to reject Senate crypto bill
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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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.
Thomas Frank / Politico:
FEMA chief is fired  —  Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton told people he was terminated Thursday.  —  The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was fired Thursday morning, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation.
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
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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: The Independent and Mediaite
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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
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 …
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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 …
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Nicholas McEntyre / New York Post:
Georgia college student faces deportation after running red light — police discover her entire family has been living illegally in US for years
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Townhall
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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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.
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 KXTV
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
David Strom / HotAir:
Halperin Scoop: Biden Inc. Is Going Broke  —  Mark Halperin of 2Way has quite the scoop today.  —  It's not that the Biden grift is basically done—that, in itself, is not a shocker.  It's that the Biden family is so dependent on the political influence of the patriarch that the money …
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow revocation of migrants' legal status  —  President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in its bid to revoke the temporary legal status granted by his predecessor Joe Biden to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan …
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill, NBC News and WTOP News
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Disturbing Rise of MAGA Maoism  —  Trump seems to be ceding the future to China while emulating its past.  —  China may well come to dominate the next century—because President Donald Trump is taking a page from the most famous Chinese leader of the previous one.
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 …
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 …
David Armstrong / ProPublica:
The Price of Remission  —  THE PAIN JOLTED ME AWAKE.  It was barely dawn, a misty February morning in 2023.  My side felt as if I'd been stabbed.  —  I had been dealing with pain for weeks — a bothersome ache that felt like a bad runner's cramp.  But now it was so intense I had to brace myself against the wall to stand up.
Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Irish woman detained by US immigration released after 17 days in custody  —  Cliona Ward, who has lived legally in US for decades, was returning from trip to Ireland when held over criminal record from 20 years ago  —  An Irish woman who was detained by US immigration authorities …
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.  —  Meet Trump's memecoin dinner guests  —  0:00
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Bloomberg
Sam Sutton / Politico:
‘Crony capitalism’: GOP megadonor Griffin slams Trump trade war  —  The Citadel founder's frustration with the president's policies reflects broader concerns among executives over how the trade war could derail the economy.  —  BEVERLY HILLS — President Donald Trump is promising …
 
 
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into New York attorney general
Discussion: Mediaite and The Post Millennial
Evan Weinberger / Bloomberg Law:
DOGE Employee Who Screamed for CFPB Job Cuts Leaves Agency
Tina Nguyen / The Verge:
New surgeon general nominee cofounded ‘biowearables’ startup with DOGE operative
Politico:
House Democrat starts ‘abundance movement’-inspired caucus
Discussion: NOTUS and Washington Examiner
Jericka Duncan / CBS News:
West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
DC's Sole Congressional Rep Is Too Old to Drive. Can She Defend the City From a Hostile GOP?
Discussion: The Hill
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Trump's scattered brain creates havoc
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The Libertarian Tech Bros' Weird, Dystopian Plan for Guantánamo Bay
MSNBC:
‘Disturbing’: Trump admin tapping right-wing MAGA outlet OAN for taxpayer-funded news network
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Chief Justice John Roberts defends independent judiciary as Trump officials criticize courts
 

 
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New York Times:
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