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10:20 AM ET, May 11, 2025

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Associated Press:
Trump administration poised to accept ‘palace in the sky’ as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources  —  The luxury jumbo jet is to be used as Air Force One, sources told ABC News.  —  In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government …
Discussion: New Jersey Online
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Administration Preparing to Accept Luxury Jet from Qatar's Royal Family: Report  —  The plane, reportedly worth $400 million, has been described as “a flying palace”  —  The Trump administration is getting ready to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family …
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say  —  The Trump administration has fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, two sources familiar with the situation confirmed to CBS News Saturday.  —  The firing of Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter came after Perlmutter …
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Committee on House Administration:
Morelle's Statement on Abrupt Firing of Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued this statement after Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter …
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Trump fires top US copyright official  —  Democrats are alleging foul play.  —  President Donald Trump continued a firing spree at the Library of Congress on Saturday when he dismissed the top copyright official in the nation — a position traditionally overseen by the legislative branch.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Homeland Security Dept. accuses lawmakers of ‘storming’ an ICE facility despite oversight laws saying they could be there  —  The battle over immigration came to a dramatic head Friday afternoon when Democratic lawmakers faced off with Homeland Security Department officers as they tried to visit a Newark …
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
DHS spokesperson threatens arrests of House Democrats who were at N.J. ICE facility  —  Tricia McLaughlin accused members of Congress of assaulting and even body-slamming ICE officers.  A congresswoman who was present denied the allegation.  —  A spokesperson for the Department …
Associated Press:
DHS releases bodycam video of incident leading to Newark Mayor Baraka's arrest
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Chaotic video shows Massachusetts ICE arrest being disrupted by ‘unruly’ crowd, leading to 2 arrests
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Trump admin eyes arrests for House Dems over ICE incident
Sena Chang / The Princetonian:
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth '03 ‘plagiarized’ small portions of his senior thesis, experts say.  But how serious is it?  —  “After Card's whisper, Bush looked distracted and somber but continued to listen to the second-graders, joking that they ‘read like sixth-graders,’” …
Discussion: DNyuz and Raw Story
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Being a mom in the federal government wasn't easy.  Trump made it “impossible.”  —  The Handbasket spoke to several moms about the series of painful choices they've had to make since January. … When Gabrielle was home on a recent Saturday morning, her older child sadly asked her if she had to go to work.
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
Republicans' partial tax plan estimated to cost $5 trillion  —  House Republicans released a partial text for the GOP tax bill on Friday and are expected to release the full text on Monday.  —  An early version of the House GOP's tax plan would cost nearly $5 trillion …
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Reuters:
FEMA cuts emergency training under Trump as hurricane season looms  —  The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to current and former officials, memos seen by Reuters …
Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah students make a film about WWII incarceration at Topaz, and find a link to Trump's deportation policy  —  “When you forget your history, you repeat it,” says a 94-year-old Japanese American in the University of Utah student-made documentary.  —  This story is jointly published …
Washington Post:
The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government  —  Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.  —  At the Environmental Protection Agency, research at 11 laboratories has ground to a halt …
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
'It's time for Joe Biden to go away': Democrats are triggered by Biden's return to the spotlight  —  Democrats are ready to move on even if their former standard bearer is not.  —  Joe Biden's return to the spotlight this week is igniting anger among Democrats who wish the former president …
Discussion: New York Post, RedState and Fox News
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Pentagon Furthers Crackdown on Diversity Policies With Fresh Order for Review of Library Books  —  The move is the latest denunciation by the Trump administration against anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion.  —  The Pentagon continued its purge of anything related to diversity …
Benjamin Lopez Steven / CBC News:
Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote  —  Liberals now have 170 seats in House of Commons, two shy of a majority government  —  After a judicial recount, the Quebec riding of Terrebonne has flipped to the Liberals, who have beaten the Bloc Québécois by one vote.
Discussion: Canadian Press
The Moscow Times:
Putin Proposes Direct Russia-Ukraine Talks in Istanbul on May 15  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed holding direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, hours after Kyiv and European leaders called for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire to start Monday.
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran and the US begin a 4th round of negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program in Oman  —  Iran and the United States began a fourth round of negotiations Sunday over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, officials said, just ahead of a visit by President Donald Trump to the Middle East this week.
Wall Street Journal:
AOC Isn't Ruling Anything Out, Including the White House  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's rise to prominence worries some Democrats who say the base is taking the wrong lessons from the 2024 election  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) was standing in front of thousands of angry Democrats …
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries are meant to intimidate them  —  Judges in several states say they have faced threats and intimidation tactics associated with pizza deliveries.  —  Federal judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries to jurists' homes that began in February may number …
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
What's the Cost to Society of Pollution?  Trump Says Zero.  —  The Trump administration has directed agencies to stop estimating the economic impact of climate change when developing policies and regulations.  —  The White House has ordered federal agencies to stop considering …
Tami Luhby / CNN:
Trump isn't the only one targeting federal employees.  House Republicans are pushing cuts to pension benefits  —  After months of contending with the Trump administration's multi-pronged effort to downsize the federal workforce, government employees are now facing the possibility …
 
 
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The Guardian:
Lawyer who prosecuted Trump hauled in front of House judiciary committee
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Is Trump Out-of-Touch, Senile, Nuts or Something Worse?
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
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Ben Jacobs / Politico:
The First Thing George Santos Should Do in Prison
Ben Johansen / Politico:
DNC chair doubles down on his ultimatum for Hogg
Ben Goggin / NBC News:
Ye song glorifying Hitler gets millions of views on X while other platforms struggle to remove it
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 Earlier Items: 
Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects
Discussion: The Independent
Frank Figliuzzi / MSNBC:
Kash Patel doesn't seem to be taking his FBI director role seriously
Discussion: Townhall
Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press:
Experts call Kennedy's plan to find autism's cause unrealistic
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
The Military's K-12 Schools Are Banning Award-Winning Kids' Books To Appease Trump
Andrew Pridgen / SFGATE:
ICE raids have ‘overwhelmed’ coastal California communities ‘We continue to allow double punishment for noncitizens’
Discussion: The Independent
Anthony L. Fisher / MSNBC:
How MAGA centrists blamed a viral racist rant on the ‘woke’
NBC News:
Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with Putin to end war in Ukraine
Discussion: Drezner's World and DNyuz
 

 
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A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
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