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12:00 PM 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 …
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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
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
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
Associated Press:
DHS releases bodycam video of incident leading to Newark Mayor Baraka's arrest
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The Moscow Times:
Putin Proposes Direct Russia-Ukraine Talks in Istanbul on May 15
The Hill:
Republicans stuck in the mud on Trump tax bill  —  Congressional Republicans are halfway through a critical four-week stretch for passing President Trump's legislative priorities — and they are behind the eight-ball.  —  On the House side, leaders are struggling to find consensus on a host …
Discussion: The National Pulse
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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
Republicans' partial tax plan estimated to cost $5 trillion
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.
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Dem Crypto Ally Defends Fundraiser With Trump Crypto Donor  —  Democrats have gotten too “pure,” Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego argued at a Pennsylvania town hall to explain his ties to crypto investor Marc Andreessen  —  Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) traveled to Pennsylvania for a town hall …
Discussion: CBS News
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Brink Lindsey / The UnPopulist:
The Postliberal Delusion that Trump will Restore Gods Allegedly Destroyed by the Open Society  —  “Postliberal” conservatives were exultant after Trump's reelection in 2024, convinced that it marked a great historical shift toward political and cultural renewal.
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
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 …
Discussion: DNyuz and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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.
Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
A probation officer in Oregon was fired for using a Nazi salute at work.  An arbitrator restored his job  —  Wasco County's lead probation officer would frequently greet or bid farewell to a colleague of German descent with a Nazi salute and a “Mein Führer” address at work.
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
 
 
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Washington Post:
Even as pope, Leo XIV might have to deal with U.S. tax returns
Tami Luhby / CNN:
Trump isn't the only one targeting federal employees. House Republicans are pushing cuts to pension benefits
Discussion: Must Read Alaska
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
What's the Cost to Society of Pollution? Trump Says Zero.
Wall Street Journal:
AOC Isn't Ruling Anything Out, Including the White House
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The many big things Trump 'didn't know' about
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Post
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?
Sam Gringlas / NPR:
Republicans seek more state laws on transgender people, putting Democrats on the spot
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
 Earlier Items: 
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Chaotic video shows Massachusetts ICE arrest being disrupted by ‘unruly’ crowd, leading to 2 arrests
Discussion: WBUR and The Post Millennial
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Stakes Rise as U.S. and China Prep for Second Day of Trade Talks
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
Discussion: israelhayom.com, TMZ.com and Deadline
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
 

 
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A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Bloomberg:
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