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7:45 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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Is to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One  —  The plan raises substantial ethical issues, given the immense value of the lavishly-appointed plane and the fact that Mr. Trump plans to use it after he leaves office.  —  The Trump administration plans to accept …
Associated Press:
Qatar says no final decision made on gifting Trump a jet to use as Air Force One  —  President Donald Trump reportedly is ready to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar during his trip to the Middle East this coming week, and U.S. officials …
Troy Closson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Is Said to Be Getting Qatari 747 for Air Force One, and Post-Presidency Travel  —  Where Things Stand  — Air Force One: The Trump administration plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747-80 plane from the Qatari royal family that will be upgraded to serve …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and DNyuz
Lowkell / Blue Virginia:
UVA Prof. Larry Sabato on Qatar “Gifting” Trump a Luxury Jet: “The Trump Administration is drowning in corruption-and few Americans seem to care.  It's another sign of a dying Republic.”  —  Sabato: The GOP is a “rotting corpse with all the power”; “despondency is justified”
NBC News:
Trump administration will accept a luxury jet from Qatar to use as Air Force One
Discussion: CNBC and DNyuz
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Administration Preparing to Accept Luxury Jet from Qatar's Royal Family: Report
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Washington Post:
U.S. officials say ‘substantial progress’ made in China trade talks  —  The White House said it was announcing a trade deal without providing any details.  Representatives from the U.S. and China had been meeting in Switzerland.  —  Bessent: ‘Substantial progress’ in US-China trade talks
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Associated Press:
US touts ‘substantial progress’ in tariff talks with China, but details are still scarce
Bloomberg:
Markets to Decide If Words Are Enough After US-China Trade Talks
Discussion: Axios, New York Times and DNyuz
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Trump and China close in on trade deal after productive talks, Bessent says
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Pete Muntean / CNN:
Another equipment outage impacts flights at Newark Liberty International Airport
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 and Fox News
Ruth Simon / Wall Street Journal:
How Tariffs Are Crushing Small Businesses: ‘Nobody in Power Seems to Care’  —  Owners are laying off staff and tapping personal savings, hoping to hold out until a trade deal with China; an $8,752 fee on a $5,649 order  —  The owner of a San Francisco card-game company cashed in his money-market funds.
Tom Balmforth / USA Today:
Zelenskyy agrees to meet Putin after Trump post; unclear if Russian president will join  —  “I will be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday,” Zelenskyy wrote on X.  —  KYIV − Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would agree to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin …
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Reuters:
Zelenskiy cautious after Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Fake pizza orders sent to judges seen as threat to judicial safety  —  Amid legal challenges to the Trump administration, judges in at least seven states say they have received anonymous pizza deliveries seen as threats.  —  Federal judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries to jurists' homes …
Discussion: The Independent, DNyuz and Raw Story
Rachel Scully / The Hill:
Barrasso: 'I don't believe' suggested habeas corpus suspension will ‘come to Congress’  —  Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said he doesn't believe that the White House's suggested habeas corpus suspension will reach Congress.  —  During an appearance on NBC's “Meet The Press” …
Greg Wehner / Fox News:
Trump to sign executive order he says will slash drug prices by up to 80%  —  Trump calls out Democrats and announces plans to drop prices of prescription drugs ‘almost immediately’  —  President Donald Trump announced he plans to sign an executive order on Monday that will reduce the cost …
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
Washington Post:
In Mideast, Trump plans to focus on business deals, not geopolitics  —  The trip is expected to focus primarily on cementing trade ties.  On the heels of Trump Organization business deals in the region, it also showcases the blurring of Trump's private business ventures with foreign policy.
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk's regulatory troubles have begun to melt away in Trump's second term  —  The Trump administration has halted some regulatory matters involving Musk's companies and fired people from agencies investigating Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink.  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk's regulatory problems have started to fade into the past.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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 …
James Fanelli / Wall Street Journal:
This Obscure New York Court Is Set to Decide Fate of Trump's Tariffs  —  The Court of International Trade this week will consider the legality of president's ‘Liberation Day’ levies  —  The Trump administration's global tariffs face their first major legal test this week …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Trump made historic gains with minority voters in 2024.  They are already pulling back in 2025  —  Several of the key voter groups that provided President Donald Trump's most important electoral gains in November are recoiling from him as his term moves past the 100-day mark.
Discussion: 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.
 
 
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