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9:50 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
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  —  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 …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Trump admin eyes arrests for House Dems over ICE incident
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Chaotic video shows Massachusetts ICE arrest being disrupted by ‘unruly’ crowd, leading to 2 arrests
Discussion: The Post Millennial
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Is Trump Out-of-Touch, Senile, Nuts or Something Worse?  —  CRAZY TALK  —  It takes a degree of insanity to think sharing a picture of yourself as Pope or as Luke Skywalker is somehow helping raise your plummeting poll numbers.  —  OPINION  —  It was the cringiest of times.  It was the craziest of times.
Andrew Pridgen / SFGATE:
ICE raids have ‘overwhelmed’ coastal California communities ‘We continue to allow double punishment for noncitizens’  —  After a lull in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity on California's Central Coast, a rash of raids has reportedly swept through San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties over the past week.
Discussion: The Independent
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 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The many big things Trump 'didn't know' about  —  Repeatedly in his second term, Trump has pleaded ignorance about major events and suggested he's not involved in major decisions.  —  One of the major themes of President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign was the idea that Joe Biden had no idea what was happening around him.
Ben Goggin / NBC News:
Ye song glorifying Hitler gets millions of views on X while other platforms struggle to remove it  —  Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms have pulled the song, but its spread underscores the challenges tech platforms face in removing content that violate their policies.
Discussion: israelhayom.com, TMZ.com and Deadline
 
 
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The Guardian:
Lawyer who prosecuted Trump hauled in front of House judiciary committee
Sam Gringlas / NPR:
Republicans seek more state laws on transgender people, putting Democrats on the spot
Discussion: Associated Press
Ben Jacobs / Politico:
The First Thing George Santos Should Do in Prison
Ben Johansen / Politico:
DNC chair doubles down on his ultimatum for Hogg
Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects
Discussion: The Independent
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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
Anthony L. Fisher / MSNBC:
How MAGA centrists blamed a viral racist rant on the ‘woke’
Christl Dabu / CTV News:
‘Canadian Snowbird Act’ proposed in U.S. Congress
Discussion: Canadian Press
NBC News:
Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with Putin to end war in Ukraine
Discussion: Drezner's World and DNyuz