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7:55 AM ET, May 12, 2025

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New York Times:
Trump Heads to the Middle East With a Single Goal: Deals, Deals, Deals  —  President Trump has always viewed the presidency as a worldwide hunt for deals.  And there is no better place for that than the Gulf, where a few men wield absolute authority over vast wealth.
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Associated Press:
Trump defends the prospect of Qatar gifting him a plane to use as Air Force One
Gerry Shih / Washington Post:   Trump repeatedly bypasses Netanyahu, stoking dismay among Israelis
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.
New York Times:
U.S. and China Agree to Temporarily Slash Tariffs in Bid to Defuse Trade War  —  The 145 percent U.S. tariff on Chinese goods will come down to 30 percent for 90 days, while the two sides continue talks aimed at resolving their differences.  —  The United States and China said Monday …
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Sam Meredith / CNBC:
U.S. and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days in major trade breakthrough … WATCH NOW  —  The U.S. and China on Monday agreed to temporarily suspend most tariffs on each other's goods in a move that shows a major thawing of trade tensions between the world's two largest economies.
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Small businesses dread tariff fallout  —  The Washington Post's essential guide to power and influence in D.C.  —  Good morning, Early Birds, and a happy belated Mother's Day.  We've got a lot going on this week.  Send tips to [email protected].  Thanks for waking up with us.
Washington Post:
U.S. officials say ‘substantial progress’ made in China trade talks
Bloomberg:   Words Are Enough to Give Markets a Roadmap for US-China Success
Ryan King / New York Post:
US, China strike deal after extensive talks in Switzerland as Trump official touts ‘resolving’ ongoing trade war
Associated Press:
US touts ‘substantial progress’ in tariff talks with China, but details are still scarce
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts that Democrats warn will leave millions without care  —  House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump's “ big, beautiful bill ” late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.
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Wall Street Journal:
Proposal Cutting Medicaid Aims for GOP Middle Ground  —  House bill is set to include work requirements but not deeper reductions some fiscal hawks demanded  —  WASHINGTON—House Republicans are releasing their plan to cut Medicaid spending, with the program's defenders in the GOP appearing …
Josh Hawley / New York Times:
Don't Cut Medicaid  —  Polls show Democrats down in the dumps at their lowest approval level in decades, but we Republicans are having an identity crisis of our own, and you can see it in the tug of war over President Trump's “one big, beautiful bill.”  The nub of the conflict …
Brett Guthrie / Wall Street Journal:
A Common Sense Budget Reconciliation Bill  —  My committee's legislation supports U.S. innovation, strengthens Medicaid, and ends Green New Deal-style waste.  —  When President Trump took the podium for his Second Inaugural Address, he promised a “revolution of common sense” …
Discussion: Politico, E&E News, Roll Call and Bloomberg
Politico:
Playbook: Trump cuts a deal with China  —  With contributions from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Monday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, just back from my first weekend trip to Shenandoah.  Where else should I head this spring?  —  BIG NEWS FROM PLAYBOOK TOWERS …
John Eligon / New York Times:
White South Africans Granted Refugee Status by Trump Leave for U.S.  —  Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country left Johannesburg on Sunday.  Their departure for the U.S. came as the Trump administration was halting virtually all refugee admissions.
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The Guardian:
Trump administration offers refugee status to 49 white South Africans
Discussion: Reuters and Business Insider
Troy Closson / New York Times:
Flights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns  —  After a series of problems at Newark Liberty International Airport, the secretary, Sean Duffy, said he would meet with airline leaders on Wednesday to plan to scale back Newark flights.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices  —  President wants to tie drug prices U.S. pays to those paid by other countries  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump on Sunday said he would sign an executive order aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs …
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Greg Wehner / Fox News:
Trump to sign executive order he says will slash drug prices by up to 80%
Walter Olson:
Will we allow ICE to behave as a secret police?  —  I had missed the story from two weeks ago about what happened after (apparent) agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), one wearing a balaclava to hide his face, seized two men at the Charlottesville, Va. courthouse.
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Nicholas Bagley / Divided Argument:
Defanging NEPA  —  Can you buy your way out of judicial review?  —  The House Natural Resource Committee has released its portion of the draft reconciliation bill that's working its way through Congress.  Among other things, the committee draft includes a provision that aims to make NEPA unenforceable in the courts.
Punchbowl News:
5/12/25 ☀️ AM:  —  What you need to know about reconciliation  —  SLF poll shows Cornyn getting creamed by Paxton  —  Murphy to force votes on U.S. arms sales to Qatar, UAE  —  What you need to know about reconciliation … Hill Republicans want to get the package on Trump's desk by July 4.
 
 
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Giovanna Coi / Politico:
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Associated Press:
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Associated Press:
A Republican push to sell public lands in the West is reigniting a political fight
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Rachel Scully / The Hill:
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Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk's regulatory troubles have begun to melt away in Trump's second term
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Budget Hawk Takes Over the DOGE Agenda. First Up: The Military.
Discussion: Popular Information and Raw Story
James Fanelli / Wall Street Journal:
This Obscure New York Court Is Set to Decide Fate of Trump's Tariffs
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Bloomberg:
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