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 …

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.

Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage as gesture to Trump  —  Hamas said Sunday it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who has been held for over 550 days, as part of an effort to reach a ceasefire deal and resume humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza.

Trump: I'd be a ‘stupid person’ saying no to Qatari plane  —  President Trump on Monday called it “stupid” for him to turn down the gift of a luxury Boeing jet from Qatar, praising the free present from the Arab nation as a “great gesture.”  —  Boeing has had a contract with the U.S. government …

Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity … The sale of face-to-face access to President Trump using the Trump family's own cryptocurrency has done more than benefit him financially, though it has certainly done that.  —  Mr. Trump announced last month that leading buyers …

Todd Blanche, DOJ No. 2, is now acting Library of Congress chief  —  The Justice Department's No. 2 official now has a second job: running the Library of Congress.  President Donald Trump has appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as the acting librarian, a DOJ official said Monday.

Trump promises to slash drug costs, tying U.S. prices to those paid abroad  —  The push will likely draw lawsuits from the pharmaceutical industry.  —  President Donald Trump on Monday revived a plan to tie prescription drug prices in the U.S. to what other nations pay for medicines.

SLF poll shows Cornyn getting creamed by Paxton … SLF is supporting Cornyn. … The survey, which was conducted from April 27 to May 1 by The Tarrance Group, also tested a general election contest between each potential Republican candidate and former Democratic Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), who is mulling another Senate run.

The Federalist Society is surprisingly ambivalent about Trump  —  Few organizations have profited as handsomely off of President Donald Trump's rise to power as the Federalist Society, a kind of bar association for right-wing lawyers.  —  “We're going to have great judges, conservative …

Tech companies have a big remote worker problem: North Korean operatives  —  Cybersecurity firms say that the intricate scam to amass funding for North Korea's weapons program is happening “on a scale we haven't seen before.”  —  A growing number of the nation's top tech firms …

The new pope is latest sign that the world rejects Trumpism  —  From Vatican City to Canada, Trump increasingly represents everything people of goodwill oppose. … 🌊  —  Last week, following the death of Pope Francis, Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was named pope by his peers at the Vatican.

Newsom Asks Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown  —  “There are no more excuses,” the California governor said in pushing for municipalities to address one of the most visible byproducts of homelessness.  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom escalated California's push …

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.

“The Wolves Came”: Richard Steigmann-Gall on Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins's *Did it Happen Here?  Perspectives on Fascism and America*  —  Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins has edited a book which he hoped would finally put to bed the hotly contested Fascism Debate that arose from Trump's 2016 candidacy …

Silencing America's Voice  —  Back in the days when news arrived on our doorsteps in crisp, folded pages, propaganda was a blunt instrument.  Disinformation — or dezinformatsiya, as the Russians coined it — was spread through planted articles in obscure publications, hoping unwitting American editors would pick them up and run them.