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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Republicans Slip Nonprofit Killer Bill Into Budget Plan  —  House Republicans' draft budget bill includes a clause to give Donald Trump the ability to revoke the tax-exempt status of any group the Treasury Department says is a supporter of terrorism.  —  The move appears to be a revival …
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Jeff Singer / The Downballot:
Democrats just flipped Nebraska's biggest city  —  Democrat John Ewing unseated Republican Mayor Jean Stothert in Tuesday's officially nonpartisan election to lead Omaha, a victory that ends the GOP's 12-year hold on Nebraska's largest city.  —  Stothert conceded the race after 9 PM local …
Andrew Solender / Axios:   House Democrat forces vote on impeaching Trump
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Millions Would Lose Health Coverage Under G.O.P. Bill. But Not as Many as Democrats Say.
Discussion: The Bulwark and New Jersey Globe
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House Democrat moves to force Trump impeachment vote
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Wisconsin Judge Indicted on Charges That She Helped Immigrant Evade Agents  —  Judge Hannah C. Dugan was accused of helping an undocumented immigrant elude federal agents who were waiting to arrest him outside her courtroom.  —  The Wisconsin judge arrested last month and accused of helping …
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Federal grand jury indicts Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan in ICE case  —  A federal grand jury indicted Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan on May 13 on charges that she tried to assist an undocumented immigrant escape arrest from her courtroom last month.
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Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Raise Concerns Over Trump's Plane Gift as He Heads to Qatar  —  Some lawmakers flag potential security issues as the president doubles down on defending the offer, saying only a ‘fool’ would turn it down  —  WASHINGTON—Republican lawmakers on Tuesday expressed national-security concerns …
Discussion: Newsweek, The Hill and MSNBC
Axios:
Ben Shapiro, Laura Loomer lead rare MAGA backlash to Trump's Qatari jet  —  Top MAGA influencers Ben Shapiro, Laura Loomer and Mark Levin broke sharply with President Trump Monday over his decision to accept a $400 million private jet from the Qatari government.
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
America Is the Land of Opportunity—For White South Africans  —  Sign up for Trump's Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency.  —  When the welcome ceremony was over, and the Trump officials drove off in their black SUVs, a dozen or so newly arrived South African …
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Washington Post:
Episcopal Church says it won't help Trump resettle White South Africans
Don Van Natta Jr / ESPN:
Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson among players reinstated by MLB  —  In a historic, sweeping decision, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday removed Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and other deceased players from Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list.
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Changed His Wife's Flight to Avoid Newark Airport  —  Would you let your family fly out of Newark? … Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy keeps going on TV and insisting it's safe to fly in and out of Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey …
Dave Levinthal / NOTUS:
One of Congress' Wealthiest Members Made Stock Trades Worth Millions After Trump Announced Tariffs  —  Rep. Jefferson Shreve bought and sold millions in stocks between April 7 and April 17, according to a review of congressional records.  — Copy  —  A freshman Republican congressman …
Discussion: Business Insider
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Associated Press:
What's in Trump's big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more
New York Times:
Tiny Company With China Ties Announces Big Purchase of Trump Cryptocurrency  —  The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale would allow it to invest heavily in the $TRUMP memecoin.
Discussion: The Nation
Wall Street Journal:
Mild April Inflation Captures Early Stages of Tariff Effects  —  CPI was up 0.2% over the month, while annual inflation was 2.3%  —  Inflation was relatively mild in April, but economists said tariffs will end a recent lull and push up more prices in the coming months.
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A.G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
A Free People Need a Free Press  —  This essay was originally delivered as a talk at the Notre Dame Kellogg Institute for International Studies on Tuesday.  —  The role of a free and independent press in a healthy democracy is under direct attack, with increasingly aggressive efforts to curtail and punish independent journalism.
New Yorker:
How Joe Biden Handed the Presidency to Donald Trump  —  At a fateful event last summer, Barack Obama, George Clooney, and others were stunned by Biden's weakness and confusion.  Why did he and his advisers decide to conceal his condition from the public and campaign for reëlection?
The Free Press:
How Qatar Bought America  —  The tiny Gulf nation has spent almost $100 billion to establish its influence in Congress, universities, newsrooms, think tanks, and corporations.  What does it want in return?  —  On Wednesday, Donald Trump will travel to Qatar.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Why Qatar is bribing Trump
Tina Nguyen / The Verge:
Elon Musk's apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired … What initially appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take over the US Copyright Office by having Donald Trump remove the officials in charge has now backfired …
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
China Truce Eases Tariffs but Does Little to Resolve Future Uncertainty  —  A 90-day pause on punishing tariffs could restart trade between the world's largest economies.  But it is not enough to resolve uncertainty about the economy.  —  The temporary reduction in tariffs that the United States …
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Trump Administration Reportedly Told Court About Its Efforts To Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia  —  Lawyers for the wrongly deported man revealed a stark contrast to what Trump and his officials have been saying publicly.  —  The Trump administration has reportedly told the court overseeing …
New York Times:
DOGE Removes Dozens of Resurrected Contracts From Its List of Savings  —  Elon Musk's group is no longer claiming credit for canceling those contracts after The New York Times reported that they were revived.  —  Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is no longer claiming credit …
Discussion: Mediaite and CBS News
Mike Sullivan / CBS News:
12-year-old boy left alone on sidewalk after ICE raid in Massachusetts  —  A 12-year-old boy was left behind on a street after an immigration raid in Waltham, Massachusetts.  —  United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were seen on camera leaving the boy by himself …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
DOJ ‘weaponization’ group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says  —  As Jeanine Pirro prepares to become U.S. attorney in D.C., Trump loyalist Ed Martin is taking over the Justice Department's effort to investigate Trump's investigators.
Jeffrey Mervis / Science:
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF  —  Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress  —  Skip backwardsGo ten seconds backward Skip forwardsGo ten seconds forward  —  Audio is AI-generated.  Report an issue|  Give feedback  —  Smaller.
Discussion: Ms. Magazine and Time
Rolling Stone:
Trump's ICE Used a Woman's Kids and Grandchild as ‘Bait’ To Arrest Her  —  The president's crackdown on immigrants has roiled the town of Worcester, Massachusetts, following a chaotic arrest last week  —  When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Rosane Ferreira de Oliveira …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
In High-Stakes Negotiations, Trump's Opponents Are Learning His Patterns  —  President Trump often takes maximalist positions, only to back down and declare a win.  His opponents are catching on.  —  President Trump has long reveled in his reputation as a maximalist, issuing a huge demand …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why are ICE agents such cowardly wusses?  —  Taking most of a week off, as I've just done, is impossible in the Trump 47 era.  Since I last attacked the keyboard, we got our first American pope, the mayor of Newark was arrested by federal agents, and Qatar is bribing the president with a $400 million plane, along with 57 other things.
The Hill:
Gabbard fires top National Intelligence Council officials  —  Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard fired two top officials at the National Intelligence Council, purging leaders amid what the office called an effort to address “weaponization” of intelligence.
 
 
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The Wild West of Presidential Pardons in Trump's Second Term
Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
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Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:
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William A. Galston / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Habeas Corpus Threat
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KFF:
How Will the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Affect the ACA, Medicaid, and the Uninsured Rate?
Discussion: WWLP and Center For Children …
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Why does Alabama's GOP chairman have a Tennessee driver's license?
Discussion: Raw Story
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
2 more Fetterman aides leave embattled senator's office
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
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