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9:35 AM ET, May 18, 2025

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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
The future of history: Trump could leave less documentation behind than any previous US president  —  For generations, official American documents have been meticulously preserved and protected, from the era of quills and parchment to boxes of paper to the cloud, safeguarding snapshots of the government and the nation for posterity.
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Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:   ‘I own the store’: Trump seeks a direct role in the economy
Washington Post:
Meet the small-business owner suing Trump over tariffs
Discussion: The Guardian
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Attacks Walmart for Tariff-Related Price Increases
Discussion: NPR and Cafe Hayek
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump warns Walmart: Don't raise prices due to my tariffs but do eat the costs from those taxes
Los Angeles Times:
One dead after suspected bomb blast near reproductive health clinic in Palm Springs  —  An explosion that authorities believe was “an intentional act of violence” outside a fertility clinic left one person dead in Palm Springs on Saturday.  —  The blast was reportedly felt more than two miles away …
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Kendall Balchan / The Palm Springs Post:
One dead, four injured after explosion outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs; police and FBI investigating as an act of terror  —  One person is confirmed dead and four were injured after an explosion caused by what was believed to be a bomb rocked the American Reproductive Centers building …
Washington Post:
Explosion at Palm Springs fertility clinic was ‘act of terrorism,’ FBI says  —  The California blast killed one, police said, and damaged buildings for blocks.  A doctor said all reproductive materials at American Reproductive Centers are safe.  —  Explosion hits Palm Springs fertility clinic
Associated Press:
Mexican tall ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, snapping masts and fatally injuring 2 crew members  —  A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday night, snapping its three masts, fatally injuring two crew members and leaving …
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abc7NY:
2 killed, 19 injured after Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge  —  Anthony Carlo has the latest developments.  —  DUMBO, Brooklyn (WABC) — Two people were killed and 19 were injured when a tall Mexican Navy ship on an international goodwill tour lost power and crashed …
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions  —  The Justice Department's Public Integrity Section is charged with ensuring cases against elected officials are not politically motivated.  The Trump administration is considering changing that.
Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
One Thing Helping Trump's Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention  —  Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump's job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena College poll found.
Rebekah Jones / Mesoscale News with Rebekah Jones:
Tornado warnings delayed because of DOGE cuts  —  Of all the disasters I've studied, tornadoes scare me the most.  —  They come with little warning and can erase entire communities in minutes — even seconds.  —  There's no four-day lead-up to prepare like we often have with major hurricanes …
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New York Times:
At Least 27 Dead After Tornadoes and Storms Tear Across Central U.S.
Scott Dance / Washington Post:
How a tornado tested a Kentucky weather office that cut its overnight staff
Katie J.M. Baker / New York Times:
The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement  —  Even before President Trump was re-elected, the Heritage Foundation, best known for Project 2025, set out to destroy pro-Palestinian activism in the United States.  —  In late April, the Heritage Foundation dispatched …
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
New York Times:
F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions  —  The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions.  —  The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine …
Discussion: KDFX-TV, Associated Press and STAT
USA Today:
America chose wrong.  Sanders would've been a better president than Trump or Biden.  —  If Democrats want to save the party and defeat Trump in the midterms, it's clear that something needs to change.  Bernie Sanders is providing a roadmap for how to do it.
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New York Post:   Dems' fury at Rep. Shri Thaneder and David Hogg proves they don't believe what they say
Daniel Desrochers / Politico:
In states, tariffs aren't yet producing the surge of foreign investment Trump is promising  —  The Trump administration has touted investments to reassure Americans who are uneasy about his tariffs.  But economic development officials say those investments have slowed amid economic uncertainty.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
How Trump's ‘bribe now, pain later’ budget scheme hit a surprise roadblock  —  The conservative revolt over Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ threatens a major component of his bid to keep Congress in the GOP's hands next year.  —  Rep. Chip Roy of Texas had major problems with the bill …
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Wall Street Journal:
Medicaid Cuts Are Turning Into a Republican Battle Royal
Wall Street Journal:
The Coalition That Powered Trump to Victory in 2024 Is Starting to Fray  —  The president's approval rating slips among the young, Black and Latino voters he brought to the Republican Party  —  President Trump's victory in 2024 not only put a Republican in the White House but gave the party hope …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Vox:
Donald Trump keeps declaring national emergencies.  Why?  —  Presidential emergency declarations mean emergency powers — and a way around Congress. … President Donald Trump has made a habit of declaring emergencies. … In all, he's declared eight emergencies in his first 100 days …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Energized by Kennedy, Texas ‘Mad Moms’ Are Chipping Away at Vaccine Mandates  —  A measles outbreak in the state has not stopped “medical freedom” activists from pushing forward with their goal.  They now have an influential ally in Washington: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The $7 Billion We Wasted Bombing a Country We Couldn't Find on a Map  —  The Signal scandal drew howls of outrage for the way Trump administration officials insecurely exchanged texts about military strikes on Yemen.  But dig a little deeper, and there's an even larger scandal.
Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
JD Vance and Pope Leo: The Backdrop to an Inauguration  —  The cardinals' selection of Pope Leo tests the strained relationship between the bishop of Rome and conservative Catholics.  —  The announcement that Vice President JD Vance would attend Pope Leo XIV's inauguration mass included a simple line.
 
 
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Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Trump Shares Unhinged Plan to Release ‘Terrorists’ On Justices' Doorsteps
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Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact
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Richard Epstein / The Washington Free Beacon:
Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Education Secretary Wants Talks With Harvard to Resume, Without Giving Ground
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
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Joshua Goodman / Associated Press:
Colombia seeks to join China-based development bank as Latin America drifts away from Washington
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Ellie Avishai / Quillette:
Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Founding Principles?
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
MAGA world is performing over-the-top outrage over a photo former Federal Bureau …
New York Times:
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