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11:30 AM ET, May 18, 2025

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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 …
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 …
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
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Los Angeles Times:
One dead after suspected bomb blast near reproductive health clinic in Palm Springs
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
How to Take Medicaid from Millions of Americans, in Less Than 72 Hours  —  There's a reason Republicans are in such a rush to get Trump's “big, beautiful bill” through Congress.  —  THE REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO slash Medicaid stalled on Friday, when legislation cutting more than $625 billion …
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Bruce Springsteen Again Calls Out ‘Unfit President’ Trump at Second Manchester Concert  —  “Things are happening right now that are altering the very nature of our country's democracy, and they're too important to ignore,” singer says, days after president's threatening social media tirade
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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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
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
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Scott Bessent calls Moody's a ‘lagging indicator’ after U.S. credit downgrade  —  The treasury secretary also said he spoke on the phone with Walmart's CEO, who agreed to absorb some of the costs of Trump's tariffs.  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview on NBC News' …
Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact  —  State superintendent Ryan Walters tapped chief of Heritage Foundation, key player behind Project 2025, for curriculum  —  As part of the latest Republican push in red states to promote ideologies sympathetic to Donald Trump …
 
 
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Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Vox:
Donald Trump keeps declaring national emergencies. Why?
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Washington Post:
Meet the small-business owner suing Trump over tariffs
Discussion: The Guardian
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The $7 Billion We Wasted Bombing a Country We Couldn't Find on a Map
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
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