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9:20 PM ET, May 18, 2025

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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer  —  Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones.  —  “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen …
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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer  —  The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from Mr. Biden's personal office.  —  Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was diagnosed on Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones …
Luke Garrett / NPR:
Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer  —  Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from his personal office.  —  Biden was seen for further tests last week after a finding of a prostate nodule.
NBC News:
Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer  —  The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to the former president's personal office.  —  Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his personal office announced Sunday.
James Fanelli / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Diagnosed With Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Discussion: TMZ.com and New York Post
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
‘I own the store’: Trump seeks a direct role in the economy  —  From prices to tariffs to dealmaking, Trump's involvement in economic issues prompts both frustration and applause.  —  President Donald Trump is trying to force down drug prices to specific levels.  He has directed tariff rates on virtually every country.
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump's tariffs may mean Walmart shoppers pay more, his treasury chief acknowledges
Craig Stirling / Bloomberg:   Midpoint of Trump Tariff Hiatus to Reveal Increasingly Unsettled World
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Nicusor Dan Beats George Simion in Romana's Presidential Election  —  Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, defeated George Simion, a nationalist aligned with President Trump who had been seen as the front-runner.  —  In a setback for Europe's surging nationalist forces, Nicusor Dan …
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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
How to Take Medicaid from Millions of Americans, in Less Than 72 Hours  —  THE REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO slash Medicaid stalled on Friday, when legislation cutting more than $625 billion from the program failed to get through a key House committee.  —  GOP leaders said they hope to try again on Sunday night.
Discussion: MSNBC and Fox News
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Republicans race to avoid another megabill setback  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with GOP holdouts ahead of a key Budget Committee vote late Sunday.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson and House leaders are racing to salvage their GOP megabill from another embarrassing setback just hours away from a rare 10 p.m. Sunday night vote.
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Virginia Dem: GOP tax cuts would be on ‘backs of millions of Americans’
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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 …
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Van Hollen: The U.S. Is ‘Complicit’ in Starving the People of Gaza  —  “Two million Palestinians are starving.  This is collective punishment that is clearly illegal under international law,” the senator said … When asked on CBS's Face the Nation about photographs of starving children in Gaza …
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Pope Leo Snubs JD Vance After Inaugural Mass  —  GODLY PASS  —  The pope gave the vice president the short shrift.  —  Pope Leo XIV spurned JD Vance on Sunday, offering him a quick greeting after his inaugural mass while holding extensive private meetings with other world leaders.
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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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Wall Street Journal:
Springsteen, Undeterred by Trump, Keeps Up War of Words From Foreign Stage
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
FBI links California fertility clinic bombing to anti-natalist ideology  —  The attack left one dead on Saturday and injured four others.  —  The car bombing outside a California fertility clinic that killed one person and injured four others appears to have been driven by anti-natalist ideology …
MSNBC:
Big Donald Is Watching You: Sliding into autocracy under Trump 2.0  —  A giant banner featuring Donald Trump's photo just went up at the front of the Department of Agriculture.  A military parade is being planned for his birthday, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
Washington Post:
Trump orders the government to stop enforcing rules he doesn't like  —  Critics say the administration is breaking the law and sidestepping the rulemaking process that presidents of both parties have routinely followed.  —  At the Transportation Department, enforcement of pipeline safety rules …
Discussion: The Mahablog
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Trump says he killed DEI.  So why isn't it dead yet?  Cracks emerge in war on ‘woke’  —  With the swirl of a black Sharpie marker, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on his first day back in the White House, cracking down on what he calls “illegal and radical” diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
Discussion: Deadline
STLPR:
‘I just fell to my knees and cried’: St. Louisans face devastating damage after tornado that killed 5  —  Penrose Street in north St. Louis was a sea of red bricks on Saturday morning, after storms and a tornado tore through the region on Friday afternoon.  —  The majority of the homes …
Discussion: KDFX-TV and UPI
Megan Liscomb / HuffPost:
'It's Real Y'all': People Are Sharing Their Tariff Receipts, And My Wallet Is Not Ready For What's Coming  —  “The product cost is $524 and the tariff charge is $890.”  —  As Trump's tariffs have gone into effect, businesses like Wyze have started sharing what these new import charges look like in practice.
 
 
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
The Website Where Lawyers Mock ‘Yellow-Bellied’ Firms Bowing to Trump
Discussion: elhayat-life.com and Raw Story
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Librarians take on MAGA in California beach town
Discussion: Raw Story and Voice of OC
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Concerns rise over medical coverage losses from ‘big, beautiful bill’
Discussion: Townhall
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Trump Shares QAnon Meme, Call for Military Tribunal of Obama
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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Cooking the books? Fears Trump could target statisticians if data disappoints
Discussion: Raw Story
Koen Verhelst / Politico:
Vance hopeful for US-EU ‘long-term trade advantages’
Discussion: Reuters and Bloomberg
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Trump in Riyadh: A Rejection of the Globalist Gospel
Discussion: Mediaite
Peter Aitken / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Al Green on Trump Impeachment Push—'Don't Wait' for ‘Tanks’
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
Daniel Desrochers / Politico:
In states, tariffs aren't yet producing the surge of foreign investment Trump is promising
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Associated Press:
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