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6:30 PM ET, May 19, 2025

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Paul Krugman:
Attack of the Sadistic Zombies  —  Republicans in Congress, taking their marching orders from Donald Trump, are on track to enact a hugely regressive budget — big tax giveaways to the wealthy combined with cruel cuts in programs that serve lower-income Americans.
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Scalise: GOP eyeing Medicaid work requirements for ‘early 2027’
Discussion: The Independent
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The ugly truth about Trump's “big, beautiful bill”
Discussion: Vox
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. to pay nearly $5 million to family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt  —  Trump administration reversed Justice Dept. opposition to wrongful death lawsuit in case of Babbitt, who was shot by police while breaking into Speaker's lobby  —  President Donald Trump's administration has agreed …
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Michael Kaplan / CBS News:
Trump administration to pay $5 million to family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt
Discussion: Townhall, The Independent and HuffPost
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected status for thousands of Venezuelans  —  As part of the Trump administration's hardline immigration policy, it seeks to reverse a Biden-era policy that extended protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelans.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke immigration protections for 350,000 Venezuelans  —  The high court's decision allows Trump to immediately rein in portions of the Temporary Protected Status program.  —  The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Voters want Dems to stand up to Trump, not self-flagellate  —  A note from Aaron: Today's newsletter was all edited and ready for publication yesterday afternoon when the sad news broke that Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
New York Times:
Biden's Cancer Diagnosis Leaves Democrats With New Questions  —  The former president's cancer diagnosis prompted an outpouring of well wishes and sympathy, as well as some whispered uncertainties that reflected a lack of trust in what he says about his health.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   Joe Biden Isn't Your Scapegoat
Politico:
Trump admin must seek return of wrongly deported man to El Salvador, appeals court rules  —  It's the second time the Virginia-based court declined to intervene after lower courts ordered the administration to facilitate the return of improperly deported immigrants.
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Admin Must Facilitate Return Of Another Wrongfully Deported Man, Appeals Court Rules  —  For the second time in as many months, a federal appeals court declined to pause a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of a foreign national wrongfully deported to El Salvador.
Discussion: MSNBC
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Another Abrego Garcia, and the Administration's “Contrivance” to Keep Him in El Salvador's Prison
Discussion: KDFX-TV
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Head of CBS News to Depart Amid Tensions With Trump  —  Wendy McMahon, the president of CBS News and Stations, had allied herself with Bill Owens, the “60 Minutes” executive producer who recently resigned.  —  CBS News faced another shock wave on Monday after its president, Wendy McMahon …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump's FBI bosses are angering the MAGA media bubble they once stoked  —  In 2025, Dan Bongino, FBI deputy director, disappointed the 2023 version of himself.  —  In 2023, Dan Bongino, star podcaster, demanded to know: “What the hell are they hiding with Jeffrey Epstein?”  —  “I have reviewed the case.
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Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones says Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are “making fools out of themselves” over Jeffrey Epstein
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet  —  All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk's Twitter takeover.  But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.  —  as i waited to meet with Jay Graber …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Putin's Still In Charge  —  Trump can't end the Ukraine war, and he knows it.  —  Today's phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump was a painful reminder that Trump is the junior partner in the Russian-American relationship and that Putin will continue …
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Financial Times:
Donald Trump leaves Russia and Ukraine to settle war in talks
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Nobody in Ukraine Thinks the War Will End Soon
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump Demands ‘Major’ Investigation Into Beyoncé and Springsteen Appearances in Late-Night Rant  —  LATE TO THE PARTY  —  The Boss has been speaking out against Trump during his “Land of Hope & Dreams” tour.  —  President Donald Trump escalated his feud against Bruce Springsteen in a late-night …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump wants investigations into Springsteen, Beyoncé, Oprah and Bono
Troy Matthews / MeidasTouch News:
Donald Trump Jr. Mocks Biden Cancer Diagnosis in Heartless Post  —  Is the Trump family physically incapable of showing basic decency?  —  Donald Trump Jr. mocked the cancer diagnosis of former President Joe Biden in a post on X Sunday evening, then pinned the post to the top of his feed.
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Biden on diagnosis: ‘Cancer touches us all’
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump threatens ABC News over Qatar jet coverage  —  President Trump is threatening ABC News over its coverage of a luxury jet he is set to receive from Qatar, a decision that is drawing criticism from both congressional leaders and national security experts.
Discussion: Deadline, New Republic and Daily Kos
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:   Scoop: Schumer to seek vote on blocking Qatar's gift to Trump
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
‘Sesame Street’ Saved, Inks New Streaming Deal With Netflix  —  Episodes will also continue to air on PBS, debuting the same day as they launch on Netflix. … The streaming giant has inked a deal with Sesame Workshop for new episodes of the long-running children's show …
Washington Post:
Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras  —  Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States.  —  NEW ORLEANS — For two years, New Orleans police secretly relied …
Washington Post:
Judge deals blow to Arizona case over 2020 Republican electors  —  The ruling potentially jeopardizes the high-profile indictments in a case brought by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat.  —  An Arizona judge has ordered state prosecutors to send back to a grand jury a case …
CNN:
Federal judge overturns Trump's efforts to take over and cripple US Institute of Peace  —  A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration unlawfully removed the board of the US Institute of Peace earlier this year and that subsequent actions taken by officials installed by the Department …
elysee.fr:
Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank.  —  We strongly oppose the expansion of Israel's military operations in Gaza.  The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable.  Yesterday's announcement that Israel …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What you — yes, you — should know about interacting with ICE  —  A legal expert explains the rights immigrants — and U.S. citizens — have when facing immigration officials.  —  The Trump administration is aware that Americans broadly support the deportation of undocumented immigrants who have committed violent crimes.
ProPublica:
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Two days before President Donald …
Discussion: New Republic
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump to attend House GOP meeting at Capitol on Tuesday  —  President Trump is slated to attend a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday at the Capitol as the party charts the path forward on a massive reconciliation package containing key pieces of his agenda.
 
 
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Josh Funk / Associated Press:
Passenger jet had to abort takeoff to avoid runway collision at New York's LaGuardia Airport
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Bukele's crackdown pushes top Salvadoran journalists to flee
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
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Mingson Lau / Associated Press:
Shipment of thousands of chicks found abandoned in USPS truck now overwhelming an animal shelter
Discussion: CBS News
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Columbia's Mohsen Mahdawi, fresh out of U.S. detention, walks the graduation stage
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 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
A Tiny Bank in Trump Tower Is Enriching the President's Sons
Discussion: Raw Story
Brock Hrehor / American Prospect:
The Democrats' One and Only Union-Busting Governor
Discussion: Jacobin
Wall Street Journal:
Will Anyone Take the Factory Jobs Trump Wants to Bring Back to America?
Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
New Video of Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest Shows Trump Admin is Lying in Court
Discussion: Daily Kos
Kyle Chan / New York Times:
In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.
Discussion: Stimson Center and Semafor