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Wall Street Journal:
Latest Revelations About Biden's Acuity Put Democrats in a Tough Spot  —  Focus on former president comes as party needs to look forward rather than backward to exit political wilderness  —  Democrats are trying to move beyond Joe Biden, but continued questions about the former president's …
Lawrence K. Altman / STAT:
I've reported on presidents' health for 53 years.  No public evidence suggests Biden's doctors mishandled prostate cancer testing  —  Monday-morning quarterbacks' criticisms of lack of Biden's PSA testing is contrary to best-practice medical guidelines  —  President Biden's aggressive and incurable prostate cancer
Politico:   Playbook: Saints and sinners
Taiyler S. Mitchell / HuffPost:
Trump Goes Off Script And Says What He's Really Thinking About Biden's Cancer Diagnosis
The Hill:
Biden's cancer raises questions around screening, timing
Politico:
Feds charge New Jersey congressmember with assault  —  The charge against Rep. LaMonica McIver stems from a scuffle at a Newark migrant detention facility.  —  The Justice Department announced an assault charge Monday against Rep. LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat who was involved …
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Associated Press:
Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says  —  Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center, New Jersey's top federal prosecutor announced Monday.
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
Rep. McIver Charged With Assault Over Clash Outside Newark ICE Center  —  The Department of Justice also announced it was dropping a trespass charge against the city's mayor stemming from the same episode.  —  The Justice Department charged a New Jersey congresswoman with assaulting federal agents during …
Punchbowl News:
5/20/25 ☀️ AM:  —  House Democrats furious over McIver charges  —  The Vault: What's next for the GENIUS Act  —  Inside Dems' plans for Rubio's appearance  —  The Future of Medicine: The Legislative Landscape  —  Trump finally enters the fray … Welcome to the maelstrom, Mr. President.
Discussion: Washington Post and HuffPost
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The Hill:
Here's what's in the GOP's 1,116-page ‘big, beautiful bill’
Discussion: Politico
Drew Friedman / Federal News Network:
Republicans revise federal benefits cuts in reconciliation bill
Discussion: FedSmith.com
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Inside the Republican Factions Dueling Over Trump's Tax Bill
Discussion: Rolling Stone and NOTUS
CNN:
Sources contradict Trump narrative about Qatar offering plane as ‘gift’  —  The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.
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New York Times:
The Inside Story of Trump's Search for a New Air Force One  —  Qatar had been trying to sell off a luxury jet for years, with no luck.  Then President Trump's team set its sights on it.  —  The Boeing 747-8 from Qatar at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida after President Trump took …
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Trump signs Take It Down Act with first lady to criminalize revenge pornography  —  President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill into law Monday with first lady Melania Trump that would force online platforms to remove artificial intelligence-generated deepfake images and other forms of revenge pornography.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Signs Bill Cracking Down on Deepfake Revenge Porn
Wall Street Journal:
Trump-Putin Call Yields No Breakthrough on Ukraine Cease-Fire  —  The leaders spoke by phone for two hours in their latest exchange over efforts to halt the fighting  —  WASHINGTON—Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to agree to an immediate cease-fire with Ukraine in a two-hour call Monday …
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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 …
Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Supreme Court Won't Take Up Case Because Too Many Justices Recused Themselves  —  Topline  —  The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a copyright dispute case because it lacked a quorum after five justices had to recuse themselves, a move that was cheered by ethics watchdogs as the high court …
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:   The Supreme Court Has Officially Had Enough Of Donald Trump's Excuses
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected status for thousands of Venezuelans
Victoria Bisset / Washington Post:
Charles Kushner, father of Trump's son-in-law, confirmed as ambassador to France  —  President Donald Trump pardoned the real estate developer in 2020.  Kushner went to prison for tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign contributions.
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate confirms Charles Kushner, father of Trump's son-in-law, as ambassador to France
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
US Senate confirms Trump nominee Kushner to be ambassador to France
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite, Politico and USA Today
Thomas Graham / The Guardian:
Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested  —  Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade ago  —  Thomas Graham and agencies in San Salvador  —  The head lawyer of a human rights group representing the families …
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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Scripps News:
Trump administration agrees to nearly $5 million settlement in case of Ashli Babbitt's Jan. 6 shooting death
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Judge strikes down DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace  —  A federal judge ruled that the actions of “illegitimately-installed leaders” — including the purported transfer of the institute's building — were “null and void.”  —  WASHINGTON — A federal district judge on Monday tossed …
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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.
Washington Post:
White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It's working.  —  Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts.  “Why doesn't anyone care?”  —  For this story, Post reporters interviewed more than 30 current and former federal employees.
Chicago Tribune:
Justice Department investigating Mayor Brandon Johnson for alleged racially motivated hiring  —  The U.S. Department of Justice began an investigation into Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday over allegations of race-based discrimination, citing his recent remarks at a Woodlawn church …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Fight or Don't Fight and Take the Consequences … It's become almost commonplace in recent years, and especially in the last four months, that the divisions among Democrats are less progressives vs. “centrists” or liberals than one between institutionalists and what we might call Team Fight.
Politico:
'It's going to be tough': Virginia Republicans brace for a grim November  —  Winsome Earle-Sears has had a sluggish start to her campaign.  Republicans are urging her to turn it around — or face a bloodbath this fall.  —  Virginia Republicans are bracing for November with a growing sense of doom.
 
 
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