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Politico:
'We're in it': Democrats won't rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war … To pass any new military funding measure through the Senate, the support of at least seven Democrats will be needed to overcome the filibuster.  It's far from certain the votes are there.  —  “Good luck.
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Punchbowl News:
Trump mulls Noem firing … Even Speaker Mike Johnson speculated about the potential for a change at the top of DHS during a recent House Republican elected leadership retreat in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.  —  Trump dialed up some GOP senators after Noem testified in front of the Senate …
Discussion: Washington Post and New Republic
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Follows His Gut.  His National Security Advisers Try to Keep Up.  —  Decisions come fast, even if contradictions and inconsistencies abound.  But without much of a process, there is little preparation for how things can go wrong.  —  Sitting beside Germany's chancellor in the Oval Office on Tuesday …
Discussion: The Dispatch
The Atlantic:
Trump Is Expected to Endorse Cornyn  —  President Trump's political advisers expect him to endorse Senator John Cornyn in Texas's May 26 Republican-primary runoff election following the incumbent's better-than-expected finish against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the first round of voting yesterday …
Chris Stein / The Guardian:
Senate votes down resolution to prevent Trump from continuing war with Iran
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Senate Thwarts Bid to Curb Trump's War Powers on Iran
MS NOW:
Senate GOP gives Trump free hand in Iran as war powers vote fails
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why a Democratic Congressman Is Supporting Trump's War with Iran
New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Trump Says He Will Endorse in Texas Senate Race
ProPublica:
Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Top Aide's Role in DHS Contracts
NBC News:
GOP Sen. Steve Daines of Montana says he won't seek re-election  —  The two-term senator endorsed Kurt Alme, the U.S. attorney for Montana, as his successor.  —  Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced Wednesday that he will not seek a third term, making him the latest Republican in Congress to head for the exit this year.
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Poll: Majority of voters disapprove of how Trump has handled Iran  —  Most independents say the U.S. shouldn't have taken military action, along with a slice of Republicans, according to a national NBC News poll.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  A majority of registered voters disapprove …
New York Times:
Justice Dept., Under Pressure From Trump, Fails to Build Autopen Case Against Biden  —  Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department's increasing inability to follow through on the president's desire to indict his rivals.
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NBC News:
DOJ shelves Biden autopen probe, failing to identify a relevant statute
The Hill:
House Oversight panel subpoenas Pam Bondi over Epstein files  —  The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday took the remarkable step of issuing a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi, compelling her to appear to answer questions about the Epstein files.  —  The resolution to subpoena Bondi …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Pete Hegseth Treats Fallen American Soldiers as a PR Problem
Danya Gainor / CNN:
House Oversight panel votes to subpoena AG Pam Bondi in Epstein probe
Paul Krugman:
Dreaming of a Blue Texas  —  Whither Texas politics?  —  For several decades now, Texas has been a graveyard for Democratic dreams.  The state that was the home of LBJ, Senator Lloyd Bentsen and Governor Ann Richards hasn't elected a Democrat for state-wide office for over 30 years.
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Crockett concedes to Talarico, says Texas ‘primed to turn blue’
David S. Cloud / Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Underground ‘Missile Cities’ Have Become One of Its Biggest Vulnerabilities  —  U.S. and Israeli aircraft are circling over the subterranean bases, destroying missile launchers as they emerge to fire  —  Iran spent decades constructing underground bunkers to shield its vast missile arsenal from destruction.
Discussion: New York Post and Breitbart
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New York Times:
Iranian TV and Social Media Project Defiant and Distorted View of the War
Financial Times:   Israel expects weeks-long war against Iran
Claire Heddles / Miami Herald:
‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans' racist group chat  —  The secretary of Miami-Dade County's Republican Party started a group chat primarily for conservative students last fall — and within three weeks it was filled with racist slurs, someone wrote dozens of ways …
Discussion: Raw Story
Türkiye Today:
Iraq plunged into nationwide blackout as US tells citizens to leave immediately  —  Iraq's Ministry of Electricity announced a complete shutdown of the national power system on Wednesday, with every governorate in the country losing electricity after all transmission lines …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Tony Gonzales admits sexual relationship with former staff member who killed herself  —  Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales has admitted for the first time that he had a sexual relationship with his former staff member who killed herself last year.  Gonzales, who faces a May runoff in the Republican primary …
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Chris Marquette / Politico:
‘Substantial reason to believe’ Tony Gonzales had sex with his staffer, House probe finds
Wall Street Journal:
Judge Orders Government to Begin Refunding More Than $130 Billion in Tariffs  —  Over 2,000 lawsuits have been filed by companies in the court seeking to recoup their money after Supreme Court invalidated tariffs last month  —  A federal trade-court judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration …
Discussion: Bloomberg, CBS News, The Hill and Raw Story
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Ilya Somin / Reason:
US Court of International Trade Orders Refund of All Illegally Collected IEEPA Tariffs
Christian Martinez / Reuters:
Pentagon identifies two soldiers killed in Iran war  —  The Pentagon on Wednesday identified two more soldiers who were killed in the war against Iran.  —  The two Army Reserve soldiers died on Sunday in a drone attack on a U.S. military facility in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait that also killed four other reservists.
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Susie Wiles sounds the alarm on gas prices … Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other advisers focused on energy policy, including a council led by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, “are getting screamed at to find some good news” on bringing down prices, the same executive said.
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
In lawsuit, Minnesota accuses Trump administration of ‘weaponizing’ Medicaid funding  —  Minnesota filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration this week, saying the federal government has “weaponized Medicaid against Minnesota as political punishment.”
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump Keeps Gambling With the Economy — And Getting Away With It … President Donald Trump has spent his second term turning risky economic gambles into a way of life.  —  He has implemented sweeping global tariffs that have dramatically increased the cost of doing business across the world.
Douglas MacMillan / Washington Post:
ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows  —  Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility's opening, according to an internal ICE document —  ending a tumultuous experiment in large-scale detention where three detainees died.
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump officials broker massive U.S.-Venezuela gold deal … - The contract calls for 98% final gold content, the source said.  — Trafigura will shepherd the gold to U.S. refineries under a separate arrangement with the U.S. government, that source said.
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Spain rejects White House claim it agreed to cooperate with U.S. forces amid Iran war … Spain has pushed back against the White House's claim that it agreed to cooperate militarily with Washington amid the conflict with Iran, doubling down on its anti-war stance despite the U.S. president's threat to sever trade ties.
Jacqueline Sweet / The Intercept:
Dem Candidate for Rep. Eric Swalwell's Seat Donated to Far-Right Republicans — Including Laura Loomer  —  A new Democratic candidate in California's 14th Congressional District primary raised eyebrows when she announced she raised $2 million in the first two weeks of her campaign.
 
 
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Margherita Stancati / Wall Street Journal:
Civilian Death Toll in Iran Passes 1,000, Says Rights Group
Crooks and Liars:
Right Wing Radio Host Wants Someone To ‘Take Out’ Gov Walz
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Judge moves, cautiously, toward civil contempt in case over treatment of trans people in prison
Scott MacFarlane / CBS News:
Man arrested in Virginia is latest in series of Jan. 6 riot defendants to face new charges
House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Tony Gonzales
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Pro-American Kurdish Forces Are Preparing Possible Iran Incursion
Jill Lawrence / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. attack on Iran echoes Russia's invasion of Ukraine
United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Comer Opens Hearing on Minnesota Fraud with Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters give poor marks to economy, Congress and Trump
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Justice Dept. employee charged in child pornography case
Discussion: Breitbart
 

 
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