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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional  —  A federal judge tossed parts of the Pentagon's restrictions on news outlets, saying they violated the First Amendment, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.  —  A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Pentagon's restrictions …
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to policy limiting reporters' access to Pentagon  —  A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters' access to the Pentagon, ruling that key portions of the new rules are unlawful.
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Pentagon press policy ruled unconstitutional in case brought by N.Y. Times  —  A federal judge found that controversial updates to the policy violated the First and Fifth Amendment rights of the New York Times and one of its reporters, Julian E. Barnes.  —  A federal judge in Washington …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Federal judge reverses Pentagon press restrictions
Discussion: HotAir, NPR and ABC News
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk misled Twitter investors ahead of $44 billion acquisition, jury says … A jury in California found that Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders during the runup to his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company, according to a verdict issued on Friday.
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump administration making heavy preparations for potential use of ground troops in Iran  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran, multiple sources briefed on the discussions told CBS News.
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Evan Halper / Washington Post:
Trump administration lifts sanctions on millions of barrels of Iranian oil  —  As oil prices soar, Treasury Department has lifted sanctions on Iranian crude already loaded onto vessels — giving Iran's war effort against the U.S. a boost.  —  As the cost of oil continues to soar …
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
US pauses sanctions on some of Iran's oil as gas prices surge … “In essence, we will be using the Iranian barrels against Tehran to keep the price down as we continue Operation Epic Fury,” he said.  —  Oil prices have spiked to over $100 per barrel since the U.S. launched airstrikes on Iran last month …
Molly Taft / Wired:
Iran War Puts Global Energy Markets on the Brink of a Worst-Case Scenario  —  “This will be so, so, so, so, so bad,” one analyst says.  —  The war in Iran reached a new extreme this week, as both Israel and Iran launched strikes on oil and gas production and export facilities.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Top Disaster Response Official Claims He Teleported to a Waffle House  —  FEMA's Gregg Phillips says he has experienced multiple “scary” episodes of sudden teleportation  —  Far-right activist turned high-ranking FEMA official Gregg Phillips has a problem.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
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Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Chuck Norris, Black-Belt Action Star of Movies and Television, Dies at 86 … Chuck Norris, who channeled his skills as a martial arts black belt into a durable acting career that left film critics largely unimpressed but delighted millions of fans savoring his good-guy triumphs and fortune-cookie musings, died on Thursday.
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Carmel Dagan / Variety:
Chuck Norris, Action Icon and ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ Star, Dies at 86
New York Times:
Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child  —  Last year, Paolo Zampolli, the former modeling agent who famously introduced Donald and Melania Trump, asked the administration for a favor.  —  Megan Twohey  —  Zampolli was in a custody battle with his Brazilian ex-girlfriend over their son.
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Targeted Diego Garcia Base With Ballistic Missiles  —  Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint U.S.-U.K. military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, according to multiple U.S. officials.  Neither of the missiles hit the base …
Wall Street Journal:
Growing Frustration With Chuck Schumer Spurs Talk of Replacing Him  —  Some Capitol Hill Democrats are discussing how to get the N.Y. senator to step aside as minority leader amid concerns about his negotiating style and midterms strategy  —  Sen. Chris Murphy was dining with progressive activists …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Denmark Was Ready to Blow Up Airfields to Stop a U.S. Invasion of Greenland  —  The Danes brought blood supplies, explosives and live ammunition to Greenland as part of contingency plans in case President Trump acted on his threats to seize the island.  —  As tensions with President Trump peaked …
Washington Post:
Cuba rejects U.S. Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’  —  An effective U.S. oil blockade has worsened the island's energy crisis.  The U.S. Embassy in Havana, too, is feeling the effects.  —  The Cuban government this week refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana …
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The Atlantic:
Not So Fast, Bill Maher  —  The comedian was set to receive the Twain Prize before a sudden reversal of course.  —  You could measure the on-and-off feud between President Trump and the comedian Bill Maher in weeks, years, or decades.  Last month, Trump called Maher a “highly overrated LIGHTWEIGHT” in a lengthy Truth Social post.
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. seeks to drop case against officers connected to Breonna Taylor raid  —  The move comes six years after police shot and killed Taylor inside her Louisville apartment.  —  The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss the remaining charges …
Discussion: Associated Press and WKZO
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CNN:
US furiously seeks to avert potential monthslong closure of Strait of Hormuz  —  The Middle East National security Donald Trump Federal agencies  —  US officials are furiously trying to avert a potential monthslong closure of the Strait of Hormuz, privately acknowledging that reopening …
New York Times:
Polymarket Says It Predicts the Truth.  Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods.  —  A review of the betting market's social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.  —  Polymarket, the betting website that accepts wagers on everything from who wins …
CNN:
Mark Robinson admits ‘I lied’ about CNN story  —  Former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson admitted he lied about a bombshell CNN KFile investigation during the final months of his 2024 gubernatorial campaign, uncovering his extensive history of posting inflammatory and racist comments on a pornography website.
Wall Street Journal:
The Threats and Bare-Knuckle Tactics of MAGA's Top Antitrust Fixer  —  Mike Davis pushed DOJ officials to approve his deals—and went over their heads if they pushed back  —  Gail Slater, then-head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, was reviewing Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion bid …
Wall Street Journal:
Iran War Puts U.S. Diplomatic Missions in the Crosshairs  —  Drone and missile attacks as well as new terror threats have U.S. embassies worldwide on high alert  —  The U.S. war with Iran has triggered the broadest and fastest wave of attacks against U.S. embassies and consulates in the post-9/11 era …
CBS News:
CBS News Radio to shut down after nearly a century of broadcasting  —  Go Deeper With The Free Press  —  The U.S. Needs More Weapons.  Can This Company Supply Them?  —  The new defense entrepreneurs think America's preparedness suffers from two problems: a lack of modern warfighting tools …
Discussion: Axios, Deadline and Breitbart
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Heritage president: MAGA tensions over Iran war ‘good’  —  DORAL, Fla. — Tensions over President Trump's war in Iran within the GOP and Make America Great Again movement are “good,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told The Hill on Thursday at the group's inaugural security conference.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
U.S. military strike on boat in Pacific leaves two dead and a rare survivor  —  The ongoing U.S. maritime operation against alleged drug traffickers has killed 159 people in nearly 50 strikes.  —  A U.S. military strike on a vessel suspected of hauling drugs prompted the rescue of a sole survivor …
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump: Democrats oppose SAVE America Act ‘because they want to cheat’  —  As Senate debate over the SAVE America Act drags on, President Donald Trump Friday accused Democrats of opposing the bill because they intend to cheat in elections.  —  “I was hearing negative things because the Democrats are all against voter ID.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump administration waves the white flag in some ICE cases … The new phenomenon is the latest manifestation of the extraordinary strain that the administration's mass deportation effort — compounded by the mass detention of people who have lived for years without incident in the U.S. interior — has exacted on the justice system.
New York Times:
Alexander Brothers Are Said to Seek Trump Pardons for Sex Trafficking  —  People representing the three brothers have reached out to a lobbyist and an influential Jewish group that have supported clemency for others.  There are no signs the White House is considering a pardon.
Politico:
Confrontation between billionaire CEO and Lutnick hints at trouble with huge data center project … A confrontation between a Dallas billionaire and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at a Silicon Valley conference has exposed simmering tensions over an effort to secure financing …
Politico:
White House revises its DHS offer as talks to end shutdown pick up  —  The White House offered additional immigration enforcement concessions to Democrats Friday evening as border czar Tom Homan met a second time with a bipartisan group of senators seeking to end the Homeland Security shutdown, according to lawmakers who attended.
Discussion: CBS News and Washington Times
Meghann Myers / Defense One:
Defense workers' morale has plunged under Trump, survey finds  —  The Defense Department's civilian workforce is reporting a precipitous drop in job satisfaction, according to a survey released Thursday, following a year of cuts and a hiring freeze that has left many offices understaffed …
 
 
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
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Joel Lorenzi / The Athletic:
NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder won't visit White House due to ‘timing issue’
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
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 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
A Georgia appeals court rules Fulton County can reject GOP election board picks
Andrea Sachs / Washington Post:
TSA lines are miserably long. Don't miss your flight because of them.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Mullin Said to Have Credited the King of Jordan for a Helicopter Rescue
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Washington Post:
CBS News will end radio service as Weiss struggles to right ship
 

 
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a memo, Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski announce the closure of CBS News Radio on May 22 and attendant layoffs; CBS News Radio was founded in 1927

Newsmax:
A coalition including Newsmax, DirecTV, Communications Workers of America, and Free Press asks the FCC to immediately halt approval of the Nexstar-Tegna deal

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A study testing four AI chatbots on 2,267 news stories in English and French: ChatGPT credited news outlets 1% of the time, Gemini 6%, Grok 7%, and Claude 16%

 
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