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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Voters Can Be Disenfranchised Now  —  Just say it's because they're Democrats.  —  For the conservative editor and columnist James Jackson Kilpatrick, the Supreme Court decision outlawing school segregation was an atrocity.  Brown v. Board of Education, he wrote in the 1950s, was a …
Discussion: New York Sun and All Rise News
Sherrilyn Ifill / Sherrilyn's Newsletter:
SCOTUS Drops The Other Shoe on the Voting Rights Act  —  Today's decision renders Section 2 [of the Voting Rights Act] all but a dead letter....The decision here is about Louisiana's District 6.  But so too...about the many other districts, particularly in the South, that in the last half-century …
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress  —  A historic drop in representation by Black members of Congress may be on the way after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision Wednesday to further weaken the Voting Rights Act.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century
Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
In major Voting Rights Act case, Supreme Court strikes down redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Supreme Court ruling on race-based redistricting prompts quick action in some states
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights Act
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Supreme Court ruling will reshape American politics. The only question is when
The Hill:
Supreme Court rules on Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana map
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Commanders to brief Trump on new Iran military options Thursday  —  President Trump is slated to receive a briefing on new plans for potential military action in Iran on Thursday from CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper, two sources with knowledge tell Axios.
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Wall Street Journal:
As Hormuz Traffic Stalls, U.S. Pitches New Coalition to Get Ships Moving Again
Discussion: Axios, Reuters and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Janet Mills Bows Out of Maine Senate Race as an Insurgent Democrat Rises  —  Her withdrawal reflects the energy of the party's left and voters' unease with older candidates and paves the way for Graham Platner to challenge Senator Susan Collins in November.  —  Gov. Janet Mills of Maine …
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Washington Post:
Public rejects Trump's ballroom by wide margin  —  The president's planned 250-foot arch and a Treasury Department plan to put Trump's signature on paper money are also unpopular.  —  Summary  —  Americans reject President Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom by a 2-to-1 margin …
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and Mediaite
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Mike Johnson's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week  —  “This is what happens when you have leadership who can't organize a one-car parade,” one senior Republican told NOTUS.  — Copy  —  Just about everyone is mad at Mike Johnson this week.  —  The majority of the House Republican …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
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Politico:
Johnson notches wins, but chaos looms
Discussion: New York Times, Semafor, MS NOW and Fox News
The Bulwark:
Department of Just-Indict-Someone  —  Even Trump can barely defend the charges against James Comey with a straight face.  —  We know we keep saying it, but this business about the Strait of Hormuz is getting really, really alarming.  Oil prices hit their highest point since the war began overnight …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Reuters:
Scared and angry British Jews demand more from government after knife attack  —  Scared, angry at the government, and wondering whether they need to leave the country, British Jews in the north London suburb of Golders Green were reeling a day after an attacker stabbed two men in the street.
Politico:
'That's not over': Powell's final warning  —  Editor's note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day's biggest stories.
Discussion: CNBC, more at Techmeme »
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Financial Times:
US economy undershot expectations to grow at 2% rate in first quarter  —  Expansion falls short of 2.2 per cent forecast by economists but marks a pick-up from a weak end to last year  —  Edited by Philip Georgiadis and Fergus Ryan in London  —  The US economy grew at an annualised rate …
Discussion: CBS News and GB News
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Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Discusses ‘Apprentice’ Reboot—With Don Jr. as a Potential Host  —  Studio executives have held internal discussions about making new episodes of reality TV show  —  First it bought the “Melania” documentary.  Now Amazon is discussing a potential reboot of “The Apprentice,” …
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Pentagon Puts Iran War Cost at $25 Billion as Hegseth Berates Skeptics  —  During his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since the war began, the defense secretary lashed out at lawmakers in both parties who have questioned the conflict.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Thom Tillis doubles down on his latest Trump personnel ultimatum … Tillis has major leverage as a member of the Judiciary Committee, where Republicans have a one-vote advantage and he can exercise an effective veto.  —  That's exactly what Tillis did in the Senate Banking Committee …
Discussion: Raw Story and Blaze Media
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Key inflation gauge jumps to highest level in 3 years as Iran war spikes gas prices  —  A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign that the Iran war is pushing up the cost of living and delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Regret Creating Independent Redistricting Commissions After Supreme Court Ruling  —  A decade ago, the party sought independent redistricting commissions.  Now, in an era of extreme gerrymandering, such efforts could slow Democrats as they try to keep up with Republicans.
Discussion: The National Pulse and Votebeat
Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Pulls Funding From LIV Golf.  Its Star Players Face a Painful Road Back.  —  LIV plans to tell players and staff by Thursday that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund would end its funding for the upstart league.  But the PGA Tour isn't yet ready to welcome back those who jumped ship.
Greg Jaffe / New York Times:
Hegseth Cites Falsehood to Defend His Firing of Senior Officers  —  The defense secretary said at a House hearing that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals, a figure that the Pentagon previously acknowledged was false.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday defended …
Discussion: MS NOW, Raw Story and Washington Times
 
 
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This Summer, the American Water Crisis Becomes Real
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Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
Why We Are Suing the Department of Education
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Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
Mark Sanford suspending congressional bid. Will launch advocacy targeting national debt instead.
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Krugman:
The Logic of NACHO  —  The only available deal is no deal  —  On Wall Street, TACO …
Discussion: The Independent and IJR
Andrew Howard / Politico:
A top GOP super PAC warns ‘the Republican Senate majority is at risk’
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 29, 2026  —  I will have plenty to say about the Supreme Court's decision today …
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Newsom's high speed boondoggle tops $231 billion
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Associated Press:
Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings
Discussion: Scientific American
Jacob Mchangama / The UnPopulist:
Hungary's Opposition Used Social Media to Topple the Authoritarian-in-Chief
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has a plan for high prices
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Exclusive: New records show paper trail of DOGE voter data pact with election deniers
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Financial Times:
Analysis: Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon's capex combined hit a record $130B in Q1, and it is set to reach $725B in 2026, up 77% from $410B in 2025

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the White House opposes Anthropic's plan to expand access to Mythos to ~70 additional companies and organizations because of concerns about security

Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
Meta raises its 2026 capex to between $125B and $145B, above analysts' est. and marking a ~7.4% jump from its $115B-$135B forecast in January; META drops 10%+
 
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