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ABC News:
Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B ‘weaponization’ fund for allies: Sources  —  The fund would compensate allies who claim they were targeted under Biden.  —  Katherine Faulders, Peter Charalambous, and Alexander Mallin  —  President Donald Trump gives remarks during …
Edward White / Financial Times:
Boeing shares slide as Donald Trump's China summit deals disappoint  —  US president says Beijing will expand agriculture and oil purchases  —  Shares in Boeing slid after Donald Trump announced that China had purchased 200 planes, following speculation of a possible “mega order” …
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Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Chaos erupts behind the scenes of Trump's China trip — including trampled White House aide  —  BEIJING — President Trump's much-anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been marred by multiple physical altercations just offstage.  —  Among the incidents that took place Thursday:
Bloomberg:
Winners and Losers From Trump and Xi's Two-Day Beijing Summit  —  Donald Trump got the pageantry he craved during his trip to China.  But the US president concluded the summit largely where he began, receiving little help from his “friend” Xi Jinping in dealing with a messy war in Iran and a challenging political climate at home.
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Trump says China will ‘invest hundreds of billions’ in US tech companies whose CEOs met with Xi  —  President Trump claimed Thursday that China plans to “invest hundreds of billions of dollars” in the companies run by the CEOs he “surprised” Xi Jinping with during their high-stakes meeting.
Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
CIA chief makes historic trip to Cuba as US blockade chokes island's energy supplies … The U.S. has reiterated its offer of assistance to Cuba in exchange for “fundamental changes” to its communist political regime after CIA director John Ratcliffe visited the Caribbean island nation on Thursday.
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Director Visits Cuba as Tensions Rise and Island Runs Out of Oil  —  John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, is the highest-ranking official in the Trump administration to visit the country.  —  John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, traveled to Cuba on Thursday, a day after Havana admitted …
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Cuba Says It Has Run Out of Oil
Associated Press:
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows abortion pill to remain available by mail nationwide  —  The decision indefinitely blocks an appeals court ruling that would have restricted availability of the drug, especially in states with strict anti-abortion laws.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ensured …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Mifepristone survives another Supreme Court scare — for now
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Nervous GOP weighs options on ballroom  —  Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — GOP tries again on immigration provisions  — Veterans spending bill targets secretary  — Crypto bill moves to Senate floor  —  Republicans uneasy about the political risk of sending taxpayer dollars toward …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, NOTUS and Fox News
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Igor Bobic / NOTUS:
Senate Democrats Try to Make Nice With Fetterman
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Paul Kane / NOTUS:
The Former Republican Senator Who Wants the GOP to Turn on Trump
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel's Hawaii trip included ‘VIP snorkel’ at a Pearl Harbor memorial  —  When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau's Honolulu field office and meetings with local law enforcement.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
South Carolina governor calls for a special session on redistricting  —  Republicans hope to eliminate a majority-minority seat held by longtime Democratic Rep. James Clyburn before the midterms.  —  South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster called a special session Thursday for state lawmakers …
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ABC News:
A third of the Congressional Black Caucus could lose seats amid redistricting fight
Riley Rogerson / Politico:   Key Jeffries ally endorses aggressive tactics to create more blue seats
Politico:
‘No idea it was coming’: Pentagon officials stunned by Hegseth decision on troops in Poland … “We had no idea this was coming,” said one of the U.S. officials, adding that European and American officials have spent the last 24 hours on the phone trying to understand the decision and figure out if more surprises are coming.
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Mystery Grows Around Representative Thomas Kean Jr.'s Absence  —  Representative Thomas Kean Jr. last voted in Washington on March 5, citing a medical issue.  An appearance planned for late May has been canceled.  —  Where is Representative Thomas Kean Jr.?  —  Lately, curious political watchers have noted where Mr. Kean is not.
Discussion: The Hill, Forbes and Raw Story
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Tony's Trouble in Taipei … On Thursday evening, Tony Dokoupil once again anchored the “CBS Evening News” alone from Taiwan after failing to secure a visa to broadcast from Beijing, where Donald Trump is meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a high-stakes foreign trip.
Steve Gehlbach / WSB-TV:
Empty Waymos invade Atlanta neighborhood, circle cul-de-sac for hours with no passengers  —  ATLANTA — Waymo's self-driving cars can be seen all over Atlanta streets, giving rideshare trips through Uber.  —  But what happens when they're empty?  —  In one northwest Atlanta neighborhood …
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Investigation Determines Yale's Medical School Discriminated Based on Race in Admissions  —  For Immediate Release  —  The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has completed a year-long investigation into the admissions policies and practices at the Yale School of Medicine.
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
You can't gerrymander a bad approval rating  —  Trump's net approval is historically weak for this point in a presidency — and his approval on handling prices and the economy is even worse than Joe Biden's low  —  Strength In Numbers is a reader-supported newsletter that covers politics …
Discussion: MS NOW, Forbes and Newsweek
Anita Komuves / Reuters:
Orban's media empire crumbles after Hungary election defeat  —  The media empire built by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, a key pillar of the nationalist leader's 16 years in power, is swiftly unravelling following an election last month that abruptly ended his rule.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Politico:
Investigation into top Mamdani appointee heats up  —  Presented by With additional help from Gelila Negesse  —  HAPPY FRIDAY.  This is Chris Sommerfeldt in New York City, where an investigation into a top Mamdani administration official is ramping up.  I got a scoop on that to start us off …
Discussion: City & State New York
NOTUS:
Trump Bought Corporations' Stock as His Administration Boosted Their Business  —  New federal disclosures indicate the president went on a stock-buying spree in early 2026.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump personally bought and sold millions of dollars worth of stock in technology companies …
Discussion: New York Times, Sludge and NRCC
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Trump's lies disgrace everyone around him  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  📊 Subscribe to PN 📊  —  Eleven years after Donald Trump came down that escalator in Trump Tower, Republican lying has become normalized to a disturbing degree.
Matt Hollingsworth / WATE-TV:
Alex Haley's “Roots” to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries  —  KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Alex Haley's book “Roots” is included in an updated list of book titles to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries.  —  The schools previously removed other books from shelves due …
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Democrats eye “hidden” Latino battlegrounds in 2026  —  The post-2024 narrative that Latino voters shifted right is facing its first real stress test — including in districts Republicans thought were safely red. … But GOP House seats are also at risk in California, New York, Colorado and Nevada.
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Vance Blames Democrats as U.S. Halts Some Medicaid Payments, Claiming Fraud  —  Vice President JD Vance traveled to Maine for a speech, making a midterm election pitch that only Republicans could root out fraud in public benefits.  —  Vice President JD Vance took his anti-fraud message to Maine on Thursday …
Douglas MacMillan / Washington Post:
ICE moving forward with warehouse detention plan despite lawsuits, probe  —  New warehouse contracts in Texas are expected to be awarded after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin initially called for a review of the plan.  —  Summary  —  The Department of Homeland Security …
 
 
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CBS News:
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NBC News:
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