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Hegseth to Campaign for a Republican House Candidate — What We're Covering Today — Justice Department: The Justice Department said that it had created a $1.8 billion fund to compensate supporters of President Trump who felt they had been mistreated by Democratic administrations.
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Justice Department Announces Anti-Weaponization Fund — For Immediate Release — Part of settlement agreement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service — The U.S. Department of Justice today announced that as a part of the settlement agreement in President Donald J …
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Associated Press:
Trump moves to dismiss $10B suit over leak of tax returns after reports of a resolution — President Donald Trump on Monday moved to withdraw his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns after reports that a resolution of the case was close at hand.
New York Times:
Trump Withdraws His $10 Billion Suit Against the I.R.S. — The dismissal appears to be part of the Trump administration's effort to effectively settle the case, which stemmed from the leak of his tax returns in 2019. — President Trump withdrew his lawsuit demanding at least $10 billion …
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Washington Post:
Trump's deal to drop suit against IRS creates $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ — The deal, laid out in a document signed by acting attorney general Todd Blanche, grants a commission broad authority to distribute the money, drawn from taxpayer dollars. — Summary
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Announces $1.8 Billion Fund in Settling I.R.S. Suit
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Trump Gets $1.7 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ After Dropping IRS Suit
New York Times:
Trump's Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. Prospects — With the midterms nearing, President Trump's approval rating has hit a second-term low as voters question his handling of the economy, according to the latest New York Times/Siena poll.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A Crack in the Polling Floor Puts Trump in New Territory — A 37 percent approval rating in a new Times/Siena poll suggests the G.O.P. is facing a big midterm problem despite recent redistricting gains. — Over the last decade, it's often been said that President Trump's support has a low ceiling but a high floor.
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump's economic polling is in freefall … - About 37% of voters approve of Trump's job performance, per a New York Times/Siena poll released Monday, down 3% from the last poll conducted in January. — While Republicans still broadly back the president, 69% of independents …
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Tim Balk / New York Times:
Can Anyone Beat Jon Ossoff? Georgia Republicans Grasp for a Contender.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump pivots to midterms, affordability after China summit as Iran war persists
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
A Different Kind of Fading President — This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. — When Donald Trump took the oath of office last January, he was the oldest president to begin a term, clocking in at 78 years and 220 days.
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New York Times:
ICE Agent Charged in Shooting of a Venezuelan Immigrant in Minnesota — The agent is the second federal officer to face felony charges in Minnesota stemming from Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. — State prosecutors on Monday charged a U.S. Immigration …
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Over 100,000 Family Separations in Deportation Push, Report Estimates — The Brookings Institution suggests that federal statistics are an undercount because immigrant parents are not being asked about or not disclosing their American children. — Ledy Ordonez was on the job …
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Maria Cancian / Brookings:
The administration has detained 400,000 immigrants: What do we know about their children?
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Darius Tahir / KFF Health News:
Trump Bought Stock in Drugmaker as His Government Boosted Its Obesity Drugs — President Donald Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680,000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity drugs, as the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda that largely benefited the company.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The smoking guns in Trump's new financial disclosure
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New York Times:
Cross-Tabs: May 2026 Times/Siena National Poll of Registered Voters — Results of a nationwide New York Times/Siena poll of 1,507 registered voters conducted from May 11 to 15, 2026. — ‹ › — Do you think the United States is on the right track, or is it headed in the wrong direction?
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran's new offer is insufficient, risks war resumption: Senior U.S. official — Iran has given an updated proposal for a deal to end the war, but the White House believes it is not a meaningful improvement and is insufficient for a deal, a senior U.S. official and a source briefed on the issue told Axios.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
US rejects new Iranian proposal to end war: Report
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Tillis pops up against GOP's new reconciliation bill — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has told his colleagues in unequivocal terms that he will not vote for the budget reconciliation bill if the Senate considers it this week, according to two people familiar.
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New York Times:
In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland — Greenlandic officials worry about the direction of the negotiations aimed at defusing President Trump's threats to seize their island. But they have little leverage. — With the conflict in Iran still smoldering …
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Washington Post:
Trump plans to build helipad at White House — The longtime helicopter owner is addressing a persistent problem: The new Marine One helicopters have a history of burning grass. — Summary — For decades, U.S. presidents have stood, waved and boarded Marine One — the call sign …
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Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Trump Has Done More Than Misjudge Iran — In January, Stephen Miller gave a blustery and revealing interview to the CNN journalist Jake Tapper. Flush with the triumph of the military raid to abduct Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, Miller was taking a victory lap.
New York Times:
Abortion Pill Lawsuit Leaves Trump Silent, and in a Political Bind — Louisiana wants the Food and Drug Administration to curtail access to the medication. Doing so could cost Republicans at the polls. — With the midterm elections less than six months away, Republicans …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Thousands of people gathered today on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to engage in an eight-hour taxpayer-funded evangelical worship event to “rededicate” the nation to Christianity. — The “Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving” event is part …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers — Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola. — The FBI wants to buy access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs) nationwide, which would likely allow the agency to track …
Wall Street Journal:
Dad Books Are a Dying Breed — Sales have been sliding for nonfiction titles about politics, biographies and other books often aimed at men
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Rages Wildly at Journo—and Exposes Big Iran Blunder — The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 18 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. — Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says he's postponing ‘scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow’ at Middle East leaders' request … President Donald Trump said Monday he is calling off a plan to attack Iran on Tuesday after the heads of three regional powers in the Middle East asked him to “hold off.”
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