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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Supreme Court asked to pause ruling blocking telehealth and mail access to abortion pills  —  The emergency appeal comes a day after a federal appeals court granted Louisiana's request to require that mifepristone be dispensed in person.  —  Danco Laboratories, one of the makers …
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Jill Filipovic / New York Times:
It Just Got Harder to Get an Abortion for Every Woman in America  —  On Friday, the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocked a Food and Drug Administration rule that allows doctors to prescribe the abortion pill mifepristone via telemedicine.
Discussion: The Nation, One First and ABC News
New York Times:
Supreme Court Asked to Restore Access to Abortion Pill by Mail  —  A federal appeals court temporarily halted a Food and Drug Administration regulation that has greatly expanded access to the abortion pill mifepristone.  —  A manufacturer of the abortion pill mifepristone asked the Supreme Court …
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:
With Iran, the U.S. Stands to Lose Its Reputation, Its Friends or Its Soul  —  The American-Israeli attack on Iran was more than a bad idea; it has turned into a watershed in the decline of the American empire.  Some might prefer the word “hegemony” to describe the world order the United States leads …
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Gregory Brew / New York Times:   America Will Pay Dearly for Its Energy Arrogance
NPR:
Iran submits 14-point response to U.S. proposal to end war  —  Iran has submitted a 14-point response to the U.S. proposal to end the conflict that began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency and the state-owned media organization Press TV.
Patrick Harker / LinkedIn:
Jay Powell Held the Line  —  On March 2, 2020, I was in a surgery center at Penn Medicine.  Gown on.  IV in my arm.  The anesthesia drip was about to start.  My phone rang.  —  It was Jay Powell.  —  The Federal Open Market Committee was about to make an emergency fifty-basis-point cut …
Linas Kojala / New York Times:
It's Only 5,000 Troops, but America Will Come to Regret Its Rash Withdrawal From Germany  —  President Trump is right to demand that Europe spend more on its own defense.  But the Trump administration's announcement on Friday that it would pull 5,000 U.S. troops out of Germany risks weakening …
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Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
The Last Time We Reduced Troops in Europe, a War Broke Out
Discussion: Raw Story, Bloomberg and Deutsche Welle
Washington Post:
Hegseth tightens control at Pentagon, defiant and more confident than ever  —  Trump's combative defense secretary has grown more self-assured of his job security despite his early missteps in the role, people familiar with the matter said.  —  Summary  —  In the days before his abrupt dismissal …
Discussion: The Independent
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Ohio Republicans fear former ICE official could cost them a battleground House seat … At the heart of the concern is Sheahan's role at ICE, where she helped lead the president's sweeping immigration raids across the country — a high profile role that could be popular with Trump-friendly primary voters …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners  —  The Persian Gulf countries and Israel have faced repeated Iranian attacks during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.  The State Department move bypassed congressional review.  —  The Trump administration has authorized …
Jacob Dreyer / New York Times:
Trump Shouldn't Expect Much From His China Trip  —  When I first moved to Shanghai from Virginia in 2008, China still looked up to America.  Much of what China did, how it saw itself, what it strove for and its place in the world was measured against “Meiguo” — the “beautiful country” — as America is known in Chinese.
Emily Guskin / ABC News:
Two-thirds of Americans say country is headed in the wrong direction: ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll  —  Concerns over the economy and Iran impact Trump's approval ratings.  —  President Donald Trump departs the White House, May 1, 2026 in Washington.
Discussion: Washington Post
Associated Press:20 minutes ago
Trump administration is increasingly ignoring US courts, new analysis shows  —  Critics warn that respect for rule of law could break down as executive branch flouts judicial decisions  —  When a federal judge shot down a Trump administration policy of holding immigrants without bond last December …
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Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:   In court fights over policy, Trump officials rack up an extraordinary record of defiance
Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
Trump Says He Is Reviewing Iran's Latest Offer but Doubts It Is Acceptable  —  The comments came one day after Mr. Trump flatly rejected the proposal.  He later clarified he was only briefed on the “concept of the deal.”  —  The cease-fire between the United States and Iran remained in limbo …
Wall Street Journal:
Inside Democratic Fundraiser ActBlue's Big Spending and Internal Drama  —  ActBlue has become integral to the Democratic Party.  Some Democrats now say its CEO's management threatens that.  —  Following Democrats' bruising losses in the 2024 election, the chief executive of ActBlue …
Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:
New Jersey governor is down to join redistricting wars, following Supreme Court gutting of Voting Rights Act  —  New Jersey could join the crop of blue states currently considering new congressional maps in light of the US Supreme Court's ruling that effectively vanquishes protections for racial minority districts.
Discussion: The Daily Signal and The Hill
Chris Isidore / CNN:
Spirit Airlines canceled all flights and is going out of business  —  Aviation news Air travel safety Donald Trump Corporate news  —  Spirit Airlines, the pioneering discount airline that shook up the budget travel business, is shutting down its operations.
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Medicare portal database exposed Social Security numbers: Reports  —  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unintentionally published Social Security data for at least 100 health providers, according to multiple outlets.  —  The department took down its National Provider Directory …
Discussion: Politico
Amanda Friedman / Politico:
The new surgeon general nominee has a MAHA problem … Trump withdrew Means' nomination, according to her and the White House, because she didn't have enough Republican support to secure Senate confirmation.  Trump on Thursday championed Saphier, calling her an “INCREDIBLE COMMUNICATOR” …
Politico:
‘Six months to catch up’: What the shutdown cost DHS … “There are huge impacts between them dismantling our agency and lack of preparation for the season,” said one of the staffers, referring to the Trump administration's cuts to mitigation programs and the FEMA workforce last year.
Discussion: MS NOW and The Daily Wire
Politico:
Trump's Cuban American base is no longer guaranteeing him loyalty … MIAMI — Florida's politically influential Cuban American community is pressuring President Donald Trump to fully oust Cuba's communist leadership as the Trump administration looks willing to settle for less.
 
 
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Financial Times:
Donald Trump's Iran war withers Kenya's roses and strands its tea
Brian Hamilton / The Hill:
Musk's ‘universal high income’ serves tech oligarchs more than workers
New York Times:
New Video Analysis Suggests Suspect in Correspondents' Dinner Attack Fired First
Discussion: Washington Post
Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica:
Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Are Courting These Wall Street Financiers to Help Them Win in 2028
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Breitbart
Politico:
Data centers used to be a prize. States are having second thoughts.
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Bill Maher Singles Out His Own Audience For Laughing About Trump Being Killed: 'You're Not a Good Person'
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Megan Messerly / Politico:
‘The new soccer mom’: Both parties scramble for working class voters ahead of '28
Dan Frosch / Wall Street Journal:
More Than Three Million People Have Lost Federal Food Aid
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump's D.C. Redesign Is a Betrayal of America's Founding Values
Rick Rojas / New York Times:
Louisiana Governor Signs Law Blocking Ex-Prisoner From Taking Office
Discussion: Associated Press
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Ruby Red Iowa Backed Trump by 13 Points in 2024. Now It's a Battleground.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Norman Eisen / The Contrarian:
15 Ways To Fight Callais
Discussion: Democracy Docket
José Olivares / The Guardian:
‘Deplorable’: ICE hires firm accused of ‘torture’ to track down undocumented children
 

 
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Robert Booth / The Guardian:
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Sanya Mansoor / The Guardian:
Maryland becomes the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores, as other states including CO, CA, MA, IL, and NJ consider similar bills

Chase DiBenedetto / Mashable:
Ask.com shutters, as its owner IAC “continues to sharpen its focus”; a dot-com era icon, Ask Jeeves launched in 1997, a year before Google

 
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