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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Top House Democrats Throw Chuck Schumer Under The Bus Amid Funding Fight  —  “This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said as Schumer cast his vote for an extreme GOP spending bill.  —  WASHINGTON - Top House Democrats …
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Axios:
Ten Senate Democrats cave to avert government shutdown  —  Ten Senate Democrats joined with the Republican majority in voting to move forward with a stopgap spending bill Friday — clearing the path to avoid a government shutdown.  —  Why it matters: Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Dem Civil War Erupts With ‘Screaming’ and Primary Threats Behind Closed Doors  —  Democrats are finally fighting amid MAGA 2.0—but it is with each other.  President Donald Trump picked a side in the party's burgeoning civil war Friday, praising his longtime foe, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Schumer Under Fire as Pelosi and Other Democrats Criticize Shutdown Retreat  —  Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and making a politically painful decision.  But the backlash from his party was intense.
Politico:
‘Uniting anger’: Democrats fume over Schumer's handling of funding fight
Discussion: Joy's House
NPR:
Senate passes spending bill to avoid a government shutdown
CNN:
Democrats join with Republicans to advance House-passed government spending bill
Dylan Wells / Washington Post:   Inside the Democrats' new media strategy to reach voters and take on Trump
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
10 Democrats help Republicans advance GOP funding bill to avoid shutdown
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Mediaite
Politico:   Trump was poised to have a bad week. Enter Democrats.
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Ex-Democratic Leader Schumer
NBC News:
Senate passes GOP funding bill to avert a government shutdown
Politico:
Trump calls his opponents ‘scum’ and lawbreakers in bellicose speech at Justice Department  —  For more than an hour, he delivered an insult-laden speech that shattered the traditional notion of DOJ independence.  —  President Donald Trump on Friday walked into the Department of Justice …
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Liam Reilly / CNN:
Trump baselessly accuses news media of ‘illegal’ behavior and corruption in DOJ speech  —  President Donald Trump launched some of his harshest attacks yet on the media on Friday, using a speech at the Department of Justice to baselessly accuse outlets including CNN of illegal and corrupt behavior.
New York Times:
Trump Expands Attacks on Law Firms, Singling Out Paul, Weiss  —  Experts have warned that the president's efforts threaten the ability of lawyers to do their jobs and private citizens to obtain legal counsel.  —  President Trump on Friday opened a third attack against a private law firm …
Discussion: Simple Justice and The Hill
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia University  —  The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the Ivy League school unless it cedes control …
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide  —  The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.  —  Early on Friday, Elon Musk shared …
Discussion: USA Today
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America's Parent  —  The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president's power.
New York Times:
Trump Administration Expels South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg.  —  President Trump's administration …
Tom Mooney / The Providence Journal:
She saw family in Lebanon.  Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation. … A Rhode Island doctor who traveled home to Lebanon to visit family was prevented by U.S. Customs officials from reentering the country on Thursday at Boston's Logan International Airport …
New York Times:
Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries  —  A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States.  —  The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens …
Sarah Betancourt / New Hampshire Public Radio:
Green card holder from New Hampshire ‘interrogated’ at Logan Airport, detained  —  A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital  —  Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus.  Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.  —  On Wednesday, a woman gave birth in a Lubbock, Texas, hospital in the middle …
Discussion: Off the Kuff and KHOU-TV
Jordan Green / Raw Story:
The head of Trump's antisemitism task force just re-posted two antisemitic X accounts  —  Leo Terrell, the Department of Justice lawyer who heads the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, has made multiple appearances on the network and other conservative outlets to unapologetically press …
The Korea Herald:
Multiple Russian warplanes briefly enter S. Korea's air defense zone during training: JCS  —  Multiple Russian warplanes entered South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ) in the East Sea on Saturday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, prompting the South to send its fighter jets in response.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Boehler withdraws nomination as special presidential envoy for hostages affairs  —  Adam Boehler, who oversaw unprecedented direct negotiations with Hamas on behalf of President Trump, has withdrawn his nomination for the position of special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, according to two White House officials.
Will Knight / Wired:
Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models  —  A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”  —  The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) …
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Murray Brewster / CBC News:
Canada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, says minister  —  Payment for first 16 aircraft already made  —  Canada is actively looking at potential alternatives to the U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighter and will hold conversations with rival aircraft makers …
New York Times:
Walz, Newsom and Buttigieg Are Among Democrats Stirring 2028 Presidential Chatter  —  Tim Walz was in Iowa.  JB Pritzker's heading to New Hampshire.  Pete Buttigieg is keeping his options open.  It's far too early to run for president, but some Democrats seem to be exploring the idea.
Will Stancil / Stancil Culture:
Crisis is the solution to the public attention problem  —  Liberals should not fear crisis in the Trump era.  They should understand it is their only tool against him.  —  The main paradox of modern American politics is that people are more connected to political news and information than ever before …
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
US court allows Trump to enforce ban on DEI programs, for now  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a judge's ruling that had blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from implementing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and businesses …
 
 
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Tess Martinelli / Business Insider:
I was fired by DOGE after I moved across the country for a job with the VA. I've been laid off before, and it was nothing like this.
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump says he was being a ‘bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours
Discussion: Стр …
Ray Furlong / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Can Trump Do Anything To Make Putin Accept A Cease-Fire In Ukraine?
Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
Dave Troy / America 2.0:
To Survive This, We Must Break the Fourth Wall
Sophie Carson / Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee-area woman deported to Laos though she's never been there, doesn't speak the language
NBC News:
Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyone
Discussion: DNyuz and CNBC
Janice Yu / abc7NY:
20-year-old father accused of beating infant daughter to death
Discussion: Breitbart and The Post Millennial
Politico:
What court orders? Trump's moving full steam ahead to slash more federal workers
Discussion: NBC News, The Status Kuo and Salon
 Earlier Items: 
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Kevin Drum, Influential Early Political Blogger, Dies at 66
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
David French: Trump Admits He's Violating the Constitution
Scott Dance / Washington Post:
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
Kayla Gogarty / Media Matters for America:
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
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Amanda Caswell / Tom's Guide:
xAI introduces Grok 4, trained on its Colossus supercomputer, with multimodal features, faster reasoning, Grok 4 Voice, Grok 4 Code, a new interface, and more

Joe Tidy / BBC:
UK police arrest four people, a 20-year-old woman and three men aged 17 to 19, in connection to the M&S and Co-op hacks that began in mid-April and caused havoc

Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:
The EU publishes a voluntary code of practice to help companies follow its AI Act, including requiring developers to provide up-to-date AI feature documentation
 
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