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11:25 PM ET, May 4, 2026

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Alexander Ward / Wall Street Journal:
Attacks on U.S. Warships in Strait Test Trump's Desire to End Iran War  —  Speaking Monday from the White House, Trump referred to the latest round of attacks as a ‘mini war’  —  President Trump's desire to end the Iran war is being put to the test after Tehran fired at American warships …
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James LaPorta / CBS News:
2 U.S. Navy destroyers transit Strait of Hormuz after dodging Iranian onslaught  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — Two U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian Gulf after navigating an Iranian barrage, according to defense officials who spoke …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Iran attacks UAE; U.S. says it sank boats in Strait of Hormuz
Axios:
“He wants action”: Trump's frustration with Iran stalemate sparked Hormuz gambit
New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Attacks in Gulf Threaten to Reignite Conflict
Associated Press:
Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies  —  The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court temporarily restores full access to abortion pill
Discussion: CBS News, The Guardian and KTLA
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis signs Florida's new GOP-friendly congressional map into law — and is swiftly sued … The civil rights group Equal Ground Education Fund — along with a group of 19 Florida voters living in congressional districts across the state — asked a state judge to block the new map and reinstate …
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Politico:
The GOP's youth voter problem
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Supreme Court clears path for Louisiana to gerrymander mid-election  —  The Supreme Court Monday fast-tracked certification of its decision in Louisiana v. Callais, clearing the way for Louisiana to move forward with redrawing its congressional map even as an election is already underway.
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New York Times:
Supreme Court Agrees to Fast-Track Louisiana Voting Map Decision
Discussion: Washington Post and The Guardian
Aaron Blake / CNN:
Trump keeps saying the quiet part out loud on changes to the 2026 election
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Scoop: Rep. Chuck Edwards singled out young female aides for special attention  —  Rep. Chuck Edwards told a young female staffer that she had “written a complex chapter in my heart” shortly before she was set to leave his office, according to a handwritten letter he sent her that was reviewed by Axios.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Most Americans say Trump is mentally, physically unfit to serve effectively: Poll  —  A new poll found that most Americans say they believe President Trump is mentally and physically unfit to serve as commander in chief.  —  The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that 59 percent …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Townhall
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Magistrate judge says alleged WHCD attacker being mistreated by DC jail … “The Jan. 6 defendants all were moved to the CTF,” Faruqui said.  “Pardons may erase convictions but they do not erase history ... He's being treated differently than anyone I've ever observed.”
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New York Times:
Secret Service Shoots and Wounds Armed Man Near Washington Monument  —  A 15-year-old boy was also hit.  The motorcade of Vice President JD Vance had passed through the area shortly before the shooting.  —  The Secret Service shot and wounded an armed man on Monday afternoon just south …
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NBC News:
Secret Service says it shot a man near the White House who allegedly fired toward officers
Associated Press:
Person shot by law enforcement near Washington Monument, Secret Service says
Politico:
Judge mulls contempt over DHS' ‘patently false’ allegation in deportation case … But DuBose noted that the Trump administration itself had publicly disclosed the existence of the warrant in a press release earlier last month.  She also noted that the April 30 release slamming her …
New York Times:
White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released  —  The Trump administration, which took a noninterventionist approach to artificial intelligence, is now discussing imposing oversight on A.I. models before they are made publicly available.
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
Soil at D.C. Golf Course Where East Wing Debris Was Dumped Contains Toxic Metals  —  The National Park Service said the dump of debris, between the fourth and ninth holes, does not exceed environmental limits.  Opponents disagree.  —  Soil at a public golf course in Washington …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Judge on challenge to Trump golf course takeover: 'I'm no Amy Poehler'
Media Matters for America:
Media Matters secures complete and total victory against Federal Trade Commission  —  FTC agrees to forgo future investigations of MMFA to secure withdrawal ahead of judgment  —  Media Matters has secured a complete and total victory in its case against the Federal Trade Commission (Media Matters v. FTC).
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House sexual harassment payouts exceeded $300,000 … Mace also listed a settlement of $8,000 for the office of the late Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) as well as a $15,000 payout associated with former Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La.).  —  Alexander, who left Congress in 2013 …
Peter Slevin / New Yorker:
Barack Obama Considers His Role in the Age of Trump  —  The former President remains one of the most popular politicians in the country.  What are his obligations to it?  —  In Barack Obama's final days in office, he found himself in the painful position of trying to console his staff …
HuffPost:
Trump Administration Closes Watchdog Office For Immigration Detention Abuses  —  The closure of the ombudsman's office adds to the lack of oversight of immigration jails nationwide, despite the Trump administration's efforts to surge detention capacity.  —  The Department of Homeland Security …
Politico:
'They're spinning': Republicans, grappling with midterm anxiety, go negative … And while Trump has never shied away from blaming the opposition, especially his predecessors, his tendency to deviate from his message — to talk about the new White House ballroom, the reflecting pool or the construction of his …
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:
Elon Musk's Racist Screed-Storm  —  Rudy Giuliani is in critical condition in a Florida hospital and Donald Trump makes an unexplained, unscheduled visit to the “dentist,” reminding us how much of the breaking news in our gerontocracy will be medical bulletins.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Owen Myers / The Guardian:
Rapper Kid Cudi fires MIA from tour after ‘offensive’ Republican rant  —  The British artist was booed after identifying as a Republican voter while on stage in Dallas  —  Rapper Kid Cudi has fired MIA from his tour after the British artist went on a rant that went viral while on stage in Dallas.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The $16 Million Question: If Editing Harris Was ‘Election Interference,’ What Was Editing Trump?  —  In late 2024, Donald Trump sued CBS for $10 billion claiming “election interference” because 60 Minutes had the audacity to (*gasp*) edit a Kamala Harris interview down for broadcast.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Fetterman … It's a few days after the election this November, and the results have become clear: Democrats have netted the four seats they need to claim a Senate majority.  —  But then there's a disturbance in the force: Senate Republicans …
New York Times:
Trump Tries to Downplay Economic Effects of the Iran War  —  At a White House event for Small Business Week, he described the economy as “roaring” and predicted that gas prices would go down soon.  —  Facing pressure to address the economic fallout of his war in Iran, President Trump …
Politico:
Trump privately raises objection to Senate housing bill … Trump's concerns could complicate the delicate negotiations surrounding the largest housing measure seriously taken up by Congress in years.  Senators have been pushing the House to accept their bill without changes in order to ensure …
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Reuters:
Exclusive: US intelligence indicates limited new damage to Iran's nuclear program, sources say  —  U.S. intelligence assessments indicate that the time Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon has not changed since last summer, when analysts estimated that a U.S.-Israeli attack had pushed …
Reuters:
Elon Musk settles SEC lawsuit over Twitter disclosures, $1.5 million fine imposed  —  Elon Musk settled the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil lawsuit accusing the world's richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of Twitter, now known as X.
 
 
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Lauren Sommer / NPR:
Trump administration falls behind on wildfire prevention with risky fire season ahead
Discussion: Eos and PBS NewsHour
Washington Post:
Pirro will not appeal judge's quashing of Fed subpoenas
Discussion: The Hill, NewsMax.com, Law Dork and CNBC
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
The Candidate From ICE  —  A GOP primary in Ohio will test Trump's mass-deportation push.
Discussion: Raw Story
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund ‘AI Literacy’ in Schools
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
American Commentator Who Worked for Russian TV Challenges Biden-era Charges
Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
Samuel Alito Gutted More Than Just the Voting Rights Act. He Rewrote the Constitution, Too
Discussion: JURISTnews
Ryan Burke / Just Security:
Hegseth's Intellectual Purge is an Insult to His Officer Corps
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Hegseth twice made a false claim to Congress about troops being sent to voting places under Biden
Discussion: Mediaite
Emily Davies / Washington Post:
White House lawyers prep staff for dealing with a Democratic Congress
Torrence Banks / NOTUS:
Kristi Noem's Time at DHS Is Prompting Republicans to Reflect on Oversight
Christof Rühl / Financial Times:
The oil price crunch is looming
CNN:
As Swalwell's public profile grew, more than a dozen women describe how he made them uncomfortable in private
Robert Downen / Texas Monthly:
He Remade the Southern Baptist Convention in His Image. Then Came the Abuse Allegations.
 

 
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Nicola M White / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk agrees to pay $1.5M to settle SEC allegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders in 2022 by failing to disclose the 5%+ stake he had in the company

Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple held exploratory talks with Intel and its executives visited a Samsung plant in Texas to explore producing core chips for its devices in the US
 
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