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10:35 AM ET, May 4, 2026

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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Republicans see GOP dysfunction as major liability ahead of midterms
Politico:   Six months to go  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Democrats bullish on midterm election prospects 6 months out
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Guide’ Stranded Ships Through Strait of Hormuz  —  The president called the plan, which doesn't involve escorts by U.S. warships, a humanitarian gesture, and said that discussions with Iran continue  —  President Trump said Sunday the U.S. would start guiding commercial ships …
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NBC News:
U.S. denies Iranian claim that it hit American warship as Trump launches mission to reopen Strait of Hormuz  —  A U.S. official also denied to NBC News that any U.S. Navy ships were prevented from accessing the strait on Monday by Iran.  The U.S. said two commercial vessels transited …
Tobias Holcman / Jerusalem Post:
Trump says US to begin escorting ships out of Persian Gulf through Strait of Hormuz
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani Is in ‘Critical Condition’ in Florida Hospital  —  A spokesman for the former mayor of New York City said Mr. Giuliani was critical but stable.  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, is in a Florida hospital in critical condition, his spokesman said Sunday.
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Jordan Freiman / CBS News:
Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in critical condition, spokesperson says
Wall Street Journal:
Why Almost Everyone Loses—Except a Few Sharks—on Prediction Markets  —  A WSJ analysis shows a small number of accounts on Polymarket and Kalshi—often pros using data-driven algorithmic trading—take home most of the winnings  —  John Pederson, 33, couldn't work.
Discussion: Axios, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
US Allies Look to Europe to Build a Post-Trump Global Order  —  Some of the US's closest allies including Canada and the UK are warning that the international system of security and trade championed by western powers for more than 70 years is broken beyond repair — and that it's up to Europe to fashion a new global order.
Discussion: France 24 and Semafor
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Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:   Why the U.S.-led Liberal World Order is Only Mostly Dead
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Truth of Trump's Wild Sleepless Nights Exposed  —  LOSING HIS MIND  —  Joanna Coles and Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty dive into a jaw-dropping investigation revealing the president's relentless late-night posting habits.  —  A third of Donald Trump's social media posts …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Scott Anderson / New York Times:
Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder  —  America's war with Iran has entered a calmer phase: diplomatic posturing, on-and-off-again negotiations and endless wrangling of a settlement.  This, of course, is far preferable to the annihilation of Iranian civilization that President Trump …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 months  —  The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a massive spike in detainee deaths and medical crises.  —  On October 3, 2025, the Trump administration abruptly stopped paying third-parties for medical care provided …
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Washington Post:   Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 3, 2026  —  Late on Friday night, President Donald J. Trump took to social media.  At 11:03 he posted an AI-generated image of himself, alongside Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, all shirtless, along with an unidentifiable woman …
Hannah Allam / ProPublica:
I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment.  He Lashed Out on X.  —  Counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka is one of the most controversial figures in the Trump administration, a gate crasher in the buttoned-up world of national security.
Discussion: Just Security
Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:
SCOTUS's Brazen Power Grab Guts Voting Rights  —  This week has underscored a brutal reality of our teetering constitutional system: a renegade, partisan Supreme Court ignoring the power and role of Congress, prevaricating about history and the plain language of the Constitution …
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
The vanity presidency  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🏆 Subscribe to PN 🏆  —  Following the failed attempt on President Trump's life at the White House Correspondents Dinner, lapdog Republicans and their media allies rushed …
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
First Draft: Trump Is Only Pretending to ‘Fight’ Antisemitism  —  This administration will happily lie about how its ‘combating antisemitism,’ even as it shuts down programs that fight antisemitism.  Meanwhile, the president's poll numbers sink even lower.  —  ∙ Paid … Happy Monday; it's Swin again.
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Trump administration claims food aid fraud but critics say 'there's no evidence'  —  Agriculture secretary claims without evidence Snap recipients included owners of luxury cars  —  The Trump administration's attack on the 87-year-old food aid program that supports tens of millions …
New York Times:
Democrats Add 8 Candidates to House Battlefield Program for Midterms  —  The party's congressional campaign arm is promoting more contenders to take down at-risk Republicans — and is taking sides in some competitive primaries.  —  Democratic officials added eight candidates on Monday …
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Daniella Diaz / NOTUS:
Exclusive: House Democrats' Campaign Arm Expands ‘Red to Blue’ Program
Discussion: New York Post and Roll Call
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The Trump administration ramps up its lawlessness on the seas  —  U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smugglers spike after a lull following Maduro's capture.  —  When the U.S. armed forces began blowing up suspected “drug boats” on Sept. 2, 2025, it was widely seen as a way not just to fight …
Discussion: The Intercept
Jonathan Tamari / Bloomberg:
Five Key Questions Hanging Over the Midterms  —  These issues facing both parties are likely to decide who wins in November … Key Questions  —  Political predictions are risky.  (I've learned that the hard way more than once).  There are almost always wildcards we can't see coming, especially with Donald Trump involved.
Wall Street Journal:
The Antiabortion Movement Is Turning on Trump  —  The ubiquity of abortion pills during the second Trump administration has frustrated antiabortion advocates  —  WASHINGTON—The antiabortion lobby expected to be more triumphant by now: A conservative Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade …
 
 
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David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
The Race to Be the Face of Manhattan
Financial Times:
US pullback on long-range missiles leaves Europe exposed
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Dems' foreign policy group prepping for '28
Oriana González / NOTUS:
House Ethics Officials Investigated Rep. Jim Costa for Alleged Inappropriate Behavior With Interns
The Economist:
Young men are souring on Donald Trump
Discussion: Salon
Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
As Clarence Thomas hits a milestone, his conservative stamp on US Supreme Court endures
Discussion: LifeNews.com
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Tait / The Guardian:
‘This is just disarray’: alarm inside Pentagon after Hegseth staff purges
Discussion: The Independent
Lauren Egan / The Bulwark:
New Drama Inside the DNC
Discussion: Breitbart
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
A Long, Strange Trip: How the G.O.P. Came to Embrace Psychedelic Drugs
Discussion: Washington Post and Military.com
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump finds a ‘Southern Strategy’ to save his dreams of dictatorship
Discussion: Washington Times
Associated Press:
Israel Said It's Applying the Gaza Model in Lebanon. This Is What the Devastation Looks Like.
Discussion: Wonkette
Alison Main / CNN:
Michigan Senate candidate defends her deleted posts after CNN report: ‘People are desperate for authenticity’
 

 
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Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
How music streaming services are adapting to the rise of AI-generated music by labeling, deranking, and demonetizing tracks, using AI detection tools, and more

Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Sources: the US EEOC is poised to sue the NYT over a white male employee's allegation that he was denied a sought-after promotion because of his race and gender

New York Times:
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