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11:15 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
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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 …
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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 …
Reuters:
Trump says US to help ships stranded in Strait of Hormuz as tanker hit by projectiles
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court temporarily restores full access to abortion pill  —  The decision means mifepristone remains available nationwide without an in-person meeting required while litigation continues.
Discussion: KTLA
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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.
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
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 »
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
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
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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
Maddy Varner / Wired:
DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian's Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts  —  Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man—who hasn't entered the US in more than a decade—following posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Theo Farrant / Euronews:
Children are drawing moustaches on their faces to fool online age checks - and it's working  —  A new report reveals that children across the UK are outwitting online safety measures with fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, and some surprisingly creative facial hair.
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 …
Associated Press:
Alabama and Tennessee move to draw new congressional districts in wake of Supreme Court ruling  —  Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have summoned lawmakers into special sessions this week seeking new congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
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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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David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
The Race to Be the Face of Manhattan
Financial Times:
US pullback on long-range missiles leaves Europe exposed
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The Trump administration ramps up its lawlessness on the seas
Discussion: The Intercept
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Trump administration claims food aid fraud but critics say 'there's no evidence'
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
First Draft: Trump Is Only Pretending to ‘Fight’ Antisemitism
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Dems' foreign policy group prepping for '28
Jonathan Tamari / Bloomberg:
Five Key Questions Hanging Over the Midterms
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Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
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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
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
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump finds a ‘Southern Strategy’ to save his dreams of dictatorship
Discussion: Washington Times
 

 
From Techmeme:

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
GameStop makes an unsolicited ~$56B offer to buy eBay after building a ~5% stake, offering $125/share in cash and stock, a ~20% premium on May 1's closing price

Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic announces a JV with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Hellman & Friedman that aims to sell AI tools to companies; sources: the JV is worth ~$1.5B

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Filing: Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman about settling days before trial; after being denied, he said Brockman and Altman “will be the most hated men in America”

 
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