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5:00 AM ET, May 4, 2026

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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 …
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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 …
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  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized and is in “critical but stable condition,” his spokesperson, Ted Goodman, said in a statement Sunday.
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Blanche Says Others Who Post ‘86 47’ Message Won't Be Charged Like Comey  —  The acting attorney general said such messages were “posted constantly” and said the Justice Department had gathered other evidence against the former F.B.I. director, but declined to describe it.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump finds a ‘Southern Strategy’ to save his dreams of dictatorship
Discussion: Washington Times
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Acting attorney general says indictment against James Comey goes beyond seashell photo
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Tillis calls Comey ‘biggest disappointment’ but stands against 8647 indictment
Discussion: Newsweek, The Hill and Breitbart
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:   DOJ Enters a New, Even More Aggressive Phase
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.
New York Times:
The Last Days of Butter Ridge … Brad Watson, 41, awoke without an alarm at 5:30 a.m., strapped on his headlamp and headed to the barn.  Cold air leaked through a small gap in the boards, and he stuffed a paper bag into the hole to block the wind.  He knew every detail of the barn in the morning …
Axios:
Scoop: Shapiro boosted Republican to retaliate against fellow Dem, ally says in recording  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro secretly helped a Republican state treasurer's 2024 reelection bid after the official's Democratic opponent had criticized Shapiro as a potential VP pick, a close Shapiro ally said last week.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Mediaite
Lauren Egan / The Bulwark:
New Drama Inside the DNC  —  KEN MARTIN'S TENURE AS CHAIR of the Democratic National Committee over the last year has been defined largely by frustration with his leadership.  That frustration crested last week when Martin went on Pod Save America to defend himself against charges …
Discussion: Breitbart
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: Raw Story
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 …
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Prosecutor Says Inquiry Into Fed Chair Could Be Resurrected  —  Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, dropped an inquiry into Jerome Powell last month after a federal judge blocked her grand jury subpoenas.  —  Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington …
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Why Jerome Powell Decided to Stay at the Fed
Discussion: LinkedIn
The Economist:
Young men are souring on Donald Trump  —  But can Democrats win them over?  —  When it comes to making a show of manliness, few politicians can match Donald Trump.  One day he is swaggering into a cage-fighting stadium to the tune of Kid Rock's “American Badass”.
New York Times:
2 U.S. Service Members Are Missing in Morocco, Africa Command Says  —  The two Army soldiers were reported missing during a joint military exercise on Saturday near Cap Draa Training Area, a coastal area in southwestern Morocco.  —  The U.S. Army is searching for two service members …
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Daniel Miller / Politico:
Kamala Harris bought a Malibu home.  Her neighbors think that means something. … LOS ANGELES — Kamala Harris' new $8.15 million Malibu home sits on a hill overlooking bougainvillea-dusted streets that sweep down toward the surf — a secluded idyll in a neighborhood of defensive shrubbery …
Discussion: The Independent
Politico:
Poll: The midterms' new big players are pushing agendas that voters don't fully support … Deep-pocketed political groups tied to artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency are rapidly reshaping the midterm money landscape — but many Americans are uneasy with the industries behind the spending.
 
 
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Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
As Clarence Thomas hits a milestone, his conservative stamp on US Supreme Court endures
Robert Tait / The Guardian:
‘This is just disarray’: alarm inside Pentagon after Hegseth staff purges
Discussion: The Independent
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
A Long, Strange Trip: How the G.O.P. Came to Embrace Psychedelic Drugs
Discussion: Military.com
Associated Press:
Israel Said It's Applying the Gaza Model in Lebanon. This Is What the Devastation Looks Like.
Alison Main / CNN:
Michigan Senate candidate defends her deleted posts after CNN report: ‘People are desperate for authenticity’
CBS News:
Transcript: Kevin Hassett on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” May 3, 2026
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
‘A Huge Mess’: Delayed Louisiana Primaries Stoke Confusion at Ballot Box
Mike Brock / Notes from the Circus:
The Industry's Court in a Stolen Republic
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:
How a weaker dollar is quietly making life more expensive
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Control of US House Hinges on Historically Low Number of Seats
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
He nearly joined Trump's administration. Now he's running for Congress as a Democrat.
Peter Smith / Associated Press:
Did the founders create a Christian nation? No, but religion did shape their thinking
Discussion: The Independent
Financial Times:
Detroit carmakers warn of $5bn commodities shock due to Iran war
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Trump's Big Medicaid Cuts Are About to Get Very Real
 

 
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Seb Joseph / Digiday:
A look at Baller League, a six-a-side indoor soccer league of creator-managed teams streaming free on YouTube and Twitch and averaging 4M+ views on match day

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:
A profile of music AI startup Suno, valued at ~$2.5B with 2M+ paying users and $300M annualized revenue as of February, as it battles record labels and artists

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

 
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