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2:50 PM ET, May 4, 2026

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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.
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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: The Status Kuo, The Guardian and KTLA
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail
Discussion: NOTUS, STAT and The Federalist
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 …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans see GOP dysfunction as major liability ahead of midterms
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
“He wants action”: Trump's frustration with Iran stalemate sparked Hormuz gambit  —  President Trump was fed up with the “no deal, no war” stalemate in Iran.  The operation he ordered to change that dynamic could ultimately lead back to war.  — “The president wants action.
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Wall Street Journal:
Fighting Flares Up in Iran War as U.A.E. and Ships Are Attacked  —  The Emirates accused Iran of its first attack during the cease-fire as the U.S. deployed warships and jets to protect vessels in the Strait of Hormuz  —  Fighting in the Iran war flared for the first time in weeks …
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 …
Scott Anderson / New York Times:
Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / CNN:
Trump keeps saying the quiet part out loud on changes to the 2026 election  —  Donald Trump Election security Supreme Court Voting rights  —  President Donald Trump doesn't need any invitation — or any evidence, really — to claim that an election is “rigged,” as he's done many times over the last 11 years.
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Cody Butler / WCTV:
DeSantis signs new congressional map
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 … Pedro Cantú Ríos was eating lunch when he felt the chemicals rush into his lungs.  —  Like many of the immigrant men held in a cramped Alaska jail last summer, Cantú Ríos, then 68 …
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani in critical condition, recovering from pneumonia, spokesman says  —  The former New York mayor, 81, initially was placed on a ventilator but now is breathing on his own, his spokesman said.  —  Summary  —  Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalized with pneumonia and remains in …
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own while hospitalized with pneumonia, spokesperson says
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani Is in ‘Critical Condition’ in Florida Hospital
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.
Robert Downen / Texas Monthly:
He Remade the Southern Baptist Convention in His Image.  Then Came the Abuse Allegations.  —  Paul Pressler helped ordain the marriage between white evangelicals and the Republican Party, all while accusations of sexual abuse piled up.  Right-wing groups are still using his political playbook.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders release of contractor accused of sharing classified info with Wapo reporter … “The government has no way of knowing what he has retained and what he is able to provide to others,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Patricia McLane said during a hearing Monday.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Judge on challenge to Trump golf course takeover: 'I'm no Amy Poehler'  —  A federal judge declined to immediately block the Trump administration from closing East Potomac Golf Links, saying recent reports about renovation plans aren't enough for her to step in.  —  “I don't want to be the overseer of Parks and Rec.
The American Conservative:
Donald Trump Jr: The Candidate No One Is Talking About … It's been an interesting 2026, to say the least.  The Iran War, which is exposing ideological divisions within MAGA, has brought the American right to an inflection point.  A movement that once prided itself on rejecting foreign entanglements …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Matthew Bartlett / MS NOW:
The GOP whispers about JD Vance are getting louder
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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.
Christof Rühl / Financial Times:
The oil price crunch is looming  —  The longer the Strait of Hormuz blockade continues, the more likely a crisis-like adjustment in rich economies becomes  —  The writer is an adjunct senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, and on the advisory board of Crystol Energy
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.
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
 
 
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Miles Parks / NPR:
In many states, election-denying candidates are running to control voting
Discussion: Truthout
Scott MacFarlane Reports:
Staffing Crisis is Unfolding Inside Justice Dept., Giving Criminal Defendants New Leverage
Discussion: New Republic
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
E.E.O.C. Investigating Discrimination Claim at The New York Times
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. Warns China Over Iranian Oil as Sanctions Fight Intensifies
Discussion: Bloomberg, Israpundit and Al Jazeera
Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:
GOP Senate candidate recruiting off-duty Detroit cops to intimidate voters
Claire Woodcock / 404 Media:
How a University's Censorship Conference Got Censored
Maddy Varner / Wired:
DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian's Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
The Trump administration ramps up its lawlessness on the seas
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
First Draft: Trump Is Only Pretending to ‘Fight’ Antisemitism
Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:
SCOTUS's Brazen Power Grab Guts Voting Rights
Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
Why the U.S.-led Liberal World Order is Only Mostly Dead
Discussion: Bloomberg
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Late on Friday night, President Donald J. Trump took to social media. …
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
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Oriana González / NOTUS:
House Ethics Officials Investigated Rep. Jim Costa for Alleged Inappropriate Behavior With Interns
Discussion: Breitbart
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Truth of Trump's Wild Sleepless Nights Exposed
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
 

 
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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

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
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