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12:05 PM ET, May 6, 2026

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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: U.S. and Iran closing in on one-page memo to end war, officials say  —  The White House believes it's getting close to an agreement with Iran on a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations, according to two U.S. officials …
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Gulf States Fear an Emboldened Iran Is Taking Advantage of a Hesitant U.S.  —  Governments friendly with America worry about Tehran's strikes on U.A.E.  —  DUBAI—President Trump chose to look the other way after Iran launched three salvos of missiles and drones into the United Arab Emirates …
Reuters:
Iran says it wants a ‘comprehensive agreement’ with US
Magan Crane / Bloomberg:
Trump Renews Pressure on Iran to Reopen Hormuz Strait
Associated Press:
Live updates: Hegseth says ceasefire is not over despite Iranian strikes on UAE and commercial vessels
CNN:
CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87  —  Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises.
Duaa Eldeib / ProPublica:
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth  —  They entered the world the way babies should, with piercing cries announcing their arrival.  They passed their newborn screening tests.  Some made it to their 2-week wellness visits without concern.
Discussion: Deccan Chronicle and Eschaton
MS NOW:
FBI investigating leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Patel: Sources  —  MS NOW has learned that that FBI agents are probing the reporter who wrote a detailed story of Patel's alleged heavy drinking and erratic behavior.  —  The FBI has launched a criminal leak investigation focusing …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
John Roberts Believes in an America That Doesn't Exist  —  “Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield,” President Lyndon Johnson declared as he signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965.  “This act flows from a clear and simple wrong,” he continued.
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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Alito's Intriguing Footnote  —  He hints at a delay in releasing the Louisiana v. Callais decision.  —  Click for Sound  —  Exchanges at the Supreme Court are getting testier, as one this week between Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Ketanji Brown Jackson attests.
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
How dare you point out that Sam Alito is a partisan hack!  —  A hit dog will holler.  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  Once again, the Supreme Court's conservatives put their thumbs on the scale for Republicans.  And once again, they're very mad that people noticed.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Senate Dems eager to force Republicans to vote on Trump's ballroom  —  Senate Democrats are salivating at the chance to force every Republican to vote on $1 billion for security upgrades tied to President Trump's new White House ballroom. … - “It's an outrageous betrayal of hardworking families …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
With Indiana, Trump asserts his grip on the GOP
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
7 Indiana legislators face Trump-backed primary challengers after bucking him on redistricting
Washington Post:
Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show … Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites across the Middle East since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots …
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Krugman:
MAGA Will Kill Many Americans  —  Yesterday the Food and Drug Administration broke with previous policy and approved the sale of blueberry and mango-flavored vapes, dismissing long-standing concerns that making sweet-flavored vapes available will lead to increased smoking, especially among young people.
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Trump blamed for gas prices as Democrats gain midterm edge  —  With gas prices continuing to surge, more than 8 in 10 Americans said pain at the pump is putting a strain on their household budgets — and a strong majority blames President Trump, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
Discussion: MeidasTouch
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Marist Poll:
President Trump While at War, May 2026
Discussion: PBS NewsHour
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
A Look Inside the Case That Enshrined Political Power for Billionaires … For a brief moment in American history, the rich didn't control politics.  —  Back in 1974, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, Congress passed new campaign finance restrictions that would have largely eliminated …
Washington Post:
Poll finds broad rejection of religion-related messages from Trump, Hegseth  —  Americans rate Pope Leo positively but are deeply critical of the president's social media post that appeared to depict him as Jesus, the Post-ABC-Ipsos poll found.  —  Summary
Thomas Baker / The Federalist:
James Comey Will Be Convicted — By History  —  No matter what happens with the latest indictment of James Comey, his tenure heading the FBI is defined by his dishonesty and wildly irresponsible behavior.  —  Last week, the Department of Justice announced that former FBI director James B. Comey …
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Associated Press:
Trump again assails Pope Leo, potentially complicating Rubio's visit to the Vatican this week
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Exclusive / GOP risks ‘distraction and liability’ with East Wing money  —  Republicans' party-line immigration bill provides $1 billion for securing Trump's East Wing project — which means, though the word “ballroom” isn't mentioned, the party is about to plunge into that fight anyway.
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CNN:
Exclusive: Deleted tweets reveal new surgeon general pick criticized Trump and RFK Jr. health policies  —  Donald Trump Vaccines Trump appointments Disability issues  —  Just two months before she was selected as President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole Saphier suggested …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Assaults against U.S. Jews reach 46-year high  —  Physical assaults against Jewish people in the U.S. last year reached the highest levels since 1979, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced Wednesday. … - ADL counted 6,274 antisemitic incidents in 2025, down 33% from 2024, but still the third-highest year on record.
Corinne Purtill / Los Angeles Times:
RFK Jr. clears path for minors' use of tanning beds, much to the dismay of dermatologists  — 6 min Click here to listen to this article  —  Days before the 2024 presidential election, future Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a statement on X promising to end …
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Politico:
Trump administration axes fast-track training for new ICE recruits … DHS has denied that it reduced training levels for its deportation officers, regardless of when they were hired.  But Democrats and whistleblowers have said that new deportation officers hired with funding …
NPR:
NPR went looking for Polymarket's Panama headquarters.  It's elusive  —  PANAMA CITY — On the 21st floor of a gleaming skyscraper in the heart of the upscale Punta Pacifica neighborhood here is the official corporate office of Polymarket, the wildly popular prediction market site that has flourished in President Trump's second term.
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Halts the Blockade of U.S. Ports
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Lloyd Billingsley / The American Spectator:
Tracking Dr. Fauci's Fallout
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Trump DOJ agrees to ‘return or destroy’ evidence seized from MAGA Congressman Andy Ogles
Ed Demaria / NOTUS:
NRCC Chair ‘Not Worried’ About Democrats Running on High Prices
Punchbowl News:
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
EEOC Sues The New York Times for DEI-Related Race and Sex Discrimination
Wall Street Journal:
Another Marty Makary Mistake
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Stephany Matat / Tallahassee Democrat:
Florida creates ‘anti-woke’ AP history alternative for students
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
‘The Kamala Harris problem’: Vance's 2028 hopes hinge on Trump, Iowa Republicans say
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Howard Lutnick faces congressional showdown after Epstein files revealed island visit
Matthew Brown / Associated Press:
Trump administration sues Denver over its 1989 assault weapons ban
Jay Caspian Kang / New Yorker:
Will A.I. Make College Obsolete?
New York Times:
N.Y.P.D. Captain Is Transferred After Calling Mamdani ‘Total Nonsense’
Discussion: New York Sun
 

 
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Angela Cullen / Bloomberg:
Claude Guillemot, co-founder of Ubisoft and chairman of gaming hardware company Guillemot Corporation, died at 69 after a plane crash in France

John Jumper / @johnjumpersci:
John Jumper, who won the Nobel Prize “for protein structure prediction”, says he is leaving Google DeepMind after nearly nine years to join Anthropic

Financial Times:
Sources: the UK government is expected to consult as early as this month on rules to make public service news more prominent on social media and video platforms

 
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