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4:45 AM ET, May 9, 2026

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What the Virginia ruling does — and does not — mean for 2026  —  The news is not good for Democrats, but they can still win the House.  —  On the latest episode of Nir & Rupar, our live weekly video show, David Nir of The Downballot and Aaron Rupar of Public Notice discuss the fallout …
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
The Virginia Ruling Was a Gut Punch.  Democrats Can Still Win the House  —  This morning's ruling killed four Democratic pickups, but there's still hope  —  Like me, you were probably going about your Friday morning feeling bad about the world but good about Democratic prospects this fall …
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Why Democrats' New York gerrymander won't be as aggressive as the GOP's efforts … “People were walking across bridges and being mauled, and have lost their lives for these rights,” New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said of the VRA.  “These laws are there because there …
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Republicans Don't Need to Win Elections Anymore.  They Just Need Their Judges.  —  The Virginia Supreme Court nullifies three million votes, boosting Trump's effort to rig the midterms.  —  The redistricting news for Democrats has gone from bad to worse.  —  A week after the US Supreme …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Republicans Are Building an Advantage in Redistricting. How Much?
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dems despondent over “sickening” Virginia decision
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats' redistricting plan, dimming party's midterm hopes
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The glaring error in the Virginia Supreme Court's gerrymandering decision
Tim Balk / New York Times:
4 Takeaways From the Virginia Supreme Court Gerrymandering Decision
Associated Press:
Alabama lawmakers pass plan for new US House primary if courts allow different districts
New York Times:
In Huge Blow to Democrats, Virginia Court Strikes Down House Map
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Alabama takes step toward a new congressional map while awaiting court action
Discussion: Alabama Attorney …
New York Times:
The No-Bid Contract That Is Turning Washington's Reflecting Pool Blue … For a century, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has captured Washington's history, a vast mirror for moments great and small.  —  Then, this spring, President Trump said he decided to paint it blue …
Discussion: Raw Story, VINnews and The Independent
Quinn Yeargain / The Downballot:
How Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme Court  —  Virginia Democrats are looking for a way to overturn the state Supreme Court's Friday decision invalidating the constitutional amendment temporarily adopting new congressional districts that a majority of voters ratified last month.
New York Times:
ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment  —  The network's argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Trump administration.  —  ABC has accused the Federal Communications Commission of violating its free speech rights …
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Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Planning to Fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary  —  The doctor, a MAHA advocate, has had a tumultuous tenure that has included clashes over vaping, abortion and vaccine policy.
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Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Justice Department moves to strip 12 Americans of their citizenship  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday it is seeking to denaturalize a dozen people from various parts of the country who are accused of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Kennedy's health officials explored US ban of some widely used antidepressants, sources say  —  U.S. health department officials last week explored whether they could ban certain drugs in a widely prescribed class of antidepressants as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prepared …
Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
Facing Pressure, Trump Officials Reject Claims They're Softening on Immigration  —  Immigration hard-liners have grown frustrated with the level of deportations and the Department of Homeland Security's attempts, under its new secretary, to stay under the radar.
Discussion: The Bulwark and Raw Story
Politico:
Wiles cracks down on leaks  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.
Discussion: The Wrap, Raw Story and Mediaite
Julia Angwin / New York Times:
Mark Zuckerberg Is Running Meta Into the Ground  —  There is a moment when internet companies get the stink of death on them.  For AOL, it was 2003, when it became clear that its users were abandoning its clunky dial-up internet service for far-faster broadband.
Discussion: Reason, DNYUZ and Althouse
Alex Nitzberg / Fox News:
US intel community agreed before war 'Iran wasn't developing a nuclear weapon': ex-counterterrorism chief  —  Joe Kent declared ‘the narrative & agenda spun by a foreign government- Israel, won the argument & forced us into this war’  —  Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent asserted …
Discussion: WTTG-TV and Responsible Statecraft
Rebecca Carballo / Politico:
Education Department launches hiring spree in key office, roughly a year after mass layoffs … So far, the student aid office has onboarded 52 new employees between September 2025 and March 2026.  But even if FSA reaches its goal of having a total of 1,065 full-time employees …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen resigns amid Utah Legislature's investigation  —  Under intense pressure from Republican leaders, including Gov. Spencer Cox, Justice Diana Hagen resigned from the Utah Supreme Court on Friday.  —  Cox, along with House Speaker Mike Schultz …
Melania Trump / Washington Post:
Mothers are America's strength … Melania Trump is the first lady of the United States.  —  A mother's devotion to her child is unmatched.  This love takes many forms: strength, compassion, wisdom, grace, joy, labor, humor and even grief, to name a few.  The love between mother and child …
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Washington Post:
These blue states aren't getting fire prevention money from Trump
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Pentagon releases dozens of UFO files offering transparency on ‘alien and extraterrestrial life’
Emily Peck / Axios:
Ted Cruz: Trump accounts are personal Social Security accounts
Discussion: Newsweek, Raw Story and The Hill
Mark Olalde / ProPublica:
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