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8:20 AM ET, May 9, 2026

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
How Minority Districts Fueled the G.O.P.'s Southern Ascendancy in Congress  —  The “majority-minority” House districts struck down by the Supreme Court last week sent a surge of Black and Hispanic lawmakers to Congress.  They also opened opportunities for the G.O.P.
Discussion: The Atlantic and OutsideTheBeltway
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
2026 map swings back toward Trump  —  Republican chances of keeping the House are surging, as panicked Democrats scramble to offset back-to-back-to-back redistricting blows. … But they're nervous about the math for retaking the House now that Republicans appear (for now) to have won this year's redistricting wars.
Discussion: twitchy.com, The Hill, MS NOW, HotAir and WJBK-TV
Washington Post:
With GOP wins on election maps, Democrats have a steeper climb to victory  —  Democrats said a House majority is still within reach after losing a court challenge in Virginia.  —  Summary  —  Republicans are eight seats closer to keeping control of the House since President Donald Trump …
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 …
Public Notice:
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 …
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 …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Republicans Are Building an Advantage in Redistricting.  How Much?  —  Where things stands in the race for House control after recent court rulings.  —  The redistricting wars heading into the November midterm elections had been in a stalemate, with each party's tit-for-tat gerrymanders roughly canceling each other out.
Discussion: Politico, HotAir and The Dispatch
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Republicans Don't Need to Win Elections Anymore. They Just Need Their Judges.
Tim Balk / New York Times:
4 Takeaways From the Virginia Supreme Court Gerrymandering Decision
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The glaring error in the Virginia Supreme Court's gerrymandering decision
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dems despondent over “sickening” Virginia decision
Associated Press:
Alabama lawmakers pass plan for new US House primary if courts allow different districts
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:
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 …
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Trump throws his base a UFO bone, but critics say it's Iran ‘smoke and mirrors’  —  President Donald Trump's release of declassified UFO files on Friday drew excitement from longtime transparency advocates — and immediate skepticism from critics on both the Left and Right who argued the timing …
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Pentagon releases dozens of UFO files offering transparency on ‘alien and extraterrestrial life’
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump's ruthless midterm power play  —  President Trump is flexing his dominance over the Republican Party to stamp out primaries that would bleed party coffers and fracture the GOP ahead of a treacherous midterm election. … - He endorsed 95 percent of the 217-member House GOP Conference …
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.
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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New York Times:
Trump Plans to Fire F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary  —  Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.  —  President Trump has signed off on a plan to fire Dr. Marty Makary …
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Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Planning to Fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
DOJ sees fallout after push to prosecute former FBI director James Comey  —  Several prosecutors have left the Justice Department, others are considering doing so, and at least one major case has been disrupted.  —  Summary  —  More than a half-dozen prosecutors have been demoted or pushed …
Discussion: Fox News, MS NOW and DNYUZ
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.
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
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
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
 
 
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Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen resigns amid Utah Legislature's investigation
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
California dysfunction puts backlash on the ballot
Discussion: HotAir and Ace of Spades HQ
Washington Post:
These blue states aren't getting fire prevention money from Trump
Discussion: New Republic and Politico
Emily Peck / Axios:
Ted Cruz: Trump accounts are personal Social Security accounts
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Running Meta Into the Ground
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