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10:10 PM ET, May 10, 2026

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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Search Desperately for a Response After Virginia Map Is Tossed  —  A conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday's ruling in the state.  —  Democrats are struggling to respond …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Democrats now have to win the House vote by 4 points due to Republican gerrymandering
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:   Democratic Candidates Scramble in Virginia After Court Tosses Map
Associated Press:
Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as ‘unacceptable’  —  Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, but President Donald Trump quickly rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” with no details.
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Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Lengthy Response to the U.S. Leaves Some Gaps  —  Iran has formally sent a multipage response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war, laying out its own demands in detail and leaving gaps between the two sides, people familiar with the response said.
Bloomberg:
Iran Makes New Offer on Uranium in Response to US, WSJ Says
Robert Kagan / The Atlantic:
Checkmate in Iran  —  Washington can't reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.  —  It's hard to think of a time when the United States suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored.
Jan Rosenow / Bright Spots:
Spain just became one of Europe's cheapest power markets.  Here is how.  —  How wind and solar quietly pushed gas off the margin, and the wholesale price followed.  —  In the first four months of 2026, the average wholesale electricity price in Spain was €44 per megawatt-hour.
NBC News:
OpenAI sued over ChatGPT's alleged role in guiding FSU shooter  —  The lawsuit claims the shooter carried out his attack using instructions and advice provided by ChatGPT.  —  OpenAI is being sued by the family of a victim killed in the April 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University that left two people dead.
Politico:
Lawyers: Biden to fight DOJ plan to release audio of his talks with ghostwriter … A spokesperson for Biden confirmed Sunday that he plans to resist release of the audio to the public or to lawmakers.  —  “President Biden cooperated fully with Special Counsel Hur, and agreed to provide audiotapes …
New York Times:
Putin's Forces Are Barely Inching Along on the Battlefield  —  The Russian military has yet to solve a fundamental problem: how to make big advances in eastern Ukraine when drones are everywhere.  —  President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has sought to convince President Trump that his troops …
Avery Schmitz / CNN:
US intelligence-gathering flights are surging off Cuba  —  The Caribbean National security Terrorism The Middle East  —  US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows.
Discussion: Mediaite, NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
Trump Promotes Claim He Has A ‘Better Understanding’ Of The Bible Than Pope Leo  —  Trump shared a clip of a controversial pastor declaring that the pope is “sincerely wrong when it comes to Iran” just days after Marco Rubio's Vatican meeting.  —  Donald Trump on Saturday promoted …
Natalie Korach / Status:
The Post's Opinion Divide … On Monday, as The Washington Post celebrated its two Pulitzer Prize wins, the newspaper found itself scrambling to bring back two previously laid-off video operators to help livestream the celebration because, after the company's massive layoffs in February, no one remained who could operate the system.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Politico:
Former Polish Justice Minister Ziobro flees to US  —  Fugitive former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro is now in the United States courtesy of a visa from President Donald Trump after fleeing Hungary.  —  Ziobro had been in Hungary since 2025 after former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán granted the disgraced minister asylum.
David French / New York Times:
The Platner Trap  —  I don't want politicians to be “authentic.”  I want them to be decent.  I want them to be honest.  I want them to be competent.  And if they fail those tests, they don't redeem themselves by opposing Donald Trump.  —  If you're a conservative watching Democrats talk themselves …
Financial Times:
New York's rich lash out at ‘shameful’ Mamdani plan to tax second homes  —  The city's wealthy property owners say they are sick of being vilified  —  A time-honoured New York ritual is playing out again as millionaires and billionaires threaten to flee the global financial capital where they own luxurious second homes.
Discussion: New York Post
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Health insurance marketplace feels growing tremors from GOP cuts  —  State ObamaCare marketplaces are starting to feel tremors from the GOP-controlled Congress's ending of enhanced subsidies, as millions of Americans are dropping coverage.  —  Experts and state officials say the impact varies …
Discussion: NPR
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Built and Defended a Secret Iran War Base in Iraq  —  The base, set up for special forces and search-and-rescue teams, was almost discovered early in the conflict  —  TEL AVIV—Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Chris Wright: 'I don't know the future of gas prices' … The average cost of gas is around $4.55, according to AAA, with the cost of oil rising above $95 per barrel.  When pressed whether gas prices might actually go even higher, Wright told CBS' “Face the Nation:” “I don't know the future of gas prices.”
Fred A. Bernstein / Washington Post:
Abraham Foxman, influential leader of Anti-Defamation League, dies at 86  —  As the ADL's national director for nearly 30 years, he battled antisemitism and other forms of prejudice, building the group into a powerful watchdog.  —  Abraham Foxman, who in 28 years as leader …
Washington Post:
AOC vs. Airbnb  —  Her contempt for entrepreneurs extends to those who benefit from their products.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) is on a tear, spinning yarns about the American Revolution being an uprising against the rich while complaining that The Post is standing …
Discussion: Fox News, Cafe Hayek and The Guardian
 
 
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Peter Smith / Associated Press:
Rejecting church and state separation is on the wish list for Trump's religious liberty commission
Clea Caulcutt / Politico:
Former PM Philippe launches presidential campaign to take on far right in France
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 5-10-26: Amb. Mike Waltz, Dr. Michael Osterholm & Adm. William McRaven
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
William Christou / The Guardian:
Danish rightwing leader asked to form government after Frederiksen fails to form coalition
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Lawyers for the global elite aren't buying Trump's gold card visa
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Starmer Vows to Serve 10 Years But May Soon Face Challenge
Discussion: Reuters
New York Times:
Strait of Hormuz Remains Effectively Blocked After Naval Skirmishes
 Earlier Items: 
New York Post:
NYPD captain's transfer after viral rant bashing Mamdani shows City Hall has two sets of rules for Dems, Republicans: critics
Wall Street Journal:
In Bid to Flip Senate, Democrats Push Deep Into Trump Territory
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
If you google the history of Mother's Day, the internet will tell you that Mother's Day began …
New York Times:
One Big Headache for Politicians These Days: a Messy Digital Footprint
Anna Wiederkehr / Politico:
Poll: Republicans and Democrats agree on 1 big election issue
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Washington Post:
Republicans who denied 2020 election results could be governors next year
Yanzhong Huang / New York Times:
An Emboldened New China Spells Trouble for Trump
Discussion: Semafor
 

 
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Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Apple raises its Mac and iPad prices 15% to 25%, saying it's “never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly”, but keeps iPhone prices unchanged

Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg:
Sources: in a letter to US officials, Anthropic accused Alibaba of adversarial distillation, using Claude 28.8M times from April to June via almost 25K accounts

Don Clark / New York Times:
IBM details a 0.7nm chip manufacturing process that utilizes a “nanostack” 3D transistor architecture, which it says could continue chip innovation for 10 years

 
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