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3:40 AM ET, May 11, 2026

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Ephrat Livni / New York Times:
Trump and Netanyahu Say Iran War Is Not Over  —  The Trump administration said last week that the war had run its course, but the U.S. president and Israel's prime minister in interviews on Sunday did not rule out renewed combat.  —  President Trump and Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu …
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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.
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 …
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.
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.
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
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 …
New York Times:
Cubans Deserve America's Generosity, Not Its Cruelty  —  Alejandro, a premature baby born in Havana's Eusebio Hernández Pérez maternity hospital, weighed only two pounds when we met him in April.  We watched him as he lay in an incubator, one of the few in the building whose …
Damien Cave / New York Times:
What Middle Powers Fear About the Trump-Xi Summit  —  Asian nations worry that the president might trade security commitments for better economic terms with China during his planned meeting with Xi Jinping this week.  —  Poland will soon host production lines for South Korean tanks.
Discussion: UPI
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.
Politico:
One American has tested positive for hantavirus, another has mild symptoms … In a statement Sunday evening, HHS said the State Department would airlift the passengers, transporting some of them to the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
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 …
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
With Commissioner Under Pressure, F.D.A. Opens Door to Flavored Vapes  —  Though illicit e-cigarettes have flooded in from China, the new policy could allow major tobacco companies to sell from prime shelf space at thousands of stores.  —  The Trump administration issued a new policy Friday …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
 
 
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
America's pastor pipeline is collapsing
Discussion: NewsMax.com
David French / New York Times:
The Platner Trap
Peter Smith / Associated Press:
Rejecting church and state separation is on the wish list for Trump's religious liberty commission
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Health insurance marketplace feels growing tremors from GOP cuts
Financial Times:
New York's rich lash out at ‘shameful’ Mamdani plan to tax second homes
Discussion: New York Post
Clea Caulcutt / Politico:
Former PM Philippe launches presidential campaign to take on far right in France
 Earlier Items: 
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 5-10-26: Amb. Mike Waltz, Dr. Michael Osterholm & Adm. William McRaven
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Avery Schmitz / CNN:
US intelligence-gathering flights are surging off Cuba
Discussion: Mediaite, NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Lawyers for the global elite aren't buying Trump's gold card visa
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Politico:
Former Polish Justice Minister Ziobro flees to US
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
Washington Post:
AOC vs. Airbnb
Discussion: Fox News and Cafe Hayek