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Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Inflation Accelerates After Weeks of War in Iran — The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier as higher energy costs replaced tariffs as the driver of higher prices for Americans. — Consumer prices in the United States rose at the fastest rate since May 2023 last month …
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Steve Kopack / NBC News:
Inflation hits 3.8%, outpacing wage growth for the first time since 2023 — Increased energy costs are “accounting for over forty percent of the monthly all items increase,” said the Bureau of Labor Statistics. … Inflation surged to 3.8% in April, its highest level in nearly three years …
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Chao Deng / Wall Street Journal:
Inflation Soared to 3.8% in April, Driven by Gasoline Prices
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Washington Post:
Iran war pushed inflation to highest rate in nearly three years
Iran war pushed inflation to highest rate in nearly three years
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New York Times, GV Wire, Spotlight PA and NOTUS
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
US consumer prices jump as Iran war sends energy prices rapidly higher
US consumer prices jump as Iran war sends energy prices rapidly higher
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Straight Arrow News, Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times and NPR
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
A Terrible Omen — Democrats just chose not to respond to an element of a Republican coup d'etat. — ∙ Paid — I don't think it will happen. — But there's at least some chance Democrats will “win” millions more votes than Republicans in House elections this November …
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Andy Craig / The UnPopulist:
The VRA Ruling Might Have Handed Republicans a Weapon to Attempt a Jan. 6-style Midterm Coup — An outlandish scenario to refuse to seat newly elected blue state representatives just became more plausible — Republicans have been throwing everything they can at the 2026 midterms …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
Americans' anger about the economy hits Trump and Republicans' midterm prospects — It's President Donald Trump's economy - and most Americans aren't happy with it. — A new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds that 77% - including a majority of Republicans - say that Trump's policies …
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CNN:
‘My life is not affordable. No one cares’
‘My life is not affordable. No one cares’
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CNN:
A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea — Russia Asia North Korea National security — A Russian cargo ship likely carrying two nuclear reactors for submarines, possibly destined for North Korea …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir — The comments made by a senior ICE official at a trade show highlight how Palantir is increasing the speed at which ICE operates. Most people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Rod Stewart tells King Charles he put ‘that little ratbag in his place’ during US trip — Rod Stewart praised King Charles III following the British monarch's trip to the United States — which included an address to a joint meeting of Congress and a visit to the White House …
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Paul Dallison / Politico:
Rod Stewart praises King Charles for putting ‘little ratbag in his place’ on US trip
Rod Stewart praises King Charles for putting ‘little ratbag in his place’ on US trip
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / NOTUS:
One in Five HealthCare.gov Enrollees Dropped Insurance Coverage This Year — More Americans are dropping out of health care marketplaces than usual, after Congress let pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies lapse. — Copy — The numbers are bearing out what many lawmakers feared …
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Major Trouble at ‘60’ … On Sunday evening, “60 Minutes” aired an interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During the wide-ranging sit-down, Netanyahu's first with a broadcast television outlet since the Iran War began, the prime minister discussed the prospects for peace …
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Raw Story
Li Yuan / New York Times:
China Increasingly Views Trump's America as an Empire in Decline — For decades, many Chinese viewed the United States with a mix of admiration, envy and resentment. President Trump's volatile second term shattered that image. — When President Trump visited China in late 2017 …
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New York Times:
Why More Americans Are Seeking Religion — The United States seems to be revisiting the role of faith. In essence, secularization is on pause. — This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors.
Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
Supreme Court greenlights 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for 2026 election — The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year's congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun.
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts
Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts
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US Department of Justice:
Foreign Operators and Technical Superintendent of M/V Dali Indicted for Roles in Key Bridge Crash — For Immediate Release — Indian and Singapore Corporations and Company Official Charged with Conspiring to Defraud the United States and Causing the Death of Six Construction Workers
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, Washington Post, Washington Times and The Daily Caller
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
This year's U.S. House elections will be least competitive on record — In 1976, 101 U.S. House seats were structurally competitive. Under the new 2026 maps, that number could fall to 33 — and just 15 are true toss-ups. — ∙ Paid … In 1976, the U.S. House of Representatives had 101 …
Ben Geman / Axios:
Trump's uphill climb on gas taxes — President Trump's endorsement of suspending federal gas taxes pushes the idea higher on the political radar, but it still faces long odds. … - The federal tax is 18.3 cents for gasoline and 24.3 cents for diesel (with another .1 cent fee for addressing leaking underground tanks).
Reuters:
Exclusive: FBI questions CIA officers over Russia assessment in Brennan probe, sources say — The FBI has begun interviewing current and former CIA employees as part of the Department of Justice's investigation into ex-CIA director John Brennan over his role in an intelligence finding …
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New York Post, NewsMax.com and The Gateway Pundit
Marc Sternfield / KTLA:
Arcadia mayor resigns, to plead guilty to working as an agent for China — The mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, abruptly resigned Monday as federal prosecutors announced she had been charged with acting as a covert foreign agent for China. — Wang has agreed to plead guilty …
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Politico:
Trump officials pitch GOP on ballroom funds — Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION: — Trump's gas tax holiday faces headwinds — Dems grasp for redistricting silver lining — MAHA's junk food assault stalls on the Hill — Administration officials are trying …
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Roger Parloff / Lawfare:
DHS's Misleading Press Release Smears a U.S. Judge in Rhode Island — The judge has referred an assistant U.S. attorney for an ethics inquiry, but she has said that DHS was the truly bad actor. — rparloff.bsky.social — Meet The Authors — On April 30, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
How Much Would It Cost to Fuel Sean Duffy's Reality Show Road Trip? — Most Americans wouldn't be able to afford the transportation secretary's road trip — and that's before you add in the luxury cruise — Sean Duffy and his family took a super duper ultra cool road trip, and they want you to know all about it.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Key Republican faces Democratic calls to resign over radio interview — Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) is facing calls to resign from Democratic colleagues who say she expressed agreement with a radio host's remark that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) should get his “cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.”
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Washington Free / The Washington Free Beacon:
Abigail Spanberger's Faceplant — Has there ever been a more overhyped politician than Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger? — Flash back a few months, when the “moderate” pol, boosted by endless media profiles describing her competence and pragmatic leadership, swept into office vowing she would …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Farmers are rightfully pissed at Trump — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🚜🌽 Subscribe to PN 🚜🌽 — A couple weeks ago, Adam Hamilton, pastor of the largest United Methodist church in the country …
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Trump Says the White House ‘Was a Sh*t House’ With Columns ‘Falling Down’ When He Moved Back In — President Donald Trump complained that the White House was a “sh*t house” when he moved back in for his second term, claiming that the columns were “falling down” and plaster “falling off.”
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump urges Mamdani to ‘cherish’ billionaires as Ken Griffin plots Miami move — President Trump urged New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to “cherish” billionaires like Ken Griffin after the Citadel CEO threatened to bolt from a Park Avenue skyscraper project and move to Miami in response to the socialist mayor's attacks.
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City of New York:
Governor Hochul and Mayor Mamdani Announce Additional Aid and State Actions to Stabilize New York City's Budget — What you should know … NEW YORK - Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani today announced new state support and actions to help New York City close …
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New York Times:
Steel Tariffs Are Harming Tin Can Makers and Lifting Food Prices … The simple tin can is proving to be one of the toughest tests for President Trump's tariffs. — Just over a year ago, Mr. Trump imposed high tariffs on steel to try to stifle imports of the metal and bolster domestic production.
Associated Press:
How Keir Starmer could be replaced as UK prime minister after discontent rises in his own party — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a battle for his job after dozens of lawmakers from his own party called on him to step down in the wake of a resounding defeat for his center-left Labour Party in local elections last week.
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