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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S.  —  One of the settlement terms under review is for the I.R.S. to drop any audits of the president, his family members and businesses.  —  The Justice Department is holding internal discussions about settling President Trump's lawsuit …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
10,000 rulings: The courts' overwhelming rebuke of Trump's ICE policies … Trump's unprecedented detention policy, which is almost certainly headed to the Supreme Court, infuriated lower courts in ways no other modern issue has.  It ruptured the relationship between the Justice Department and the judiciary …
Discussion: Slate
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump administration elevates former private prison company exec to lead ICE … It is the first significant appointment by DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who took the role following the removal of Kristi Noem in a shakeup of Trump's immigration policy team.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asks public to back judicial independence
New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities  —  Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.
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Politico:
Inside James Blair's midterms plan  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Wednesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard. … — James Blair gives Playbook his strategy for the midterms.  — A stunning exposé of Trump's use of mass detention — and how judges are fighting back.
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Key House GOP moderate dismisses ballroom funding request  —  A key moderate Republican lawmaker said Tuesday he would not support a White House security funding request that could pour as much as $220 million into President Donald Trump's controversial ballroom project.
Discussion: Axios, NBC News, Raw Story, Mediaite and Semafor
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's five-alarm economy  —  President Trump flew to Beijing on Tuesday under some of the darkest economic clouds of his political career, leaving behind a country reeling from the cost of everyday life. … The inflation crisis that doomed his predecessor suggests he may not recover.
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Amid war, Trump says he doesn't ‘think about Americans’ financial situation'
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump's Shrinking Ambitions on China  —  The president came into office planning harsher trade moves on China than on the rest of the world.  Here's why he's had to scale them back.  —  When President Trump campaigned in 2024, he promised a trade agenda that would hit China harder …
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NBC News:
Trade, Taiwan and Iran cast shadows on Trump's China summit with Xi
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
FBI Created ‘Payback Squad’ to Handle Political Cases, Sources Say  —  Investigators are eyeing cases similar to the recent criminal prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, one current government official told NOTUS.  — Copy  —  The FBI now has a team of special agents that's …
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Politico:
South Carolina Republicans tank redistricting, for now … The Tuesday vote doesn't mark a definitive end for redistricting efforts in the Palmetto State.  But it does make it less likely that Trump will get his wish of eliminating the state's sole Democratic district …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Brian Kemp signs law making many metro Atlanta races nonpartisan  —  The law applies to most local government races in Democratic-dominated areas.  A court challenge is expected.
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Democrats pick Nebraska Senate nominee who could drop out and back independent Dan Osborn  —  Democrat Cindy Burbank won Tuesday's primary, NBC News projects, and she previously said she would consider leaving the race if she did not have a path to victory.  —  Cindy Burbank won …
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Nebraska Dem who will drop out and support Dan Osborn wins Senate primary
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
Concerns about sexual violence in Israel-Gaza conflict renewed amid NYT controversy  —  Accusations that Israel has fomented a culture of sexual violence against Palestinians triggered intense controversy this week, deepening the divide between the Jewish nation and its critics.
John Ismay / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense Plan Could Cost $1.2 Trillion  —  Reflecting Pool Repairs Appear Uneven and Behind Schedule, Officials Say  —  Work on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool appears behind schedule.  President Trump initially said he had picked the contractor, then said he did not know it.
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Trump's proposed ‘Golden Dome’ estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, far more than he initially said
Politico:
House Oversight Dems hear from Epstein victims in Palm Beach meeting  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — House Oversight Democrats heard Tuesday from victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in Palm Beach County, where many of the crimes took place.  The so-called shadow hearing …
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Epstein survivors give tearful testimony in House field hearing in Palm Beach
Discussion: The Epstein Files and New Republic
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Patel agrees to take alcohol test after heated exchange with Van Hollen  —  FBI Director Kash Patel said he would commit to taking a test about his alcohol use after a testy exchange with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in which each traded accusations with the other.
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NBC News:
Police received threat against Georgia candidate for governor ahead of bomb scare at campaign event
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Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
Trump changes story on reflecting pool contractor
Discussion: twitchy.com and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Inside Marty Makary's Downfall at the FDA  —  Senior administration officials concluded the commissioner was out of step with President Trump's priorities  —  In the end, Dr. Marty Makary had just about run out of allies.  —  The chorus calling for the Food and Drug Administration commissioner …
Ramona Shelburne / ESPN:
Jason Collins, 1st openly gay NBA player, dies of brain cancer at 47  —  Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who has served as a global ambassador for the sport for the past decade, has died of brain cancer, his family said Tuesday.  He was 47.
Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Obama meets with Talarico, aiming to boost Democrat's bid for US Senate in Texas  —  Former President Barack Obama met with U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico Tuesday in Texas, putting his support behind a campaign that Democrats see as a shot, if a long one, for the party to win statewide in the reliably conservative state.
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Top House Democrats slam Jen Kiggans over radio host's ‘vile and racist language’  —  Democrats are hammering Rep. Jen Kiggans after the vulnerable Virginia Republican concurred with a Richmond radio host saying Hakeem Jeffries should get his “cotton-picking hands” off Virginia politics.
CNN:
Exclusive: CIA escalates secret war on cartels with deadly operations inside Mexico  —  Federal agencies Mexico National security Donald Trump  —  Earlier this spring, a mysterious explosion blew up a car carrying an alleged cartel operative in broad daylight on one of Mexico's busiest highways just outside of its capital city.
Washington Post:
White House aims to link U.S. history and Christianity in 9-hour prayer festival  —  Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and Mike Johnson will speak at the unprecedented event, arguing that the founders wanted the U.S. to be explicitly Christian.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration is hosting …
Li Cohen / WSMV-TV:
Most TN House Democrats stripped of their committee assignments  —  “Speaker of the TN House Cameron Sexton just removed me and every Democrat — and therefore every Black elected official in the state legislature from any committee we served on,” Rep. Pearson said.
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
GOP scores another gerrymandering victory with Missouri Supreme Court win … It's the latest in a series of redistricting victories won by Republicans through the courts.  The Supreme Court ruled last month to weaken the Voting Rights Act, clearing the way for several Republican-controlled states …
 
 
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