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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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Wall Street Journal:
Watchdog Probes Kristi Noem's Warehouse Purchases for ICE Detention Centers  —  The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general is investigating a $38 billion program championed by Noem  —  WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has launched a probe …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump administration elevates former private prison company exec to lead ICE
Punchbowl News:
5/13/26☀️ AM: … On issue after issue, both in Washington and in state capitals around the country, Republicans are giving Trump the stiff arm.  They're ignoring his policy demands and overlooking his diatribes, even as they continue pledging allegiance to Trump politically.
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Politico:
Why Republicans can't get traction on affordability legislation … The scale of the political challenges facing Republicans were further underscored Tuesday with the administration's latest cost estimate for the Iran war surpassing $29 billion and a brutal inflation report showing gas …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Republicans are sweating about the White House ballroom project … But it is in doubt. … - GOP senators were unmoved by a line-item lobbying effort from Secret Service director Sean Curran in a closed-door lunch on Tuesday, first reported by Axios.  — “One of the biggest concerns …
Politico:
Inside James Blair's midterms plan
Politico:
Secret Service briefing fails to quiet GOP ballroom funding concerns
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 …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Wholesale inflation jumps 6% in April on annual basis, biggest increase since 2022 … Wholesale prices in April posted their highest annual increase in more than three years, signaling more nettlesome inflation as pipeline costs intensify.  —  The producer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 1.4% …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's five-alarm economy
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
Producer prices shot up 6%, adding to pressure on companies to raise prices for customers
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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NBC News:
Democrats warn a third of the Congressional Black Caucus could be wiped out by redistricting wars
Discussion: The Hill
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
California 2026 Poll: Becerra Continues to Surge, Steyer and Hilton Compete for Second Spot  —  Home Polls California 2026 Poll: Becerra Continues to Surge, Steyer and Hilton Compete for Second Spot  —  Bass leads primary for LA Mayor with 30% support; Pratt and Raman trail
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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Washington Post:
Facing headwinds at home, Trump signals eagerness to make deals at China summit
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
The biggest story in the country, today and always, is that the president of the United States is mentally unwell.  —  Over the course of three hours last night, he posted on social media fifty-five times.  Those posts accused a number of those Trump considers his personal enemies …
Discussion: Straight Arrow News and Raw Story
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Trump Counterterrorism Strategy Is a Dangerous Joke  —  The policy is unfocused, run by amateurs, and concerned more with the president's many grievances than the security of the United States.  —  Last week, the Trump administration released the official 2026 United States Counterterrorism Strategy.
Discussion: Raw Story and War on the Rocks
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Takeaways from the Nebraska election where a winner plans to quit  —  Democrats knew they couldn't unseat a GOP senator, so they backed an independent and fielded a candidate who promised to drop out if she won.  Then it got complicated.  —  Summary  —  The long-shot path to unseating …
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Nebraska Dem who will drop out and support Dan Osborn wins Senate primary
Katherine Eban / Rolling Stone:
Trump Taps Don Jr.'s 38-Year-Old Turkey-Hunting Pal to Lead FDA  —  Kyle Diamantas is a lawyer, not a doctor, who will oversee products making up a quarter of the U.S. economy  —  If you've ever swallowed an aspirin, put milk in your coffee, fed your pet, or filled a prescription …
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Wall Street Journal:
Inside Marty Makary's Downfall at the FDA
Reuters:
Exclusive: US freezes Medicare enrollments for new home healthcare and hospice providers  —  The Trump administration will block new home healthcare and hospice providers from enrolling in Medicare for at least the next six months, according to a government statement posted on Wednesday, citing concerns about widespread fraud.
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
FCC's Brendan Carr picks a fight with The View ...  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  📡 Subscribe to PN 📡  —  With so many cartoon villains in the Trump administration, it's hard for an upstart evildoer to break through the news cycle.
Discussion: New York Sun
Max Tani / Semafor:
CBS' Tony Dokoupil to broadcast from Taiwan after failing to get China visa in time  —  The Scoop  —  CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil will broadcast from Taipei this week after failing to obtain a visa to China in time, a stumble in the network's efforts to play a leading role in this week's dominant global story.
Washington Post:
White House to host 9-hour prayer festival focused on Christian roots of U.S.  —  Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and Mike Johnson will speak at the event, which centers on the idea that the founders wanted the U.S. to be explicitly Christian.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration is hosting …
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Scoop: Rep. Edwards aide feared retaliation over unwanted attention  —  Rep. Chuck Edwards told a 20-something female staffer it was “disappointing to feel something that used to be easy has gotten complicated” after she did not want to have dinner with him in May of 2025, according to a text exchange reviewed by Axios.
Discussion: CNN
John Vandiver / Stars & Stripes:
Austria scrambles fighters to intercept US Air Force aircraft twice in 2 days  —  STUTTGART, Germany — Austria scrambled fighter planes on back-to back days to intercept U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft traveling through its airspace, the country's defense ministry said this week.
Discussion: The War Zone
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan  —  Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area  —  A plan to create one of the world's largest datacenters, a gargantuan project spanning …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Deseret News
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.
Megan Janetsky / Associated Press:
Mexico's Sheinbaum denies reports of CIA operations there  —  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday denied a CNN report that the CIA was carrying out deadly operations in Mexican territory, accusing the U.S.-based news organization of attempting to “hurt the government and the people of Mexico.”
Steve Beynon / ABC News:
Army cuts training as service is short billions of dollars  —  The Army faces a shortfall of between $4-$6 billion, one official said.  —  Secretary of War Pete Hegseth prepares to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the FY2027 budget request on Capitol Hill, May 12, 2026 in Washington.
Jen Fifield / ProPublica:
A Noncitizen Says She Was Told She Could Vote.  Then Customs Detained Her at the Airport and Threatened to Deport Her.  —  The case, which hasn't previously been reported, marks a new escalation in the Trump administration's efforts to find and prosecute instances of noncitizen voting, despite evidence that it is rare.
Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Why I (Still) Don't Believe Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself Part 3  —  A so-called “suicide” note had been buried for seven years  —  Seven years ago, in a federal prison in Manhattan, a place so insidious that the rats crawl in bed with the inmates, a bodybuilder accused of torturing …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Associated Press:
Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate where authorities have tried to arrest a senator
Brandi Geurkink / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
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Financial Times:
Donald Trump's plan to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi Jinping rattles Asian allies
NBC News:
Kash Patel and Democratic senator trade alcohol-related allegations at congressional hearing
Eddy Conroy / Can We Still Govern?:
Good News! FAFSA is Actually Working
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
NATO, Please Help. Trump Has No Strategy for Iran.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Top House Democrats slam Jen Kiggans over radio host's ‘vile and racist language’
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Brian Kemp signs law making many metro Atlanta races nonpartisan
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
FBI Created ‘Payback Squad’ to Handle Political Cases, Sources Say
Discussion: The Independent
New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities