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1:25 PM ET, May 14, 2026

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Washington Post:
Rubio is banned from China, but Beijing may have found a way around it  —  Chinese officials are using a different transliterated character for the secretary of state's name, perhaps to allow him to visit without lifting the 2020 ban.  —  Summary  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
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Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Xi asks Trump if U.S. and China can avoid ‘Thucydides Trap’ at high-stakes summit … BEIJING — U.S. President Donald Trump met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday morning, kick-starting a high-stakes summit that is expected to cover trade, tariffs, Taiwan and Iran, and runs through Friday.
New York Times:
Live Updates: China's Xi Warns Trump on Taiwan at Beijing Summit  —  Xi Jinping, China's leader, told President Trump that Taiwan, if handled poorly, could lead to a clash with the United States.  The two leaders are also expected to discuss trade and the Iran war at the two-day summit.  —  Beijing
Washington Post:
Xi warns Trump that mishandling Taiwan could spark ‘conflicts’
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
Democrats Need to Realize What Time It Is: On Conjuncture, Revolution, and the Next American Republic  —  We are living through a revolutionary moment, whether Democrats want to do their jobs or not.  —  The continued fallout from the Supreme Court's destruction of the Voting Rights Act has placed American democracy on a knife's edge.
Discussion: Politico
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Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
South Carolina Governor Plans Special Session to Redraw House Maps  —  Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, appears prepared to thrust the state into the nation's redistricting wars.  —  Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina, a Republican, plans to call the state legislature back for a special session …
Calen Razor / Politico:
‘Crush their souls’: Map losses spur Dem rage
Heather Harrison / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Governor Vows Thompson's ‘Reign of Terror Is Over,’ But Cancels Redistricting Plans
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
The Right's Worst New Star Just Shot Someone  —  There's a truly villainous new livestreamer who's become a cause célèbre on the right—a guy so bad he makes Clavicular's videos about drug overdoses and the Israeli mafia look like an episode of Bluey.
New York Times:
U.S. Set to Drop Charges Against Indian Billionaire Accused of Fraud  —  The decision came after a meeting in which a lawyer for the billionaire, Gautam Adani, made an unusual offer, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  When the Justice Department indicted India's richest man …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Forbes and Semafor
New Republic:
Trump Iran Tirade Visibly Rattles GOPers as Leaks Expose New Blunders  —  The fallout continues from Donald Trump's startling rant admitting that he isn't concerned with how the Iran war is impacting Americans' finances.  On Wednesday, JD Vance, Mike Johnson, and numerous other Republicans struggled …
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Axios:
Trump's killer quote exposes his bind on Iran and inflation … - That nuance is certain to be lost in the campaign ads Democrats cut highlighting the quote.  — “The president could have chosen different words, but this is what he thinks,” a Trump adviser told Axios.
Discussion: Just Jared and Wall Street Journal
Bloomberg:
Kushner Disappoints Mideast Clients Who Spent Millions Seeking Sway  —  Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE backed Affinity Partners in hopes of gaining White House influence and investment returns.  The US war with Iran that they opposed has shown the constraints of that approach.
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CNN:
Exclusive: Acting AG Todd Blanche was told last year to recuse from Justice Department matters involving Trump  —  Donald Trump Federal agencies Trump legal cases People in entertainment  —  It was less than two weeks after Todd Blanche took on his role of deputy attorney general in March 2025 …
Discussion: E&E News
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Wall Street Journal:   Todd Blanche Is Wasting No Time in His Audition to Be the Next Attorney General
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
Proof the New York Times is Biased in Trump's Favor  —  President Donald Trump is on an official U.S. state visit to China, and he brought American business leaders in pursuit of deals.  One is Trump's biggest campaign donor Elon Musk, which is very corrupt.
Discussion: MS NOW
Census.gov:
Population Growth Holds Steady in Midsized Cities Amid Widespread Slowdown  —  Largest Cities Faced Sharpest Declines in Population Growth  —  MAY 14, 2026 - Amid a widespread national slowdown in population growth, midsized cities remained close to the previous year's patterns between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025.
Discussion: The Hill and UPI
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Mike Schneider / Associated Press:   Small cities in big Texas metro areas lead as the fastest growing municipalities in the US
Pooja Salhotra / New York Times:   Midsize Cities Held Steady as U.S. Population Growth Declined
Washington Post:
White House planned to start Triumphal Arch work under unrelated contract  —  The unusual move would allow the administration to bypass a public bidding process, relying on a deal for engineering services already underway at the White House.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration planned …
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
US Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks abruptly resigns, Fox News learns  —  U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks told Fox News on Thursday he is resigning, effective immediately.  —  “It's just time,” Banks told Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin.  —  “I feel like I got the ship back on course …
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Straight Arrow News:
Border Patrol chief Michael Banks tells Fox News he's stepping down
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Democratic Lawmaker, 83, Has Been Missing for a Month  —  Representative Frederica Wilson has yet to explain why she hasn't voted on a single issue since April 17.  —  The Florida Democrat has been missing in action for weeks, according to her documented voting record.
Hannah Allam / ProPublica:
Counterterrorism Czar's Blueprint Targets Leftists, Ignores Far-Right Violence and Heaps Praise on Trump  —  For a year, White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka promoted the national strategy he was drafting, saying he was pouring his “life's work” into a “massive” …
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:   The Trump admin is going after violent leftists and their twisted ideology
Rob Flaherty / The Bulwark:
Here's What I Told the DNC Autopsy  —  YOU MAY HAVE HEARD about the Democratic National Committee “autopsy”—the post-election report commissioned by the DNC in 2025 to examine what went wrong in the 2024 campaign.  —  And you may have heard that it was never released to the public.
Paul Krugman:
A Failing, Flailing President Supplicates Xi  —  One of Donald Trump's signature claims is that Joe Biden made America a “laughing stock”, and that he has made us great again and respected around the world.  —  Yet this is the opposite of the truth.  As a result of Trump's petulant …
Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
The Men Who Want Women to Be Quiet … douglas wilson has a modest proposal to improve American life: He wants to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the vote.  In his ideal system, “we would do it in our politics the same way we do it in our church structure,” he told me recently.
Discussion: The Federalist
Christian Paz / Vox:
A year of Trump is backfiring on the religious right  —  This weekend, an array of Christian religious leaders and government officials are scheduled to gather at the National Mall.  They'll convene to pray, yes, but this rally — organized as part of the White House-backed Freedom 250 celebrations tied …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Inside Jack Schlossberg's Chaotic Campaign to Revive Camelot  —  Erratic behavior and staff turnover have colored Mr. Schlossberg's bid for a House seat in New York, raising questions about his readiness for office.  —  Reviving a political dynasty is best not left to chance.
Discussion: Mediaite and Althouse
Jim Wyss / Bloomberg:
Cuba Runs Out of Fuel, Plunging Country Into Darkness and Protests  —  Cuba said the country has completely run out of the diesel and fuel oil it needs to keep its power plants running, with civil unrest starting to break out amid a de facto US energy blockade of the communist-run nation.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate adopts measure to suspend senators' pay during future shutdowns  —  The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to suspend senators' pay during future government shutdowns, a new rule that could give lawmakers in the upper chamber …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The assault on higher ed goes deeper than you think  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  👨‍🎓 Subscribe to PN 👩‍🎓  —  President Donald Trump went after Ivy League schools with a vengeance straight out the gate during …
Discussion: Forbes
Paul Krugman:
Why Did Trump Take Elon Musk to China?  —  Corruption pervades everything this administration does  —  What's good for Elon Musk is not necessarily good for America.  In fact, it may go the other way around.  So why did Donald Trump take Musk and a bunch of other top executives to China with him?
 
 
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Ryan King / New York Post:
CIA accused of snatching JFK, MKUltra files Tulsi Gabbard's team was reviewing
The Hill:
Insurers shouldn't make healthcare decisions: There's a better way
Discussion: Axios and KCRG-TV
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Max Miller sues ex-wife and her legal team for domestic abuse allegations
Pranav Baskar / New York Times:
Judge Orders U.S. to Return Colombian Woman Deported to Congo
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
Robert King / Politico:
White House cuts $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California
Greg Jaffe / New York Times:
Gen. Caine's Silence on Iran War Leaves Questions About Military Strategy
Discussion: Raw Story
Robbie Gramer / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Ambassadors Are Missing in Action Under Trump
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Conservative Influencers Tap a Nonprofit to Pay for Their Security
Washington Post:
Supreme Court ruling on campaign spending could give GOP a boost
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
DOJ sues D.C. Bar, escalating fight over discipline for Trump administration attorneys
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The Guardian:
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