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Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:
60 Minutes Reveals Insider Trading on US Military Conflicts Is Exploding: 'Luck Alone Can't Explain The Numbers'  —  Prediction markets analysts told 60 Minutes Sunday that insider trading on U.S. military conflicts is exploding, and that the soldier accused of trading on the U.S. invasion …
Discussion: CBS News
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Wall Street Journal:
Suspicious Betting in Washington Is on the Rise—and Authorities Are Playing Catch-Up  —  Regulators are seeking information from Kalshi and Polymarket over wagers tied to political events and military operations  —  For decades, the information that fueled insider trading was found …
Discussion: CBS News and NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Trump-backed prayer festival on National Mall draws thousands: ‘We welcome Jesus!’  —  Critics of Sunday's “Rededicate 250” event said it portrayed the United States inaccurately as a Christian nation and sought to erase the line between church and state.  —  Summary
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Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
Trump Snubs His Big Faith Event to Go Golfing  —  PUTTING FIRST  —  The president was apparently busy answering a different Sunday calling.  —  President Donald Trump skipped his own White House-backed event “rededicating” the nation to God to spend the day at his preferred place of worship: the golf course.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
New York Times:
Trump Administration Pushes Narrative of Christian Founding at Rally
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Associated Press:
Four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho  —  All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed on Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said.
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KTFT:
4 crew members safely ejected following Idaho jet crash  —  The Associated Press has reported that all four crew members involved in the jet collision ejected safely.  —  MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho — Four crew members were able to safely eject from their aircraft …
NBC News:
Midair jet collision forces lockdown at Idaho Air Force base show
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump-Jeffries Social-Media War Is Heating Up Ahead of the Midterms  —  President's focus on House Democratic leader is part of battle plan for November  —  WASHINGTON—When Hakeem Jeffries completed a nearly nine-hour marathon floor speech last year in opposition to President Trump's signature tax law …
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Tim Balk / New York Times:
Trump Tightens Grasp on G.O.P. as Cassidy Loss Shows Cost of Defiance
Washington Post:
Bill Cassidy and America's increasingly broken primary system
Matt Dixon / NBC News:   What GOP officials are hopeful — and worried — about six months from the midterms
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Stress, uncertainty as economy views decline; many voice frustration with Trump's economic approach, CBS News poll finds  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Big numbers of Americans are concerned and stressed about finances, and feelings of being secure and content about them are down from this time last year.
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New York Times:
For Trump, Soaring Prices Test Voters' Finances and Patience
Discussion: Semafor and Bloomberg
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
To Critics, Trump Remarks Reveal a Billionaire Out of Touch
Discussion: Raw Story
Chinedu Asadu / Associated Press:
WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda  —  The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths.
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Massie's primary is the most expensive in history.  Pro-Israel groups have played a huge part. … And unlike in recent Democratic primaries where United Democracy Project has used shell PACs to shield its involvement, the powerful pro-Israel group's political arm is investing directly in taking Massie out.
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David Cohen / Politico:
Thomas Massie unfazed by Bill Cassidy's defeat in Louisiana
New York Times:
How a Democratic Governor Came to Release an Election Denier From Prison  —  Gov. Jared Polis's decision to commute the sentence of Tina Peters came after months of tense discussions, including one with President Trump.  —  President Trump had a blunt message for Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump advisers fear China may target Taiwan in next 5 years  —  Some close advisers to President Trump fear the biggest substantive result of the China summit is heightened danger that Chinese President Xi Jinping will invade Taiwan in the next five years, potentially choking off the chips used to power AI to U.S. companies.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Lamar Alexander Wants Republicans to Stand Up to Trump … Lamar Alexander played a crucial role in short-circuiting the first impeachment trial of President Trump when, as an influential Republican senator from Tennessee, he opposed calling witnesses and said the president's attempts …
Discussion: NBC News
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham says status quo in the Strait of Hormuz is ‘hurting us all’  —  The South Carolina senator called on President Donald Trump to renew U.S. attacks on Iran amid a fragile ceasefire and stalled negotiations.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday called for more U.S. military action …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Graham calls for strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure
Discussion: NOTUS and Washington Examiner
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive: U.S. eyes attack-drone threat from Cuba  —  Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, U.S. military vessels and possibly Key West, Fla., 90 miles north of Havana, according to classified intelligence shared with Axios.
Axios:
Khanna and AOC battle is “Old Bernie” vs. “New Bernie”  —  Veterans of Bernie Sanders' two presidential campaigns are splitting their allegiances between a pair of Democrats vying to inherit his progressive movement: New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and California Rep. Ro Khanna.
Jones Hayden / Politico:
China says preliminary agreement reached with US to lower some tariffs  —  The two sides “agreed to promote two-way trade, including in agricultural products, through arrangements such as mutual tariff reductions on a range of products,” the commerce ministry in Beijing said.
New York Times:
Why Neutral Maps Could Empower Black Voters as Much as the Voting Rights Act  —  Our simulations debunk the notion that the act created artificial minority districts that wouldn't otherwise exist.  —  The number of Black representatives from the South is set to plunge after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act.
CBS News:
Full transcript of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” May 17, 2026  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:  — U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer  — Ambassador Alexander Yui, Taiwan's Representative to the U.S.
 
 
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers battle as conservatives press for third budget reconciliation bill
Discussion: Raw Story
Riley Beggin / Washington Post:
Democrats want working-class voters. They disagree on how to woo them.
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Washington Post:
Hundreds of millions of dollars for Trump's ballroom ruled out of order in Senate
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Let them eat red meat
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Larry Hogan hoped Republicans would ‘get back to sanity.’ He's lost faith.
A. Scott Bolden / The Hill:
Trump's credibility gap is hurting America
Discussion: Raw Story
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Sophie Brams / The Hill:
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Discussion: Raw Story and Newsweek
Peter Coy / New York Times:
U.S. Debt Is Now Bigger Than the Economy. That's Not the Real Problem.
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
As electric bills rise, some states are focusing on the growing profits of utilities
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump Says He's a Builder. His Peace Deals Are Far From Sturdy.
Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:
‘The timing sucks’: Race is on to safeguard World Cup from drones
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Trump administration promote program to check voter eligibility. Critics fear a midterm purge
Discussion: Staff Stories