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8:15 AM ET, May 18, 2026

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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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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   May 17, 2026  —  Thousands of people gathered today on the National Mall in Washington …
Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
Trump Snubs His Big Faith Event to Go Golfing
Discussion: Al Jazeera
NBC News:
Trump allies and Christian leaders kick off America's 250th birthday with religious rally on National Mall
Discussion: Mother Jones and Deseret News
New York Times:
Trump Administration Pushes Narrative of Christian Founding at Rally
Discussion: RNS
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A Crack in the Polling Floor Puts Trump in New Territory  —  A 37 percent approval rating in a new Times/Siena poll suggests the G.O.P. is facing a big midterm problem despite recent redistricting gains.  —  Over the last decade, it's often been said that President Trump's support has a low ceiling but a high floor.
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New York Times:
Trump's Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. Prospects  —  With the midterms nearing, President Trump's approval rating has hit a second-term low as voters question his handling of the economy, according to the latest New York Times/Siena poll.
Discussion: New Republic
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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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Axios “clock is ticking” for Iran and warns of more massive U.S. military attack  — President Trump told Axios in a phone call that “the clock is ticking” for Iran and warned that if the Iranian regime doesn't come with a better offer for a deal, “they are going to get hit much harder.”
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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 …
Politico:
Kentucky's unprecedented primary  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Monday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, bracing for the hottest day of the year in D.C. Thanks for all your great tips on father-daughter camping in Shenandoah — we swam the river …
Discussion: The Hill, IJR and Raw Story
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NBC News:
Rep. Thomas Massie confronts the full force of Trump's wrath in a Republican primary
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 …
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Why the Supreme Court's voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local level  —  While Republican-led Southern states race to redo their congressional maps after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination, the decision's effects may be felt most notably on the local level.
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:   With Timing of Voting Rights Decision, Supreme Court Chose a Political Scramble
New York Times:
In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland  —  Greenlandic officials worry about the direction of the negotiations aimed at defusing President Trump's threats to seize their island.  But they have little leverage.  —  With the conflict in Iran still smoldering …
Discussion: Bloomberg, NewsMax.com and Reuters
Washington Post:
Trump plans to build helipad at White House  —  The longtime helicopter owner is addressing a persistent problem: The new Marine One helicopters have a history of burning grass.  —  Summary  —  For decades, U.S. presidents have stood, waved and boarded Marine One — the call sign …
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump abandons Dreamers despite past sympathy  —  President Trump talks sympathetically about the country's 500,000 Dreamers — but his administration is putting them in the crosshairs for deportation. … - Trump officials are slowing renewals, narrowing deportation protections and ramping up enforcement against some DACA recipients.
Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
Here's the way Donald Trump is most likely to kill you  —  It's the mass uninsuring.  —  By There's evil everywhere.  A murder spree of fishermen in the Caribbean.  A world war about to restart because Donald Trump handed Iran the Strait of Hormuz.  And another war in Cuba because Marco Rubio wants his turn.
Associated Press:
Redistricting debate shifts to South Carolina as Republicans seek clean sweep of US House seats  —  An effort to reshape South Carolina's congressional districts will get its first full airing Monday in the state House, as lawmakers launch a lengthy and potentially testy discussion on whether …
Discussion: The Guardian
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.
Helen Branswell / STAT:
In Ebola outbreak, a number of Americans in the Congo believed to have had exposure to suspected cases  —  CDC says it supporting partners who are ‘actively coordinating the safe withdrawal’ of individuals ‘directly affected by this outbreak’  —  A number of Americans who are in the Democratic Republic …
The Hill:
FDA drops guardrails on vaping industry in major Trump pivot  —  The Trump administration is pivoting hard on vaping, taking down guardrails that have limited the industry's growth in recent years and making clear the tobacco industry's enduring influence over Washington.
Discussion: Magnolia Tribune
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Trump Doesn't Know What Power Is  —  In January, Stephen Miller gave a blustery and revealing interview to the CNN journalist Jake Tapper.  Flush with the triumph of the military raid to abduct Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, Miller was taking a victory lap.
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
MAGA Women Are Leading a #Me2.0 in Washington  —  At the beginning of President Trump's second term, if you had told me there would be an uprising in the Republican-controlled Congress against sexual misconduct within its ranks, I would have given you serious side eye.
Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Medical Care Delays for Approval Persist, Despite Insurers' Promises  —  Doctors and patients complain that the controversial practice of prior authorization for treatment and procedures is still widespread.  —  Nearly a year after the nation's health insurers pledged to overhaul …
Ashley Gold / Axios:
Scoop: 60+ MAGA allies tell Trump to vet AI before release  —  A group of more than 60 loyal allies of President Trump is urging him to test and approve the most powerful AI models before they're released, according to a new letter shared first with Axios.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jewish lawmakers face an explosion of antisemitism
Discussion: Townhall
Kelsey Brugger / Politico:
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Discussion: The Hill
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
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Discussion: Raw Story and Semafor
CBS News:
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Washington Post:
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Wall Street Journal:
The Trump-Jeffries Social-Media War Is Heating Up Ahead of the Midterms
Discussion: New Yorker and MeidasTouch
A. Scott Bolden / The Hill:
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Discussion: Raw Story
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Discussion: Bloomberg, Robert Reich and NBC News