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8:20 AM ET, May 21, 2026

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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Ballroom won't be funded after Senate GOP drops $1 billion Trump security request … And several GOP senators aired public concerns about including any ballroom funding in a bill otherwise dedicated to immigration enforcement.  A larger swath of Republicans were privately opposed …
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Politico:
Dems' midterm attack plan  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Thursday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, missing the D.C. heatwave already.  Outrageously, today's temperatures will be in the upper-50s, per CWG.  (Yes, it really is May 21.)
Axios:
Trump bleeds votes in Congress to keep Iran war going  —  House Democrats are one step closer to finally getting a successful Iran war powers vote as their last holdout plans to flip and at least one Republican says they may follow suit. … - House Intelligence Committee ranking member Jim Himes …
New York Times:
Trump's $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Will Benefit Criminals and the President Himself  —  Has there ever been an episode of presidential corruption so blatant and threatening to constitutional order?  Certainly not in modern times.  President Trump's Justice Department is using taxpayer money to create a $1.8 billion political slush fund.
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Jeffrey Toobin / New York Times:
Trump Just Pardoned Himself and His Family Forever  —  For decades there have been disagreements among constitutional scholars about whether a president can pardon himself.  But Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, just gave President Trump something even better: pre-emptive exoneration …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Government Moves to Spare an Unhappy Taxpayer Named Trump  —  No president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively and openly as Mr. Trump has.  —  It is hard to imagine that any previous president …
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
How the $1.8 Billion Trump Fund May Violate Past Practice and Policy
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Axios
Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Reuters:
'I'm not greedy': January 6 rioters and Trump allies eye $1.8 billion ‘weaponization’ fund
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Colorado Governor Censured for Commuting Sentence of Election Denier  —  The Colorado State Democratic Party, reflecting the anger of rank-and-file Democratic voters, rebuked Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday over his decision to release Tina Peters from prison.
Discussion: Slate, Los Angeles Times and Wonkette
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New York Times:
Democrats' Midterm Strength Masks Fierce Divides and Frustration, Poll Shows  —  Democratic voters are in a combative, anti-establishment mood, unhappy with their party and disagreeing about its best path forward, a New York Times/Siena poll found.  —  The Democratic Party is entering …
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Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say  —  Hundreds of cases reported in the DRC after USAID has been dismantled and key scientific research canceled  —  A previously undetected outbreak of Ebola is coursing through parts of central Africa …
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Politico:
What Ebola and hantavirus are revealing about America's public health system
Discussion: NPR and Gothamist
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump officials say they can build 250-foot arch without Congress's okay  —  To build a triumphal arch near Arlington Cemetery, the administration hopes to rely on a 100-year-old authorization for a different project in the area.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration does not plan …
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
Ebony Davis / MS NOW:
Judge orders White House staff to comply with Presidential Records Act after DOJ calls it ‘unconstitutional’  —  President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance are among several White House officials excluded from the ruling.  —  A federal judge on Wednesday ordered White House personnel …
Discussion: Washington Post and Roll Call
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BBC:
Empty rooms and Fifa cancellations - US hotels fear World Cup washout  —  The World Cup was supposed to provide a tourism boom for the US, but now the fear is it may never materialise.  —  A report  —  produced by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) has found that bookings …
Discussion: WHYY, SFist and Raw Story
New York Times:
A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision  —  Reynolds American's contribution to MAGA Inc. came about one week before the Trump administration announced a new policy on e-cigarettes the company had sought.  —  The tobacco company Reynolds American donated $5 million …
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Enters Caribbean as Trump Pressures Cuba  —  The carrier arrived in the southern Caribbean on the same day that the Justice Department announced charges against Raúl Castro.  —  The aircraft carrier Nimitz and its escort warships entered the southern Caribbean Sea …
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
US aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean amid tensions with Cuba
Discussion: RedState
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda  —  The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users' accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic.  —  Ben Gilbert describes himself on Bluesky, the social media app, as an “economist …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
New Iran peace proposal triggers tense Trump-Netanyahu call  —  President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed a new effort to reach a deal with Iran in a difficult call on Tuesday, three sources said, with one source saying Netanyahu's “hair was on fire” after the call.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
How Hennepin County unwound an ICE agent's web of lies  —  Christian Castro is now the subject of a nationwide arrest warrant.  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  During the Trump administration's siege of Minnesota, federal agents behaved with the sort …
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
 
 
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New York Post:
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Shame and the Supreme Court
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The White House:
Presidential Message on Cuban Independence Day
Kelsey Brugger / Politico:
Senators consider taking legislative action on prediction markets
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
‘Good Looking Men’, the Iran War and Déjà Vu at Trump's Coast Guard Speech
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Amy Curtis / Townhall:
Jamie Raskin Continues to Lie About President Trump's Charlottesville Remarks
US Department of Justice:
Former DOJ Attorney Indicted for Concealment, Theft of Government Records
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Former federal prosecutor indicted for stealing copies of unreleased Jack Smith report
 

 
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