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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
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Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Audit Immunity for Trump Family Puts I.R.S. in a Bind
Politico:
‘A huge omission’: Everyone is baffled by the exclusion of Gaza in DNC autopsy
Erica Orden / Politico:
Todd Blanche pulls his most eyebrow-raising move yet  —  When Todd Blanche announced charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center last month, critics accused him of placating President Donald Trump in an effort to secure the attorney general job permanently.
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Jamie Raskin / New York Times:
There's a Way to Stop Trump's I.R.S. Slush Fund  —  These days it takes a spectacular burst of corruption to get the attention of our scandal-weary nation, but President Trump and his administration have managed, once again, to transfix Americans by establishing a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” …
Discussion: CNN, CBS News and Truthout
Talking Points Memo:
Their Loved Ones Died for the Voting Rights Act.  The Supreme Court's Ruling Is a New Injustice.  —  Dennis Dahmer was 12 years old in January 1966 when Klansmen stormed his family home and set it on fire, murdering his father, Vernon.  He still remembers the shootout; he remembers watching his father die from smoke inhalation.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones / New York Times:
The Civil Rights Era Is Collapsing Before Our Eyes  —  On May 7, amid the din of protesters, Tennessee's Republican-majority legislature met to vote on a bill that would eliminate the state's lone majority-Black and Democratic House district, divvying its voters up between three heavily white ones.
Wall Street Journal:
Tulsi Gabbard is Preparing to Resign as U.S. Intelligence Chief  —  Outspoken critic of foreign interventions had largely been sidelines from Trump's national-security team  —  Tulsi Gabbard is preparing to step down as Director of National Intelligence, according to people familiar with the matter …
Ryan Quinn / Inside Higher Ed:
Science: NIH, NASA Restrict Co-Authoring With Foreign Scientists  —  The National Institutes of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are targeting collaborations between U.S. scientists and foreign researchers, Science reports.  —  The journal wrote that NIH officials …
Mikael Thalen / Straight Arrow:
Kash Patel's personal merch site hacked to trick users into installing malware  —  This recording was made using enhanced software.  —  FBI Director Kash Patel's personal merchandise site went offline Friday after a hack apparently tricked visitors into downloading malware.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump officials tried to ban half of U.S. voting machines, citing conspiracy theories  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's election-security czar last year sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of U.S. states by asking whether the Commerce Department could declare …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
‘Goes to Show You How Stupid They Are’: Tillis Lets Loose on Trump Advisers  —  Sen. Thom Tillis isn't afraid to give his party, or the president, a dose of bitter medicine.  —  In an interview with POLITICO Magazine in his Capitol Hill Office, the retiring North Carolina Republican said his criticism …
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Semafor:
How Trump lost Senate Republicans
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Dumb and dumber, Republican-style
New York Times:
Lutnick Donated $5 Million to House Republicans Before Epstein Testimony  —  Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, made the donation after agreeing to an interview with lawmakers about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.  —  Howard Lutnick, President Trump's secretary of commerce …
Associated Press:
NATO allies bewildered by Trump's about-face on US troop moves in Europe  —  NATO allies and defense officials expressed bewilderment on Friday at U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland just weeks after he ordered the same number of forces pulled out of Europe.
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Scoop: Trump escalates citizenship crackdown  —  The Trump administration is temporarily moving immigration lawyers to the Justice Department to speed up efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans, Axios has learned. … - One source said staffers were being “volun-told” to move offices.
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Home-Wrecked Wife Slams ‘Swinger’ MAGA Candidate Running on Family Values  —  SHARING MORE THAN VALUES  —  The self-described “family man” has been accused of threatening women with whom he sexted.  —  A MAGA candidate running for Congress on a family values platform has been accused …
Discussion: MS NOW and U.S. Home
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Tom Kean Jr.'s absence from Congress makes Democrats bullish they can flip his seat … But others caution they're being “cocky” about taking down Kean, who's never been big on unscripted public appearances anyway.  On Thursday, Kean spoke to the New Jersey Globe and reiterated that he'll …
Discussion: NBC News
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Kean says he expects full recovery, confirms re-election bid
ProPublica:
Louisiana's Tough-on-Crime Policies Stand to Cost Taxpayers Millions More for Years to Come  —  The day after a shooting last month killed a teenager and injured five people at the Mall of Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry blasted what he referred to as “hug-a-thug” policies …
Elian Peltier / New York Times:
New Taliban Decree on Divorce Formalizes Child Marriage, U.N. Warns  —  A new Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage.  It also requires mediation for women seeking to escape an abusive husband.  —  A decree published by the Taliban government …
Discussion: Associated Press
Politico:
Trump yanked AI order after David Sacks raised industry concerns … But during a conversation with Trump, Sacks told the president that companies were already cooperating, and that having the federal government review models before their public release would slow down innovation and harm …
Discussion: UPI, more at Techmeme »
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Pulls Measure to End Iran War, Lacking Votes to Defeat It  —  House Republican leaders abruptly scrapped a planned vote on a measure to direct President Trump to end the conflict or win authorization for it, amid party defections and absences.  —  House Republicans on Thursday abruptly canceled …
Discussion: Bloomberg and New Republic
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Axios:
House Republicans scrap vote to rein in Trump's war in Iran
Discussion: CNN and Reuters
 
 
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Trump self-deals, lies and seems to fall asleep in meetings. The media treats it all as ‘priced in’
Holly McDede / ProPublica:
California Teacher Previously Fired for Sexual Harassment Is No Longer in the Classroom After New Complaints
Jim Acosta / The Jim Acosta Show:
I'd Like to Apply for the Anti-Weaponization Fund
Josh Moody / Inside Higher Ed:
UF Interim President to Receive $2M Exit Package
Washington Post:
Poll shows voter confidence in economy plummeting to a nearly 4-year low
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Acting Navy secretary: Taiwan weapons sales paused to ensure munitions for Iran war
 Earlier Items: 
Alayna Treene / CNN:
Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding will be on a small island in the Bahamas — without his father present, sources say
Politico:
The $5.02 ghost: Trump's team faces a symbolic blow to one of its favorite economic talking points
NBC News:
Suicides rise in ICE detention, 911 calls detail serious cases of self-harm
Robert Kagan / The Atlantic:
Trump's Endgame Is Surrender
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Raw Story
Aura Bogado / The Guardian:
US homeland security put out alert on comedian who created parody ICE tip website
Discussion: Raw Story
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The New Blood Libel  —  This is what globalizing the intifada looks like.
 

 
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Bloomberg:
Microsoft's Xbox unit plans to cut 3,200 jobs over the next year, including 1,600 on Monday, and divest up to five studios, including Ninja Theory, in a “reset”

Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Sources: CISA's Attack Surface Evaluation team is using Mythos to audit government code repositories and has already uncovered a large number of vulnerabilities

Akash Sriram / Reuters:
Broadcom agrees to expand its Apple partnership through 2031 to develop and supply custom chips; in 2023, the companies announced a multibillion-dollar 5G deal
 
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