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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Court Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black Voters  —  Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would redraw one majority-Black district.  —  A panel of federal judges on Tuesday rejected Alabama's effort to use …
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Associated Press:
Federal court blocks Alabama plan for new congressional districts that could help Republicans  —  Federal judges on Tuesday temporarily blocked Alabama's plan to use a new congressional map that could give Republicans an advantage in a key House race in the midterm elections.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
South Carolina's redistricting effort fails in the state Senate amid GOP opposition  —  Some Republican lawmakers changed their stance on enacting a new map before the midterms when early voting for the June primary began on Tuesday.  —  The Republican-led South Carolina Senate on Tuesday voted …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
UFC Unveils Plans for White House Fight on Trump's Birthday  —  The Ultimate Fighting Championship bout is scheduled for June 14, President Trump's 80th birthday.  —  The Ultimate Fighting Championship has released its latest rendering of the octagonal cage that officials are building …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
As Trump Politicizes Justice Dept., Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries  —  Judges and grand juries have increasingly lost faith in the Justice Department as the president uses it to reward his friends and go after his opponents.  —  Grand juries are the heart of the criminal justice system …
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Washington Post:
Trump administration proposes NDAs for all federal workers  —  The rule, aimed at cracking down on leaks to media organizations, would expand nondisclosure agreements instituted at the Pentagon and other agencies.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration is planning a government-wide …
Punchbowl News:
5/26/26☀️ AM: … Something strange is happening in several crucial House Democratic primaries.  —  Mysterious super PACs are quietly emerging and spending heavily to boost candidates whom many top Democrats view as less formidable, or even toxic, in general elections.
Discussion: NOTUS, Roll Call, KTVZ-TV, NBC News and Raw Story
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
5 Races to Watch in Texas Runoffs on Tuesday
Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Trump to make rare trip to Camp David as Iran tensions rise over US strikes  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The New York Post on Google  —  President Trump will make a rare trip to Camp David Wednesday to hold a cabinet meeting as peace talks with Iran near crunch time, The Post has learned.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The Revisionist History Of Trump's Impeachments  —  No, they did not help him.... but they could've hurt him more.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Democrats remain favored to win back control of the House in November, but after state-level GOP officials stole several seats on Donald Trump's orders …
Paul Krugman:
The Dumpster Fire of the Vanities  —  America descends into a flattery-failure doom loop  —  On Memorial Day the New York Times published an article with the headline “Trump is the only person who can save America, according to his cabinet.”  The article offered a quantitative analysis of senior-official sycophancy.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court tosses Florida lawsuit against states for drivers' licenses issued to undocumented immigrants  —  The politically tinged lawsuit arose after a high-profile crash in Florida last year involving a commercial truck driver from India, in which three people died.
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Reverses Ruling in Immigration Judges' Free Speech Lawsuit  —  A group of immigration judges in 2020 challenged work-related restrictions on their public speaking engagements, saying they violated their free speech rights.  —  The Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback …
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Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Immigration courts are using a new tactic to speed up deportations
Discussion: The Independent
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Poll: Trump's approval rating hits another low on prices as Democrats hit +8 on generic ballot  —  Our new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds Trump's job approval on prices falling to -47, and a record 39% of Americans naming prices as the single most important problem facing the country
Discussion: Newsweek
Chris Van Hollen / New York Times:
The Hard Truth My Party Needs to Face  —  Democrats need to face a hard truth.  While Republicans' approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has failed, so has ours.  The Democratic Party has provided reflexive and unconditional support to Israeli governments, even as their actions …
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Iran threatens retaliation after U.S. strikes in southern Iran  —  The attacks prompted Tehran to warn that it would “leave no act of hostility unanswered,” complicating negotiations to end the war.  —  Summary  —  The United States launched new “self-defense” strikes on Iran …
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Manic Trump, 79, Fires Off Bizarre 5:52AM Posting Spree  —  MORNING MAYHEM  —  The president started his day with 13 frenzied posts.  —  Donald Trump woke up and fired off a series of self-congratulatory social media posts on Tuesday.  —  The 79-year-old president was resharing an average …
Ferdinand Knapp / Politico:
Rubio says US-Iran peace deal could take ‘a few more days’  —  Negotiations are ongoing amid new American attacks on missile sites and mine-laying ships in the Strait of Hormuz.  —  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the United States and Iran may require “a few more days” …
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Start-Ups for Fuel  —  Companies say it's a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel.  But the plan has also faced criticism.  —  The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan …
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Elon Musk is about to get richer and more powerful than ever  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀  —  In the finale of Amazon Prime series “The Boys,” a new character is briefly introduced …
New York Times:
Scientists Ditched a Scary Climate Scenario.  What Now?  —  While global warming is still a threat, the decision to back away from a worst-case outlook raises questions about whether some risks have been overstated.  —  It's rare for technical papers about climate modeling to kick off …
New York Times:
Iceland, Rattled by Trump, Weighs Joining the E.U.  —  Iceland has stood apart from the rest of Europe.  But President Trump's threats to Greenland have provoked a reconsideration.  —  Iceland is in Europe.  But it is not in the European Union.  —  For a long time, that was just fine for Iceland …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Rahm Emanuel, a Possible 2028 Contender, Calls for Higher Education Reforms  —  Republicans have made gains with voters on education issues.  A plan championed by Mr. Emanuel, a Democratic former mayor of Chicago, centers on college affordability.  —  Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Michigan cop's bid to toss out an excessive force claim from a George Floyd protest  —  The case focused on the contentious issue of qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that protects cops accused of constitutional violations.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
Discussion: Reuters and Deseret News
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Kennedy faces anti-vaccine anger over hantavirus treatment legal protections  —  Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back on criticism from some “Make America Healthy Again” activists after he extended liability protections for drugmakers working to develop treatments for the Andes hantavirus strain.
Discussion: Axios and New York Sun
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Rubio aide promoted to top White House national security post  —  Mike Needham, a longtime aide to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has been promoted to a top national security job in the White House, Axios has learned. … - Like Gabriel, Needham has good relations in the White House …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump's Slush Fund Is a Multitool  —  And we've all been missing its most important functions.  —  ∙ Paid  —  We're doing it live!  Sarah, Tim and I are going LIVE tonight for The Next Level covering the Texas Senate runoff results on Substack and YouTube.
Lauren McGaughy / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Race for Texas Attorney General Grew Heated, and Expensive  —  In the last weeks of the contest, Representative Chip Roy reported raising more than $8 million, and he intensified his attacks on Mayes Middleton, a state senator.  —  An already bitter Republican race for Attorney General …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Daily Signal
 
 
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Noah Shachtman / Vanity Fair:
Todd Blanche Is Trump's Legal Enforcer. But There's One Wild Case From His Past He Can't Seem to Escape.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Panel upholds US judge's private reprimand for affair with police officer
Jeffrey Winters / Mother Jones:
Tax Me If You Can  —  Democracy, for most of its existence, has managed to coexist with oligarchy …
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Josh Koehn / New York Post:
Save Californians thousands — then fire up Sacramento ‘wood chipper’: Steve Hilton's wild first day
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Consumer confidence dented with gas prices around $4.50 and inflation still elevated
Discussion: Associated Press
Jonathan Bernstein / Good Politics/Bad Politics:
Democrats Not in Disarray  —  A bunch of quick stuff....  - Autopsies are fine …
Kavitha Surana / ProPublica:
She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas' Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor's Office Didn't Help.
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Exclusive / Republican Congress faces major pileup before midterms
New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Tensions Rise as Iran Threatens to Retaliate Against U.S. Strikes
Discussion: RedState and The Bulwark
NOTUS:
Democrats Have an Age Problem. Some Republicans Admit They Do, Too.
Discussion: Raw Story
Neil Irwin / Axios:
The bond market is telling us the free lunch is over