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Sarah Kliff / New York Times:
A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested.  Now He's a Senator.  —  Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found.  Some had bank accounts garnished.  —  It was Easter weekend in 2007 when a police car pulled up to Joe Vasquez's home in rural Kansas.
Discussion: Daily Kos and New Republic
New Republic:
Trump Tailspins as Leaks About GOP Midterm Panic Take Humiliating Turn  —  Donald Trump's tailspinning continues.  A CNN analysis finds that Trump has a lower approval rating than any of his predecessors going into midterms in this millennium.  That's worse than Joe Biden in 2022 …
Discussion: VINnews
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Karl Rove Says He's ‘Nervous’ About Republicans' Midterm Convention
Politico:
Republicans are hoping ‘Trump-a-palooza’ isn't only about Trump
Discussion: New Republic, MPR News and Robert Reich
Stine Jacobsen / Reuters:
Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump posts map showing island under American flag  —  Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday after President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the American flag, local broadcaster RUV said.
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TheJournal.ie:
Iceland summons US ambassador over Trump map portraying it as part of America  —  On Monday, Trump posted an image to social media with a map of North America in which Iceland was among countries coloured in with the US flag.  —  7.7k  —  Trump posted the image with no explanation.  Truth Social
Paul Waldman / MS NOW:
Trump won the battle over his awful arch.  The next Democratic president can win the war.  —  Donald Trump is in a hurry.  He cannot wait for cumbersome bureaucratic processes, slow-moving courts or even the law itself.  —  He must have his arch, and he must have it now.
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Veterans and Democrats intensify fight against Trump's planned arch  —  Opponents of the 250-foot triumphal arch project say it could disrupt military burials at Arlington, during construction and after its completion.  —  Summary  —  Veterans and Democrats are escalating efforts …
Discussion: NPR and The Hill
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Haaretz:
Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7.  He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs  —  Article printing is available to subscribers only  —  Zen reading is available to subscribers only  —  Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format
Discussion: The Guardian and Associated Press
Kelsey Ables / The Atlantic:
Lonnie Bunch Is Leaving the Smithsonian  —  After months of clashes with the White House, the historian and leader of the institution is retiring later this year.  —  Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch plans to announce his retirement from the institution at the end of this year …
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New York Times:
Smithsonian's Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution  —  In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.  —  After a seven-year run marked most recently by attacks …
NOTUS:
Trump Is Quietly Planning to Majorly Change How National Parks Are Run  —  The Trump administration is planning to significantly reorganize the National Park Service and other bureaus of the Interior Department, the second major shake-up of the nation's public lands infrastructure in less than two years.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ asks Supreme Court to let it use immigration database to purge state voter rolls  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to lift a lower court order and allow it to use a flawed federal immigration database to initiate voter registration purges.
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Asked to Enter Voter Verification Database Fight
Discussion: The Hill
Jenna Monnin / NOTUS:
Pritzker Jumps Into Midterms Money Battle With New $20M PAC  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker launched a new political action committee over the weekend that plans to funnel millions of dollars into Democratic House races ahead of the midterms.  —  Pritzker's Ready for the Fight PAC …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CNN
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Shia Kapos / Politico:   Pritzker launches $20M pre-midterms PAC
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator defends Bombardier after Trump threat  —  Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) is defending private jet maker Bombardier from growing pressure from President Trump, who on Monday declared the Canadian aerospace company would no longer be able to sell planes in the United States.
Discussion: CNBC, KBSL-TV, Joe.My.God. and NBC News
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over  —  Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that analyze Americans' financial activity and other data, then feed that intelligence to local police who pull people …
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Exclusive poll: GOP's gains among Latinos fade in House battlegrounds  —  Democrats have gained sharply with Latino voters in some of the country's most competitive House districts since 2024, a new Hart Research/TelevisaUnivision poll shared exclusively with Axios shows.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
Former GOP lawmakers join Democrats to challenge Trump's mail-in voting crackdown  —  A group of Democratic lawmakers — and some former GOP members of Congress — is asking the Supreme Court to block President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict mail-in voting, arguing that the president …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and KQED
Wall Street Journal:
Yemen's Houthi Militants Attack Saudi Energy Infrastructure  —  Attacks come as U.S.-Iran war continues to disrupt energy flows through Strait of Hormuz  —  Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen fired drones and missiles at a number of Saudi Arabia's southern energy facilities Tuesday morning …
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
What to know about Canada's escalating trade war with the US as Carney retaliates with tariffs  —  Canada struck back at U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday with tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. goods, in response to the latest round of tariffs on Canada.
Matt Burgess / Wired:
Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads.  Some Included Images of Real Kids  —  Images of real children—including a member of a European royal family—were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse.  Lawmakers say they plan to investigate.
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Pete Hegseth will be the next to fall  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🫡 Subscribe to PN 🫡  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth suffered a significant defeat last week as one of his signature policy initiatives was quietly shelved.
Ben Rhodes / New York Times:
Voters Have Spoken.  Why Aren't Democrats Listening?  —  In 1932, amid a Depression worsened by tariffs, inequality and isolationism, Franklin Roosevelt accepted the Democratic presidential nomination with a cautionary note: “Those nominal Democrats who squint at the future with their faces turned toward …
Discussion: NBC News and Fox News
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The hidden dangers of Musk's votesafe.org  —  The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.  —  With the midterm elections approaching, it's a good idea to make sure you are registered.
Beth Reinhard / New York Times:
Paxton Aide Turned Whistle-Blower Appears in Ad Endorsing His Rival, Talarico  —  David Maxwell was among the staffers in the Texas attorney general's office who accused Ken Paxton of abusing the power of his office, allegations that led to his impeachment.  Mr. Paxton was acquitted.
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
IRS's Data Sharing With ICE Violated Law, Appeals Court Rules  —  Decision retains block on further sharing of taxpayer records  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration violated federal law when it shared confidential taxpayer information with immigration authorities, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Discussion: All Rise News
Politico:
Newsom's Buttigieg walkback and Villegas' Valley test  —  DRIVING THE DAY — Gavin Newsom distanced himself from spokesperson Izzy Gardon's recent jab at Pete Buttigieg, telling Will Steakin — and with Gardon sitting beside him — “Awkward sitting in front of Izzy — I didn't like that.”
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Paul Krugman:
Where's the Beef (Coming From)?  —  Meat and freedom!  —  Transcript  —  “Mary had a little lamb, but when she saw it sicken, she sent it off to Packingtown, and now it's labeled chicken.”  —  Hi, Paul Krugman here.  That's a little ditty that was circulating, I can't find any original source …
Discussion: New York Times
Tim Balk / New York Times:
‘Democrats Are Behind’: PAC Wants Party to Catch Up on A.I.  —  The group is starting with more than $10 million and says it intends to support midterm House candidates in swing states.  —  A group of Democrats, concerned their party is not moving quickly enough to address voter anxiety …
 
 
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Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
Newsom: Condemnation of Netanyahu ‘almost universal’ among Democrats
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
Lindsay Clancy's attorney makes public plea for Trump pardon
Zina Rakhamilova / Washington Examiner:
Osama bin Laden is winning from the grave
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Satisfaction With K-12 Education Hits New Low
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Daniel McCarthy / New York Post:
Trumponomics triumphs in US jobs report — just in time for the midterms
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Emily Peck / Axios:
An exercise in thinking about the unthinkable: a U.S. debt default
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Sarah Todd / STAT:
Reynolds is selling fruity new vapes unauthorized by FDA
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner Is Now One of World's Most Powerful Diplomats
Discussion: Bloomberg and Sputnik News
Adriel Bettelheim / Axios:
How 2026 candidates are targeting health care “corruption”
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