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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
CNN Drops Rick Santorum After Racist Comments About Native Americans  —  The former GOP senator lost his contract with the network after claiming there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers arrived.  —  CNN has terminated its contract with senior political commentator Rick Santorum after racist …
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Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
CNN Drops Rick Santorum After Dismissive Comments About Native Americans
Discussion: Denver Post and KEYT-TV
Department of Homeland Security:
Secretary Mayorkas Designates Haiti for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months  —  New Designation Allows Eligible Haitians to Apply for TPS and Employment Authorization  —  WASHINGTON - Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced a new 18-month designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
Biden Will Allow Haitian Immigrants In The US To Obtain Temporary Protected Status  —  The Biden administration will grant more than 100,000 Haitians in the US the opportunity to gain Temporary Protected Status, shielding them from deportation and allowing them to obtain work permits …
Jacqueline Charles / Miami Herald:
Biden protects thousands of Haitians from deportation with new TPS measure  —  The Biden administration is granting a new 18-month designation of Temporary Protected Status to Haiti, a significant move that alleviates the threat of deportation for thousands of Haitians and recognizes …
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and KTAR.com
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
U.S. seizes $90,000 from man who sold footage of U.S. Capitol riot  —  U.S. authorities have confiscated roughly $90,000 from a Utah man who sold footage of a woman being fatally shot during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, according to court filings.
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Reuters:
Pentagon chief unable to talk to Chinese military leaders despite repeated attempts
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Townhall
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   Feds seize $90,000 from Capitol rioter who sold footage of Ashli Babbitt's fatal shooting: report
Reuters:
Blinken to visit Israel, West Bank on May 26-27, source says
Discussion: Fox News, National Review and Bloomberg
Reuters:   EXCLUSIVE In tactical shift, Iran grows new, loyal elite from among Iraqi militias
Barak Ravid / Axios:
11 days, 8 calls and a ceasefire: Inside Biden's response to the Gaza crisis  —  Before 11 days of fighting in the Gaza Strip ended in a ceasefire, President Biden held six phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and one with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Discussion: RedState
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Rula Jebreal / Washington Post:
The cease-fire may hold. But Israel's treatment of Palestinians won't change.
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
‘I Said Nothing Wrong’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Doubles Down on Comparing Pelosi to Nazis, Says ‘Rational’ Jewish People Should Also Oppose ‘Overbearing Mask Mandates’  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) doubled down on her controversial comments comparing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) …
Discussion: Insider
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Jennifer Adams / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Doubles Down on Creepy ‘Nazi’ Mask Talk
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Rand Paul: 'I'm not getting vaccinated'  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that he will not be getting vaccinated against COVID-19.  —  During an interview with John Catsimatidis on his radio show on WABC 770 AM, Paul, an ophthalmologist, said he he's making the personal decision because he's already had COVID-19.
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
The Misery at the Heart of the Conflict  —  An eviction in East Jerusalem lies at the center of a conflict that led to war between Israel and Hamas.  But for millions of Palestinians, the routine indignities of occupation are part of daily life.  —  JERUSALEM — Muhammad Sandouka built …
New York Times:
Long Slide Looms for World Population, With Sweeping Ramifications  —  Fewer babies' cries.  More abandoned homes.  Toward the middle of this century, as deaths start to exceed births, changes will come that are hard to fathom.  —  All over the world, countries are confronting population stagnation …
Discussion: Instapundit
Washington Post:
Republicans struggle to define a new governing coalition as Trump closes grip on party  —  WATERFORD, Mich. — The Republican Party's metamorphosis starkly showed this week in the faceoff between a parade float championing Donald Trump and “Mr. Perks,” an 18-foot pink pig on wheels emblazoned with the words “End Washington Waste.”
Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-China Tech Fight Opens New Front in Ethiopia  —  A U.S.-backed consortium beat a Chinese-backed one for a multibillion-dollar contract to build Ethiopia's 5G-capable network  —  A U.S.-backed consortium beat out one financed by China in a closely watched telecommunications auction in Ethiopia …
Ali Velshi / MSNBC:
Ted Cruz roundly criticized after sharing Russian propaganda  —  GOP Sen. Ted Cruz received a lot of criticism after sharing a Russian propaganda video on Twitter in an apparent attempt to criticize the idea of a ‘woke, emasculated’ U.S. military.  MSNBC's Brian Williams has the details.  —  Read More
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump Flack Jason Miller Ordered To Pay $42,000 in Legal Fees For Failed Suit  —  BITTER PILL  —  A U.S. District Court judge in Florida has ordered Jason Miller, a spokesperson for former President Trump, to pay G/O Media 42,000 in legal expenses.  This comes after a federal appeals court rejected …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Alex Wigglesworth / Los Angeles Times:
Man arrested in suspected antisemitic attack outside L.A. sushi restaurant, police say  —  Authorities arrested a man in connection with a suspected antisemitic hate crime attack on diners outside a Westside sushi restaurant this week.  —  The man, whom police did not name …
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Hamas founder's son says Israel should kill terror group's leaders after ceasefire  —  The son of Hamas founder Hassan Yousef urged Israel to target the terror group's leaders for assassination, even after the ceasefire reached Friday.  —  “Assassinating Hamas leadership will not destroy Hamas …
David Nather / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Black Americans' police experiences are getting worse  —  Nearly seven out of 10 Black Americans say police treatment has gotten worse in the past year, and about the same percentage believe police shootings of Black and brown youths have become worse in that time, according to an Axios-Ipsos poll.
Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge:
Caught Red-Handed: CDC Changes Test Thresholds To Virtually Eliminate New COVID Cases Among Vaxx'd  —  Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org,  —  New policies will artificially deflate “breakthrough infections” in the vaccinated, while the old rules continue to inflate case numbers in the unvaccinated.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Anthony Gockowski / Alpha News:
Facebook threatens to ban Alpha News for anti-Hamas cartoon  —  Facebook has threatened to ban Alpha News from its platform for publishing an anti-Hamas cartoon.  —  The Alpha News Facebook page now has “reduced distribution and other restrictions” for publishing a cartoon from syndicated cartoonist …
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Explaining HIPAA: No, it doesn't ban questions about your vaccination status
Discussion: Raw Story
Lawrence Richard / Washington Examiner:
Forty-two percent say confidence in Fauci dropped over past year: Poll
Discussion: Fox News and Townhall
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
In College, She Was A Pro-Palestinian Activist. The AP Just Fired Her After A Conservative “Witch Hunt.”
Jack Healy / New York Times:
‘You Can Feel the Tension’: A Windfall for Minority Farmers Divides Rural America
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Shi Jiangtao / South China Morning Post:
China positions itself as peace broker in Israel-Gaza crisis
Rochelle Olson / Star Tribune:
Federal judge investigates leak of grand jury proceedings into George Floyd's death
Discussion: Power Line
Ashley Fetters / Washington Post:
Masks are off — which means men will start telling women to ‘Smile!’ again
Discussion: Twitchy
Washington Post:
Coronavirus infections drop below 30,000 daily in continuing sign of recovery
Discussion: Forbes and Joe.My.God.
Brahma Chellaney / Open The Magazine:
Did China Get Away with Creating a Pandemic?
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Page Array
Eric Lach / New Yorker:
Eric Adams Wants to CompStat New York City
David Jackson / USA Today:
If Donald Trump faces criminal charges, few think it will hurt him with his base in 2024
Discussion: Raw Story
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For Colleges, Vaccine Mandates Often Depend on Which Party Is in Power
 

 
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