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3:00 PM ET, May 9, 2023

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Melania fully behind Trump's 2024 campaign, says it would be a ‘privilege’ to serve as first lady again  —  Melania Trump would focus on ‘Be Best’ initiatives focused on children if first lady for a second term  —  EXCLUSIVE: Melania Trump supports her husband's re-election campaign …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's weird weapon: Bad news  —  Call it the Trump Law of Inverse Reactions: Everything that would seem to hurt the former president only makes him stronger. … - This dynamic is similar to the stunning election of 2016.  —  Former President Trump, in the past few months, has:
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Cheney launches New Hampshire TV ad slashing Trump  —  First on NBC News: The former House member previously said she would do everything in her power to prevent Trump from becoming president again.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Liz Cheney isn't a presidential candidate — at least not yet.
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Nabs the Critical Endorsement of His Wife  —  In the same tenor of an AI bot programmed to signal official approval, Melania makes her “support” official.  —  Donald Trump may have forgotten her birthday in between facing 34 felony charges related to allegedly paying off …
Discussion: Fox News and The Independent
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's Fifth Avenue strategy for 2024  —  It was perhaps not the venue one might have expected for Donald Trump to offer his most famous assessment of the sturdiness of his support.  —  He was standing beneath the enormous pipe organ at the front of the B.J. Haan Auditorium at Iowa's Dordt College in January 2016.
Ryan Nobles / NBC News:
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp hosts a private donor retreat as he plans 2024 involvement
Discussion: Political Wire
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Clarence Thomas's 2011 Ethics Complaints Are Under Senate Scrutiny  —  The federal judiciary's handling of ethics complaints over Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's failure to disclose his wife's income more than a decade ago is getting fresh scrutiny in the Senate.
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Senate Judiciary Committee asks GOP megadonor for full accounting of gifts to Thomas
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
Harlan Crow refuses to hand over gift records to Senate Finance
Discussion: Political Wire
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Milo Yiannopoulos Caught in Marjorie Taylor Greene-Kanye West Campaign Cash Scandal  —  In the middle of the Venn Diagram between Kanye West and Marjorie Taylor Greene is alt-right influencer Milo Yiannopoulos and a campaign credit card.  —  Alt-right agitator Milo Yiannopoulos used …
Politico:
DeSantis takes major step ahead of expected presidential bid  —  It comes as DeSantis ratchets up plans to start stumping for his 2024 run.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis severed his connection to his long-standing state political committee and the tens of millions …
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Steve Cortes / Newsweek:
Ron DeSantis for President
Seth Masket / Politico:
The Trendlines DeSantis Doesn't Want to See  —  A new survey of Republican grassroots leaders shows Trump making real gains.
Discussion: Tusk and Alternet.org
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Michael Cohen accuses Trump of using $500m lawsuit for witness intimidation  —  Trump's former fixer is being sued by ex-president for allegedly spreading false information and breaching contractual obligations  —  Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen on Monday asked a federal judge …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Elon Musk's obsession with anti-white bias  —  On May 1, Jordan Neely, an unhoused subway busker and Michael Jackson impersonator with a history of mental illness, was killed on the F train in New York City.  At about 2:30 in the afternoon, Neely entered a subway car and began screaming that he was hungry and thirsty.
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Pentagon officially renames Fort Hood to honor first 4-star Hispanic general  —  The Defense Department on Tuesday officially renamed Fort Hood to Fort Cavazos, honoring the nation's first Hispanic four-star general who served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars.
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Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
FBI disrupts Russian hacking tool used to steal information from foreign governments  —  The FBI announced Tuesday that it has disrupted a network of hacked computers that Russian spies have used for years to steal sensitive information from at least 50 countries, including NATO governments.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Lauren del Valle / CNN:
What E. Jean Carroll has to prove to win her case against Donald Trump  —  New York CNN —  A jury is expected to begin deliberations Tuesday in E. Jean Carroll's civil battery and defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump.  —  The panel in a Manhattan federal courtroom …
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Erica Orden / Politico:
The Trump rape trial is headed to the jury. Here are the questions jurors will weigh.
Alex Sundby / CBS News:
Texas mall shooting victims include 2 young sisters, a 3-year-old boy and his parents  —  Families and officials are releasing the names of the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a Texas mall on Saturday.  They include two young sisters, Daniela and Sofia Mendoza …
Discussion: The Dispatch, CNN and Associated Press
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Lack Confidence in Major Economic Leaders  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the U.S. facing a deadline to increase the nation's debt limit and the threat of an economic recession looming, Americans lack confidence in a variety of key U.S. leaders on economic matters.
Washington Post:
Biden no longer does press conferences.  That's not acceptable.  —  President Biden hasn't dropped the microphone; he appears to have lost it.  Mr. Biden is turning into a news media evader, and it's harmful to his presidency and the nation.  In the past 100 years, only Presidents Richard M. Nixon …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Far-right faction pushes to oust ‘traitors’ from Georgia GOP  —  A far-right faction that has gained clout in the Georgia GOP wants to give the state party new powers to block candidates from qualifying to run as Republicans if they're deemed to be insufficiently conservative or a “traitor” to the party.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
McCarthy shoots down short-term debt ceiling hike  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday shot down the idea of moving a short-term debt ceiling hike to prevent a government default.  —  Just hours before McCarthy is scheduled to meet with President Biden on the issue …
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Aimed At Weakening Public Sector Unions  —  Florida unions have blasted the legislation as a naked power grab meant to hurt the governor's political enemies.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Tuesday that he signed a major piece of legislation aimed …
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Florida lawmakers want to use radioactive material to pave roads  —  Roads in Florida could soon include phosphogypsum — a radioactive waste material from the fertilizer industry — under a bill lawmakers have sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis.  —  Conservation groups are urging DeSantis to veto the bill …
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
The Guardian:
Republican who called drag shows a threat to kids quits after sex with intern  —  Texas lawmaker gave alcohol to intern, 19, and another young staffer, and had sex with intern when she was intoxicated  —  A Republican Texas state lawmaker who once proposed banning children from attending drag shows …
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Texas Shooter's ‘White Power’ Social Media Posts Revealed After Right-Wing Pundits Cast Doubt on White Supremacist Links  —  The gunman who killed eight people at an Allen, Texas shopping mall over the weekend posted to a social media account discovered by the New York Times, which included …
U.S. Department of Defense:
Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine  —  Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a new security assistance package to reaffirm the steadfast U.S. support for Ukraine, including to bolster its air defenses and sustain its artillery ammunition needs.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sister of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer enters New York congressional race  —  Liz Gereghty, a small-business founder and sister of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), announced a Democratic bid Tuesday for a New York congressional seat that Democrats narrowly lost last year and see as one of their …
 
 
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Joseph R. Biden Jr / The White House:
A Proclamation on Revoking the Air Travel COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
Discussion: UPI, Roll Call and Wired
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides to leave post this summer
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
Reuters:
Russia marks Victory Day with new strikes, but pared-back parade
Bloomberg:
Italy Intends to Exit China Belt and Road Pact as Relations Sour
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
Imran Khan, ex-Pakistani PM, is arrested, his party says
 Earlier Items: 
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
J6 Jackals Circle Trump
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Timothy McVeigh's Dreams Are Coming True
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 8, 2023 (Monday)  —  The man authorities have identified as the shooter who murdered eight people …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Maddow highlights the Nazi speakers welcomed to Trump Doral Miami event this week
Discussion: HuffPost
 

 
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
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Hayden Field / CNBC:
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