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Washington Post:
What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign  —  Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden's policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, as well as other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry.  —  As Donald Trump sat …
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Live Updates: After Stormy Daniels, Testimony Turns to Trump's White House  —  Hours of heated testimony from Ms. Daniels focused on her account of a liaison with Donald J. Trump.  Madeleine Westerhout, who was a key gatekeeper for Mr. Trump during his presidency, followed a Trump Organization employee …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump loses second bid for mistrial in hush money case … Trump lawyer Susan Necheles cross-examines Stormy Daniels on May 9th, 2024.  —  A judge Thursday denied a request by Donald Trump's lawyers for a mistrial — their second failed attempt in three days to scrap the former president's criminal hush money trial.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's political fate likely won't be decided by the courts after all
Jacob Sullum / Reason:
California Students Get $1 Million After They Were Expelled for Wearing Supposedly Racist Acne Masks  —  During a sleepover in August 2017, three 14-year-old boys, two of whom were about to start attending St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California, took a picture of themselves wearing dark green acne masks.
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Politico:
Greene's rebellion sparks new talk of consequences for House GOP rebels  —  Possible sanctions include arming the GOP conference with the ability to force a vote on booting hardliners from committees or even ejecting them altogether.
Discussion: New Republic
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Wall Street Journal:
Hakeem Jeffries Flexes Power as Mike Johnson Flounders  —  Some Democrats want their leader to take a harder line if they need to rescue the Republican House speaker again  —  WASHINGTON—House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries stepped in to save Speaker Mike Johnson this week after months …
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
As co-rulers of the House, the Democratic majority-in-waiting may have already arrived
Discussion: Inside Elections and WWLP-TV
Reuters:
Exclusive: Jared Kushner pitching donors on father-in-law Trump, sources say  —  Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been making calls to encourage donors to attend a Trump fundraiser in New York, two sources told Reuters, in one of the first indications of Kushner working to help re-elect his father-in-law.
NPR:
Medical residents are starting to avoid states with abortion bans, data shows  —  Isabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician when she got some frank advice: If she wanted to be trained to provide abortions, she shouldn't stay in Arizona.
Discussion: Axios, Associated Press and Eschaton
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
There's A GOP Plan For An Execution Spree If Trump Wins The White House  —  Buried on page 554 of the plan is a directive to execute every remaining person on federal death row — and dramatically expand the use of the death penalty.  —  LOADING  —  During the final six months …
New York Times:
How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel  —  Prominent Republicans have seized on campus protests to assail what they say is antisemitism on the left.  But for years they have mainstreamed anti-Jewish rhetoric.  —  The Republican speaker of the House …
Axios:
Jim Jordan's quiet power play for 2025 … - Jordan privately told colleagues what he would be doing differently than Johnson during the recent fight over foreign aid funding, multiple sources told Axios.  — The Ohio Republican has been noticed handing out more campaign checks to colleagues, multiple lawmakers told Axios.
Jimmy Cloutier / OpenSecrets.org:
Shell company steering $2.6 million to Republican PACs raises concerns of illicit funding scheme  —  A complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleges that a corporation with ties to the former chief financial officer of the Republican State Leadership Committee illegally steered nearly $2.6 million …
Discussion: USA Today
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Back-to-back rulings against Hunter Biden pave way for June gun trial  —  Hunter Biden's latest attempts to throw out his federal gun case were rejected in back-to-back rulings Thursday, teeing up a high-stakes criminal trial next month in Delaware.  —  The president's son had asked …
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Federal court denies Hunter Biden appeal in Delaware federal gun charges case
Katherine Koretski / NBC News:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to surprise his running mate with his position on abortion  —  Kennedy and Nicole Shanahan appeared on separate episodes of Sage Steele's podcast, with Kennedy saying women should be able to make the decision “even if it's full-term.”
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House GOP drafting Biden impeachment articles over Israel aid cutoff threat  —  ‘The House has no choice but to impeach President ‘Quid pro Joe’ Biden,’ says Rep Cory Mills  —  FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., is preparing impeachment articles against President Biden over his threat …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Maryland 2024 Poll: Alsobrooks 42%, Trone 41%  —  Home Polls Maryland 2024 Poll: Alsobrooks 42%, Trone 41%  —  Hogan with Majority Support in GOP Primary, But Trails in General Election  —  A new Emerson College Polling/The Hill/DC News Now survey in Maryland finds the Democratic U.S. Senate primary …
David Strom / HotAir:
‘Therapy With Hillary’  —  If you want to understand the twisted minds of the Left, you could do worse than watching clips from Morning Joe and The View.  —  Before you say, “Why should I care what those harridans and crazies think?” you should step back for a minute.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Ex-Nebraska Lawmaker Faces New Charges in Campaign Finance Case  —  The indictment of Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican, renewed a case in which he was convicted of lying to federal agents but that an appeals court later overturned.  —  Former Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Federal prosecutors reissue criminal charges against ex-Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
Discussion: CBS News
Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
New Witness Bill Could Doom Harvey Weinstein at Retrial  —  COVERING THE BASES  —  The proposed law would allow prior bad acts to be used in sexual assault cases—the kind of evidence an appeals court threw out in the Hollywood mogul's case. … The reversal of Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction …
NBC News:
Two top Border Patrol officials who partied with Mexican tequila mogul are now under investigation  —  The grandson of the founder of Don Julio tequila wanted to launch a Border Patrol-branded tequila.  Those plans have been scrapped amid an internal CBP probe.
 
 
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Day Before Biden Admin Announced It Would Withhold Weapons From Israel, It Issued Sanctions Waiver To Allow Arms Sales to Qatar and Lebanon
Reuters:
Cease-Fire Talks Stall as Anger Flares Over Israel's Incursion Into Rafah
Politico:
‘Failing act of political theater’: Greene ostracized after Johnson ouster push
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Green Party alleges it's the target of mischief in Arizona Senate race
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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US Department of Justice:
Seven Members and Associates of Large-Scale Gas Pump Skimming Device Organization Charged with Racketeering and Money Laundering Conspiracies
John Harwood / Zeteo:
As a Veteran Reporter, I've Always Valued Neutrality. But Trump's Threat To Democracy Should be the Biggest Political Story of 2024
Discussion: Adweek
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Dems' kangaroo court against Donald Trump is only backfiring
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The dangerously illiberal judges
Discussion: Above the Law, PJ Media and Fortune
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley Is Huddling With Donors and Won't Endorse Donald Trump Yet