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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 loses second bid for mistrial in hush money case
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's political fate likely won't be decided by the courts after all
Trump's political fate likely won't be decided by the courts after all
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Axios, Talking Points Memo, The Dispatch, Fox News, Twitchy, IJR, The Guardian, Bloomberg, AllSides Balanced, Forbes, The Atlantic and Semafor
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
‘Grueling’: The Trial May Be Getting to Trump
‘Grueling’: The Trial May Be Getting to Trump
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Melanie Lefkowitz / Cornell Chronicle:
After ‘transformational’ tenure, Pollack to retire June 30 — President Martha E. Pollack, who oversaw the creation of significant interdisciplinary programs, including a new school of public policy; expanded the affordability and accessibility of a Cornell education; and whose navigation …
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The Cornell Daily Sun:
BREAKING: President Pollack to Retire After Seven Years of Leadership — President Martha Pollack announced that she will retire from her position on June 30, in an email sent to the Cornell community on Thursday, May 9. — Provost Michael Kotlikoff will serve as interim president …
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National Review, New York Times and The Forward
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.
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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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Summer Lin / Los Angeles Times:
Two expelled Bay Area high school students awarded $1 million in ‘blackface’ lawsuit
Two expelled Bay Area high school students awarded $1 million in ‘blackface’ lawsuit
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New York Times:
At a Dinner, Trump Assailed Climate Rules and Asked $1 Billion From Big Oil — At a private meeting at Mar-a-Lago, the former president said fossil fuel companies should donate to help him beat President Biden. — Former President Donald J. Trump told a group of oil executives …
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
‘A little bold and gross’: Oil industry writes executive orders for Trump to sign
‘A little bold and gross’: Oil industry writes executive orders for Trump to sign
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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.
Alexander Ward / Politico:
‘We would need to make choices’: Why Biden is threatening Israel now — Biden's announcement is an unintentional admission that his efforts to privately sway Netanyahu have had limited effects. — After watching Israel flatten much of Gaza, President Joe Biden decided to draw the line at the city of Rafah.
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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.
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Bloomberg:
Biden Set to Impose Tariffs on China EVs, Strategic Sectors — US set to target electric vehicles, reject across-board hikes — Action comes after multi-year review of Trump-era duties — President Joe Biden's administration is poised to unveil a sweeping decision on China tariffs …
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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 …
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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 …
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USA Today
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 …
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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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Are R.F.K. Jr. Signature Gatherers Misleading New Yorkers for Ballot Access? — More than half a dozen New York City residents described encounters with people seeking their signature who did not make clear that their aim was to place the independent 2024 candidate on the ballot.
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Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Stormy's Courtroom Outfit Had Great Significance — ART IMITATES LIFE — The jumpsuit she wore on the stand is the same one she donned for a 2021 satirical film in which Donald Trump sells his soul for the presidency. — TRAGIC — Dr. Kimberly Nix started sharing her cancer journey three years ago …
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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.
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New Republic
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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New York Post and NBC Bay Area