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Axios:
Biden's big donors fume over Israel criticism … - “Bad, Bad, Bad, decision, on all levels, Pls reconsider,” he wrote in a message obtained by Axios and other news outlets. — He added: “Let's not forget that there are more Jewish voters, who care about Israel, than Muslim voters that care about Hamas.”
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New York Times, VINnews and IJR
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New York Post:
Biden's Israel arms embargo will go down as one of the worst American betrayals
Biden's Israel arms embargo will go down as one of the worst American betrayals
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Human Events, Steady, Exposing the role … and Fox News
Alexander Ward / Politico:
‘We would need to make choices’: Why Biden is threatening Israel now
‘We would need to make choices’: Why Biden is threatening Israel now
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USA Today, CNN, The Times of Israel, New Yorker, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, The Guardian, Al-Monitor, Washington Free Beacon, Bloomberg, Axios, New York Times, israelhayom.com, The Japan Times, Drezner's World, Semafor, Yahoo News, HotAir, AllSides Balanced, Washington Times, The Daily Beast and NBC News
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Biden's Shameful Betrayal
Biden's Shameful Betrayal
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Washington Examiner, RedState, HotAir, acecomments.mu.nu, Althouse and New York Times
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
The simple reason Republican Sunday show hits are disasters — It's hard to defend the indefensible. … Not so long ago, the Sunday morning news shows were a vital part of the political ecosphere. Politicians and government officials clamored for the mainstream platform provided by ABC's This Week …
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Rubio Wants to Go From ‘Little Marco’ to Trump's VP — BIG GULP — Eight years after feuding with Trump about their relative penis sizes, Rubio is trying to glad-hand his way into The Donald's veep slot. … FROM ‘LITTLE MARCO’ TO VP CONTENDER — At Donald Trump's donor retreat …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Doug Burgum emerges as an unlikely candidate to be Trump VP
Doug Burgum emerges as an unlikely candidate to be Trump VP
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Fargo | KFGO and Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats' Surprise Campaign Play: Embracing Border Security — Republicans blamed Biden for surge in illegal crossings but blocked bipartisan deal — WASHINGTON—Some House Democrats are leaning into border security on the campaign trail after years of playing defense against Republican criticism …
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New York Daily News, Washington Examiner, Inside Elections and Washington Post
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Washington Post:
Trump team throws out GOP plan and builds a ‘leaner’ 2024 operation — The new plan calls for fewer offices, less staff and a focus on new partnerships with outside groups — raising concerns among some Republicans. — Donald Trump's 2020 campaign called itself a “juggernaut” …
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The Guardian and Raw Story
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to two schools — School board members in Virginia's Shenandoah County voted early Friday to restore the names of two schools that previously honored Confederate leaders - four years after those names had been removed.
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Washington Post, Reuters, The Post Millennial, SWAMY WORLD, Axios, UPI and USA Today
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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Salon, Raw Story and Associated Press
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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Research and Action Institute, Associated Press, The Hill, Axios and Eschaton
Axios:
Trump's trial trap: Voters to be his most important jury … - “It really is an all-or-nothing strategy in the sense that the delaying tactic could be a complete victory if he were to be elected president,” said Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor. — Judges have latitude in sentencing …
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JONATHAN TURLEY, The Guardian and Bloomberg
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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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Vox, Talking Points Memo, The Dispatch, Fox News, IJR, Twitchy, AllSides Balanced and Forbes
Politico:
Playbook: MAGA Mike vs. Speaker Johnson — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — PROTEST-PROOFING THE DNC — In a newsy column just posted, Jonathan Martin looks at the quiet effort to engineer this summer's Democratic National Convention …
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Washington Examiner
Max Greenwood / Yahoo News:
Rick Scott tries to rewrite history on $1.7 billion Medicare fraud controversy — Conventional political wisdom would typically advise candidates to steer clear of mentioning their past controversies. — But U.S. Sen. Rick Scott went out of his way, quite literally, on Thursday …
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Rolling Stone
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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IJR, East Bay Times, Twitchy, The Post Millennial, Metro.co.uk, Law & Crime, Reclaim The Net, Breitbart, RedState, Joanne Jacobs, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Fox News and Los Angeles Times
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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CBS News, New York Times, National Review and The Forward
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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 …
Mike Wendling / BBC:
Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat — Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Israel can “stand alone”, after the US warned arms shipments could be stopped if he orders a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza. — Thousands of people have already fled the southern city …
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Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
The Students Have Never Been the Enemy — Student protest movements have historically functioned as an indispensable corrective for America and the West. That is the legacy of 1968 we should be talking about — Has there ever been a student protest movement that wasn't immediately derided …
Bloomberg:
Islamic State Stages Boldest Attack in Mozambique in Three Years — Militants raided town of Macomia in Cabo Delgado province — The insurgency has held up giant natural gas projects — Islamic State-linked insurgents attacked the town of Macomia in Mozambique's gas-rich Cabo Delgado province …
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Reuters