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9:45 PM ET, May 13, 2024

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden  —  A new set of Times/Siena polls, including one with The Philadelphia Inquirer, reveal an erosion of support for the president among young and nonwhite voters upset about the economy and Gaza.
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Financial Times:
FT-Michigan Ross poll: Biden's election hopes fall as prices rise again  —  Persistent inflation means American voters do not see evidence of an improving economy  —  The recent uptick in US inflation appears to have reversed any progress President Joe Biden has made in convincing voters …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
No, Your Pet Issue Is Not Making Biden Lose
Discussion: Mediaite, HuffPost and The Hill
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
How on Earth Is Donald Trump Getting Credit for Joe Biden's Economy?
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
New York Times:
In His First Day of Testimony, Cohen Testifies Trump Authorized Hush-Money Payment  —  During nearly six hours on the stand Monday, Michael D. Cohen testified that Donald J. Trump urged him to buy the silence of Stormy Daniels late in the 2016 campaign and approved the plan to repay him.
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Associated Press:
Star witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme
Natalie Allison / Politico:
With eyes shut, Trump endures testimony from his nemesis
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and Fox News
Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Republicans ready for a Trump loss  —  This time, Trump has the GOP bought in earlier on his Big Lie  —  What happens if he loses?  —  The mainstream press has finally turned its focus to what a second Donald Trump administration will look like should he win the White House in 2024.
Discussion: Above the Law, Raw Story and HuffPost
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump is gagged.  So his surrogates say the forbidden stuff for him.  —  Three GOP senators have appeared with Trump in court and conveniently proceeded to say precisely what he can't.  —  Donald Trump's mouth and keyboard fingers have been relatively disciplined — by his own standards …
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Biden Signs Ban on Imports of Russian Nuclear Reactor Fuel  — Russian supplies of enriched uranium to be barred in 90 days  — Move could boost costs for US nuclear plants, risk retaliation  —  President Joe Biden on Monday signed legislation banning the import of Russian enriched uranium …
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and Reuters
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Louisiana bill would place abortion pills on same list as opiates … - Abortion, both via medication and surgery, is already completely banned in the state with very limited exceptions, per the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.
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Raleigh News & Observer:
UNC-Chapel Hill trustees move to divert DEI funds to police and public safety  —  The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted to divert millions of dollars spent on diversity, equity and inclusion programs into public safety instead, ahead of an expected policy change statewide to restrict DEI.
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power  —  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the biggest changes in more than a decade to the way U.S. power lines are planned and funded.  —  Federal regulators on Monday approved sweeping changes …
Ari Blaff / National Post:
United Nations halves estimate of women and children killed in Gaza  —  Without any announcement, the United Nations (UN) significantly lowers its previously stated casualty list in the Gaza Strip  —  The United Nations has significantly adjusted Palestinian casualty figures for the ongoing war …
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Attack a Democrat Charged With Corruption?  Republicans Wouldn't Dare.  —  Earlier this month, federal prosecutors bestowed on Republicans what seemed like an election-year gift: charging a senior House Democrat in a competitive district with accepting $600,000 in bribes and acting as a foreign agent.
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Washington Post:
State Republican parties are going rogue
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis says his wife Casey has ‘zero’ interest in running for office  —  He acknowledged that some people had suggested that she consider running.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday knocked down speculation that his wife, first lady Casey DeSantis, would run to succeed him in 2026.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Melania Came Up With Trump's ‘Locker Room Talk’ Excuse, Michael Cohen Says  —  BY HIS SIDE  —  The former Trump fixer dropped the surprising revelation as an aside while testifying Monday in his former boss' hush-money trial.  —  Among the weirdest revelations at Donald Trump's ongoing criminal trial …
Rolling Stone:
Progressives Prep $10 Million Campaign to Expose ‘MAGA Supreme Court’  —  Many voters don't blame Donald Trump or Republicans for the Supreme Court's increasingly right-wing decisions.  This coalition wants to change that  —  UNITED FOR DEMOCRACY, a coalition of progressive groups and labor unions …
Discussion: Raw Story
Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
Trump Wants to Deport Pro-Palestine Protesters—and GOP Lawmakers Are Filing Bills to Make It Happen  —  Republicans continue their push to punish dissent.  —  At a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey on Saturday, former President Donald Trump made many questionable comments.
NPR:
They're called perennials: You plant them once and they come back after each winter if they're given the right environment to survive.  Think things like trees, shrubs and woody plants.  —  And for predicting winter plant survival, knowing an area's hardiness zone is a big help to gardeners …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Psaki's new book falsely recounts Biden's watch check in troop ceremony  —  Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki claims in her new book that President Biden never looked at his watch during the ceremony for soldiers killed during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 …
New York Times:
Cross-Tabs: May 2024 Times/Siena Poll of the Presidential Battlegrounds  —  Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five of six states polled by The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Siena College from April 28 to May 9, 2024.  —  View toplines for the full set of polls and cross-tabs for: all registered voters |
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
The biggest flaw in Justice Clarence Thomas' newest complaints  —  Justice Clarence Thomas wants the public to believe the serious accusations he's faced are “lies.”  He's going to have to be far more specific.  —  As a matter of jurisprudence, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has reason to be pleased.
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:   Justice Thomas has used this “hideous place” to amass the power he now exploits
CBS News:
Harris drops “F-bomb” while encouraging Asian Americans to break down barriers  —  Vice President Kamala Harris let a profanity slip Monday as she emphasized the importance of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders breaking through the barriers they face.
 
 
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CIS.org:
Foreign-Born Population Grew by 5.1 Million in the Last Two Years
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Anastasiia Malenko / Reuters:
UK's Labour pledges ‘ironclad’ commitment to Ukraine during Kyiv visit
Discussion: Bloomberg
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Sen. Menendez bribery trial starts with judge scolding lawyers on ‘gamesmanship’
Politico:
Israel's ‘total victory’ in Gaza is unlikely, top US official says
Discussion: Reuters and New York Post
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Jill Biden tells Arizona college graduates ‘community colleges should be free in America’
Discussion: WXIA-TV, RedState and NBC News
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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders seeks to boost Biden, ‘the Squad’ in 2024
Discussion: Business Insider
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Tim O'Brien on 35 years of covering Trump
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
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Three people charged with offences under the National Security Act
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
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