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Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Hegseth creates makeup studio in Pentagon
Discussion: MeidasTouch News
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Wants You to Think Resistance Is Futile.  It Is Not.  —  The American constitutional system is built on the theory that the self-interest of lawmakers can be as much of a defense against tyranny as any given law or institution.  —  As James Madison wrote in Federalist 51 …
Discussion: New Republic
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants Shouldn't Get Trials Before Deportation
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false  —  On April 8, Jose Hermosillo, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen, was wrongfully incarcerated by immigration authorities in Arizona, who claimed he was an undocumented immigrant.  He was held for 10 days …
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Detained U.S. Citizen Says Immigration Agents Lied About Everything
Discussion: CBS News
Axios:
Trump softens tariff tone amid empty shelves warning, market slump  —  President Trump got a scare from CEOs and markets on Monday.  On Tuesday, he blunted some of his sharpest threats — signaling a softer stance on China and retreating from fiery rhetoric targeting the Fed.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Mega-investor Ken Griffin: Trump's trade war ‘has devolved into a nonsensical place’
Discussion: Bloomberg and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
White House Considers Slashing China Tariffs to De-Escalate Trade War
CNN:
Trump says China tariffs will ‘come down substantially,’ hinting at potential U-turn
Politico:
Jan Schakowsky planning May 5 retirement announcement  —  The veteran House Democrat is facing a longshot primary challenge.  —  Rep. Jan Schakowsky is planning to announce next month she won't seek reelection after 14 terms in the House and has started informing allies of her retirement decision …
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Dave McKinney / Chicago Sun Times:
Longtime U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin decides 'it's time,' won't seek reelection  —  The 80-year-old Democrat told WBEZ in an Illinois exclusive that age was a factor in his not seeking a sixth term in Congress.  —  Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will not seek a sixth term next year …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, to Retire After 44 Years in Congress
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
3 ways Trump's immigration crackdown could hit U.S. citizens  —  Trump administration officials are suggesting their immigration crackdown could expand to include deporting convicted U.S. citizens and charging anyone — not just immigrants — who criticizes Trump's policies.
Discussion: Raw Story and Eschaton
Pew Research Center:
Majorities disapprove of some key Trump administration actions  —  Post Infographics  — More disapprove than approve of the administration's government cuts, but views largely split along partisan lines  — Among Republicans, support for ending DEI policies in federal government varies across demographic groups
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Tracking the Trump administration's nosedive  —  A lot of lines on a lot of charts are pointing down and to the right.  —  Perhaps the best analogy for the first three months of Donald Trump's second presidential term comes not from American history but from Looney Tunes.
Pew Research Center:   Trump's approval rating lags those of past presidents at this point in their terms
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Abrego Garcia's Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up  —  The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children, after the government posted their home address to social media.
Bloomberg:
President Trump to Host Dinner With Holders of His Memecoin  —  President Donald Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the Trump memecoin, the issuers of the cryptocurrency announced on Wednesday.  —  At the “intimate private dinner” on May 22 at Trump National Golf Club near Washington …
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New York Times:
Trump Offers Private Dinner to Top 220 Investors in His Memecoin
Politico:
Rubio and Witkoff bail on crucial Ukraine talks amid Crimea split  —  Donald Trump's peace proposal involves a potential lifting of sanctions and informal U.S. recognition of Russia's control over Crimea.  That's a nonstarter for Kyiv.  —  LONDON — British plans to host a summit Wednesday …
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New York Times:
Vance Outlines U.S. Plan for Ukraine That Sharply Favors Russia
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Americans sour on Trump's handling of the economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Americans elected President Donald Trump in hopes that he would fight inflation and boost the U.S. economy, but as he approaches his 100th day in office they are giving the Republican poor marks for his handling of both, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Americans souring on Trump's economic strategy, polls say
Discussion: The Hill, Gallup and Raw Story
Radley Balko / The Watch:
The courage to be decent  —  One of the more pernicious effects of authoritarianism is to make the everyday participation in civic life we take for granted feel subversive.  The goal isn't to police all behavior at all times.  It's to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behavior.
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.  —  Note: Five-day moving average.  Views are only shown up to 400,000.  Source: X  —  When Mr. Musk purchased X in 2022, he promised to create a free speech haven and named himself a “free speech absolutist.”
Pew Research Center:
Trump's Job Rating Drops, Key Policies Draw Majority Disapproval as He Nears 100 Days  —  Majorities in both parties say Trump administration must stop an action if a federal court rules it is illegal  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  Majorities in both parties …
Discussion: USA Today
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Trump Administration Texted College Professors' Personal Phones to Ask If They're Jewish  —  Most professors at Barnard College received text messages on Monday notifying them that a federal agency was reviewing the college's employment practices, according to copies of the messages reviewed by The Intercept.
Discussion: New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Sign Executive Order Targeting University Accreditors  —  Move is latest in effort to remake higher education after the president and other Republicans have long criticized the accreditation process  —  President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday to shake …
Ramishah Maruf / CNN:
Twelve states sue the Trump administration over ‘tax hikes’ through tariffs  —  New York CNN —  Twelve states sued the Trump administration Wednesday for “illegally imposing” tax hikes on Americans through tariffs.  —  Trump imposed the tariffs through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act …
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy
Discussion: CNBC, Axios and VTDigger
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Musk vs. Bessent dispute erupted into West Wing shouting match  —  Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into a heated shouting match in earshot of President Trump and other officials in the White House last week during a dispute about the IRS, two witnesses and three sources briefed on the matter tell Axios.
Harvard University:
Harvard Youth Poll  —  Introduction  —  A new national poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School reveals a generation navigating financial hardship, frayed social bonds, and declining trust in institutions.  As the nation confronts generational turnover and a volatile political climate …
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
US birth rates near record low as Trump, Musk talk baby boom  —  Women in the United States are having fewer children, with the country's birth rate falling to an almost record low last year, preliminary data show.  —  Roughly 3.6 million babies were born in the U.S. in 2024 …
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democratic Governor Moves To Boycott El Salvador For Aiding Trump  —  Illinois Gov. J.B. Prtizker is ordering the state's pension funds and procurement agencies to review any investments in the Latin American country.  —  Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) is asking his state's pension funds …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Toby Buckle / Liberal Currents:
Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right.  We Should Say So.  —  Throughout the Trump era I've been firmly in the camp unaffectionately dismissed as ‘alarmist’ by most commentators.  Put simply: It is that bad.  Liberal democracy is in danger.  Fascism is a reasonable term for what we're fighting.
Discussion: Frontpage Mag
Paul Krugman:
Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos  —  Hitting the road today, but I have time for a note on the news that moved markets yesterday.  Bloomberg reports: … Investors liked this report, but it was, if you think about it, deeply disturbing on two levels.
Fox News:
Tom Homan vows action as California set to release illegal immigrant who killed two teens  —  Outrage is growing after the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced it will release an undocumented immigrant convicted of killing two American teenagers …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
The Dispatch buying SCOTUSblog  —  The Dispatch is buying the digital media website SCOTUSblog, the outlets announced Wednesday.  —  SCOTUSblog covers all things Supreme Court and has been a go-to resource for journalists, lawyers and court watchers for more than two decades.
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
What is America's pro-natalism movement really about?  —  Pro-natalists aren't actually interested in making motherhood easier by offering things like affordable childcare.  So what is their aim?  —  Malcolm and Simone Collins, the pro-natalist couple who are reportedly consulting …
Science:
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women  —  The Women's Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings  —  Skip backwardsGo ten seconds backward Skip forwardsGo ten seconds forward  —  Audio is AI-generated.  Report an issue|  Give feedback
 
 
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Amanda Friedman / Politico:
White House partners with conservative college for Independence Day videos
Dan Froomkin / Heads Up News:
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Anil Oza / STAT:
STAT+: New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias
Erica Yokoyama / Bloomberg:
IMF Urges BOJ Flexibility on Rates as Tariffs Dent Outlook
Discussion: Scripps News and Fox Business
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Finds Another Country to Accept His Mass Deportations
Discussion: The Handbasket
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Former Trump official says DOGE cuts undermine HIV legacy
Discussion: LinkedIn, STAT and KFF
Juliet Chung / Wall Street Journal:
$1 Trillion of Wealth Was Created for the 19 Richest U.S. Households Last Year
Discussion: New York Post
Ben Johansen / Politico:
DOGE is shutting down foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Jordan Perkins / The Hill:
FDA milk quality testing program suspended after job cuts
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court
Financial Times:
The Maga Catholics trying to take back control of the church
Discussion: New York Magazine and Reuters
Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
After a month of searching, man learns from NBC News that DHS sent his brother to El Salvador
Discussion: New York Times