Top Items:


Trump admin eyes arrests for House Dems over ICE incident — Democratic members of Congress who were part of a scuffle with law enforcement officers at an ICE facility in New Jersey may face arrests, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Axios Saturday.
Discussion:
The Wrap, CNBC, New York Post, New Jersey Online, Washington Times, Shore News Network, New Jersey Globe, PoliticusUSA, The Post Millennial and IJR
RELATED:


DHS spokesperson threatens arrests of House Democrats who were at N.J. ICE facility — Tricia McLaughlin accused members of Congress of assaulting and even body-slamming ICE officers. A congresswoman who was present denied the allegation. — A spokesperson for the Department …
Discussion:
MSNBC, The Daily Wire, New Jersey Online, Gothamist, DNyuz, OutsideTheBeltway, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, RedState, Townhall and CBS News


Homeland Security Dept. accuses lawmakers of ‘storming’ an ICE facility despite oversight laws saying they could be there — The battle over immigration came to a dramatic head Friday afternoon when Democratic lawmakers faced off with Homeland Security Department officers as they tried to visit a Newark …


Chaotic video shows Massachusetts ICE arrest being disrupted by ‘unruly’ crowd, leading to 2 arrests
Discussion:
The Post Millennial, MeidasTouch News, Blaze Media, The Independent and New York Post


Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say — The Trump administration has fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, two sources familiar with the situation confirmed to CBS News Saturday. — The firing of Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter came after Perlmutter …
Discussion:
Billboard and Daily Mail, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:


Morelle's Statement on Abrupt Firing of Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights — WASHINGTON - Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued this statement after Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter …
Discussion:
Bloomberg


Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth '03 ‘plagiarized’ small portions of his senior thesis, experts say. But how serious is it? — “After Card's whisper, Bush looked distracted and somber but continued to listen to the second-graders, joking that they ‘read like sixth-graders,’” …
Discussion:
Raw Story


Pentagon Furthers Crackdown on Diversity Policies With Fresh Order for Review of Library Books — The move is the latest denunciation by the Trump administration against anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion. — The Pentagon continued its purge of anything related to diversity …


Republicans' partial tax plan estimated to cost $5 trillion — House Republicans released a partial text for the GOP tax bill on Friday and are expected to release the full text on Monday. — An early version of the House GOP's tax plan would cost nearly $5 trillion …
Discussion:
WGRZ-TV, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today
RELATED:


House Republicans release tax plan for Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’
Discussion:
RedState, Fox Business and The Post Millennial

AOC Warns Republicans Are ‘Robbing People’ to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts
Discussion:
RedState, The Hill, masslive.com, New York Times and Washington Times


ICE raids have ‘overwhelmed’ coastal California communities ‘We continue to allow double punishment for noncitizens’ — After a lull in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity on California's Central Coast, a rash of raids has reportedly swept through San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties over the past week.
Discussion:
The Independent


Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with Putin to end war in Ukraine — Using the Kremlin's interpreter was “a very bad idea” that put Witkoff “at a real disadvantage,” Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, told NBC News. — MOSCOW — President Donald Trump's …
Discussion:
DNyuz


Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote — Liberals now have 170 seats in House of Commons, two shy of a majority government — After a judicial recount, the Quebec riding of Terrebonne has flipped to the Liberals, who have beaten the Bloc Québécois by one vote.
Discussion:
Canadian Press and CityNews Montreal


Putin Proposes Direct Russia-Ukraine Talks in Istanbul on May 15 — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed holding direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, hours after Kyiv and European leaders called for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire to start Monday.
Discussion:
CNN, DNyuz, Reuters, Washington Examiner, NewsNation, WWL-TV and Bloomberg


Is Trump Out-of-Touch, Senile, Nuts or Something Worse? — CRAZY TALK — It takes a degree of insanity to think sharing a picture of yourself as Pope or as Luke Skywalker is somehow helping raise your plummeting poll numbers. — OPINION — It was the cringiest of times. It was the craziest of times.


Ye song glorifying Hitler gets millions of views on X while other platforms struggle to remove it — Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms have pulled the song, but its spread underscores the challenges tech platforms face in removing content that violate their policies.
Discussion:
TMZ.com, Deadline, Mediaite, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, Billboard and The Gateway Pundit


Democratic senator says GOP is trying to woo Fetterman — Ruben Gallego said Democrats should keep Fetterman in their tent. — BUCKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania — Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego said Republicans are trying to pull John Fetterman to the right and argued Democrats should keep …
Discussion:
CBS News, Fox News, IJR and Instapundit


Live Updates: Trump Announces Truce Between India and Pakistan — Officials in both countries acknowledged a halt after several days of their most expansive fighting in decades. — Here's the latest. — President Trump announced Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a cease-fire …
Discussion:
United States Department …, Washington Post, Atlantic Council, BBC, The Western Journal, Reuters, Plain Dealer, DNyuz, Instapundit, The Gateway Pundit, Rolling Stone, Responsible Statecraft, UPI, One America News Network, Mediaite, Human Events, HotAir, Twin Cities, New York Post, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, USA Today, The Post Millennial, The American Conservative, The Japan Times, CBS News and Moon Grocer


Stakes Rise as U.S. and China Prep for Second Day of Trade Talks — The first day of hourslong discussions concluded without an announced deal — GENEVA—Marathon conversations here between U.S. and China officials came to an end Saturday, with more talks scheduled for Sunday …
Discussion:
MSNBC, KXTV, DNyuz, Los Angeles Times, The Independent, The Japan Times, The Daily Wire, Fortune, Business Insider and Washington Post


Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects — James Antaki has worked for over 30 years on a device to help infants with holes in their hearts and other defects. Now it's all at risk. — For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University …
Discussion:
The Independent


Zero ships from China are bound for California's top ports. Officials haven't seen that since the pandemic — On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours.
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times


Trump signs EO offering illegal migrants ‘exit bonus’ in first-ever self-deportation program — Homeland Security said earlier this week that migrants would be offered a $1,000 stipend each to leave the US — President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order establishing …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, The Hill and El País
RELATED:


Angry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters — The other day, during his intensive daily reading of complex policy papers, President Donald Trump noticed that a government initiative created by his predecessor had the word “equity” in its title. Naturally, this caught his attention.
Discussion:
Raw Story, Ars Technica, Blaze Media and The Independent


The many big things Trump 'didn't know' about — Repeatedly in his second term, Trump has pleaded ignorance about major events and suggested he's not involved in major decisions. — One of the major themes of President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign was the idea that Joe Biden had no idea what was happening around him.
Discussion:
Raw Story, New York Post, The Hill, The Intercept, Associated Press and Breitbart