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Politico:
South Carolina Republicans tank redistricting, for now … The Tuesday vote doesn't mark a definitive end for redistricting efforts in the Palmetto State.  But it does make it less likely that Trump will get his wish of eliminating the state's sole Democratic district …
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Punchbowl News:10 minutes ago
5/13/26☀️ AM: … On issue after issue, both in Washington and in state capitals around the country, Republicans are giving Trump the stiff arm.  They're ignoring his policy demands and overlooking his diatribes, even as they continue pledging allegiance to Trump politically.
Discussion: Politico, GV Wire and NOTUS
Politico:
Ballroom, gas-tax fights illustrate GOP's affordability pickle … The scale of the political challenges facing Republicans were further underscored Tuesday with the administration's latest cost estimate for the Iran war surpassing $29 billion and a brutal inflation report showing gas …
Discussion: Punchbowl News and Axios
Politico:
House GOP eyes summer push for another party-line bill
Discussion: Ballotpedia News
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
South Carolina Republicans block plan to eliminate Clyburn's House seat
Discussion: Blaze Media
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S.  —  One of the settlement terms under review is for the I.R.S. to drop any audits of the president, his family members and businesses.  —  The Justice Department is holding internal discussions about settling President Trump's lawsuit …
Zachary Basu / Axios:10 minutes ago
Trump's five-alarm economy  —  President Trump flew to Beijing on Tuesday under some of the darkest economic clouds of his political career, leaving behind a country reeling from the cost of everyday life. … The inflation crisis that doomed his predecessor suggests he may not recover.
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Amid war, Trump says he doesn't ‘think about Americans’ financial situation'
New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities  —  Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
FBI Created ‘Payback Squad’ to Handle Political Cases, Sources Say  —  Investigators are eyeing cases similar to the recent criminal prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, one current government official told NOTUS.  — Copy  —  The FBI now has a team of special agents that's …
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Politico:
Michigan Senate hopeful El-Sayed calls himself a ‘physician’ but has little history treating patients … But according to a review of Michigan and New York state medical records, he's never been granted a medical license in those states.  El-Sayed's hands-on experience treating patients appears …
Wall Street Journal:
Inside Marty Makary's Downfall at the FDA  —  Senior administration officials concluded the commissioner was out of step with President Trump's priorities  —  In the end, Dr. Marty Makary had just about run out of allies.  —  The chorus calling for the Food and Drug Administration commissioner …
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Politico:
Makary's time atop FDA over, Diamantas named acting commissioner
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary Resigns After Weeks of Pressure
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Brian Kemp signs law making many metro Atlanta races nonpartisan  —  The law applies to most local government races in Democratic-dominated areas.  A court challenge is expected.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House Budget chair wants more information about ballroom funding  —  House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington said in an interview Tuesday he would “reserve judgment” on the White House's request for Republicans to include $1 billion in security funding in their party-line package until he saw legislative text …
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Politico:
House Oversight Dems hear from Epstein victims in Palm Beach meeting  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — House Oversight Democrats heard Tuesday from victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in Palm Beach County, where many of the crimes took place.  The so-called shadow hearing …
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Epstein survivors give tearful testimony in House field hearing in Palm Beach
Discussion: The Epstein Files and New Republic
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Democrats pick Nebraska Senate nominee who could drop out and back independent Dan Osborn  —  Democrat Cindy Burbank won Tuesday's primary, NBC News projects, and she previously said she would consider leaving the race if she did not have a path to victory.  —  Cindy Burbank won …
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Nebraska Dem who will drop out and support Dan Osborn wins Senate primary
Discussion: The Hill
John Ismay / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense Plan Could Cost $1.2 Trillion  —  Reflecting Pool Repairs Appear Uneven and Behind Schedule, Officials Say  —  Work on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool appears behind schedule.  President Trump initially said he had picked the contractor, then said he did not know it.
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Trump's proposed ‘Golden Dome’ estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, far more than he initially said
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump's Shrinking Ambitions on China  —  The president came into office planning harsher trade moves on China than on the rest of the world.  Here's why he's had to scale them back.  —  When President Trump campaigned in 2024, he promised a trade agenda that would hit China harder …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Patel agrees to take alcohol test after heated exchange with Van Hollen  —  FBI Director Kash Patel said he would commit to taking a test about his alcohol use after a testy exchange with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in which each traded accusations with the other.
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Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
Trump changes story on reflecting pool contractor
Discussion: twitchy.com and New York Times
Ramona Shelburne / ESPN:
Jason Collins, 1st openly gay NBA player, dies of brain cancer at 47  —  Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who has served as a global ambassador for the sport for the past decade, has died of brain cancer, his family said Tuesday.  He was 47.
New York Times:
Raffensperger Event Is Disrupted by ‘Active Threat,’ Bomb Squad on Site  —  A four-page ‘manifesto’ targeted Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state, and featured his photo with the word “Boom” written across his forehead, his campaign said.  —  Brad Raffensperger …
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NBC News:
Police received threat against Georgia candidate for governor ahead of bomb scare at campaign event
Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Obama meets with Talarico, aiming to boost Democrat's bid for US Senate in Texas  —  Former President Barack Obama met with U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico Tuesday in Texas, putting his support behind a campaign that Democrats see as a shot, if a long one, for the party to win statewide in the reliably conservative state.
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump administration elevates former private prison company exec to lead ICE … It is the first significant appointment by DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who took the role following the removal of Kristi Noem in a shakeup of Trump's immigration policy team.
Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
Concerns about sexual violence in Israel-Gaza conflict renewed amid NYT controversy  —  Accusations that Israel has fomented a culture of sexual violence against Palestinians triggered intense controversy this week, deepening the divide between the Jewish nation and its critics.
Li Cohen / WSMV-TV:
Most TN House Democrats stripped of their committee assignments  —  “Speaker of the TN House Cameron Sexton just removed me and every Democrat — and therefore every Black elected official in the state legislature from any committee we served on,” Rep. Pearson said.
CNN:
Exclusive: CIA escalates secret war on cartels with deadly operations inside Mexico  —  Federal agencies Mexico National security Donald Trump  —  Earlier this spring, a mysterious explosion blew up a car carrying an alleged cartel operative in broad daylight on one of Mexico's busiest highways just outside of its capital city.
Washington Post:10 minutes ago
White House aims to link U.S. history and Christianity in 9-hour prayer festival  —  Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and Mike Johnson will speak at the unprecedented event, arguing that the founders wanted the U.S. to be explicitly Christian.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration is hosting …
 
 
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Punchbowl News:
5/13/26☀️ AM: … On issue after issue, both in Washington and in state capitals around …   Find
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's five-alarm economy   Find
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Politico:
Ballroom, gas-tax fights illustrate GOP's affordability pickle   Find
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asks public to back judicial independence
Discussion: Slate
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump brings controversial ‘Rush Hour’ and ‘Melania’ director Brett Ratner to China aboard Air Force One
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
GOP canceling elections? It's already happening.
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump DOJ cites its own legal memo to defend voter roll demands on eve of appeal
Discussion: Raw Story
Nathangoldwag / Goldwag's Journal on Civilization:
Delegitimizing the Juristocracy  —  A week ago, the Supreme Court of the United States decided …
Discussion: The Federalist
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Border wall lawsuit seeks holy site land in New Mexico
Discussion: Newsweek and NewsMax.com
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Raskin alleges Todd Blanche oversaw payouts to FBI agents accused of misconduct
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
 

 
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Salem Media agrees to be acquired by The Christian Community Foundation, doing business as WaterStone, in a deal that will take Salem Media private

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Paramount sent a letter to California AG Rob Bonta last week saying “Paramount and WBD have every intention” to keep filling theaters in the state and worldwide

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
SAG-AFTRA's tentative contract lets studios use synthetic actors if they add “significant” value and requires bargaining if studios license performances for AI
 
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