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NYTIMES (Michael S. Schmidt, Devlin Barrett and Alan Feuer) - Justice Dept., Under Pressure From Trump, Fails to Build Autopen Case Against Biden

Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department’s increasing inability to follow through on the president’s desire to indict his rivals.

WASHINGTONPOST (Anthony Faiola, Ellen Francis) - Spanish prime minister slams Trump’s war in Iran, escalating feud

By criticizing the U.S.-led attack and refusing to bow to Trump’s threat of trade retaliation, Pedro Sánchez set himself apart from other European leaders.

AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - Trump expected to endorse Cornyn in brutal Texas Senate runoff

President Trump is expected to endorse Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Senate race , a source with knowledge of the talks tells Axios. Why it matters: Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday that whoever he doesn't endorse in the runoff between Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton should drop out of the race. The background: Cornyn and Paxton finished first and second place in Tuesday's primary, but neither reached the majority threshold to avoid a May 26 runoff. That sets the stage for a potentially bitter and expensive slog . - Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has for much of the last year been lobbying Trump to endorse Cornyn, arguing that he would be a stronger general election candidate than Paxton, who has endured…

NYTIMES (Brad Plumer) - TerraPower Nuclear Reactor in Wyoming Gets Federal Permit

TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval in nearly a decade.