ABCNEWS - Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh advances to Senate confirmation vote
Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh's advancement to a Senate confirmation vote comes after investigators moved to drop their probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
ABCNEWS - Appeals court won't rehear Trump's challenge to E. Jean Carroll verdict
An appeals court in New York has rejected President Trump's request to rehear his challenges to the writer E. Jean Carroll's successful defamation and sex assault claims.
AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - GOP revolt leaves House agenda in limbo
An internal GOP revolt ground the House to a halt Wednesday morning, with the chamber stuck on a procedural vote to begin debate. Why it matters: House GOP leadership doesn't have the votes to advance any of the major legislation they planned to move this week, leaving the chamber in limbo. - Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is trying to jam three contentious measures into one pre-recess week: A long-term extension of Section 702 of FISA, the farm bill, and the Senate-passed budget reconciliation package to fund ICE and Border Patrol. - But a small group of Republicans voted "no" on the procedural rule to begin debate on all three items, and other conservatives are withholding their votes, even after days of negotiations and last-minute…
AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Exclusive: Trump rejects Iran's offer, says blockade stays until nuclear deal
President Trump told Axios he's going to keep Iran under a naval blockade until the regime agrees to a deal that addresses U.S. concerns about its nuclear program. Why it matters: Trump is rejecting an Iranian proposal to first open the Strait of Hormuz and lift the blockade, while postponing nuclear talks to a later stage. Behind the scenes: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has prepared a plan for a "short and powerful" wave of strikes on Iran in hopes of breaking the negotiating deadlock, three sources with knowledge said. - After the strikes, which would likely include infrastructure targets, the U.S. would press the regime to come back to the negotiating table and show more flexibility. - Trump told Axios he saw the blockade as…
WASHINGTONPOST (Patrick Marley) - Florida lawmakers approve redistricting plan intended to give GOP four more seats
State House lawmakers took the first step toward redistricting. The GOP-run Senate is expected to follow suit.
NPR (Rachel Treisman) - '8647' got James Comey indicted. What exactly does it mean?
A grand jury charged Comey with threatening Trump's life through his since-deleted 2025 post of seashells forming "8647." Trump is the 47th president, and the term "86" has a few possible meanings.
ABCNEWS - Supreme Court reviews Trump cancellation of Haitian, Syrian protected status
The Supreme Court is considering whether the Trump administration unlawfully ordered hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. from Haiti and Syria to return home.
ABCNEWS - New date set for Bondi deposition in House Oversight's Epstein probe
As Democrats sought to hold Pam Bondi in civil contempt, the House Oversight Committee said she'll sit for deposition on May 29 part of its Epstein investigation.
ABCNEWS - 5 things to know about the Supreme Court's landmark decision on the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court, in Louisiana v. Callais, struck down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district.
NYTIMES (Jamelle Bouie) - The Loneliness of Donald Trump
This is a man who rarely travels beyond the confines of the White House compound or Mar-a-Lago.
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