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AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - Asian Americans report highest anxiety as U.S. debates identity and immigration

Asian Americans report higher levels of anxiety than any other racial group in the U.S., a new survey finds. Why it matters: As Washington hardens its policies on immigration, citizenship and its relationship with China , public attitudes toward Asian Americans are shifting in parallel. - The broad survey illustrates the anxiety felt by Asian Americans six years after the COVID pandemic generated a wave of anti-Asian violence in the U.S. By the numbers: Around 44% of Asian Americans say they feel worried about life right now, according to the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the U.S.) released Friday. - Asian Americans are the only group where worry outweighs hope (40%), the wide survey of all U.S. adults found. …

WASHINGTONPOST (Theodoric Meyer) - A key Senate rule is slowly losing its grip, and both parties know it

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted President Donald Trump’s pleas to kill the filibuster, but Republicans circumvented it to try to fund immigration enforcement agencies.

NPR (Phil Galewitz) - It's Day 1 of Medicaid work requirements in Nebraska. People are worried

Starting May 1, many people covered by Medicaid in Nebraska have to prove they are working. It's a requirement most states will have to implement under President Trump's budget law, beginning in January.

NPR (Scott Neuman) - Nationwide May Day protests expected to pick up mantle of 'No Kings'

The protest organizers are calling for a boycott of work, school and shopping to protest Trump administration policies and what activists describe as a billionaire takeover of government.

NYTIMES (The Editorial Board and Jillian Weinberger) - In a Small Iowa Town, a Solution to a National Crisis

As the Trump administration guts weather agencies, a state’s low-cost flood tracking system offers a model for responding to deadly inundations.