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The New York Times reports: The Trump administration has sharply expanded its campaign against experts who track misinformation and other harmful content online, abruptly canceling scores of scientific research grants at universities across the country. The grants funded research into topics like ways to evade censors in China. One grant at the Rochester Institute of Technology, for example, sought to …

“In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration. Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism …

Newsweek reports: The Boeing 747-8 being offered to U.S. President Donald Trump by Qatar once served the Qatari royal family and has been sitting unsold for years. The jet, a lavishly configured version of Boeing’s largest passenger aircraft, has been lingering without a buyer since being put up for sale in 2020, according to aircraft listings and aviation analysts. The …

“It’s a violation of the Emoluments Clause. You’ll have to forgive me if I’m not just blown away by Pam Bondi’s legal analysis here. But it’s laughable. I mean, you know, she puts out that evidently they looked at it and they decided that it wasn’t a bribe under the way the Supreme Court interprets the federal bribery statute, which …

The Hill reports: Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday over her decision to deem President Trump’s potential acceptance of a luxury Qatari jet as a “legally permissible” gift. Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, argued that Bondi should have recused herself from that decision due to her past lobbying work …

The New Republic reports: The president has trumpeted the extension of his 2017 tax plan, attempting to make the bill more palatable to non-millionaires by claiming that it would end tax on tips, overtime, and Social Security benefits. But as it turns out, none of that is actually in the text of the bill. During a heated exchange between Representative …

Axios reports: President Trump loves nothing more than flashy investment promises, and the Saudis on Monday obliged to the tune of $600 billion. An itemized list provided by the White House doesn’t come close to $600 billion. Instead, it works out to $282.8 billion — nearly 30% of which involves private-sector tech investments “in both countries.” Some of those are …

The New York Times reports: A struggling technology company that has ties to China and relies on TikTok made an unusual announcement this week. It had secured funding to buy as much as $300 million of $TRUMP, the so-called memecoin marketed by President Trump. GD Culture Group, a publicly traded firm with a Chinese subsidiary, has only eight employees, its …

“The Boeing 747 is being given to the United States Air Force/Department of Defense, NOT TO ME! It is a gift from a Nation, Qatar, that we have successfully defended for many years. It will be used by our Government as a temporary Air Force One, until such time as our new Boeings, which are very late on delivery, arrive. …

Politico reports: Chief Justice John Roberts described the rule of law as “endangered” and warned against “trashing the justices,” but speaking in Washington Monday he didn’t point fingers directly at President Donald Trump or his allies for publicly excoriating judges who’ve ruled against aspects of Trump’s agenda. “The notion that rule of law governs is the basic proposition,” Roberts said …

The Daily Beast reports: Trump landed in Riyadh on Tuesday as part of a four-day diplomatic trip to the Middle East, where he claims he will secure billions in investments and trade agreements with Gulf nations. (He may also pick up a free plane.) But the long red-eye flight from the U.S. appeared to have taken its toll; Trump was …

The New York Times reports: President Trump announced on Tuesday that he would end sanctions on Syria, saying at the start of his four-day tour of the Middle East that he had decided to do so after consulting with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and the President of Turkey. Mr. Trump’s announcement drew rousing applause from the crowd at an investment …

CNN reports: Chinese leader Xi Jinping says “bullying” and “hegemonism” will only backfire, in a veiled reference to the United States just a day after a temporary truce was agreed in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Xi chose to deliver this message, which paints China as a global leader and defender of free trade, at a …

“Accepting gifts from foreign nations is never a good practice. It threatens intelligence and national security. Especially when that nation supports a terrorist organization and allows those terrorist regimes to live on its soil. Regardless of how beautiful the plane may be, it opens a door and implies the President and US can be bought. If this were Biden, we …

Bloomberg News reports: Because the process of bringing goods to the US starts months in advance of their appearance on store shelves, a whole host of disruptions has already been baked into the rest of 2025, even if the average person can’t see them yet. In particular, it could be slim pickings for many seasonal goods commonly imported from China—prom …

From the New York Post editorial board: The plan calls for the jet to be donated later to Trump’s presidential library, arguably making him its personal owner. That not only looks bad; it creates all kinds of conflicts of interest and runs smack into the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, which prohibits foreign gifts. Though it lets the United States maintain an …

Reuters reports: U.S. President Donald Trump signed a strategic economic agreement with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as the oil power rolled out the red carpet for him at the start of a tour of Gulf states aimed at drumming up trillions of dollars in investments. Trump punched the air as he emerged from Air Force One to be greeted by …

The New York Times reports: Saudi Arabia gave President Trump a lavish welcome on Tuesday, rolling out an honor guard, a team of Arabian horses and a delegation of royals and business leaders to kick off the president’s four-day tour through the Gulf, the first major overseas trip of his second term. Mr. Trump stepped off Air Force One at …

The Associated Press reports: The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) said Monday that it is “disturbed” over the exclusion of reporters from three major wire services from traveling with US President Donald Trump on Air Force One to the Middle East. In a statement, the WHCA said reporters from The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and Reuters were not allowed to …

Reuters reports: While their joint statement in Geneva didn’t mention the de minimis duties, the White House order released later said the levies will be reduced to 54% from 120% for items valued at up to $800 sent from China via postal services, with a flat fee of $100 to remain, starting from May 14. Carriers can pay either the …