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[quote=Anonymous][b]NATO, top Republicans question US troop withdrawal from Germany.[/b]
“The decision is being met with skepticism by top Republican lawmakers who oversee US military policy.
In a joint statement Saturday, Senator Roger Wicker and Representative Mike Rogers, chairs of the Armed Services Committees in their respective chambers, warned that pulling troops from Germany risks "sending the wrong signal to Vladimir Putin."”
https://apple.news/AR4LSEhDGSwO_v1IfqZC1qA

[b]TACO Time: Trump reverses course on helping ships transit the Strait of Hormuz.[/b]
“President Trump said his recently announced plan to help ships cross the Strait of Hormuz is now on pause. The Hill reports that the move came hours after U.S. officials said combat operations in Iran have concluded.”
https://apple.news/A4KaMQ9gPQoWhnq6Uu3aLbA

[b]GOP groaning over Mike Johnson reaches a fever pitch.[/b]
“Republicans say Johnson’s habit of making last-minute, often contradictory promises to keep his tiny majority functioning is starting to catch up with him. Frustrations over his leadership, they say, are at an all-time high.
“I think this guy has divided us with a smile,” said Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), a longtime Johnson skeptic who has grown more vocal with his criticism and now says “without question” he will vote against keeping Johnson as top GOP leader in the next Congress.”
…
Johnson tried to quell a rebellion among conservative hard-liners by privately reneging on an agreement with a group of midwestern Republicans that would have tied legislation allowing year-round sales of an ethanol fuel blend to the must-pass farm bill.”
https://apple.news/AyxieHTDkTGuBxcDM353ltg

[b]MAGA Infighting: GOP opposition grows to moving third reconciliation package on Trump agenda.[/b]
Some Republican senators want to advance a third budget reconciliation package this summer to allocate more money for the Department of Defense, but senior GOP colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee are slamming the brakes on the idea. They are worried it may further diminish their power and the regular appropriations process.
There’s also a push by some conservatives, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), to enact new tax cuts, or to extend the working-class Trump tax cuts that are due to soon expire.
But that effort is meeting resistance from Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), who is warning colleagues it could force Republicans to relitigate all of the tax cuts and spending cuts enacted in last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
As a result, GOP senators are growing increasingly pessimistic about achieving any partisan legislative accomplishments after they enact legislation to fund ICE and Border Patrol through 2029.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5864821-trump-tax-cuts-defense-spending/

[b]Drugmakers ask Supreme Court to restore abortion pill access by mail.[/b]
“Two drug manufacturers asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to temporarily allow patients to continue to access a commonly used abortion pill through the mail.
Danco Laboratories filed the first emergency appeal after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans issued a ruling Friday making it harder for women to access the abortion pill, mifepristone. Later Saturday, GenBioPro, which manufacturers a generic version of the drug, also formally requested the justices weigh in.”
https://apple.news/A9bChIuy6QKaoBEFEe3oDpQ

[b]Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders.[/b]
“Urbina had fallen prey to “notario fraud,” in which scammers provide legal advice, often by saying they’re public notaries or other legal professionals. In many Latin American countries, a public notary is the equivalent of a lawyer, and notario fraudsters rely on this mistranslation to fake credentials.
Urbina shared documents that detail how she was lured into the scam, and ProPublica corroborated her story with her husband and Catholic Charities. After Urbina told local and federal authorities she had been tricked out of her day in court, Immigration and Customs Enforcement switched her scheduled December virtual check-in to an in-person meeting. When she showed up, agents arrested her. In January, she said, officers shackled her hands and feet and loaded her on a plane to Nicaragua.”
https://apple.news/AQbmKTiiMS-6SEBTYiZ4UQg

[b]Americans Spent $125 Million More on Gas Friday Than They Did a Week Ago.[/b]
“A 33-cent jump in the price of regular gasoline in a single week is hitting wallets fast, with the summer driving season still ahead.”
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/americans-spent-125-million-more-on-gas-friday-than-they-did-a-week-ago-0038690c

[b]Democrats Win in Republican Stronghold in Texas.[/b]
“A Democratic-backed candidate has won a closely contested mayoral race in Pearland, Texas, a Republican-leaning suburb of Houston in Brazoria County that has consistently voted for President Donald Trump since 2016.
Winning candidate Quentin Wiltz shared the results of the contest on his Instagram account on Saturday, writing: “I am deeply humbled, incredibly grateful, and honored by the trust you have placed in me.”
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-win-republican-stronghold-texas-pearland-11907572

[b]Former ICE official falls short in Ohio battleground district GOP primary.[/b]
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/05/madison-sheahan-loses-ohio-primary-00907626

[b]Thousands of Virginians will regain the right to vote next month.[/b]
“A federal court ruled earlier this year that Virginia’s current disenfranchisement of anyone with felony convictions violates laws that required former Confederate states to guarantee voting rights for newly-emancipated Black residents.
The series of laws, called the Readmission Acts, had barred states from constitutionally disenfranchising people other than those convicted of crimes considered common law at the time. Under current law, however, all ex-felons  lost voting rights unless they’ve petitioned a governor successfully.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/thousands-virginians-regain-vote-next-092627496.html

[b]Foreclosure rates climb to six-year highs as cities in one region hit the hardest.[/b]
“States with the highest foreclosure rate - number of homes in foreclosure versus total number of homes - were Indiana (1 in 739), followed by South Carolina (1 in 743), Florida (1 in 750), Delaware (1 in 757) and Illinois (1 in 833), according to the report.
For cities with at least 200,000 people, the South was hit hardest. Two Florida cities, Lakeland and Punta Gorda, had the two highest foreclosure rates in the country, followed by Columbia, South Carolina; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Macon, Georgia, ATTOM reported.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/foreclosure-rates-climb-six-highs-133559433.html

[b]America's real estate market was all set for a hot selling season. Those hopes have been dashed.[/b]
“For the second year in a row, sellers, agents, and analysts are mourning a spring bump that failed to materialize. And once again, they're pointing the finger at geopolitical turmoil: this time, it's the war in Iran, which sent borrowing rates skyward and made everyday items, notably gas, more expensive. The conflict has weighed on both consumers' finances and their psyches — if there's one thing homebuyers hate to hear before the biggest purchase of their lives, it's "uncertainty." To top it all off, the war began just as sellers would typically start planting for-sale signs in their thawing front yards.”
https://apple.news/AA1PSzU2lTLyERSgXfKLNNw

[b]Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth.[/b]
“In almost every case, the babies’ deaths could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin K shot. But across the country, families — first in smatterings, now in droves — are declining the single, inexpensive injection given at birth to newborns to help their blood clot.
…
Two weeks ago, at a House subcommittee hearing, Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reassure parents that the vitamin K shot is safe. He refused and pushed back.
“I’ve never said, literally never said, anything about it,” Kennedy said.
“That’s exactly the point,” responded Schrier, who is a doctor. “You don’t say anything about it, but the doubt you’ve created about all of medicine and science is causing parents to make dangerous decisions.””
https://apple.news/AILfklhbqToOdkpsHVDk57g

[b]MAGA Boycott: A GOP lawmaker supported an immigration crackdown—The situation cost Idaho state Sen. Glenneda Zuiderveld and her husband most of their income and highlights an escalating split in the party.[/b]
“The call came as Tom Zuiderveld was driving last month, just minutes from his home on five verdant acres of Southern Idaho’s agricultural heartland. It was his district manager, relaying that three of the dairies he sold synthetic oil to had refused to continue working with him.
Zuiderveld felt blindsided — he had known the dairy owners for years, and the accounts represented 80 percent of his income. But it wasn’t about his performance, the manager explained on the phone and in a later email. It was about the politics of Zuiderveld’s wife.
Glenneda Zuiderveld is a Republican state senator and member of a far-right bloc that was pushing for strict immigration laws. Idaho’s dairy industry, which powers the economy of the Magic Valley region anchored by Twin Falls, depends on foreign-born labor and fiercely opposed the measures.”
https://apple.news/ASy6BDmz0QcepPctfFNwtDg

[b]MAHA Splits With Trump Admin Over Key Issues.[/b]
“The Trump administration has been clashing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and those aligned with his 'Make America Healthy Again' (MAHA) campaign over a number of key issues in recent weeks, causing tension and infighting in the GOP, threatening its future agenda.
From pesticide regulation, not only regarding measures in the recently passed Farm Bill, but also wider policies on the chemicals, to the new surgeon general nomination, MAHA-aligned lawmakers and supporters have been outraged by some of the latest policymaking, resulting in a heated divide in the Republican Party as the U.S. midterms draw closer.”
https://www.newsweek.com/maha-splits-with-trump-admin-over-key-issues-11909264

[b]Kash Patel’s FBI still can’t find Nancy Guthrie, so he’s blaming Sheriff Nanos—Drama explained.[/b]
https://www.newsweek.com/nancy-guthrie-investigation-sheriff-nanos-kash-patel-drama-explained-11917233

[b]LOL: Andy Ogles Gets Defensive With College Students In Heated Town Hall.[/b]
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) faced criticism and some laughter from a group of Belmont University students in Nashville, who challenged him on multiple arguments he made during a heated town hall meeting Monday.
“It’s delightfully ironic that he’s here. He just strikes me as a charlatan and a grifter, and I’ve been sorely underwhelmed and unhappy with him,” student Nelson Hester told the Nashville Scene.
…
Ogles began his town hall by recalling the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, claiming “there were layers of security, but it was more relaxed, arguably, than it has been historically.”
A ripple of noise went through the crowd after he said “there were no assassination attempts” on Presidents Joe Biden or Barack Obama, but multiple against President Donald Trump.
“You can murmur all you want,” Ogles shot back.
“Sir, there was an assassination attempt on Obama,” a student told him, likely referencing the 2011 incident in which a shooter fired at the White House or other assassinationplots that were foiled.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/andy-ogles-gets-defensive-college-182800746.html

[b]Tampa MAGA influencer Craig Long arrested in Grady Judd’s prostitution sting—which also included a Jan 6th insurrectionist Trump pardoned.[/b]
“Judd started the press conference thanking the multiple departments and individuals that assisted with the operation, and proceeded to run through a list of the more prominent arrests, like convicted Jan. 6 insurrectionist Ryan Yates, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, and Tampa-based LA Fitness owner and MAGA YouTube personality Craig Long. 
“Then there’s Craig Long we arrested,” said Judd. “He was seeking the services of a prostitute.
…
Judd, a Republican, is very familiar with Long’s media work. Back in 2024, Long interviewed Judd, and defended ICE agents who shot and killed Renee Good in Minnesota. 
“He appreciates law enforcement,” continued Judd. “Well, there you go. Got arrested in the human trafficking sting. Influence that for a while.”
https://www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-maga-influencer-craig-long-arrested-in-grady-judds-prostitution-sting/

[b]Trump's approval rating has dipped to 37%, the lowest of this presidential term, and his 62% disapproval rating is a record high over both presidential terms.[/b]
“The poll finds Trump is also underwater on managing every issue measured, as two-thirds of Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction and Democrats' midterm lead over Republicans has increased slightly to 5 points.”

[b]… and not to be forgotten the poll has JD Vance's approval rating at 35% and 13 points underwater. [/b]
https://abcnews.com/Politics/thirds-americans-country-headed-wrong-direction-abc-newswashington/story?id=132583099[/quote]

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