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#10 Trump Appoints Jeanine Pirro as D.C. U.S. Attorney - Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy for USA TODAY, James Woods/Donald J. Trump, Tyrus, Bad Hombre, Harmeet K. Dillon, and JeepGirl on X
President Donald Trump picked Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro for interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., hours after announcing that he was pulling the nomination of Ed Martin. Martin failed to get enough support from Republicans on Capitol Hill. “I am pleased to announce that Judge Jeanine Pirro will be appointed interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia,” Trump posted on Truth Social on May 8. “Jeanine was Assistant District Attorney for Westchester County, New York, and then went on to serve as County Judge, and District Attorney, where she was the first woman ever to be elected to those positions.” Trump described Pirro as “crusader for victims of crime" and said she was “considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York.”
#9 Ed Martin Headed to Justice Dept. After Trump Withdraws U.S. Attorney Nomination - Joshua Chapin for ABC News, Brian Cates/Donald J. Trump Daily Posts, Publius, Charlie Kirk, and Tiffany Justice/Ed Martin on X
Ed Martin is now the Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney for the Department of Justice after his name was withdrawn for the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. "I asked to do this right away on day one," he told 7News Thursday. Martin's fate was likely sealed this week when North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, a key Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said he would not support Martin for his work defending the Jan. 6 rioters. Ed Martin is now the Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney for the Department of Justice after his name was withdrawn for the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. "I asked to do this right away on day one," he told 7News Thursday. Martin's fate was likely sealed this week when North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, a key Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said he would not support Martin for his work defending the Jan. 6 rioters...
#8 Pope Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass as Pope, Says His Election Is a Cross and a Blessing - Nicole Winfield for AP News, Vatican News, Raymond Arroyo, Catholic Sat, and Fox News on X
Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel. Leo spoke off-the-cuff in English to the cardinals who elected him to lead the Catholic Church and follow in Pope Francis’ social justice-minded footsteps. He acknowledged the great responsibility they had placed on him before delivering a brief but dense homily on the need to joyfully spread Christianity in a world that often mocks it. “You have called me to carry that cross and to be blessed with that mission, and I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me as we continue as a church, as a community, as friends of Jesus, as believers, to announce the good news to announce the Gospel,” he said...
#7 A Fight Over Medicaid Cuts Is Threatening GOP Plans for Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill' - Deirdre Walsh and Elena Moore for NPR, Ideastream News, Insurrection Barbie, All In with Chris Hayes, and Thomas Reich on X
Republican divisions over changes to Medicaid — the federal health care program for poor, elderly and disabled Americans — are becoming the chief hurdle to getting President Trump's major tax, immigration and energy agenda through Congress. GOP lawmakers who represent swing districts insist they will not vote for any proposal that strips benefits. But conservatives are demanding deep cuts in spending, and say restructuring Medicaid is one of the clearest ways to achieve that goal. Driving this discussion is a math issue. To get the bill through Congress, House Republicans are working with a budget blueprint that forces them to find $1.5 trillion in spending cuts to help offset the cost of extending President Trump's 2017 tax cuts. They are also hoping to add new tax cuts that Trump campaigned for, like exempting taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security benefits.
#6 Trump Fires Librarian of Congress - Filip Timotija for The Hill, Dan Kleinman of Safe Libraries, Matt Barry, Senator Chris Van Hollen, House Admin Committee GOP, and DOGEai/Senator Alex Padilla on X
President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to be Librarian of Congress. A spokesperson for the library told The Hill in an email that “Tonight, the White House informed Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden that she has been relieved of her position.” Democrats in Congress condemned the decision by the administration. “Over the course of her tenure, Dr. Hayden brought the Library of Congress to the people, with initiatives that reached into rural communities and made the Library accessible to all Americans, in person and online,” Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) said in a statement on Thursday...
#5 Department of Justice Opens Criminal Investigation Into NY AG Letitia James - Alec Schemmel for Fox News, Western Lensman, Gunther Eagleman, Moni and David J Harris Jr on X
The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, Fox News has learned. A source familiar with the matter confirmed that a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia sent out subpoenas related to accusations that James misrepresented a single-family home in Virginia as her primary residence to obtain more favorable loan terms. News of the federal probe follows a criminal referral from the Trump administration's Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, who requested the DOJ investigate James over that matter and another incident in which she allegedly misrepresented the number of livable units in a multifamily Brooklyn house to once again obtain better loan terms...
#4 Trump’s Deal With the UK Sends a Clear Message: 10% Tariffs Are Here to Stay - Ganesh Rao and Chloe Taylor for NBC News, Jesse Watters, Western Lensman, Eric Daugherty, The White House, and Nick Sortor on X
The U.K. and U.S. agreed to a landmark trade deal on Thursday, yet the agreement appears to be far from free of tariffs. The deal is the first made by the United States since President Donald Trump unveiled his so-called reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world last month. The United Kingdom’s position as one of a handful of countries where the U.S. boasts a trade surplus in goods — meaning the U.S. exports more to the U.K. than it imports — put the country at the front of the queue for officials to broker an agreement with the Trump administration. However, even Britain, with its “special relationship” with the U.S., didn’t manage to persuade Trump to drop all tariffs during trade talks...
#3 Stocks Lifted by Hopes for U.S.-China Talks After UK Deal - Breitbart, Robert, DOGEai, Cephars Bonacci, Neil Sethi, and Investor Buzz on X
Major stock markets mostly rose Friday, with Frankfurt’s DAX hitting a record high, on growing optimism that tariff tensions will ease. Britain and the United States reached a deal on trade on Thursday, and President Donald Trump hinted that an easing of tariffs on China was possible as officials prepare for high-stakes talks this weekend. “Coming hot on the heels of yesterday’s UK-US trade deal, there is an air of optimism that we could see additional deals come to fruition around the globe,” said Joshua Mahony, chief market analyst at Scope Markets...
#2 House Passes GOP-Led Bill to Rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America - Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris for CNN, Congressman Brandon Gill, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, House Republicans, Amity, and Bad Hombre/Congresswoman Sarah McBride on X
The House has passed a Republican-led bill that would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, moving a step closer to codifying President Donald Trump’s push to rename the body of water.The bill, which lawmakers approved in a 211-206 vote, now moves to the Republican-led Senate for consideration. One Republican, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, voted with Democrats Thursday against the measure. Sponsored by Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and backed by House GOP leadership, the bill would require federal agencies to update all maps and documents with the name Gulf of America...
#1 The Controversy of Casey Means - Tracy Beanz for UncoverDC, Calley Means, Glenn Beck, Tucker Carlson, Robert W Malone, MD, and End Tribalism in Politics on X
Casey Means was just nominated as the Surgeon General. While my opinion on this is personal, it's worth consideration. Putting aside the drama, rumors, and innuendos about people, let's talk about ideas. Here is my story. Long before I witnessed miraculous healing in my life, I was a health freedom activist. I “woke” up fully to big pharma in 2006/7. I started seeing moms speak out about the terrible things that had happened to their daughters when given Gardasil to “protect” them from cancer. It was then that I pivoted a bit from corruption in the intelligence community (Patriot Act, NDAA) to big pharma. I screamed my head off trying to warn people. Then, the onion unpeeled more, and I realized the childhood vax schedule was causing untold harm. It’s been a never-ending snowball ever since. I was one of the *first* people to tell people to stay away from the mRNA vaccines. I was one of the first people to identify when COVID got to our shores by using CDC data. We were the first outlet to report that the PCR test was a useless scam...And Now for Something Special 
