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From memeorandum: President Donald Trump Returns To The Hugh Hewitt Show (Hugh Hewitt/The Hugh Hewitt Show)

From memeorandum: Ukraine's fight against Russia is going better than you might think (Joshua Keating/Vox)

From memeorandum: Inside Trump's assault on public records (Josephine Walker/Axios)

From memeorandum: How Trump Turned His Ballroom into a Midterm Gift for Democrats (Dan Pfeiffer/The Message Box)

From memeorandum: Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme "Locked Up." Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges. (Raquel Rutledge/ProPublica)

From memeorandum: Ken Paxton Narrowly Leads John Cornyn in Bruising Texas GOP Race (Joe Lovinger/Bloomberg)

From memeorandum: The United States Just Made a Bet It Cannot Afford to Lose (Prof Robert Pape/Escalation Trap)

From memeorandum: Infighting erupts as Democrats intervene in contested primaries (Andrew Solender/Axios)

From memeorandum: Judge Questions Why Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect Was Placed on Suicide Watch (Zach Montague/New York Times)

From memeorandum: Education Department opens probe into Smith College for admitting trans women (Politico)

From memeorandum: Vladimir Putin hunkers down for fear of assassination (Financial Times)

From memeorandum: 5/5/26☀️ AM: ... Democrats are banking on a high-stakes, long-shot win in Iowa. (Punchbowl News)

From memeorandum: It's showtime for Trump's revenge tour. Will he win? (Politico)

From memeorandum: U.S. Department of Education Opens Title IX Investigation into All-Women's Smith College for Admitting Men (U.S. Department of Education)

From memeorandum: Home on the Range No More: Trump Wants Bison Gone (New York Times)

From memeorandum: U.S. Military Strikes Boat in Caribbean, Killing 2 (John Yoon/New York Times)

From memeorandum: Second judge maintains DOJ can't search data seized from Post reporter (Washington Post)