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Trump Taps Mike Waltz as U.N. Ambassador
President Trump announced he will name National Security Adviser Mike Waltz — who he ousted from his position — to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
Marco Rubio to Be Interim National Security Adviser
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be interim national security advisor, as well as secretary of State, CBS News reports.
CIA Aims to Recruit Chinese Nationals With New Videos
“A pair of new CIA videos released Thursday aim to encourage Chinese nationals to spy for the agency, appealing to their frustrations with and fears of Beijing’s government and its corruption,” the New York Times reports.
“The Mandarin-language videos are modeled on a series of videos the agency made in recent years asking Russians to spy for the United States, appeals that previous CIA leaders said helped develop new sources.”
Kemp Neck and Neck with Ossoff in Georgia
A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll in Georgia finds Brian Kemp (R) just ahead of Sen. Jon Ossoff (R) in a possible U.S. Senate match up, 49% to 46%.
However, Ossoff would crush Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) is she were the nominee, 54% to 37%.
Pete Buttigieg Heads to Iowa
“Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who passed on a run for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan — guided by what people close to him confirmed was interest in a possible second presidential bid — will be in Iowa on May 13,” CNN reports.
“He’ll headline a town hall with the group VoteVets Action Fund that will be his first public in-person event since finishing his Cabinet job with the Biden administration in January.”
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Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stage
“Sitting in front of a packed auditorium in Dubai, a founder of the Trump family cryptocurrency business made a brief but monumental announcement on Thursday. A fund backed by Abu Dhabi, he said, would be making a $2 billion business deal using the Trump firm’s digital coins,” the New York Times reports.
“That transaction would be a major contribution by a foreign government to President Trump’s private venture — one that stands to generate hundreds of millions of dollars for the Trump family. And it is a public and vivid illustration of the ethical conflicts swirling around Mr. Trump’s crypto firm, which has blurred the boundary between business and government.”
SALT Talks Stall as GOP Mulls Limiting Tax Break
“Key House Republicans on Thursday discussed ways to direct an expanded state and local tax deduction to those making less than $400,000 as they seek to balance the cost of the tax break with the political needs of several lawmakers from New York and other high-tax states,” Bloomberg reports.
“The $10,000 cap on SALT, one of the most contentious issues in the GOP debate on its giant tax bill, remained unresolved as lawmakers left Washington Thursday.”
Wes Moore Says He Won’t Run for President in 2028
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D), a rising star within the Democratic Party who’s been floated as a 2028 contender, surprised many Thursday when he said he will not run for president in the next cycle, The Hill reports.
Biden to Give Live Interview
“Joe Biden will appear on The View alongside his wife Jill next Thursday, in his first interview since leaving the White House,” the Daily Beast reports.
Young Democrats Launch Primary Challenges
A growing wave of young Democrats have launched congressional bids to shake up the party’s ranks by ousting incumbent House members in deep blue seats, CNN reports.
They see voter frustrations with what they’ve described as Democrats’ ineffective response to President Donald Trump’s actions as a mandate to remake the party.
Trump Cannot Remove Migrants Under Alien Enemies Act
A Trump-appointed judge ruled the Trump administration cannot remove migrants under the Alien Enemies Act, saying the administration’s invocation of that law in the context of Tren de Aragua was “unlawful” because there is no “declared war,” “invasion” or “predatory incursion.”
Trump to Oust National Security Adviser Mike Waltz
“President Trump is replacing national security adviser Mike Waltz roughly a month after he put a journalist on a group text chat in which advisers discussed a sensitive military operation, making him the first top official to lose his job in Trump’s second term,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Waltz lost favor with the president and his senior advisers after The Atlantic revealed that he added a journalist to a chat on the nongovernment messaging app Signal, a crisis that dominated headlines and became one of the first major embarrassments for the administration. Trump declined to fire Waltz immediately, but privately expressed his frustration with Waltz.”
Washington Post: “Waltz’s anticipated exit marks the first major upheaval among Trump’s top national security staff.”
Mike Waltz only lasted 10 Scaramuccis.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“We seem to be facing the destruction of the United States. I don’t see anyone articulating that this is an attack on what it means to be American, on the very idea of America, and it’s an emergency.”
— Yale professor Jason Stanley, an expert on fascism, quoted by the New York Times.
Virginia Governor’s Race Moves to Lean Democrat
Cook Political Report: “The Virginia governor’s race is officially set, with both Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears avoiding a primary. This means that the commonwealth will elect its first female governor come November.”
“When we initially rated this contest in December, we put the race in Toss Up, given the absence of early polling and the uncertainty of the political climate before Donald Trump’s second term began. However, after talks with sources on both sides of the aisle — taking into consideration the political environment, Democratic enthusiasm and private polling — we are shifting the Virginia governor’s race from Toss Up to Lean Democrat.”
Elon Musk Admits He Was ‘Not as Effective As I’d Like’
Elon Musk described his first 100 days as head of the Department of Government Efficiency as “very, very intense,” telling ABC News he was proud of his team’s work but blaming an “entrenched set of interests” for limiting their progress so far.
Said Musk: “I think we’ve been effective, not as effective as I’d like, I think we could be more effective, but we made progress.”
Smiling Through the Trumpocalypse
“Senate and House Republicans are determined to stick by the president, even as his poll numbers dip and more Americans start to question his tariffs, deportations, executive orders, and DOGE downsizing,” Puck reports.
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