Thursday, May 14, 2026
Ballroom security can’t be privately funded, Mullin tells GOP lawmakers - Live Updates - POLITICO
The DHS secretary made a new pitch for a $1 billion Secret Service funding request to centrist Republicans…
Senate confirms Trump pick Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve, following Powell | PBS News
The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, bringing new leadership to the world's most powerful central bank at a fraught moment for the global economy...
Senate fails to curb Trump’s war on Iran even as Republican opposition grows
Resolution fails by 49-50, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow GOP members Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favor…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/trump-iran-senate-war-powers
Why Republicans can’t get traction on affordability legislation - POLITICO
“Instead of listening to the American people, Donald Trump and the GOP put forward a reconciliation bill that would force Americans to pay for Trump’s billion-dollar-ballroom and tens of billions of dollars more for Trump’s masked agents while including zero — zero — dollars to bring down Americans’ costs,” Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor Tuesday…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/gop-affordability-pickle-ballroom-00918173
‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan
Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash
USDA employees allege Easter religious message violated First Amendment - POLITICO
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has subjected USDA workers to “government-sponsored religious coercion” with messages that promote her own Christian beliefs and violate the First Amendment, federal employees alleged in a lawsuit on Wednesday… 
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/usda-employees-lawsuit-rollins-easter-00918623
Michigan House votes to undo Michigan clean energy standards
Democrats mostly voted against the bills, which passed the House by margins of 58-47 and 57-48. They argue spiking fossil fuel prices demonstrate why the state needs to move toward renewable and nuclear energy...
10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies - POLITICO
“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency,” U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, a Clinton appointee based in Texas, wrote in a three-page ruling ordering the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos. “And the rule of law be damned.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/10k-rulings-ice-mandatory-detention-trump-analysis-00914195
Producer prices shot up 6%, adding pressure on companies to hike prices for struggling customers | PBS News
U.S. wholesale inflation came in hot last month. Producer prices rose 6% from a year earlier, the highest point in more than three years, as the Iran war pushes up energy prices and intensifies pressure on companies to pass along their rising costs to consumers.
The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — shot up 1.4% in April, the biggest monthly gain in more than four years…
WATCH: Vance and Oz announce numerous moves on Medicaid and Medicare fraud, focusing on Democratic-run states | PBS News
In at least one case, the administration has erred in its accusations against states. In April, CMS acknowledged to The Associated Press that it made a significant error in figures it used to help justify a fraud probe in New York. The acknowledgment deepened doubts in the administration's methods and raised a common criticism that has been made about the second Trump administration — that it tends to attack first and confirm the facts later...
Five things to know about Trump, China and wind power - POLITICO
It installed 117 gigawatts of wind power in 2025, or roughly the equivalent of 56 Hoover Dams. The U.S. built a fraction of that: 5.8GW.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/five-things-trump-china-wind-power-00918155
‘The only thing that terrifies me is BYD’: Politicians quake at Chinese EVs - POLITICO
Lawmakers have focused on national security concerns to dissuade Americans from fantasizing about Chinese vehicles they can’t buy. They also have championed protecting the nation’s industrial core and the jobs they represent, pointing to European struggles to save auto jobs from Chinese competitors...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/trump-xi-summit-chinese-electric-vehicles-00917652
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