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Inside the I.V.F. Deliberations at the White House as Key Report Nears  The New York Times

Andrew Clyde joins rebel Republicans in derailing Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’  AJC.com Republican Revolt Reflects a Core Party Divide Over Spending and Debt  The New York Times Trump’s Back, and Not a Moment Too Soon for His Megabill  Politico GOP hard-liners block Trump’s

James Comey: Ex-FBI boss interviewed by Secret Service over Trump seashell post  BBC

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Washington is about to host a global festival for the LGBTQ community and its allies—all while President

NPR’s Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy of the Magna Carta is actually an original. (Image credit: Lorin Granger)

Five dead after tornado tears through St Louis  BBC Kentucky tornadoes leave at least 14 dead as severe weather outbreak tears across Ohio Valley  FOX Weather Tornadoes kill at least 21 in southern US states of Missouri and Kentucky  Al Jazeera Tornado-spawning storms

Analysis | How to produce a statistic for a White House news release  The Washington Post

Hollywood’s plummeting film and TV production levels have studio executives and grassroots groups pushing for better incentives to keep business in California. (Image credit: Eilish M. Nobes)

On May 18, the day of the official beginning of Pope Leo XVI’s petrine ministry, the Vatican schola will sing in unison: “Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam, et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam.” (“You

The drone hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region Saturday, hours after Moscow and Kyiv had held their first direct peace talks in years. (Image credit: AP)