 Beltway NewslettersPunchbowl News: Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott said that the White House won’t put forward any Democratic nominees for minority positions at financial agencies like the SEC. Playbook: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says he isn’t a candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, even as he heads to South Carolina later this month for the influential Blue Palmetto Dinner. “I am clear — I’m not running,” he said. WaPo: The DNC is launching a new program designed to put pressure on four moderate House Republicans — Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Lawler, Don Bacon, and Tom Barrett — to vote against GOP cuts to Medicaid. White House- President Trump’s fiscal year 2026 budget will call for cutting nondefense discretionary spending by $163 billion, including gutting various environmental, renewable energy, and foreign aid programs. — WSJ
Congress- The House voted to prevent California from enforcing a rule barring sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state in a decade, despite warnings that Congress does not have the authority to do so.
- Senate Democrats are bellyaching about the failed tariff vote: “It was a mistake ... Politics 101 is you don’t count on your adversaries,” one told Burgess.
Executive OrdersPolls- Majorities of Americans approve of giving food and medicine to poorer countries, but far fewer support foreign aid in the form of weaponry or support for the arts, according to new polling from the Pew Research Center.
 Outside the Beltway- Labor activists and their allies in states across the country marked May Day by marching against President Trump’s policies.
Jeenah Moon/ReutersBusiness- General Motors cut its profit outlook for the year by as much as $5 billion.
- Microsoft dropped a law firm that caved to President Trump’s demands for pro bono work and switched to a firm that’s resisted him.
Economy- In April, US manufacturing shrank by the most in five months.
- People are spending less money at McDonald’s.
Courts- A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas ruled that President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans was unlawful, a ruling that represents the first formal permanent injunction against the Trump administration’s use of the wartime law for deportations.
- Career Justice Department prosecutors expressed concerns after a Trump appointee ordered an investigation into student protesters at Columbia University, arguing the probe would be “politically motivated and lacking legal merit.” — NYT
National Security- Ricky Buria, a former Marine Corps officer who worked closely with Biden-era Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, is unexpectedly rising in the Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — and drawing scrutiny from the White House. — WaPo
- The Pentagon’s inspector general has expanded his investigation into Hegseth’s use of Signal to include a second group chat that Hegseth had with members of his family. — WSJ
Health- The Department of Health and Human Services released a 409-page report on gender-related health care for transgender youth. The report — which did not name its authors and was released in the wake of an executive order directing HHS to look into what it called “mutilation” — argued against gender health care’s efficacy, and was immediately criticized by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said HHS will now require all new vaccines to be tested against placeboes, potentially limiting the availability of COVID-19 boosters, and barred the use of mRNA technology for new shots.
Technology- The Trump administration is considering easing restrictions on the sale of Nvidia chip sales to the UAE ahead of President Trump’s first overseas visit to the Gulf. — Bloomberg
Housing- The FHFA inspector general declined a request from Democrats to investigate early moves by Director Bill Pulte. — Politico
MediaPrincipals TeamEdited by Morgan Chalfant, deputy Washington editor With help from Elana Schor, senior Washington editor And Graph Massara, copy editor Contact our reporters: Burgess Everett, Kadia Goba, Eleanor Mueller, Shelby Talcott, David Weigel
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