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4:15 PM ET, April 5, 2026

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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump to Axios: Iran deal possible by Tues., otherwise “I am blowing up everything”  —  President Trump claimed in an interview with Axios that the U.S. is “in deep negotiations” with Iran and that a deal can be reached before his deadline expires on Tuesday.
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Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Trump Skips Easter Church to Take Self-Worship Tour of D.C.  —  SACRED SKIP  —  Rather than attend Easter services, the president spent the day roaming D.C. and visiting his golf course.  —  Donald Trump, a Christian, opted to skip Easter service and instead went on a bizarre tour of Washington, D.C.
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran  —  The president said he would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages.”  Until this administration, American leaders had insisted they were trying to follow international law in war.  —  Power plants, desalination stations, oil wells, roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
Paul Krugman:
Living in Hell  —  War crimes coming: A horrifying update  —  America as we knew it may end Tuesday.  —  Hi, I'm Paul Krugman.  Sunday morning update.  Yesterday, I talked about how awful Trump's message about glory to God and all of that was, but it's looking much, much worse today.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 79, Drops F-Bomb in Unhinged Easter Morning Threat  —  HE HAS RISEN  —  The president started off the holiest Sunday with profanity.  —  Donald Trump began the holiest day on the Christian calendar with a profanity-filled Truth Social tirade in which he praised Allah.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
In New Threats, Trump Seems Emboldened by a Successful Rescue  —  In an expletive-filled social media post, Mr. Trump said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he will bomb bridges and power plants.  —  After celebrating the recovery of a lost airman from the mountains in Iran on Saturday night …
Discussion: Agence France-Presse
Meridith McGraw / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Warns Iran He Could Strike ‘Every Power Plant,’ in WSJ Interview  —  'If they don't do something by Tuesday evening, they won't have any power plants and they won't have any bridges standing'  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump threatened to destroy all of Iran's power plants …
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Washington Post:
U.S. rescues missing crew member in Iran after fighter jet shot down
Associated Press:
US aviator missing after Iran shot down fighter jet has been rescued
New York Times:
U.S. Commandos Rescue Downed Air Force Officer Deep Inside Iran
Associated Press:
Satellite image company restricts Mideast content, citing a U.S. government request.
Irie Sentner / Politico:
‘Proactively fall in line:’ Holocaust Memorial Museum quietly changed content after Trump returned to office … “It seems like they were trying to proactively fall in line as to not then be forced to change,” one of the people said.  —  The museum pulled from its website a page called …
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
On Easter, Pope Leo delivers commanding message of peace to a world at war  —  “Let those who have weapons lay them down!” the first American pope declared.  The White House's war in Iran and nativist agenda at home are testing the Vatican.  —  ROME — Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter speech Sunday …
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Washington Post:
Trump threatens Iran with ‘Hell’ over Strait of Hormuz in profane post
Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:   The Strategic Defeat of the United States
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Why Democrats are suddenly winning back the left — and the “double-haters”  —  This is my weekly Sunday roundup of new political data published over the last seven days.  It is free to read, but if you want to support independent data-driven political journalism, become a paying subscriber.
Discussion: Breitbart
Ryan King / New York Post:
Late-night shooting near the White House puts Secret Service on heightened alert  —  The Secret Service is on heightened alert after a shooting early Sunday near the park across from the White House, where President Trump is for the weekend.  —  No injuries were reported in the shooting …
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Daniel Miller / Politico:
Politicians are debuting holograms at airports.  It's either innovation or the ‘height of inauthenticity.’ … LOS ANGELES — They called it “Holo-Donna.”  —  It was a holographic version of Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, and she — it? — welcomed travelers making their way through Jacksonville International Airport.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:
Reports: DOJ Civil Rights chief Harmeet Dhillon to be promoted amid department shakeup  —  U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon may be promoted to Associate Attorney General, according to a report from the conservative Daily Wire news outlet.
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
This Was the Moment Donald Trump Lost His Mojo  —  DONALD TRUMP LAST WEEK gave an unexpectedly candid riff on his governing priorities—and, in the process, revealed that he's losing one of his most important political skills.  —  It happened on Wednesday, during a private Easter luncheon at the White House.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Feng / Wall Street Journal:
Life and Death Aboard Ships Stranded Near the Strait of Hormuz  —  Hundreds of seafarers are calling for help to get home as food and fresh water start to run low after more than a month in limbo  —  On the 19th day that the oil tanker ASP Avana was stuck in the Persian Gulf, its 47-year-old captain, Rakesh Ranjan Singh, died.
 
 
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Richard Stengel / The Guardian:
I was the US soft power czar. Our reputation may never recover from this
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Sen. Ruben Gallego considers a 2028 presidential run: ‘We have to look at it’
Discussion: The Hill
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Tim Kaine says Congress will ‘have a hard time’ reviewing Trump's military budget request
Tom Bartlett / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Elvia Limon / The Hill:
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Discussion: Washington Times
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Paul Krugman:
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Discussion: Raw Story
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Discussion: Democracy Docket
 

 
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