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10:00 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.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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.
Axios:
Exclusive: Trump says U.S. feared Iran trap during F-15 crew rescue  —  President Trump told Axios the U.S. initially worried that a message from the stranded crew member of an F-15 downed by Iran was a trick by the Iranians to lure U.S. forces into a trap.
Ben Geman / Axios:
Oil climbs anew on mixed signals about Iran war's future  —  Brent crude oil climbed more than 1% to above $110 per barrel when markets opened Sunday amid mixed signals about the Iran war that's creating unprecedented disruption to global energy flows.
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 …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
There's Another Big Reason Trump Is Stuck in the Gulf  —  You've certainly seen or heard about President Trump's morning threat to destroy Iran's civil energy and bridge infrastructure if the country doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday.  To quote him: “Open the Fuckin' Strait …
Lauren Edmonds / Business Insider:   Oil prices rise again as the war enters its 6th week and Trump threatens to strike Iran's power plants
Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 79, Drops F-Bomb in Unhinged Easter Morning Threat
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 …
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy  —  The 22-year-old wife of an Army staff sergeant came to the U.S. as a toddler.  She was taken from a military base where the couple planned to live.  —  A U.S. Army staff sergeant and his wife arrived at his base in Louisiana last week …
Discussion: Raw Story
Natalie Korach / Status:
WHCD's Trump-Era Accessories … On a Saturday evening in late April, the ballroom of the Washington Hilton will feature the annual tradition of reporters dressing up in tuxedos and gowns to mingle, network, and celebrate their profession. … The First Amendment merchandise is part of a campaign …
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
Richard Stengel / The Guardian:
I was the US soft power czar.  Our reputation may never recover from this  —  Trump's venal persona and his war on Iran will do untold damage to America's ability to make a positive difference in the world  —  Early one Sunday morning in the summer of 2003, I drove into the center …
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
Dems weighing 2028 campaigns run from 2020 positions … - Many Democrats believe they lost to Donald Trump in 2024 because voters didn't like some of their left-leaning policies, not just how they were communicated. … - Last year Newsom said that “not one person ever in my office …
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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Mohamad El Chamaa / Washington Post:
American universities in Middle East brace for Iranian retaliation  —  After the U.S.-Israeli campaign struck Iranian universities, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps called American schools in the Middle East “legitimate targets.”  —  BEIRUT — The American University of Beirut restricted access to all but essential personnel.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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
Raw Story:
Trump White House pushed satellite firm to withhold all images of Iran war  —  The satellite firm Planet Labs told customers, including major news outlets, that it was acting on the Trump administration's request as it announced it was implementing “an indefinite withhold of imagery” …
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
 
 
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New York Times:
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Sen. Ruben Gallego considers a 2028 presidential run: ‘We have to look at it’
NBC News:
Second airman in F-15E that was shot down over Iran rescued safely, U.S. officials say
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Tim Kaine says Congress will ‘have a hard time’ reviewing Trump's military budget request
Discussion: Washington Times and HuffPost
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Bartlett / The Atlantic:
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Elvia Limon / The Hill:
Senate Democrat says Trump ‘needs a lot of prayer’
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Times
Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
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Discussion: NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
This Was the Moment Donald Trump Lost His Mojo
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Feng / Wall Street Journal:
Life and Death Aboard Ships Stranded Near the Strait of Hormuz
Discussion: emptywheel
 

 
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