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5:10 PM ET, April 7, 2026

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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
New polling: Trump is underwater in 135 GOP House and Senate seats  —  On Tuesday morning, April 7, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: “A whole civilization will die tonight.”  Trump gave Iran until 8 p.m. Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the “complete demolition” …
Discussion: Newsweek
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Paul Krugman:
Our Darkest Hour  —  The civilization we destroy may be our own  —  This is America's darkest hour.  —  Hi, Paul Krugman with an update Tuesday morning.  Earlier today, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, … Not going to be a problem if we ever do get the war crimes trial that all of this deserves.
Discussion: Raw Story and Blue Virginia
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
‘There Will Be No Genocide Tonight’: Conservatives Rip Media ‘Hysteria’ Over Trump Iran Threat  —  A number of conservatives downplayed President Donald Trump's latest threat against Iran on Tuesday, arguing that it was just the latest example of the president using hyperbolic bluster as a negotiating tactic.
Discussion: MeidasTouch News
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump warns a ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ but says Iran could still capitulate  —  EDITED BY BRIDGET BROWN, LORIAN BELANGER AND BRIAN P. D. HANNON  —  President Trump warns a ‘whole civilization’ could die but adds Iran still has time to capitulate
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Other Thing Trump's Dying to Break  —  Today, the president tells us, is judgment day in Iran.  “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump posted this morning.  “I don't want that to happen, but it probably will.”  If his threats are to be believed …
Discussion: Fox News and New York Times
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
If Trump Bombs Iran's Power Plants, Unthinkable Horrors Will Follow  —  Donald Trump is threatening to bomb Iran's power plants in order to send that country “back to the stone ages,” as he has put it.  Trump's tendency to wrap sociopathic expressions of sadism and bloodlust in such cartoonish language …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?  —  If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.  —  The president of the United States is losing his head, and that means the rest of us must keep ours.  At 8:06 a.m. eastern daylight time, Donald Trump posted this on his Truth Social site:
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Warns Iran ‘Whole Civilization Will Die’  —  President Trump has given a deadline of 8 p.m. ET for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  The U.S. conducted more than 50 strikes on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island.  —  President Trump threatened to wipe out the entirety …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Trump removal chatter erupts among Dems over Iran post
Ali Walker / Politico:
‘Vile on every level’: Tucker Carlson rips Donald Trump over Easter Sunday ‘f-word’ post
Aaron Blake / CNN:
What Tucker Carlson's big break with Trump means
Associated Press:
Pope says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is ‘truly unacceptable’
Politico:
Pentagon's new plans in Iran give Trump a way out of war crime accusations
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of deadline for Iran
Washington Post:
U.S. strikes Iran's Kharg Island as Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’
Associated Press:
Iran calls for human chains to protect power plants as Trump's deadline nears
NBC News:
Live updates: U.S. strikes Kharg Island, official says; Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran doesn't make a deal
Wall Street Journal:
Some Republicans Set Their Own Deadline on Iran War. It's Getting Close.
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Between Hegseth and the Fox Cabinet, no restraints on Trump's war crimes plan
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and RedState
Alex Nitzberg / Fox News:
Trump warns ‘whole civilization will die tonight,’ as Iranian official urges human chains around power plants
New York Times:
How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran … The black S.U.V. carrying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House just before 11 a.m. on Feb. 11.  The Israeli leader, who had been pressing for months for the United States to agree to a major assault on Iran …
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Washington Post:
Hegseth's boastful claims about Iran war contradict reality, officials say  —  The defense secretary's portrayal of U.S. success in the conflict risks misinforming the public and the president, observers worry.  —  President Donald Trump has continued to describe the war against Iran …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Contrarian
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Vance's Trip to Trump Ally Hit by Humiliating Putin Call Leak  —  BAD CALL  —  The vice president is in Europe to show support for a far-right leader.  —  JD Vance's trip to Hungary to help boost its pro-Trump leader's election hopes has been marred by the leak of a phone call showing the right-winger sucking up to Vladimir Putin.
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Washington Post:
Vance stumps for Hungary's Orban as Trump-aligned movement faces critical test  —  The vice president traveled to Budapest as Trump's deadline for an Iran deal loomed Tuesday, backing the administration's closest ideological ally in Europe.  —  BUDAPEST — As the hours ticked …
New York Times:
Justice Dept.'s Civil Rights Division Is Investigating Star Witness Against Trump  —  It was a highly unusual move by Justice Department leadership to direct a case that appears to involve accusations of lying to Congress to a division that normally focuses on civil rights abuses.
Discussion: New Republic
CNN:
UK festival canceled after headliner Kanye West blocked from traveling to UK  —  UK Kanye West People in entertainment Race & ethnicity  —  Organizers of a popular London music festival say it has been canceled after the headliner, Kanye West, was blocked from traveling to the United Kingdom.
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BBC:
Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK
Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Ex-VOA employees challenge last year's buyout and retirement offers  —  Four former U.S. Agency for Global Media employees seek class certification from the Merit Systems Protection Board, arguing that the March invalidation of Kari Lake's actions atop the agency should also apply …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Iran War Is Coming for Your Social Security  —  A story about petrodollars, the gold standard, and the greatest trick Uncle Sam ever played.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Petrodollars  —  The Iran war is a dagger aimed at the heart of the petrodollar system.
Summer Lin / Los Angeles Times:
Teen who went to photograph L.A. ‘No Kings’ rally shot, blinded by Homeland Security agent, attorney says  — 4 min Click here to listen to this article  —  A USC freshman who went to photograph a recent “No Kings” protest in downtown Los Angeles was allegedly shot with a less-lethal projectile …
New York Times:
American Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed  —  The journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was abducted by a militia allied with Iran and held for a week.  Iraqi officials say she was freed in exchange for the release of militia members.  —  An American journalist who was abducted in Baghdad …
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The president speaks genocide  —  The words, the law, the future  —  “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”  —  These are not the words of Hitler, or Stalin, or Mao, or Pol Pot, or Assad, or Putin.  These are the words of the president of the United States, today.
George Grylls / The Times:
The man who watches Trump all day, every day  —  Aaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences.  He says it's ‘pretty bleak’  —  The psychological demands of Aaron Rupar's work are immense.
New York Times:
To Boost Military Budget, Trump Targets Popular Programs at Home  —  Amid the war with Iran, the president has proposed to scale back some of the very programs meant to ease families' financial burdens.  —  For decades, the U.S. government has helped poor Americans pay their home heating and cooling bills.
Laura Silver / Pew Research Center:
Negative views of Israel, Netanyahu continue to rise among Americans - especially young people  —  Americans have increasingly negative views of Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.  —  About this research
John Sexton / HotAir:
Virginia Voters Discover Gov. Spanberger Is Not a Moderate  —  Just two months into her term of office, Gov. Spanberger's approval polling is barely above water.  Her win last year was supposed to be the victory of pragmatic moderation over the voices of the far left, but since …
 
 
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
After clashes with Hegseth, Army secretary says he isn't going anywhere
Wall Street Journal:
The White House Is Keeping Kristi Noem's $70 Million Jet
Discussion: Newsweek
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
‘Ghost Murmur,’ a never-used secret tool, finds airman in Iran: ‘If your heart is beating, we will find you’
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Gateway Pundit
Mark Alfred / NOTUS:
Trump Will Fund New Archway With $15 Million From the National Endowment for the Humanities
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The Guardian:
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NBC News:
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Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
How the media should cover this deranged president
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
“It's really difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is,” …
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