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11:50 AM ET, April 11, 2026

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CNN:
Exclusive: Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her  —  A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Ex-staffer says Eric Swalwell, candidate for California governor, sexually assaulted her  —  A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor, said she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted …
Politico:
Swalwell campaign imploding after new sexual assault allegation … The resignations came just before the San Francisco Chronicle published a report Friday afternoon reporting that a former staffer claims Swalwell had sexual encounters with her while working for him, and that he sexually assaulted …
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Iran Unable to Find Mines It Planted in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Says  —  The lost mines have prevented Iran from quickly complying with President Trump's demand to allow more ships to pass through the waterway.  —  Iran has been unable to open the Strait of Hormuz to more shipping traffic …
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Wall Street Journal:
Iran Has Thousands of Missiles and Could Retrieve Launchers, U.S. Intelligence Finds  —  White House says devastating attacks on Iran have strengthened its hand in coming talks, but some officials say Iran could still field more missiles  —  Iran still has thousands of ballistic missiles …
Discussion: The Times of Israel and Raw Story
Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office  —  In a recent meeting, the president said he would pardon those within 200 feet of the Oval Office, say people familiar with the remarks  —  President Trump has repeatedly promised his top administration officials pardons before he leaves office …
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:   Trump, sounding like Biden, says he deserves more credit
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Vance, who wasn't keen on Iran war, now tasked with trying to end it  —  The weekend's peace talks in Islamabad mark Vance's highest-profile assignment as vice president, with concomitant political risk.  —  Summary  —  Six weeks after President Donald Trump started a war in Iran …
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Reuters:
Iran wanted to negotiate with Vance. They got their wish
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
As Election Looms, Washington Wonders if Trump Will Get a New Supreme Court Pick  —  Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the subject of intense speculation about whether he will retire in the coming months and give President Trump a fourth nominee.  —  Late last month, more than a hundred people gathered …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Washington Post:
Another round of layoffs hits Kennedy Center ahead of two-year closure  —  Programming was impacted in the cuts, people familiar with the matter said.  It's unclear how many departments were affected or how many people were terminated.  —  Summary  —  The Kennedy Center's layoffs continued Friday …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Daniel Desrochers / Politico:
‘The plan is working’: Trump's trade chief brushes off economic fears in Rust Belt tour … Rather than the gloomy new economic indicators, Trump's trade adviser preferred to focus on the work happening at a Whirlpool factory in Clyde, Ohio producing hundreds of washing machines …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Wall Street Journal:
The Era of Free Seas Is Unraveling—and Now Everyone's Going to Pay  —  America led a maritime system that enriched the world for decades.  Iran's “toll booth” shattered it.  —  In just six weeks, the Iran War has shattered a system of global trade that has enriched people and nations …
Discussion: Politico
Norman Eisen / The Contrarian:
Revelations About a Trump-Witkoff Business Raise Troubling Questions  —  Rules still apply when political power and private profit intersect: Publisher's Roundup 62  —  When I was the Obama White House ethics czar during the Great Recession, I would not even allow the president to refinance his modest family home in Chicago.
Paul Krugman:
Talking with Lisa Graves  —  On the corruption of our politics — and the Supreme Court  —  Lisa Graves is a legal activist and the author of a remarkable and terrifying book, Without Precedent, that documents the assault on democracy via the story of John Roberts.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Tirade at MAGA War Critics Accidentally Makes Surprise Admission  —  Donald Trump unleashed a raging Truth Social tirade on Friday attacking former MAGA allies who have turned on him over his threat to obliterate Iranian civilization.  This is making news mostly because it was unusually deranged …
United States Department of State:
Secretary Rubio Terminates Green Cards of Foreign Nationals Tied to Infamous Iranian Regime Propagandist  —  This week, three Iranian nationals with ties to the Iranian regime were arrested by federal agents following Secretary of State Marco Rubio's termination of their lawful permanent resident (LPR) statuses.
Discussion: New York Post, Fox News and RedState
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 10, 2026  —  It feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J. Trump threatened on Tuesday that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”  As professor of human rights, global affairs, and philosophy Mathias Risse …
Kari Soo Lindberg / Bloomberg:
US Intelligence Shows China Set to Supply Iran Arms, CNN Reports  —  US intelligence indicates that China is preparing to provide Iran with air defense systems in a matter of weeks, CNN reported, citing people familiar with the matter.  —  Beijing is expected to ship shoulder-fired …
Discussion: Reuters and Middle East Monitor
Amanda Chu / Politico:
RFK Jr. has turned corporate America's name to mud, POLITICO Poll finds … Big American brands from Coca-Cola to Kraft Heinz are getting in line, changing their recipes to accommodate Kennedy, while others — from Dunkin' to McDonald's — have absorbed Kennedy broadsides.
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
‘God does not bless any conflict’: pope issues new rebuke over Iran war  —  Social media post names no names but criticizes attempts to use religion to glorify US war in Middle East  —  Pope Leo XIV on Friday offered a new criticism of war, in a social media post that named no names …
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Margherita Stancati / Wall Street Journal:
Pope Leo Criticizes Religious Language Used by Trump on the War
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
 
 
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Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Exclusive: Iranian source says US has agreed to unfreeze Iranian funds, Washington denies it
Tracy Simmons / RNS:
Hegseth mentor Doug Wilson's vision for a Christian nation means married women can't vote
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Politico:
Republicans wanted Trump to sell the economy. He's been talking war instead.
Jon R. Lindsay / New York Times:
Iran Is Losing the Cyberwar, Not the Real War
NPR:
There's growing disquiet in the military. The Iran war made it worse
Discussion: The Independent
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