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10:40 AM ET, April 13, 2026

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Associated Press:
Election loss for Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán has ripple effects for Trump, US conservatives  —  The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has significant reverberations in the United States.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable  —  If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.  —  In the end, the defeat of Viktor Orbán, Hungary's autocratic prime minister, required not just an ordinary election campaign or new messaging but rather …
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
MAGA International Goes Down in Flames
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   April 12, 2026  —  By the end of 2024, inflation in the U.S., which had soared in the aftermath …
Paul Krugman:
The Axis of Autocracy Loses a Wheel
Discussion: Euronews
Associated Press:
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after ‘painful’ election result
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Trump Said Other Countries Would Help Blockade Iran.  So Far, There Are No Takers.  —  President Trump's announcement of a complete U.S. blockade was his latest effort to pressure Iran to negotiate after direct talks over the weekend did not yield an agreement.
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Pope pushes back against Trump's criticism as US-Vatican feud erupts over Iran
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’  —  President Trump's lengthy post on social media showed there were really no boundaries when it comes to people he might target, including the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.  —  Pope Leo XIV is one of the world's most powerful critics of the U.S. war with Iran.
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The world's worst dealmaker screws up the Iran negotiations  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🤝 Subscribe to PN 🤝  —  “The Iranians don't seem to realize they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World …
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Jonathan Guyer / New York Times:   Trump's ‘Deal Makers in Peace’ Are Anything But
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Dismisses Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Against WSJ Publisher  —  The president alleged an article about a bawdy Epstein birthday letter was defamatory  —  A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Trump's defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
Federal Judge Dismisses Donald Trump's Lawsuit Concerning the Epstein Birthday Letter  —  The lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice, but is a win for the Wall Street Journal  —  A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by Donald Trump against The Wall Street Journal …
Associated Press:
Judge dismisses Trump's $10B lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over reporting on ties to Epstein  —  A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump lambasts Pope Leo XIV, extending feud over Iran war with first American pontiff  —  President Donald Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV on social media on Sunday, saying the first American pope should “stop catering to the Radical Left.”  It was an extraordinary broadside against the global leader …
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NBC News:
Eric Swalwell drops bid for California governor after sexual misconduct allegations  —  The Democratic candidate faced immediate calls to end his campaign, with many supporters withdrawing their endorsements.  —  Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell on Sunday dropped his bid for governor …
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Associated Press:
Fellow Democrats urge Swalwell to quit California governor's race and resign from Congress
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Trump Says Gas Prices Might Not Drop By Midterms, Underscoring G.O.P. Peril  —  The president has sent mixed messages on how long he expects costs to be high.  Some in his party voiced fresh concern after his comments on Sunday.  —  President Trump suggested on Sunday that elevated gasoline prices …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
'It's all we have to run on': GOP looks to tout tax cuts as war overtakes Hill agenda
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
ProPublica:
Inside Trump's Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections  —  Reporting Highlights  — Safeguards Destroyed: In advance of this year's midterm elections, President Donald Trump has systematically demolished federal guardrails that prevented him from overturning the 2020 election.
Adam Wren / Politico:
Iowa looks competitive, according to new Dem poll  —  Iowa looks to be seriously in play for Democrats in November up and down the ballot, according to a new survey from a Democratic group that backs moderate candidates.  Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand holds an eight-point lead in the governor's race …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
What Orban's Defeat Means for the Rest of the World  —  On Saturday, the day before the Hungarian election, I went to Puspokladany, a run-down town of about 16,000 in northeastern Hungary, for the penultimate rally of opposition leader Peter Magyar.  Though the region has traditionally …
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
What the death of Direct File tells us about state capacity  —  This tax season, American taxpayers will spend billions of hours and hundreds of billions of dollars — not to pay their taxes, but to report them to the government.  In addition to tariff- and war-induced inflation …
Josh Koehn / New York Post:
Billionaire kicks Eric Swalwell out of his mansion and wants $1M back after heinous sex allegations  —  Lefty billionaire Stephen Cloobeck has dramatically cut ties with Eric Swalwell and revealed he has kicked him out of his mansion.  —  “I am no longer supporting Eric,” Cloobeck told The Post in an exclusive interview.
Matthew McManus / Liberal Currents:
The Right Wants You Stupid  —  The eternal question to preserve the “pleasing illusions” that hold society and its authorities together.  —  The opening of Russell Kirk's classic book The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot begins, as much of right-wing thought does, with grievance.
 
 
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