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4:45 PM ET, April 13, 2026

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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump post appearing to depict him as Jesus removed amid backlash  —  Before the post was deleted, Evangelical and Catholic allies called the image blasphemous in a rare public break from a base that has largely stood by Trump.  —  President Donald Trump's posting of an image that appeared …
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Wired:
Staunch Trump Supporters Are Now Asking if He's the Antichrist  —  The Iran war and a series of social media posts, including one depicting Trump as Jesus Christ, have some conservative commentators and fans suspecting the president may be the antichrist.  —  In a matter of days …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Image depitching Trump as Christ-like savior removed from president's social media page following backlash  —  The post prompted condemnation from both sides of the aisle.  —  A social media post on President Donald Trump's page depicting him as a Christ-like savior appeared to have been removed …
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’
Claire Moses / New York Times:
Trump Takes Down Post Depicting Himself as a Jesus-Like Figure
Sean James / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Trump Deletes Post Depicting Himself as Jesus Amid Heavy MAGA Backlash
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Christians condemn Trump post depicting him as Jesus-like figure
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
‘Gross Blasphemy!’ MAGA Die-Hards Deliver Rare Rebuke of Trump for Posting ‘Unacceptable’ Meme Depicting Himself as Jesus
Discussion: The Atlantic and IJR
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate  —  As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.”
Discussion: Mediaite and Eschaton
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
U.S. begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz; Trump warns Iran ‘attack ships’ to stay away … The U.S. on Monday said it began blocking ships from entering or exiting Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, attempting to ratchet up pressure on Iran to reopen the key oil route after peace negotiations collapsed.that a
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. asked Iran to freeze uranium enrichment for 20 years, sources say
Reuters:
NATO allies refuse to join Trump's Iranian port blockade
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Playing the Trump card vs. Tehran
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 …
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The Guardian:
Viktor Orbán is gone.  What does his fall mean for Europe?  Our panel responds  —  Hungary's return to democracy will be hard.  But the impact of Péter Magyar's decisive victory could be profound, inside the country and beyond  —  We've shown that even entrenched illiberal regimes are not invincible
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Orbán's Defeat Shows What Trump's Opponents Keep Doing Wrong … The defeat of Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orbán, should deliver a sharp jolt to one of America's two major political parties.  —  Oddly, it's not the Republicans, deeply invested though they were in Orbán as a fellow traveler.
Gabriela Greilinger / Talking Points Memo:
Three Lessons From Hungary on How to Beat Competitive Authoritarianism
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.
Politico:
Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against WSJ over Epstein birthday letter … Gayles emphasized the paper's extensive work to confirm the authenticity of the letter, despite Trump's claim it was a fake, and noted that the article included the president's objection and revealed attempts to contact …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein drawing
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Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Trump tips DoorDash driver $100 for McDonald's delivery at Oval Office to promote ‘no taxes on tips’
Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers Hardly Ever Get Expelled.  That Could Change This Week.  —  Momentum grows among Democrats and Republicans to seek ouster of Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales—and maybe more  —  WASHINGTON—Only three members of the House have been expelled since the Civil War.
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House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Eric Swalwell  —  Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement:
Associated Press:
Minnesota county is investigating potential kidnapping and false imprisonment by federal officers  —  A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials announced Monday.
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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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 …
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Harmeet Dhillon Is Not Wasting Any Time … Last may, one month into her time as the assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon stood behind the lectern at a meeting of the conservative Federalist Society and set out her vision for the Justice Department's civil-rights work.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Financial Times:
Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff  —  CEO is training and testing his own character as part of wider push to develop ‘personal superintelligence’
 
 
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Dell Cameron / Wired:
Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
Discussion: Gizmodo
Robert Reich:
How to Impeach the Bastard, for Real
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
MAGA allies say Trump is going soft on deportations
Discussion: Blaze Media and The Guardian
Jamie Smyth / Financial Times:
Oil supply crunch intensifies as last Hormuz tankers reach refineries
Discussion: Reuters
Associated Press:
Already under financial pressure, Midwest soybean farmers are squeezed further by tariffs, Iran war
Associated Press:
Trump administration agrees to keep flying rainbow Pride flag at New York's Stonewall monument
Mehr Sher / Drop Site News:
How 51 Seconds at a Pro-Palestine Protest Could Send a Muslim Student to Prison for 34 years
 Earlier Items: 
Riley Beggin / Washington Post:
Voters grill Republican lawmaker in crucial swing district on Iran war
Jeff Tomich / Politico:
Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Daily Caller
Nikolas Guggenberger / Lawfare:
America Used to Own the Internet. Now It's Running Scared.
Paul Krugman:
The Axis of Autocracy Loses a Wheel
Discussion: Euronews
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
What the death of Direct File tells us about state capacity
Discussion: MS NOW
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
New data suggests Trump's assault on democracy may be stalling out
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Peltola raises almost $9M in first three months of Senate bid
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
How UK tabloids, which once held a powerful grip on the national discourse, are struggling in an era of social media feeds, AI, and influencer-driven content

Sara Fischer / Axios:
WSJ and Dow Jones plan a new sports vertical that will debut alongside an exclusive, invitation-only sports economy event in New York City this summer

David Folkenflik / NPR:
Former NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose, who also had been Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post, died Wednesday at 85 from Alzheimer's complications
 
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