Jeanine Pirro's Prosecutors Make Surprise Visit to Fed Headquarters  —  A pair of Pirro's deputies were turned away after showing up at the construction site for central-bank renovation project  —  WASHINGTON—Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office showed up unannounced Tuesday …

Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys  —  The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms …

‘Be careful.’ Vance issues warning to Pope Leo when discussing theology  —  Vance said it was wrong for Pope Leo to criticize those who wield the sword because Europe would never have been liberated during WWII without the U.S. military.  —  After President Donald Trump clashed with Pope Leo XIV …

Pope Leo to Trump: ‘I Have No Fear’  —  One world leader is immune to threats from President Trump.  —  He has no worries about jacked-up tariffs.  His tiny spot of a state lacks an Arctic land mass to be coveted.  He's not part of a military alliance that can be sundered on a whim.

Tax Day arrives with Republicans struggling to sell their cuts … That's one reason why Republicans are still doing everything they can to keep last year's tax cuts top of mind this Tax Day, even as they also might be guilty of overpromising on refunds.  —  GOP officials also have another problem …

Woman accuses Eric Swalwell of rape in 2018, reports it to authorities  —  Her attorney said at a news conference that she will not present evidence to the media.  —  Summary  —  A woman accused former congressman Eric Swalwell (D-California) of raping her in a West Hollywood hotel in 2018 …

U.S. sends thousands more troops to Mideast as Trump seeks to squeeze Iran  —  The deployment includes sailors and Marines due to arrive as the administration attempts to enforce a maritime blockade against the regime in Tehran.  —  Summary  —  The Pentagon is sending thousands …

Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases  —  Leaked documents show IRGC secretly acquired system and used it to guide strikes during war in March

Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka seeks top counterterrorism job  —  The maneuvering comes a month after Joe Kent, the National Counterterrorism Center's previous director, resigned in protest over the Iran war.  —  Summary  —  Sebastian Gorka, a national security aide to President Donald Trump …

On Ruben Gallego, We Told You So  —  Arizona senator Ruben Gallego (D.) is in the news—and here's what you need to know: The aspiring 2028 presidential candidate is either deaf, dumb, and blind or a degenerate liar.  There's really no other possible explanation for his supporting role in the saga of Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.).

Why House Republicans are protecting Cory Mills … But key leaders and several rank-and-file members from both parties signaled this week they will wait for the conclusion of an active House Ethics Committee investigation into Mills before moving to punish him.

Scoop: Dems file 5 impeachment articles against Hegseth  —  House Democrats will introduce five articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday accusing him of abuse of power, war crimes and other serious wrongdoing. … - Democrats previously pushed …

Trump's litigation extortion machine  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  📖 Subscribe to PN 📖  —  Another day, another Trump trollsuit bites the dust.  —  This time it was his $10 billion defamation claim against the Wall Street Journal …

Wounded Trump, 79, Scrambles to Downplay Stinging Defeat  —  🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️  —  The president insisted he wasn't actively campaigning for his ally.  —  Donald Trump awkwardly brushed off his ally Viktor Orban's crushing defeat …

Virginia Governor Ends Tax Breaks for Confederate Groups  —  The new law signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger is the culmination of a long, Democrat-led push to distance Virginia from its Confederate past.  —  Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia has signed into law a bill to end tax exemptions …

Trump Spirals into Fury at Bad Iran News as Polls Hit Shocking New Low  —  Donald Trump is now raging at a staunch ally, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni.  After she sided with the Pope's criticism of the Iran war, which had infuriated Trump, he unloaded again, ripping her as “unacceptable” …

Europe Is Accelerating a NATO Fallback Plan in Case Trump Pulls Out  —  The Continent is drawing up a contingency for greater European involvement as tensions rise over Iran war  —  A fallback plan to ensure Europe can defend itself using NATO's existing military structures if the U.S. departs …

Middle East war drives consumer sentiment to its lowest level in 70 years  —  President Donald Trump is predicting higher gas prices could last through November as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and tensions with Iran continue to impact the American economy.

Hungary's New Leader Reveals Viktor Orbán Was Paying CPAC … Turns out the Hungarian government has been bankrolling the Conservative Political Action Conference for years.  —  Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide …

Johnson says he told Trump to take down image of president-as-Jesus  —  Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday he asked that President Donald Trump take down an AI-generated image he'd posted on social media depicting himself as Jesus.  “I did ask him to delete it,” Johnson said.

Florida's planned special session on redistricting just got a bit murkier … The GOP-controlled state House and Senate have not spent any time working on their own proposals, instead waiting for the DeSantis administration to step forward with a map — a move that could help inoculate the Legislature from any potential lawsuits.

Democrats seek to bar presidents from collecting settlement money from the government  —  Lawmakers drafted the bill after President Donald Trump sued the IRS and the Treasury Department for $10 billion over a leak of his tax records to news outlets.  —  Democratic lawmakers will introduce …

How to force the House to do what you want  —  In today's edition ... Tax Day could show the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's benefits or limits ... but first ...  The surprising rise of discharge petitions  —  You know the Schoolhouse Rock version of how a bill becomes a law.  A member introduces a bill.

Conservative Judges' Early Hiring Fuels Two-Track Clerkship System at Harvard Law  —  Federal judges — particularly those aligned with the conservative legal movement — are increasingly recruiting Harvard Law School students during their first year, accelerating a clerkship hiring process …

President, Extremely Normal Brain-Wise: Pope Weak On Crime, Also I'm Dr. Jesus Christ  —  The President of the United States, Donald Trump, is a deranged old pervert whose brain, long since sodden and pitted from a lifetime of indulgence and Diet Coke, is foaming out of his ears.

Surgeon Who Removed Wrong Organ From Patient Is Charged in His Death  —  Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky tried to persuade his colleagues in the operating room that the liver he removed from a 70-year-old patient was a spleen, according to Florida's Health Department.

GOP leaders struggle to keep $75B immigration plan narrow … “And that's why you sense some frustration among a lot of the senators,” he added.  “Some of which has been voiced and a lot of which it hasn't.”  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune laid out the up-to $75 billion price tag for the bill to reporters Tuesday.

Erika Kirk withdraws from event with JD Vance over threats, VP says  —  Erika Kirk, widow of slain activist Charlie Kirk, withdrew on Tuesday from a Turning Point USA event featuring U.S. Vice President JD Vance due to threats on her life, the vice president said.

Top CDC director pick Erica Schwartz tests White House political balancing act  —  Schwartz served as deputy U.S. surgeon general during Trump's first term.  The CDC has lacked a permanent director for most of Trump's second term.  —  Summary  —  Erica Schwartz, a deputy U.S. surgeon …