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Colby Smith / New York Times:
Trump Threatens to Fire Powell if He Does Not Resign From Fed  —  Although Jerome H. Powell's term as Fed chair officially ends on May 15, he can stay on as a governor until 2028 and said he would not leave until a criminal investigation was over.  —  President Trump on Wednesday vowed …
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Make Surprise Visit to Fed as Pirro Defends Investigation  —  The Justice Department's criminal inquiry into the Federal Reserve threatens to delay the confirmation of the next chair.  —  Prosecutors sent by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia …
C. Ryan Barber / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:   Is Swalwell the Straw That Broke Congress's Back?
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
‘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 …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump's Blasphemy Is a Warning  —  Let's analyze the world's latest church-and-empire fracas, the open conflict between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV, in terms of three concentric circles, bringing us from the general realities of Catholic politics to the intense specifics of this case.
Daniel J. Wakin / New York Times:
Pope Leo to Trump: ‘I Have No Fear’
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
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 …
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The American Conservative:   Media Coverage of the War Has One Target: Trump
Andrew Solender / Axios:
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 …
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Pete Hit With Impeachment Effort as Scandals Mount  —  WAR CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS  —  House Democrats are filing no less than five articles against the self-declared “Secretary of War.”  —  Democrats in Congress are bringing articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth over a slew …
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
How Eric Swalwell rose to the top of Democratic politics as rumors followed him  —  Allies like Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Ruben Gallego say they knew nothing about the misconduct allegations, with Gallego saying the congressman led a “double life.”  —  Summary
Discussion: NPR, LAmag and San Francisco Chronicle
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Bernie Becker / Politico:
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 …
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Politico:   The $140M future of politics
New Republic:
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” …
Isabel Van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, Chatham House and Raw Story
HuffPost:
Republicans Dismiss Concerns About Trump's Mental Fitness  —  “He said it was about being a doctor!”  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said of the president posting an AI image of himself looking like Jesus.  —  WASHINGTON - Congress is back to business after a two-week recess …
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
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Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Reuters
Christopher Fonzone / Just Security:
The Presidential Records Act is Constitutional  —  On April 1, 2026, the Department of Justice issued an opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) concluding that the Presidential Records Act (PRA) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's constitutional powers and aggrandizes …
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and Reason
Associated Press:
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Regime Has Changed—for the Worse  —  The U.S.-Israeli attack fast-tracked the ascent of hard-liners and apocalyptic religious followers, raising doubts about a lasting peace  —  On March 13, a massive billboard appeared in Tehran's Enqelab Square.  It showed Iran's newly selected …
Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Rick Jackson cannonballed into the governor race.  It's having ripple effects across Georgia. … HOMER, Georgia — The last few players of the day were finishing their rounds at the Chimney Oaks Golf Club when a steady wind picked up by the practice putting green.  Pin flags bent to a near snap.
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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 …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Another pardoned Jan. 6 rioter to admit guilt in child sexual abuse case  —  David Daniel has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors after a judge ruled that President Donald Trump's pardons in the Capitol attack did not apply to child exploitation.
Discussion: Mother Jones, TMZ.com and Raw Story
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Vance Heckled in Antiwar Protest at Turning Point USA Event  —  Vice President JD Vance appeared to express sympathy with critics of the war with Iran: “I recognize that young voters do not love the policy we have in the Middle East, OK.  I understand.”  —  Vice President JD Vance was heckled …
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Pope Leo needs to brush up his Bible — and its lessons on war and peace  —  As far as showdowns between popes and secular leaders go, President Donald Trump versus Pope Leo XIV hardly rates.  —  Leo hasn't forced Trump to come see him and stand for three days in the snow …
Discussion: USA Today
Andrew Perez / Zeteo:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Michigan's Dem Senate Race Is Wide Open, AIPAC Is Toxic, Hasan Piker Is Not  —  The Michigan Senate primary is effectively a tie, and Democratic voters are more worried about AIPAC's influence than Hasan Piker.  Plus, a fifth accuser waves Eric Swalwell out of Congress.
Boots on the Ground:
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 …
BBC:
Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds  —  A shadow industry of law firms and advisers is charging thousands of pounds to help migrants pretend to be gay in order to stay in the UK, the BBC has found.  —  In the first part …
Discussion: Breitbart and spiked
Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Joe St. George / Scripps News:
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.
Albert Burneko / Defector:
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.
Anna Venarchik / New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, RedState and Raw Story
Robert Schmad / Washington Examiner:
Lone Democrat, Republicans who voted against housing bill have financial ties to its opponents  —  Senators from both parties who voted against legislation to rein in the ability of large investors to acquire rental properties have a series of financial ties to those same investors.
 
 
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