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 …

Donald Trump messed with the wrong pope  —  Trump fought with Pope Francis before.  He's finding Pope Leo XIV to be a tougher foil. … The White House cannot stop fighting with the pope.  —  On Tuesday night, Vice President JD Vance — who converted to Catholicism in 2019 …

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 …

In group chats and meetings, Republicans are privately petrified the Iran war could cost them the midterms  —  Many Republican lawmakers and strategists told NBC News they worry the party has little to run on.  “Right now, the voters don't see a message or a strategy,” a Trump pollster said.

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 …

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport … Last month, Meenu Batra, 53, who has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002, was on her way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to work another case.  She's been a court interpreter for over 20 years …

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” …

Trump posts AI image of being embraced by Jesus Christ amid criticism for other religious posts  —  President Trump shared a post on Truth Social Wednesday that featured an image of him being embraced by Jesus Christ amid the criticism he has received for another image that featured him as Jesus.

Greenland's prime minister says citizens 'don't feel safe' after Trump's threats  —  Trump has pushed for the U.S. to take control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, despite being repeatedly rebuffed by Greenlandic and Danish authorities.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE

MAGA Is Starting to Look Beyond Trump  —  A seemingly endless torrent of criticism directed toward Trump from former MAGA allies suggests the president is losing support from his base.  —  For months now, it seems that every day brings with it a new faction of MAGAworld getting angry …

Vought: White House doesn't have ‘ballpark’ total for Iran war funding  —  White House budget director Russ Vought told lawmakers Wednesday that the Trump administration hasn't settled on “a ballpark” range for how much funding it will ask Congress to approve for the Iran conflict.

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 …

Autocracy = Corruption  —  What the U.S. resistance can learn from Hungary  —  There will be many post-mortems on the demise of the Orbán regime.  The stunning victory of Hungary's opposition was delivered by an electoral surge so large that it swamped the anti-democratic breakwaters …

Senate Democratic candidates are posting some huge fundraising hauls  —  Democrats running for the Senate posted some massive fundraising hauls in the first quarter.  The most striking number so far came from Texas.  James Talarico brought in an eye-popping $27 million over the past three months …

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 …

New CBS Boss to Host Fancy Dinner ‘Honoring’ Trump  —  TAKES THE CAKE  —  David Ellison's friendly ties with the president have horrified staffers.  —  Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is hosting an intimate event to honor Donald Trump's White House, along with correspondents from the now-MAGA-friendly CBS News.

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.

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 …

Dave Chappelle Knocks Republican Party for “Weaponized” Transgender Jokes: “That's Not What I Was Doing”  —  After being called out for transphobic jokes, the superstar comedian told NPR that Lauren Boebert and other Republicans are politicizing his humor.  —  Dave Chappelle has called …

State Navigate Poll: Virginians are Divided on Governor Spanberger and Redistricting Referendum  —  Follow the Election Results of the Virginia Constitutional Amendment with our NavCast Model on April 21st!  —  “Soon as they like you, make them unlike you.”  —  Background

Badenoch: Orbán's defeat gives me hope for the center-right  —  The Hungarian autocrat's downfall shows right-wing populism won't be “long-lasting,” Britain's Conservative leader said in an interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner.  —  LONDON — Viktor Orbán's defeat …

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

No more US military aid to Israel  —  The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government  —  I am a proud Jewish American.  My father fled Poland in 1921 to escape poverty and antisemitism.

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 …

Elise Stefanik's endgame  —  Presented by With additional help from Gelila Negesse  —  GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING.  This is Nick Reisman in Albany.  No budget deal is on the horizon at the statehouse.  But there is plenty to discuss with the Empire State's raucous House races …

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 …

U.S. Puts Little Pressure on Israel to Stop Attacks on Lebanon  —  Despite hailing negotiations between the two sides as a “historic milestone,” Washington did not call for a halt to Israeli strikes or for a withdrawal from Lebanese territory.  —  The United States hailed rare talks …

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Right-wing Christian media double down on supporting Trump's Iran war: “King David himself did this when he found himself dealing with a nation that was barbaric”  —  Trump and Pete Hegseth have framed the war in religious terms, including Hegseth claiming that military operations are being …

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds  —  Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026  —  The world's top 100 oil and gas companies banked more than $30m every hour …