House effort to end Trump's war with Iran fails by one vote  —  The nearly party-line vote of 213-214 shows that Republicans are sticking with the president's military campaign in Iran.  Every Democrat except one voted to order an end to the war.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled …

Justin Fairfax increasingly erratic weeks before murder-suicide, court records show  —  Fairfax was once a favorite to become Virginia governor before sexual assault allegations arose.  The couple's teenage son called 911, officials said.  —  Summary  —  Former Virginia lieutenant governor …

ICE Agent Charged With Assault After Motorists Say He Brandished Gun  —  Minnesota prosecutors have spent weeks investigating the conduct of immigration agents who took part in an immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.  This is the first case they have brought.

Pete Hegseth Invokes The Bible To Lash Out At News Media: “Our Press Are Just Like These Pharisees”  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth once again complained about press coverage of the war in Iran, this time using Biblical references to compare the media to the Pharisees, the group that was hostile to Jesus.

J.D. Vance's theory of Trumpism is no match for the practice  —  This White House is a graveyard for grand strategies  —  Vice-president j.d. vance loves big ideas, or at least the idea of big ideas.  Unlike President Donald Trump, he reads books and even writes his own, and he talks …

AP Exclusive: Europe has ‘maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,’ energy agency head warns  —  Europe has “maybe six weeks or so” of remaining jet fuel supplies, the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview, warning of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war.

The Department of Justice Is Investigating Sexual Assault Allegations Against Eric Swalwell  —  Swalwell is also under investigation in Los Angeles and New York.  — Copy  —  The Department of Justice is investigating allegations of sexual assault against former Rep. Eric Swalwell …

America's Orange Jesus  —  Reflections on a week in which Donald Trump decided to feud with the Pope while comparing himself to the Saviour.  —  In her 2023 memoir, “Oath and Honor,” published the year before Donald Trump's remarkable return from political oblivion, the Republican apostate …

Federal judge sets new limits on Trump ballroom construction  —  Judge Richard Leon clarified that some national security work can continue while the overall project is halted.  —  Summary  —  A federal judge set new limits on President Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom …

ICE Has Detained Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, an 85-Year-Old Widow  —  Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé moved to Alabama to wed a long-lost friend.  But after her new husband died, an inheritance battle exploded and his son used his influence to have her arrested, a probate judge said.

After Trump's Attack on Pope Leo, a Bomb Threat Came for His Brother in Suburban Chicago  —  Make A One-Time Gift to Support My Work  —  On Wednesday evening, Pope Leo XIV's older brother, John Prevost, was the victim of a bomb threat.  —  Officers from the New Lenox police …

NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts  —  NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network's existence, totaling $113 million.  They will go toward fueling innovation in NPR's use of digital technology, increasing its connection with audiences …

‘Pray With Me Please’: Pete Hegseth Reads Fake Bible Quote From ‘Pulp Fiction’ During Pentagon Prayer Service  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth read a fake Bible quote from Quentin Tarantino's 1994 movie Pulp Fiction during a prayer service at the Pentagon on Wednesday.

Arts commission green-lights Trump's giant arch … “I've been watching very carefully, and the designs just get better and better and better and better and better,” said James McCrery II, an architecture professor at the Catholic University of America and the commission's vice chair.

The electoral beatings will continue until morale improves  —  A few early findings from our April monthly poll, and why “excess prices” explains consumer sentiment when traditional economic measures can't  —  We have some very exciting news: Next week, G. Elliott Morris and David Nir …

GOP, Democrats blast Vought for holding back cash: 'You don't have the authority to impound'  —  Senators from both parties chided the Trump administration Thursday for continuing to withhold funding Congress has approved, more than a year after the White House first froze billions of dollars for temporary “review.”

Aliya Rahman Files Complaint Against DHS, Sets Stage For Federal Lawsuit  —  The Minneapolis resident was in a viral video of federal immigration enforcement agents dragging her out of her car on her way to a doctor's appointment.  —  WASHINGTON — Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman …

Mamdani and his wife made less than $145,000 last year, tax filings show … Since becoming mayor, though, Mamdani is living quite comfortably under that parameter, drawing more than $258,000 in salary and living rent-free at Gracie Mansion with Duwaji.  —  Mamdani's office released …

Democrat Analilia Mejia wins New Jersey special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's House seat  —  NBC News projects that Mejia, a progressive activist, defeated Republican Joe Hathaway in the state's Democratic-leaning 11th District. … Democrat Analilia Mejia has won the special election …

Trump administration set to launch tariff refund portal.  Here's what to know.  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The U.S. government is set to launch an online portal next week that lets businesses request refunds for tariffs deemed illegal by the Supreme Court.

Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now  —  WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year's DOGE invasion.  Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.  —  Fourteen months ago, WIRED introduced the world to a cadre of young, inexperienced technologists who were working …

California 2026 Poll: Swalwell Exit from Governor Race Opens Lane for Democrat Xavier Becerra  —  Home Polls California 2026 Poll: Swalwell Exit from Governor Race Opens Lane for Democrat Xavier Becerra  —  Economy Top Issue for 41% of Voters, Highest Since April 2025

Pope James David Vance the First  —  The vice president has decided he's a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV.  —  The Trump administration doesn't seem to have many rules, but one of them is that once the president picks a fight, his posse must show up to support him, no matter how ill-advised the conflict.

Today in Politics, Bulletin 350. 4/16/26  —  ... When Erika Kirk canceled her appearance with JD Vance at a Turning Point rally in GA where the arena was 90% empty, she claimed the reason she ghosted the event was because she received “credible threats” before it began.  But the US Secret Service is contradicting her claim.