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2:35 PM ET, April 18, 2026

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New York Times:
Inside the Supreme Court's Risky New Way of Doing Business  —  Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court's now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power.  —  Just after 6 p.m. on a February evening in 2016, the Supreme Court issued a cryptic …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
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New York Times:
Read the Supreme Court's Shadow Papers  —  In 2016, the Supreme Court halted an ambitious climate change initiative from President Barack Obama by a 5-to-4 vote along partisan lines.  Its order was just one paragraph long and a stark departure from how the court typically handled major cases.
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Axios:
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz once again, fires on tankers  —  Iran said on Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz is again closed to traffic following threats of such action if the U.S. continued its blockade of the shipping channel. … - “As long as the United States does not agree …
New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Iran's Military Says It Has Reimposed ‘Strict Control’ of Strait of Hormuz  —  The military said it would keep the vital waterway under its control until the U.S. ended its blockade of Iranian ports.  The statement added to the uncertainty over access to the strait.
Reuters:
Trump says he has ‘good news’ on Iran, no clarity on peace deal  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said there had been “some pretty good news about Iran”, suggesting optimism about peace talks to end the war on Iran, but he said a ceasefire in the conflict may not be extended without a deal by Wednesday.
Taz Ali / The Guardian:
Middle East crisis live: tanker reports attack as Iran closes strait of Hormuz; French soldier killed in Lebanon  —  Iranian military's command says the strait has ‘reverted to its previous state’; Macron confirms death of French UN peacekeeper  —  UKMTO reports further attack and suspicious activity near strait of Hormuz
Rebecca F. Elliott / New York Times:   Reopening Strait of Hormuz Would Ease Oil Crisis but Only So Much
Associated Press:
Live updates: Iran's military command says it has closed Hormuz again over US blockade
The White House:
Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  Policymakers and the medical field have long struggled …
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Courtney Subramanian / Bloomberg:
Trump Signs Order on Psychedelics to Ease FDA Restrictions  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order to expedite research and access to psychedelics used outside the US to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.  —  “Today's order will ensure that people suffering …
Discussion: New York Times
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Joe Rogan joins Trump to sign order allowing psychedelic drug research
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump orders more access to psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin and ibogaine
Phillips Payson O'Brien / The Atlantic:
Ukraine Has Finally Given Up on Trump  —  Zelensky has written off the United States.  —  For more than a year after Donald Trump returned to the White House, Ukraine held out hope—at least publicly—of winning him over.  Trump, who revealed his affection for Russia's Vladimir Putin again and again …
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Serge Schmemann / New York Times:   This War Has Not Gone Putin's Way
Sarah Fitzpatrick / The Atlantic:
The FBI Director Is MIA  —  On Friday, April 10, as FBI Director Kash Patel was preparing to leave work for the weekend, he struggled to log into an internal computer system.  He quickly became convinced that he had been locked out, and he panicked, frantically calling aides and allies …
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New York Times:
JD Vance's Very Bad Week  —  What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.  —  Despite Vice President JD Vance's best efforts, Hungary ousted the illiberal authoritarian Viktor Orban this week.  As the columnist David French argues, Orbanism was “intellectual Trumpism …
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Paul Krugman:   Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary
Jason Sattler:
How the hell has the stock market not learned that Trump just lies?  —  Trump is wishing away the Iran War the way he did Covid.  What happens when the market finally has to tell the truth?  —  ·  —  Just now  —  Everyone has finally picked up the pattern.
Politico:
Poll: Trump's immigration message changed.  Voters' opinions have not. … Yet three months later, Americans' views of President Donald Trump's deportations campaign remain broadly negative.  —  New results from The POLITICO Poll show that even as the spotlight has moved away …
Discussion: The Hill and Third Way
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Erin Doherty / Politico:
Trump keeps claiming victory in Iran. Our new poll shows voters aren't buying it.
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NBC News:
Trump and the IRS are in talks to resolve his $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax records
Axios:
Bibi torched U.S. support for Israel for a generation  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is wreaking havoc on Israel's standing with Americans as the Iran war supercharges a deterioration in relations with the U.S. … Lawmakers who started out staunchly pro-Israel are becoming increasingly vocal critics.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
This morning, after a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect Thursday, Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial ships.  Israel has been bombing southern Lebanon, where Iran-backed Hezbollah militants operate, and Iran's leadership has said it would not recognize …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Efforts to Strong-Arm Iran Into Deal Spark Optimism—and Confusion
Kyla Scanlon / New York Times:
Why the Stock Market Makes No Sense Right Now  —  The stock market has been trying to ignore the war in Iran.  That's been true over weeks of escalation and de-escalation, cease-fires, a blockade, and a blockade of a blockade (now just a U.S. blockade).  Markets have barely flinched …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Evan Halper / Washington Post:   Here's what the stock market might have gotten wrong about the Iran war
Conor Gallagher / The Irish Times:
Trump administration deports elderly Irishman from US to Costa Rica under controversial deal  —  Man arrived in the central American country on Friday as part of a group of 22 deportees
Discussion: OSV News
 
 
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump NRA snub fuels questions about key GOP ally's influence
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The Economist:
Western men are going abroad to find traditional wives
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Trump's dyslexia barbs stir anguish and anger, perpetuating a myth about the learning disability
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Pope Bedevils Trump
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