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9:25 PM ET, April 19, 2026

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NBC News:
8 children killed in Louisiana mass shooting  —  The alleged gunman, who is related to some of the children, was killed after a vehicle chase, according to police.  —  Eight children were killed in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, on Sunday morning, according to police.
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New York Times:
Haunted by ‘Dark Thoughts,’ Louisiana Father Kills 8 Children  —  Seven of the eight children killed were the shooter's own.  Two other people were gravely wounded.  The gunman, who was struggling with mental health problems, died in a confrontation with police.
Christina Schaefer / KSLA-TV:
8 Shreveport children dead after what began as a domestic dispute, police say  —  Suspect fled to Bossier where he was shot by police  —  SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Authorities say eight children were killed in a domestic disturbance in Shreveport on W 79th Street.
Anthony Blair / New York Post:
8 kids — ages 1 to 14 — killed in mass shooting across Shreveport, Louisiana — as gunman targets his ‘descendants’
Discussion: The Daily Wire and CBS News
Emily Mae / CBS News:
8 children killed in mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, police say
Ben Geman / Axios:
Oil prices jump after Strait of Hormuz setbacks  —  Oil prices are up around 6% Sunday evening after the weekend brought fresh escalation of the U.S.-Iran conflict. … - The longer oil transit remains throttled, the longer crude prices will remain high.  — That affects U.S. drivers …
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Financial Times:   Impact of Iran war will hurt US even after conflict ends, economists warn
Garrett Downs / CNBC:
U.S. struck, seized Iranian-flagged ship Touska in Gulf of Oman, Trump says
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump says US-Iran talks to continue Monday in Pakistan
Simon Tisdall / The Guardian:
JD Vance could yet save his political skin. But it will mean turning on Trump - and soon
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Geman / Axios:
Trump's energy boss: gas may stay above $3-per-gallon into 2027
Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:
FBI Director says arrests ‘coming soon’ on 2020 rigged election conspiracy  —  FBI director Kash Patel said that his agency will soon make arrests - maybe this week - in connection to the 2020 presidential election, which he claims was rigged.  —  Patel's comments on Fox News anchor Maria …
Discussion: Washington Times and Mediaite
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NBC News:
Justice Department demands Michigan county turn over 2024 ballots  —  Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel dismissed the latest election inquiry from the Trump administration as “absurd” and “baseless.”  —  The Justice Department has demanded Wayne County, Michigan …
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Trump DOJ redoubling election scrutiny efforts … Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson rebuffed the demand, writing in a Sunday opinion piece that the request is “about a weaponized DOJ trying to please a president who doesn't want to be held accountable …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
DOJ demands Detroit-area 2024 ballots, escalating election scrutiny  —  DOJ official Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote that she is seeking ballots to investigate election law compliance.  Democratic state officials call the request baseless.  —  Summary  —  The Justice Department is demanding …
NBC News:
Poll: Trump's approval rating hits second-term low as Americans sour on the economy and Iran war  —  Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation, according to an NBC News Decision Desk Poll, with some cracks emerging in his GOP support.
MS NOW:
‘Most important speech...that should never have been given’: Fmr Judge pans SCOTUS justice's remarks  —  At a recent event, the conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivered a grievance-soaked address that argued that progressivism is incompatible with the Declaration of Independence.
Discussion: Raw Story and Salon
NBC News:
Trump loyalist Joe diGenova now leading ‘grand conspiracy’ probe of Trump targets  —  DiGenova, 81, who was a federal prosecutor in the Reagan era, was a Fox News regular who joined an infamous news conference following Trump's 2020 election loss.  —  Joe diGenova, a former Trump campaign lawyer …
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emptywheel:
Todd Blanche Puts Dmitry Firtash's Onetime Lawyer In Charge of Criminalizing the Russian Investigation
Discussion: RedState
María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg:
UAE in Talks With US for Possible Financial Lifeline, WSJ Says  —  The United Arab Emirates has begun talks with the US about a financial backstop in case the Iran war plunges the country into further crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials it didn't identify.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
UAE official: More than 90% of Iran's targets were civilian infrastructure
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington.  They Invoked the Trump Name.  —  The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president's second term.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why Yale's term paper on what's wrong with college gets a ‘D-’  —  By Yale's sad standards, the Ivy League university's new, high-profile report on why Americans have lost all faith in higher education deserves a grade of at least an ‘A-.’  —  Why?  Because nearly every student paper that's produced …
Discussion: The Free Press
New York Post:
3 University of Iowa students wounded in mass shooting, wild brawl near campus  —  At least three students were injured in a mass shooting a block away from the University of Iowa's campus during a wild brawl early Sunday.  —  Police were responding to a large fight at the Pedestrian Mall …
New York Times:
Democrats Eye a Broader Battlefield to Capture Congress in November  —  Weighed down by President Trump's approval ratings, some Republican incumbents are struggling to raise money while Democrats look for targets like a Tennessee seat south of Nashville.  —  As the mule-drawn floats …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
 
 
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Politico:
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