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6:45 AM ET, April 20, 2026

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Bloomberg:
Iran Wavers on Peace Talks as Tensions Rise After US Seizes Ship  —  Iran Can Sustain the War for Months: Johns Hopkins' Slim  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 5.57% Playback Rate  — captions off, selected  — English  —  This is a modal window.
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Garrett Downs / CNBC:
U.S. struck, seized Iranian-flagged ship Touska in Gulf of Oman, Trump says … A U.S Navy guided missile destroyer fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman before Marines boarded and seized the vessel, President Donald Trump said Sunday.
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
U.S. takes Iran-flagged ship into custody, Trump says
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump says he'll send negotiators to Pakistan, Iran suspects trap
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 …
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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 …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
DOJ demands Detroit-area 2024 ballots, escalating election scrutiny
Discussion: The Independent
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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Emily Mae / CBS News:
8 children killed in mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, as gunman targets family, police say
Anthony Blair / New York Post:
8 kids — ages 1 to 14 — killed in mass shooting across Shreveport, Louisiana — as gunman targets his ‘descendants’
Discussion: CBS News and The Daily Wire
Wall Street Journal:
U.A.E. Asks U.S. About a Wartime Financial Lifeline  —  Emirati officials speak with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about accessing dollars if Middle East conflict drags on  —  WASHINGTON—The United Arab Emirates has opened talks with the U.S. about obtaining a financial backstop in case …
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María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg:   UAE in Talks With US for Possible Financial Lifeline, WSJ Says
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
UAE official: More than 90% of Iran's targets were civilian infrastructure
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why a Democratic Senate, Once Unthinkable, Is a Real Possibility  —  Helped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.  —  At the start of the 2026 election cycle, the Senate looked far out of reach for the Democrats.
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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
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
Punchbowl News:
4/20/26☀️ AM: … The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and oil prices are nearing $100 per barrel again.  Plus, Trump is threatening to attack Iran's infrastructure unless a peace agreement is reached.  —  Vice President JD Vance, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are headed to Islamabad …
Discussion: MS NOW and Semafor
Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth's Feud With Army Secretary Spills Into Public View  —  Spat comes as the military faces unprecedented commitments around the world  —  Soon after his first day at the Pentagon in early 2025, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll walked into his boss's office with a proposal.
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
How Trump is wooing Joe Rogan after their Iran split  —  President Trump and his administration officials are working aggressively behind the scenes to court Joe Rogan, even as the podcast titan torches the president over the Iran war. … The president knows that keeping him close still matters.
Washington Post:
Uncertainty reigns at DOJ in the aftermath of Bondi's departure  —  Acting attorney general Todd Blanche has moved quickly to put his stamp on the department, but other Trump loyalists also appear to be vying for leading roles.  —  Summary  —  Since President Donald Trump tapped Todd Blanche …
Sebastian Starcevic / Politico:
Slovenia's prime minister admits he cannot form a government  —  Slovenia's caretaker prime minister, Robert Golob, on Monday admitted his party was unable to form a government, potentially paving the way for the return of populist Janez Janša.  —  Golob's liberal Freedom Movement won …
Discussion: Bloomberg
New York Times:
Energy Secretary Says Gas Prices May Stay Above $3 Until 2027  —  Secretary of Energy Chris Wright's acknowledgment in a TV interview undercut President Trump's earlier claim that price increases would be “short-term.”  —  Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said on Sunday that gasoline prices …
 
 
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Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Are Democrats Becoming a Party of Tax Cuts?
Institute for the Study of War:
Iran Update Special Report, April 18, 2026
Discussion: Bloomberg and HotAir
Lauren Egan / The Bulwark:
Dems Aren't Buying Reports of Alito Staying Put
Associated Press:
Fears of looser standards as the FBI and Justice Department scramble to fill a depleted workforce
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Dems kick off 5-city fight to host 2028 convention
Discussion: Politico
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Harry Keyishian, Lead Plaintiff in Academic Freedom Case, Dies at 93
 Earlier Items: 
Financial Times:
Impact of Iran war will hurt US even after conflict ends, economists warn
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why Yale's term paper on what's wrong with college gets a ‘D-’
Shikha Dalmia / The UnPopulist:
Trump Proved to be Unimaginably Bad for the Free Market Cause: A Conversation with Veronique de Rugy
Arek Sarkissian / Politico:
Aspiring pot companies had big dreams for Florida. Reality has hit hard.
Axios:
Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist
New York Post:
3 University of Iowa students wounded in mass shooting, wild brawl near campus
 

 
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