Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Resigned  —  A Labor Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  — Copy  —  Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on Monday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

House barrels toward rare double expulsion votes  —  Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) and Cory Mills (R-Fla.) are next in line this week for the House's wave of expulsion votes. … - Cherfilus-McCormick was found guilty by the Ethics Committee on a litany of charges …

Even Trump's most basic claims about the Iran war can't be trusted  —  Donald Trump The Middle East JD Vance US elections  —  On Monday morning, President Donald Trump told The New York Post that Vice President JD Vance was already on his way to Pakistan for negotiations with Iran.

Apple isn't losing its Trump whisperer  — Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO in September.  — He won't be going far.  He'll remain as executive chairman of the Apple board of directors.  — Cook has put on a masterclass in managing Apple's relationship with President Donald Trump.

Some Republicans Fear They're Making a Big Mistake on Reconciliation  —  “We better do something to bring costs down, because it's tough sledding right now,” Sen. Josh Hawley said.  — Copy  —  Senate Republicans are taking their first steps this week to pass a narrow reconciliation bill …

Carr's Drive-Thru Dinner  —  Donald Trump's FCC chair Brendan Carr is set to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Status has learned, where he will mingle with journalists and news executives at an event ostensibly about celebrating the First Amendment.

What We Learned From a Secret Deposition of Ken Paxton  —  Previously hidden document sheds new light on ethical questions surrounding the GOP Senate candidate and Texas attorney general  —  In 2019, hostile attorneys questioned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton about his conduct as a lawyer …

Ex-staffers defend California governor hopeful after viral clips raise conduct questions  —  After Eric Swalwell's exit, a letter from 30 ex-staffers of former representative Katie Porter seeks to blunt attacks as Democrats fear getting locked out of the race.  —  Summary

In Virginia redistricting election, 4 House seats at stake as voters go to the polls  —  The vote will decide if the legislature can redraw the state congressional map.  —  Campaign signs are seen at a polling place on April 17, 2026 in Burke, Virginia.  Virginia voters will decide on April 21 …

Five Trump Scandals You've Probably Missed  —  Swirling scandals—from the Pentagon to DHS to the IRS to the Labor Department—that represent basic betrayals of public office, trust, and confidence-in-leadership that should be the table stakes of good government.

The Internet's Favorite Lawyer Says We're Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’  —  Devin Stone turned punchy legal explainers into a YouTube empire.  Now he's warning that the sheer volume of Trump administration scandals is distorting reality itself.

It's not media cluelessness - it's cowardice and complicity  —  For more than a decade, I've struggled with the question of why major media have underreacted to Donald Trump's fascist movement, normalizing its corruption and cruelty.  —  Eventually, I came up with the “Three C's” - cluelessness, cowardice, and complicity.

Mexico's Sheinbaum demands explanation after U.S. officials die assisting in operation in Chihuahua  —  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she would demand explanations after four U.S. and Mexican officials died in an accident over the weekend, adding she was unaware …

‘Jarring disconnect’: Maine voters at odds with Democratic leadership in high-stakes Senate primary  —  Maine's Democratic Senate primary is heating up as Graham Platner (D) and Governor Janet Mills (D) look to challenge incumbent Senator Susan Collins (R).  NBC News Senior National Political …

Trump and other top Republicans will read passages in a marathon Bible event  —  President Donald Trump and many of his leading Christian supporters and top Republicans are taking part this week in a marathon reading of the Bible in an America 250-themed event billed as encouraging a …

California Dems want to quickly fill Swalwell's seat.  They're hitting a snag. … Five Democratic candidates running in the regularly-scheduled primary to succeed Swalwell for a full term have pledged they would not also run in the June 16 special election.

Iran war accelerates America's breakup with the world … “A lot of people are fed up with how chaotic this war has been and scared of the potential economic impact, but I haven't seen any major protests in response,” a Washington-based Asian diplomat said, having been granted anonymity because the topic is sensitive.

Nick Fuentes Is Physically Disgusted by His Own Groyper Fanboys  —  A devoted Fuentes supporter went on CNN to talk about his hero and then found himself in his crosshairs.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Groypers Ground Up by Their Hero  —  John Lawrence, a “groyper” devotee of white nationalist …

U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs: The Arguments That Shaped America, Now Freely Available  —  Thanks to a generous gift of materials from the Wolf Law Library at the William & Mary Law School, and the Internet Archive's mission to digitize and provide universal access to knowledge …

Palantir Goes Mask-Off For Fascism.  It Won't End Well.  —  Earlier this month, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that “Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment.  Just ask our enemies!!!”  — notably including the stock ticker …