Trump approval falls to 35% as rating on handling prices hits a record -46  —  This article reports results from the April 2026 Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  You can read our previous poll releases here.  Subscribers to Strength In Numbers have access to additional visuals …

Cancel the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner  —  Allow me to make a confession: I'm a fan of the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD).  I have never been invited.  I just enjoy the show.  The president does a stand-up routine.  The people who cover the president hire a famous comedian to roast him.

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.

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 …

Capitol agenda: Trump-Powell clash hijacks Warsh hearing  —  A bitter spat is set to dominate Kevin Warsh's confirmation hearing Tuesday morning.  It's not the economic outlook or bank regulation.  The real focus for Senate Banking members vetting Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve chair …

Democrats prepare to abandon Cherfilus-McCormick en masse  —  Many House Democrats are ready to vote to expel Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) from Congress as soon as the House Ethics Committee meets to decide her fate on Tuesday, Axios has found in interviews with over 30 lawmakers.

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.

Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO  —  CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple's board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026.

Speaker Johnson's beginning of the end  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🍃🍃 Subscribe to PN 🍃🍃  —  Last week, Analilia Mejia won her election in a suburban northern New Jersey district …

When Your Child Dies of Measles  —  When my daughter Renae, my firstborn, was 5 months old she spiked a fever.  By that evening, she was having trouble breathing — the color was gone from her face and I could see her skin tugging in around her ribs.  At the hospital the doctors noted …

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 …

Why America is falling out of love with Israel  —  Public opinion and elite sentiment has turned decisively against Netanyahu  —  Who in America remembers Yitzhak Rabin?  It is a safe bet that few under 40 would recall the courageous prime minister of Israel who sought peace with the Palestinians.

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.

4/21/26☀️ AM: … And it's barely so.  —  This is putting a ton of new pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, whose majority is suddenly at risk. … Plus, Thune is dealing with a MAGA onslaught over the SAVE America Act, a relentless push to gut the filibuster …

Why I'm Becoming a Republican  —  I first registered as a Democrat in 1959.  The party's hostility to Israel is too much.  —  I am a lifelong Democrat.  I started campaigning for the party's local candidates as a teenager in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been a registered Democrat for 67 years …

Older Americans Are Hoarding America's Potential  —  “Ageism” identifies an enduring phenomenon: the mistreatment of older people for no reason other than being older.  Americans in middle age and beyond are routinely passed over for opportunities because of the irrelevant fact of a number …

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

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.

Monumental Sign Trump Is Running Scared: Political Guru  —  CLEANUP ON AISLE TRUMP  —  The president made a telling move during his nightmare week, one political analyst says.  —  President Donald Trump has realized that he messed up by surrounding himself with scandal-mired figures and is now …

Get used to higher gas prices this year  —  Even if the Iran conflict ended now and the Strait of Hormuz fully opened, don't look for a quick return to pre-war gas prices. … - But President Trump appeared to contradict him in comments to The Hill Monday, seeing a faster drop.

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 …

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 …

This is how Democrats say Oversight Republicans are trying to quash the Epstein investigation … This trend is outlined in a new memo prepared by Oversight Democratic staff, obtained by POLITICO, which claims that by moving to roundtables, Republicans “are avoiding the only forum where Democrats …