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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
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 …
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
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.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
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.
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Rep. Nancy Mace introduces measure to expel fellow Republican Cory Mills from Congress
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Oren Oppenheim / ABC News:
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 …
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Erin Doherty / Politico:
Dems brace for a close finish on Virginia redistricting effort … “Anytime you're on the ‘yes’ side of a referendum, you've got the burden of proof,” he added. “It doesn't matter what the referendum is, but anytime you're arguing for ‘yes,’ the other side is going to be arguing for the status quo.”
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Democrats aim for midterm upsets in districts that Trump safely won
Democrats aim for midterm upsets in districts that Trump safely won
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NOTUS:
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.
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Washington Post:
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will resign amid misconduct allegations
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns from Trump admin after misconduct investigation first exposed by The Post
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns from Trump admin after misconduct investigation first exposed by The Post
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Politico:
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 …
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Cabinet Secretaries Are Dropping Like Flies. Who Might Be Next?
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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 …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
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.
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Rebecca Archer / New York Times:
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 …
Ej Dickson / Wired:
This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men — A med student says he's made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. He's not alone. — Like many medical school students, Sam was broke.
Apple:
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.
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Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
Apple isn't losing its Trump whisperer
Apple isn't losing its Trump whisperer
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Associated Press:
Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a Justice Department criminal probe over paid informants — The Southern Poverty Law Center says it's the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department and faces possible charges over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.
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CNBC:
Trump says 'I'll remember' companies that don't seek tariff refunds … President Donald Trump on Tuesday told CNBC that he will gratefully “remember” U.S. companies that do not seek refunds for the tariffs he unilaterally imposed, which the Supreme Court later ruled were illegal.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
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 …
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Punchbowl News:
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 …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
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.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
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.
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Samuel Moyn / New York Times:
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 …
Alan M. Dershowitz / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
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Ben Geman / Axios:
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.
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Katie Drummond / Wired:
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.
Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
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 …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Says US Will Get Along With Anthropic After Pentagon Spat — President Donald Trump predicted the US government would have a good relationship Anthropic PBC, a stark reversal in tone toward the artificial company that's embroiled in a fight with the Pentagon.
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
In California, Israel is emerging as a defining Democratic test … “If you're not going to take a stance on something that's very clear at this point,” said Saikat Chakrabarti, who is running for Pelosi's open San Francisco seat against state Sen. Scott Wiener, “then how can we trust you to represent us?”
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Hannah Allam / ProPublica:
The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan — Reporting Highlights — Rising Threats: After the Trump administration's attack on Iran, experts say, threats of extremist violence are likely to rise in the U.S. — Missing Plan: In office for more than a year …
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Rob Taub / The Hill:
Tick bites causing highest rate of ER visits in a decade: CDC — (NewsNation) — With spring in full force and summer on the way, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is raising the alarm on tick bites. — The agency says the bites are sending Americans to the emergency room …

