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Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Resigns  —  The congresswoman stepped down just hours before the Ethics Committee announced sanctions against her.  — Copy  —  Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is resigning from Congress hours before the House Ethics Committee was set to announce sanctions …
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NBC News:
Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns amid Ethics probe  —  The Ethics Committee was considering recommending that the House expel Cherfilus-McCormick, of Florida, over allegations that she stole federal funds.  —  WASHINGTON — Embattled Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla. …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats prepare to abandon Cherfilus-McCormick en masse
Discussion: Politico, HotAir, RedState and MS NOW
Associated Press:
Lawmakers weigh sanctions for Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida
Adam Pack / Fox News:
Indicted Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick refuses to resign as expulsion vote looms
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from Congress just minutes before House Ethics Committee was to sanction Florida Dem
New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Vance's Trip to Peace Talks on Hold  —  The vice president's trip to Pakistan is on hold because Tehran failed to respond to American negotiating positions, a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the situation said.  But it could be back on at a moment's notice.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Vance's Pakistan trip on hold as Iran refuses to commit to peace talks  —  Vice President Vance's planned departure for Islamabad was delayed for hours Tuesday as Iran's leadership remained divided over whether to participate in a new round of peace talks, according to U.S. officials and sources with knowledge of the situation.
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump threatens more US strikes in Iran as ceasefire deadline looms
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   Late Saturday evening, Josh Dawsey and Annie Linskey of the Wall Street Journal reported …
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.
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
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 …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Tucker Carlson says he will be ‘tormented’ for ‘a long time’ over his support for Trump  —  The former Fox News host apologized for “misleading” people and expressed regret for having previously backed the president.  —  Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson expressed regret …
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Mike Brock / Notes from the Circus:
Apology Not Accepted, Mr. Carlson  —  On April 20, 2026, on his own podcast, sitting across from his brother Buckley, Tucker Carlson said this: “I want to say I'm sorry for misleading people. … Yes, you were misleading people, Mr. Carlson.  And contra your characterization, it was very much intentional.
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.
Max Rego / The Hill:
Warsh declines to say whether Biden won 2020 election  —  Kevin Warsh, President Trump's nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, declined to say Tuesday whether former President Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 election.  —  When asked by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) …
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Politico:
Capitol agenda: Trump-Powell clash hijacks Warsh hearing
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump's Pick to Lead Fed Faces Questions on Independence in Senate Hearing
Washington Post:
Two CIA officers die in Mexico accident after counternarcotics operation  —  The U.S. spy agency has significantly expanded its international antidrug work under President Trump and CIA Director Ratcliffe.  —  Summary  —  Two U.S. embassy officials who died in an automobile accident …
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Washington Post:
Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says  —  The move alarmed some public health experts, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.  —  Summary  —  The military will no longer require U.S. troops to receive the annual flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …
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.
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Armed ‘No Kings’ counter-protester in Tenn. faces new charges, including child porn  —  Federal grand jury returns superseding indictment against Elijah Millar, 20, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Murfreesboro man who was arrested last year after an armed confrontation …
Paul Krugman:
The Vindication of Bidenomics  —  Are we finally ready to acknowledge its successes?  —  Consumer sentiment, which fell off a cliff in 2022, has declined further under Trump II.  Indeed, according to the venerable Michigan Survey, it is at the lowest level ever recorded.
Discussion: NPR
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 …
Discussion: KDFX-TV and The Independent
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 …
New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo  —  A U.S. aid worker said that the Afghans, who were evacuated to Qatar, would face a choice between moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo and living under the Taliban.  —  After halting a U.S. resettlement program …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
‘Easily the Worst President in U.S. History’  —  The damage President Trump has inflicted on the United States and the world is so enormous and wide-ranging that it is hard to grasp.  —  It runs the gamut from public and private institutions to core democratic customs and traditions …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: DeSantis “begging” Trump for prime role in administration  —  President Trump has told confidants that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is “begging” for a job in Trump's administration — including attorney general — Axios has learned.  — DeSantis also has expressed interest in being secretary …
Discussion: Mediaite
CalMatters:
Internal emails show how fringe groups fueled Sheriff Chad Bianco's ballot seizure  —  In the spring of 2022, a woman named Shelby Bunch began appearing at government hearings in Riverside County, demanding that officials there address what she believed was an epidemic of fraud in local elections.
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 …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Graham releases blueprint for GOP immigration enforcement funding plan  —  Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham unveiled a fiscal blueprint Tuesday paving the way for the GOP's party-line immigration enforcement plan.  The budget resolution is the first step in Republicans' two-step plan …
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.
Discussion: Commentary Magazine
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
Why is the Maga project teetering?  Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction  —  The president's fixation on culture-war grievances is a colossal misreading of voters who just want prices to come down.  He has forgotten why he was re-elected
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
New York Times:
A Year After U.S.A.I.D.'s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss … She was fired by email while on maternity leave, given 24 hours to clear out her desk and left with three days of health insurance and no severance pay.  She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development …
New York Times:
Kennedy Refuses to Commit to Backing New C.D.C. Director on Vaccines  —  In a tense congressional hearing, the health secretary also said he bore no responsibility for the measles outbreak in the United States.  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to commit to supporting …
Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
John Roberts Is Always a Republican First  —  Over the weekend, The New York Times published a flurry of internal Supreme Court memos related to its unsigned, unexplained February 2016 order that blocked the Clean Power Plan, an Environmental Protection Agency rule that required states …
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 …
Harriet Barber / The Guardian:
‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out  —  An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump's purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’  —  By 4pm, the light was softening over the Pacific, and the crew of the Don Maca …
Discussion: Drop Site News
 
 
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Biden FBI investigated GOP lawmakers who gave constituent tours before Jan. 6
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Peter Smith / Associated Press:
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Scoop: Gallego met with Ethics after GOP lawmaker accused him of misconduct
Discussion: Fox News
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump Should Fire More of His Cabinet
Discussion: New Republic, UPI and Rolling Stone
George Joseph / The Guardian:
Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege
Discussion: CalMatters, NewsMax.com and The Verge
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
First Draft: Trump Is Making Republicans Wet Their Beds
Discussion: Raw Story
Rob Taub / The Hill:
Tick bites causing highest rate of ER visits in a decade: CDC
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Many Americans question Trump's temperament amid Iran war, pope spat: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Axios, CNN, WTTG-TV, The Hill and Foreign Policy
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