Republicans air misgivings about redistricting push after Virginia vote  —  A group of House Republicans openly questioned the mid-decade redistricting war sparked by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a day after a Democratic victory in Virginia threatened the GOP's chances of holding onto its slim House majority in November.

F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel's Girlfriend  —  The bureau said it is not pursuing a case, but the scrutiny is an example of the Trump administration weighing whether to criminalize routine news gathering.  —  The F.B.I. began investigating …

CDC won't publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits  —  The report, which had cleared the agency's scientific-review process, had been delayed.  It now won't be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.  —  Summary

Secret ‘sugar daddy’ sex scandal explodes inside Trump's counterterrorism HQ: Read glamorous senior aide's voracious text messages, itemized ‘trophies’... and her utterly shameless justification  —  A top-level Trump counterterrorism official is under investigation amid claims she actively looks …

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges  —  WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information …

Judge tosses Kash Patel's defamation suit against former MSNBC contributor  —  The judge said that Frank Figliuzzi's statement, “when taken in context, cannot have been perceived by a person of ordinary intelligence as stating actual facts about Patel.”  —  A federal judge in Texas has tossed …

Trump Administration Nearing Rescue Deal for Spirit Airlines  —  President signaled this week the government could help discount carrier, which has struggled with surging jet-fuel prices  —  The Trump administration is nearing a rescue deal for Spirit Airlines, people familiar with the matter said.

Kalshi suspends, fines 3 congressional candidates in ‘insider trading’ enforcement actions … Prediction market platform Kalshi said Wednesday it had suspended and fined three candidates for Congress from Minnesota, Texas and Virginia for “political insider trading” activity on their own campaigns.

Iran says it has seized two ships in Strait of Hormuz after U.S. extends ceasefire … Iran's navy on Wednesday said it had seized two container ships in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, shortly after the U.S. extended the ceasefire and as diplomats seek to bring the countries together for peace talks.

New poll: 55% support impeaching Trump  —  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 trended charts and a full archive of crosstabs …

House Democrat pushes DOJ on possible pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell  —  Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi wants answers from the Justice Department about internal communications regarding a possible pardon for Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.  In a letter sent Wednesday …

Georgia Rep. David Scott dies at 80  —  Scott, the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, was first elected to Congress in 2002 and was running for re-election.  —  Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., has died at the age of 80, according to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Scoop: Trump set to reclassify marijuana soon  —  The Trump administration is expected to move to reclassify marijuana as soon as Wednesday, per an administration official familiar with the matter. … - The move follows an executive order from the president last year to reclassify marijuana …

Federal appeals court blocks California law requiring federal agents to wear identification  —  An appeals court has blocked a California law passed in 2025 requiring federal immigration agents to wear a badge or some form of identification.  The Trump administration filed a lawsuit …

5 AI Models Tried to Scam Me.  Some of Them Were Scary Good  —  The cyber capabilities of AI models have experts rattled.  AI's social skills may be just as dangerous.  —  I recently witnessed how scary-good artificial intelligence is getting at the human side of computer hacking …

Democrats demand FBI director, Kash Patel, take alcohol abuse test  —  Amid growing congressional scrutiny of his conduct, Patel has claimed he has ‘never been intoxicated on the job’  —  House judiciary Democrats have launched a formal inquiry into the alleged drinking habits of the FBI director …

Virginia court blocks voter-approved redistricting, appeal coming  —  A Virginia judge temporarily halted the state's newly approved congressional map — but state officials are already moving to try to overturn the ruling, setting up a rapid legal fight in the state's Supreme Court.

Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress  —  The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.  —  Summary  —  It could take six months …

Pentagon Erases Wounded U.S. Troops From Iran War Casualty List: “Definition of a Cover-up”  —  Amid a fragile ceasefire in the U.S. war on Iran, the Pentagon is playing a numbers game with American casualty statistics, adding and subtracting from the count as questions about the human toll mount.

There's Another Reason Gen Z Can't Find Work  —  In March, Times Opinion published a discussion with 12 white-collar job-seekers in their teens and 20s.  Their view of their prospects was incredibly bleak.  These young people, who had a mix of political leanings, careers …

Trump pushes back on Wall Street Journal editorial labeling him ‘sucker’ on Iran  —  President Trump on Tuesday pushed back on a Wall Street Journal editorial that labeled him a “sucker” on Iran as it noted the absence of the complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

RFK Jr. set to face Bill Cassidy in back-to-back Senate hearings  —  Cassidy cast the key vote to confirm Kennedy last year after securing a series of promises from Kennedy.  The health secretary has not kept those promises.  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. heads to Capitol Hill …

Graham Platner Went to Hell and Back.  He Has a Simple Message for Democrats.  —  Americans have a dysfunctional relationship with 21st-century wars.  Most of us do not fight in them, see the carnage or live with their physical and psychological ruins.  Yet we cannot heal our own nation unless we reckon with their monstrous futility.

Disgraced MAGA Congressman Floats Post-Prison Comeback  —  THE COMEBACK NO ONE ASKED FOR  —  The former New York representative threw a social media tantrum targeting a lawmaker in another state.  —  A disgraced MAGA congressman threatened to make a comeback to unseat a Democratic foe—in a different state.

Pentagon says Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving, in latest departure of a top defense leader  —  The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the Navy's top civilian official, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, is leaving his job.  In a statement posted to social media, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell …