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12:55 PM ET, April 23, 2026

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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Virginia voters yesterday agreed to a constitutional amendment that would temporarily redistrict the state if any other state redistricted for partisan reasons: that is, in retaliation for the partisan redistricting President Donald J. Trump launched in Texas in 2025 in an effort to retain control of the House of Representatives.
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
“I wish none of this had happened”: GOP's buyer's remorse on redistricting  —  Buyer's remorse is hitting House Republicans over their mid-cycle redistricting war — a strategy meant to protect their majority that's now deeply in danger of backfiring.
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Are Worried the Redistricting Fight Is Backfiring
Politico:
Welcome to WHCD weekend
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Breitbart and WVEC
Winston Rogers / WJLA-TV:
Virginia judge blocks redistricting referendum from being certified
New York Times:
Senate Adopts G.O.P. Budget, Defeating Democrats' Affordability Proposals  —  Republicans pushed through a budget plan with a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement after an overnight session in which they beat back Democratic proposals aimed at lowering costs.
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Politico:
Senate Republicans clear go-it-alone path for ICE funding … “Our Democratic colleagues have refused to provide funding for the Border Patrol and ICE,” Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said ahead of the Senate's late-night session.  “This needs to be done.”
Politico:
Senate GOP braces for Cabinet shakeup  —  Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Senate finishes vote-a-rama  — How Thune hopes to confirm Warsh  — Florida GOP revolts on endangered species bill  —  The Trump administration saw yet another high-profile departure Wednesday …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
‘Just do the math’: GOP senators get antsy about Trump Cabinet shakeup … That's not to mention the growing uncertainty about what will happen in the midterms themselves, with many Republicans growing concerned that their four-seat majority could be at risk.
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Plans for ‘Mic-Drop’ Media Confrontation Are Leaked  —  AFTER-DINNER SCREECH  —  The president is planning a rage-fueled moment at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.  —  Donald Trump will launch a “revenge” attack on the White House media when he confronts …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Why voters say the Democrats are “weak,” in their own words  —  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 …
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Voters say Republicans outdo Democrats on these key issues: Fox News poll
Jason P. Frank / Vulture:
Russell Brand Admits to ‘Exploitative’ Sexual Behavior  —  Russell Brand, who will soon stand trial for rape, admitted to “exploitative” sexual behavior but insisted it was lawful.  Brand went on Megyn Kelly's radio show yesterday to explain himself publicly.
J.K. Trotter / Streetsblog New York City:
To Protect And Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets Yet Remains On The Force  —  Is this public enemy #1?  —  James Giovansanti lives and works on Staten Island.  Since 2022, traffic cameras have caught his pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times in that one borough.
Discussion: Honolulu Civil Beat
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump DOJ will avenge the KKK by taking out SPLC  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  “The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche claimed on Tuesday.
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
How the Southern Poverty Law Center Drew the Ire of Conservatives
New York Times:
Trump Administration Aims to Strip Citizenship From Hundreds of Naturalized Americans  —  The Trump administration is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of U.S. citizenship.  —  The Justice Department has identified 384 …
Declan Harty / Politico:
‘F-k this coin’: Trump set to attend memecoin conference after 96 percent wipeout … “Nobody likes it,” said Morten Christensen, a crypto investor who still plans to attend the Mar-a-Lago event and was at the 2025 dinner.  “People are losing on the coin, and they are vocal.
New York Times:
Navy Secretary John Phelan Is Leaving the Pentagon and the Trump Administration  —  John Phelan is leaving the Pentagon after months of tension with Pete Hegseth and other Pentagon leaders.  The tumult comes as the Navy has been engaged in war with Iran.  —  Navy Secretary John Phelan …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump's DOJ has cut thousands of law-enforcement jobs while vowing to get tough on crime  —  The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation's top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed to crack down on crime, according to records obtained by Reuters.
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Justice Department's watchdog is reviewing compliance with the law mandating Epstein files release  —  The Department of Justice's internal watchdog said Thursday that it is reviewing the department's compliance with the law mandating the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Discussion: The Hill, CNBC, Joe.My.God. and HuffPost
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump orders Navy to ‘shoot and kill any boat’ laying mines in Hormuz Strait
Jorge Liboreiro / Euronews:
Breaking news.  EU approves €90 billion loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts controversial veto  —  The two-month-long impasse over the €90 billion for Ukraine came to an end on Thursday after Hungary lifted its contentious veto.  Brussels says the first payment will be made “as soon as possible”.
Associated Press:
Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift  —  President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates …
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Four people accuse Eva Lopez Chavez, a SLC Council member, of unwanted ‘sexual’ advances  —  Four people from Utah political circles — three of them elected officials — accuse Eva Lopez Chavez, a Salt Lake City Council member and Democratic congressional candidate, of restraining them during …
Discussion: Deseret News
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
What We Found When We Investigated Trump's Latest Election Theft Claim  —  The Cook Political Report is out this morning with a midterms vibe check, and Democrats have to like what they see: Across the 36 competitive districts most likely to decide control of the House of Representatives …
Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
RFK Jr. draws backlash for ripping Medicaid programs that pay people to care for relatives  —  Advocates for disabled people and those who care for them said they were insulted by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s allegations that the programs are “rife with fraud.”
Politico:
New Jersey's most vulnerable GOP incumbent is MIA  —  Rep. Tom Kean Jr. represents New Jersey's most competitive district this November — but nobody, even his GOP colleagues, can say where he's been for the past month.  A scion of one of the state's most storied political dynasties …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
RFK Jr. Defends Trump's Mathematically Impossible Drug Discount Claims  —  President Trump has claimed that he has secured discounts of 400 to 1,500 percent on prescription drugs.  A price discount cannot be more than 100 percent because that would lower the price to zero.
Sarah Longwell / The Atlantic:
Trump Voters Like Marco Rubio More and More  —  And J. D. Vance less and less  —  President Trump reportedly likes to go around asking aides about who his successor should be: J. D. Vance or Marco Rubio.  If Trump were to ask his own voters the same question, he would …
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
‘Not a Moral Man’: Megyn Kelly Calls Out Trump ‘Demons,’ Including Being ‘Thin-Skinned’ and ‘Not the Greatest Husband’  —  Former Trump ally Megyn Kelly criticized President Donald Trump for being neither “a moral man” nor “the greatest husband in the world” during a discussion about the president's “demons” on Wednesday.
Discussion: The Independent and IJR
NBC News:
ICE tells officers to curtail court arrests, stop entering homes without warrants  —  The Trump administration has curbed some of its most aggressive immigration enforcement policies, officials say.
Weekend Reading:
Yes, Virginia, There Is an Appetite to Fight Fascism  —  Redistricting, saying “concentration camps,” and more on “Meeting the Moment” with Anat Shenker-Osorio  —  Going along to get along is a powerful human survival instinct.  But when it comes to fighting fascism, sometimes …
 
 
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Ali Vitali / MS NOW:
Pence calls Trump's Jesus imagery ‘offensive,’ warns tariffs are straining the economy
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Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
‘People Here Do Not Consider Themselves Poor. They Consider Themselves Broke.’
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans' Economic Confidence Drops in April
Discussion: The Hill and Semafor
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
It Is Time for Ruthless Aggression  —  The national battle over gerrymandering should be just the first step.
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Paul Krugman:
Cultifying the U.S. Military
Discussion: Raw Story
Kadia Goba / NOTUS:
The Ethics Committee Investigated Rep. Alma Adams for Alleged ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ With a Staffer
Discussion: Politico
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Gallego Partied Until the Early Morning on Colombia Trip Despite Security Warnings
Discussion: Mediaite
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel's Girlfriend
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
WBD shareholders vote to approve Paramount Skydance's deal to acquire the company; in a non-binding vote, they reject compensation packages for David Zaslav

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Filing: the NFL met with the FCC on Friday to defend the league's media rights strategy and said 87% of games are primarily aired for free on broadcast TV

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Comcast: Q1 media revenue, which includes NBCU, rose 61% YoY to $7.28B due to the Olympics and the Super Bowl, and domestic ad revenue rose 135% YoY to $3.45B
 
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