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3:40 PM ET, April 25, 2026

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New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Calls Off Witkoff and Kushner's Travel to Pakistan for Peace Talks  —  What We're Covering Today  — Negotiations: President Trump on Saturday canceled plans for two of his top advisers, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to go to Pakistan.
Discussion: Al Jazeera, France 24 and Axios
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Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump abruptly cancels Kushner-Witkoff Pakistan trip … In a separate statement provided by the White House, Trump said the U.S. has “all the cards.”  —  “I've told my people a little while ago they were getting ready to leave, and I said, 'Nope, you're not making an 18 hour flight to go there,'” the president said.
Greg Norman-Diamond / Fox News:
Trump cancels Witkoff, Kushner's Pakistan trip for Iran negotiations: ‘We have all the cards’
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump cancels envoys' trip to Pakistan for Iran talks
Michael Crowley / New York Times:   Rubio's Absence From Iran Talks Highlights Stay-at-Home Role
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Term-limited Trump mortgages GOP's future  —  President Trump is governing like a man who will never face voters again, mortgaging his party's future on promises he won't be around to keep. … His signature bets — tariffs, the war in Iran, redistricting — are curdling into long-term liabilities …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Democrats could actually retake the Senate.  Here are the races to watch.  —  The map still favors Republicans, but Trump's declining popularity —  makes Democrats' once long-shot bid to retake the Senate more feasible than ever.  —  Summary  —  Democrats have long felt bullish …
Reuters:
Republicans retool midterm strategy: Trump's policies, but less Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and Newsweek
Washington Post:
Trump's political headwinds pile up after a week of setbacks
Discussion: Charleston Daily Mail
New York Times:
Trump Seeks to Abolish Iran's Atomic Stockpile, a Problem He Helped Create  —  President Trump withdrew from the Obama-era nuclear accord in 2018, saying it was the worst deal ever.  But Iran responded with an enrichment spree that haunts the negotiations to this day.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
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Politico:
Patel's White House hangover  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Saturday afternoon.  This is Adam Wren.  The consensus from our team is that Semafor had the best overall scene and food (short-rib grilled cheese sandwiches and oxtail empanadas) …
Discussion: Variety
Nahal Toosi / Politico:   So You Want to Negotiate with Iran ...  President Donald Trump recently dismissed claims he's anxious …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump's changes to Reflecting Pool worry preservationists, locals  —  Some warned that the president's blue-tinted resurfacing would distort the experience for visitors and make the national symbol resemble a “large lap pool.”  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump this week unveiled …
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump eager to show off latest White House project to King Charles
Discussion: Althouse
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Lost In 2020.  An Alarming Number Of His Nominees Won't Say So.  —  Dozens of the president's court picks have refused to say Joe Biden fairly won in 2020.  Now his executive nominees are avoiding the question, too.  —  WASHINGTON - It's a pretty simple question: Did Donald Trump lose the presidential election in 2020?
Discussion: MeidasTouch News
New York Times:
Firm Building Trump's Ballroom Got a Secret No-Bid Contract for a Nearby Job  —  The National Park Service increased the value of the contract several times over and then awarded it to Maryland-based Clark Construction, in a process that experts said was highly unusual.
Discussion: Raw Story
Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump ousts National Science Board members  —  Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their positions were being terminated.  —  Summary  —  Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established …
Discussion: The Verge
NBC News:
Iran caused more extensive damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known  —  U.S. bases and equipment across the Middle East came under attack — including from an Iranian F-5, despite American air defenses — and repairs could cost billions of dollars.
Discussion: Mediaite
Catherine Porter / New York Times:
The 85-Year-Old Widow Snagged by Trump's Immigration Crackdown  —  In her first interview since being deported, Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, the French widow of a former G.I., recounted her experience in ICE detention.  —  Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé …
Discussion: Charleston Daily Mail
Mike Brock / Notes from the Circus:
The Most Articulate Apologist  —  A Crisis Dispatch  —  Ben Shapiro went on Sam Harris' podcast this week and gave the most clarifying interview I have read in a year.  Not clarifying about Donald Trump, who has been clarified for some time.  Clarifying about Ben Shapiro …
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Helen Coster / Reuters:
Trump, critic of the press, attends its annual celebration after years of boycotts
Jamie Pyatt / Charleston Daily Mail:
Millionaire US big game hunter, 75, is trampled to death by five elephants while hunting antelope in central Africa  —  A millionaire US big-game hunter was ambushed and killed by five elephants whilst hunting small forest antelope in central Africa.  —  Californian vineyard owner Ernie Dosio …
Mary Ziegler / Politico:
Trump Is Going After Birth Control.  Here's Why. … We are entering a startling new era in the politics of birth control, with President Donald Trump launching the most serious effort in decades to curb contraception.  —  The Department of Health and Human Services recently released …
Sophie Hurwitz / Mother Jones:
The Truth About the Trump Plan to Bring Back Execution by Firing Squad  —  A veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration's “brutality trip.”  —  The US Department of Justice announced Friday that it plans to revive the firing squad as a method of killing in federal capital cases.
John Hendel / Politico:
Trump's FCC eyes new ways to squeeze the TV networks … “There's a very healthy feedback loop when the local broadcasters could not just communicate their concerns to the national programmers but if need be, actually preempt,” said Carr, who has repeatedly expressed a desire to return to an era …
Shane Galvin / New York Post:
Would-be UFO whistleblower died of accidental drug overdose after agreeing to testify to Congress  —  An Air Force veteran who agreed to testify before Congress about secret government UFO programs died just months before the hearings of an accidental drug overdose, The Post has learned.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Measles Is Back.  What Comes Next Will Be Worse.  —  The resurgence of measles — a terrible disease that can swell the brain and cause permanent disabilities or death — is alarming enough on its own.  There have been more than 1,700 cases reported in the United States already this year, up from about 70 per year in the early 2000s.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Bloomberg:
The Billion-Barrel Hormuz Oil Shock Is About to Crash Demand  —  The Strait of Hormuz oil shock has yet to crash demand as the rich world borrows from its stocks and pays up to secure supply.  Traders are now sounding the alarm that a harsh adjustment is coming.
Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Justice Department makes it easier to deport those with DACA status  —  The Trump administration is making it easier to deport immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.  —  A new precedent decision published Friday by the Board of Immigration Appeals …
Discussion: Washington Times
 
 
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