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11:00 PM ET, April 29, 2026

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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century  —  This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously.  —  Wednesday's 6-3 party-line decision in Louisiana v. Callais will go down in history as one of the most pernicious …
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Politico:
Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act … Liberal groups had feared the court would fully gut the law, allowing red states to redraw maps nationwide and effectively lock in GOP control of Congress.  Republicans, meanwhile, believe that considering race in drawing congressional districts is discriminatory and unconstitutional.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court voids majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, boosting Republican chances  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana's second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for Republican-led states to eliminate Black …
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: On 6-3 Party Line Vote, Supreme Court Drastically Weakens Voting Rights Act in Callais Case to Make It Much Harder for Minority Plaintiffs to Get Fair Representation in Redistricting  —  On a 6-3 vote, with all Republican appointees in favor and all Democratic appointees opposed …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Voters Can Be Disenfranchised Now  —  Just say it's because they're Democrats.  —  For the conservative editor and columnist James Jackson Kilpatrick, the Supreme Court decision outlawing school segregation was an atrocity.  Brown v. Board of Education, he wrote in the 1950s, was a …
Sherrilyn Ifill / Sherrilyn's Newsletter:
SCOTUS Drops The Other Shoe on the Voting Rights Act  —  Today's decision renders Section 2 [of the Voting Rights Act] all but a dead letter....The decision here is about Louisiana's District 6.  But so too...about the many other districts, particularly in the South, that in the last half-century …
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Supreme Court ruling will reshape American politics.  The only question is when  —  The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Wednesday handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the perpetual battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country …
Politico:
Republicans push to redraw maps after Supreme Court deals blow to VRA
New York Times:
Why Is There a Voting Rights Act? A Timeline
Discussion: Black Voters Matter
Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
In major Voting Rights Act case, Supreme Court strikes down redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory
Tristan Wood / NPR:
Florida lawmakers pass a voting map that could help Republicans flip 4 House seats
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Voting Rights Act is all but dead. Prepare for maximum gerrymandering.
New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Deals Blow to Voting Rights Act
Ronald Brownstein / Bloomberg:
The Supreme Court Is Re-Creating America's Worst Racial Injustices
Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg:
Bessent Says Powell Staying On Is ‘Violation’ of All Fed Norms  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized Jerome Powell for his decision to stay on the Federal Reserve Board after he steps down as the US central bank's chair, saying it amounts to a break with Fed tradition.
Discussion: RedState, Scripps News and New York Sun
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Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Federal Reserve keeps key rate unchanged even as four officials dissent, most in almost 34 years
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Jerome Powell says he will continue to serve as a Fed governor, calls Trump criticism ‘unprecedented’
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump rejects Iran's offer, says blockade stays until nuclear deal  —  President Trump told Axios he's going to keep Iran under a naval blockade until the regime agrees to a deal that addresses U.S. concerns about its nuclear program. … - After the strikes …
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Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
Trump says Iran has to ‘cry uncle’ to end Strait of Hormuz standoff
Discussion: New York Post
Washington Post:
On chaotic day, Johnson faces multiple internal revolts in House  —  Over hours on and around the chamber's floor, the speaker and fellow Republican leaders cajoled holdouts on a surveillance bill, DHS funding and farm policy.  —  Summary  —  In a House so narrowly divided …
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Politico:
Republicans unlock filibuster-skirting power to pump billions of dollars to ICE … President Donald Trump wants the final product on his desk by June 1, completing one step in the two-part plan to resolve the DHS funding lapse that began more than 10 weeks ago.  —  “What choice do we have?”
Discussion: NBC News and Townhall
Carl Hulse / New York Times:   G.O.P. Congress Struggles to Do the Basics Amid Party Infighting
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Exclusive: New records show paper trail of DOGE voter data pact with election deniers  —  Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement.
Discussion: Raw Story
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NBC News:
James Comey indicted over seashell photo that officials say threatened Trump
Washington Post:
Video shows moment Secret Service officer fired at correspondents' dinner suspect … Surveillance footage reviewed by The Washington Post shows that Cole Tomas Allen appeared to raise his shotgun in the direction of a Secret Service officer who then fired at him at least four times …
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The Atlantic:
The YOLO Presidency  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  Had President Trump, we wondered, possibly been reading or at least thumbing through—just maybe—the works of ... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel?
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Politico:   Game of telephone  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Threatens to Pull Troops From Germany as He Lashes Out at Merz  —  The comments came after the German chancellor said that Iran has “humiliated” the United States.  —  President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he is “studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany …
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Politico:
Trump says US considering reducing troops in Germany
Discussion: CBS News and Bloomberg
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
Trump's Latest Ballroom Push Is His Nero Moment  —  The president's decision to commandeer the DOJ to argue that his ballroom is a security necessity is the ultimate sign that this country is in decline.  —  Pocket  —  Donald Trump's White House ballroom is the thing that proves America is in its decline.
Discussion: The Independent
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Lawfare:
What Does the Correspondents Dinner Have to Do With Trump's Ballroom Project?
Discussion: Civil Discourse …
Ron Lieber / New York Times:
Fidelity Won't Let Fund Holders Donate to Southern Poverty Law Center  —  Fidelity cited the Justice Department's recent lawsuit against the civil rights organization in emails to holders of its charitable-giving funds explaining its decision.  —  The country's largest sponsor of donor-advised funds …
Discussion: HotAir, The Daily Signal and The Hill
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Netanyahu only “surgical” Lebanon strikes as ceasefire falters  —  President Trump told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel should only take “surgical” military action in Lebanon and avoid a full resumption of the war, Trump told Axios in a phone interview.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump claims Netanyahu pardon would make Israeli president “national hero”
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Karl Plume / Reuters:
Trump administration rejects women picked for soybean board, appoints men instead  —  The Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board earlier this year, a rare intervention by the U.S. Department …
Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Pulls Funding From LIV Golf.  Its Star Players Face a Painful Road Back.  —  LIV plans to tell players and staff by Thursday that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund would end its funding for the upstart league.  But the PGA Tour isn't yet ready to welcome back those who jumped ship.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Ted Cruz Bashes Trump Administration for Going After Jimmy Kimmel  —  The Texas senator jumped to the defense of the late-night host as the FCC threatens ABC and Disney's broadcast licenses … The MAGA Republican, who famously clashed with the president during the 2016 primaries before supporting him …
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Discusses ‘Apprentice’ Reboot—With Don Jr. as a Potential Host  —  Studio executives have held internal discussions about making new episodes of reality TV show  —  First it bought the “Melania” documentary.  Now Amazon is discussing a potential reboot of “The Apprentice,” …
Greg Jaffe / New York Times:
Hegseth Cites Falsehood to Defend His Firing of Senior Officers  —  The defense secretary said at a House hearing that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals, a figure that the Pentagon previously acknowledged was false.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday defended …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacob Mchangama / The UnPopulist:
Hungary's Opposition Used Social Media to Topple the Authoritarian-in-Chief  —  Politically neutral platforms are a better way than censorship to fight propaganda and disinformation  —  Three days after securing a landslide victory in Hungary's parliamentary election, incoming prime minister …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings
Discussion: Scientific American
Washington Post:
Supreme Court says antiabortion center can fight subpoena for donors' names
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has a plan for high prices
Discussion: American Prospect
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Matt Viser / The Atlantic:
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
CBS' Ratings Calamity
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
The NAB's CEO says the FCC's “nearly unprecedented request” for Disney to reapply for TV licenses is contrary to established principles and creates uncertainty

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Meta reports Q1 family DAP up 4% YoY but down 20M QoQ to 3.56B, vs. 3.62B est., due to internet disruptions in Iran and WhatsApp access restrictions in Russia

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Alphabet reports YouTube's Q1 ad revenue rose 10.7% YoY to $9.88B, vs. $9.99B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $77.25B, up from $66.89B in Q1 2025
 
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