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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump Tells Aides to Prepare for Extended Blockade of Iran  —  The president prefers decisive victories, but none of the available options provides him with a swift exit from the conflict  —  President Trump has instructed aides to prepare for an extended blockade of Iran, U.S. officials said …

Todd Blanche Confessed to Using This Shoddy Prosecution to Spy on Jim Comey  —  There are a number of hot takes on the Jim Comey indictment that describe how it'll intimidate Trump's enemies even if, as everyone agrees, it will fail.  Here's just one example from Steve Benen.

Former Fauci Adviser Indicted on Covid-Related Charges  —  Prosecutors accused Dr. David Morens, a former adviser to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, of hiding records related to the onset of the pandemic.  —  Dr. David Morens, a former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci at the National Institutes of Health …

Trump's red-meat retribution  —  The Trump administration moved Tuesday against three enemies of the MAGA coalition: a former Anthony Fauci adviser, Somali-run daycare centers in Minneapolis, and Jimmy Kimmel.  — A fourth, former FBI director James Comey, was indicted for a second …

Hegseth in the hot seat  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Wednesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, still chuckling at King Charles' real estate gag at the White House banquet last night.  What do you mean, too soon?  —  In today's Playbook ...

Supreme Court sides with crisis pregnancy centers in subpoena battle … New Jersey officials say they are investigating discrepancies between what the centers promoting alternatives to abortion tell donors and what patients are told.  —  But the centers argue that turning over their donor lists …

CBS' Ratings Calamity … Indeed, according to Nielsen data obtained by Status, Dokoupil's most recent week, beginning April 20, marked the lowest-rated stretch in total viewers since he took over the broadcast.  The program averaged just 3.7 million viewers—slipping below the once-unthinkable 4 million threshold.

The YOLO Presidency … Had president trump, we wondered, possibly been reading or at least thumbing through—just maybe—the works of ... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel? … Hegel's theory of “world-historical individuals,” men who redirected the course of humanity, focused on three figures …

In France, American Universities Lose Their Allure in the Trump Era  —  Worries about visas, academic freedom and safety are making foreign schools, like Sciences Po in Paris, more attractive to some students than the Ivy League.  —  Amélie Sadlo had her heart set on college in the United States.

North Carolina Finds 34K Dead People on State Voter Rolls  —  Roughly 34,000 deceased people were discovered to still be on voter rolls in North Carolina, the North Carolina State Board of Elections announced.  —  The North Carolina State Board of Elections found the thousands of dead individuals during its …

April 2026 National Poll: Democrats Hold 10-Point Midterm Advantage over Republicans  —  Home Polls April 2026 National Poll: Democrats Hold 10-Point Midterm Advantage over Republicans  —  Trump Approval Underwater, 53% View Iran Military Action as a Failure

Epstein Obtained Objects From Islam's Holiest Site for His Island ‘Mosque’ … Tapestries embroidered with Quranic verses were shipped from the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam's holiest shrine.  Tiles came from a mosque in Uzbekistan.  A golden metal dome was made to replicate the architecture of ancient Syria.

The Loneliness of Donald Trump  —  On Saturday night, a gunman made an attempt on President Trump's life.  —  This was the third such attempt in roughly two years.  The first was in 2024 during a rally in Butler, Pa., where the president — then still a candidate — sustained some injuries.

Top US diplomat in Ukraine to retire … “Ambassador Davis has been a steadfast proponent of the Trump Administration's efforts to bring about a durable peace between Russia and Ukraine,” Pigott said.  “She will continue to proudly advance President Trump's policies until she officially departs Kyiv …

Spirit Airlines Should Die.  Why Is Trump Trying to Save It?  —  I remember when, as a presidential candidate, Donald Trump lambasted Barack Obama for bailing out automakers after the financial crisis, an effort President Obama asked me to lead.  The auto industry should have gone bankrupt and …

Warsh Denies Any Connections to Epstein in Response to Warren  —  Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, denied connections to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after his name was referenced in files on Epstein published by the Department of Justice.

There is a frenzied feeling to the news coming from the White House these days.  —  Yesterday, the administration tried to blame Democrats and the media for the incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, when Secret Service agents apprehended a man carrying a shotgun …

ICE Deports Colombian Torture Victim—to Africa  —  ICE FINALLY STUCK IT to one of their detainees.  Except this person is no criminal, no murderer, no monster.  She is a torture victim from Colombia, one who—as we wrote last year—was repeatedly beaten and raped by the police buddies of her ex-boyfriend.

We're missing the economic fallout of the Iran war — just like we did with Covid  —  In the early weeks of the Covid pandemic, in those days when public spaces emptied and hospitals filled up, I used to see this magazine cover from 2017 being passed around social media.

Scoop: Trump huddles with oil execs as Iran stalemate drags on  —  President Trump and top lieutenants met with oil and gas execs at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the energy fallout of the Iran war and other topics, Axios has learned. … - White House chief of staff Susie Wiles …

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 …

3 reality checks about Trump's Iran strategy  —  There's a persistent myth that President Donald Trump knows what he's doing.  That his actions are strategic, rather than impulsive.  That he's “playing 4D chess” — anticipating, manipulating and generally outthinking opponents.

ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good in Minneapolis Gets Cushy New Job  —  The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis—and then called her a “fucking bitch” moments before she died in her car—has been transferred to a different state to continue his work with the agency …