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 …

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 ...

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 …

Supreme Court sides with anti-abortion center raising 1st Amendment fears about state investigation  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a faith-based pregnancy center that raised First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions.

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  —  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?

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Federal appeals court won't rehear Trump's appeal of E. Jean Carroll's $83 million jury award  —  A split federal appeals court said its full bench of judges would not rehear President Donald Trump's appeal of the $83 million jury award for defaming magazine columnist E Jean Carroll.

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 …

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.

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 …