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6:25 PM ET, April 20, 2026

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NOTUS:
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Resigned  —  A Labor Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  — Copy  —  Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on Monday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Chavez-DeRemer stepping down as Labor secretary … Chavez-DeRemer has been under scrutiny since January, when DOL Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito opened an investigation into allegations that she was involved in an extramarital affair with a member of her security detail …
Liz Landers / PBS NewsHour:
Trump tells PBS News that ‘lots of bombs start going off’ if Iran ceasefire expires  —  President Donald Trump told PBS News on Monday morning that if the ceasefire with Iran expires Tuesday, “then lots of bombs start going off.”  —  The statement came during a phone call …
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New York Post:
JD Vance, US delegation to land in Islamabad within hours as Trump tells The Post: 'Nobody's playing games'
New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Iran Vows Retaliation for U.S. Attack on Cargo Ship
Jeff Mason / Bloomberg:
Trump Aims to Seal Iran Deal, Says Truce Extension Unlikely
Axios:
Distrust, dishonesty and Trump's elusive Iran deal  —  President Trump declared Monday morning that a peace deal with Iran would be signed “today” in Islamabad, and that Vice President Vance was on his way.  — But Vance was actually still in Washington, waiting for a signal from Tehran …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Not Paying Attention to His Own War  —  As the Iran crisis spirals back out of control, it's a big day for the president of the United States: His official schedule suggests he will have “Executive Time” all morning until 1:30 p.m., followed by a ninety-minute policy meeting and a closed-press session to sign executive orders.
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Kash Patel files defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic … “We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit,” The Atlantic said.  —  The article, citing about two dozen anonymous sources, details Patel's alleged …
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Jeet Heer / The Nation:
We Could Do Worse Than Kash Patel Being a Drunken Buffoon
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
F.B.I. Director Sues The Atlantic Over Article Claiming Excessive Drinking
Emma Whitford / Inside Higher Ed:
Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Concerns  —  Fed up with the state's censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.  —  Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson …
New York Times:
The Onion Has a New Plan to Take Over Infowars … When Infowars, the website founded by the right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones, came up for sale two years ago, an unlikely suitor stepped up.  The Onion, a satirical news outlet, planned to convert the site into a parody of itself.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?  —  Last year, four huge companies pledged tens of millions of dollars to help fund the creation of Donald Trump's presidential library, a planned monstrosity in Miami that—in a perfect Trumpian twist—may also double as a hotel.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says energy secretary ‘totally wrong’ on gas prices not dropping to $3 until next year  —  President Trump told The Hill on Monday that he disagreed with Energy Secretary Chris Wright's assessment that gas prices may not drop below $3 per gallon until next year.  —  “No, I think he's wrong on that.
Noah Hawley / The Atlantic:
What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos's Private Retreat  —  For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.  —  at the end of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 movie, There Will Be Blood, Daniel Day-Lewis's oil-baron character, old now and richer than Croesus …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Justices to Hear Case on Catholic Preschools That Reject Children of Gay Parents  —  Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with L.G.B.T.Q. children or parents sued to participate in a state-funded program.  —  The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether Catholic preschools …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court takes up Catholic objection to Colorado's preschool program
Kadia Goba / NOTUS:
Cory Mills Is Weighing an Expulsion Resolution Against Nancy Mace  —  The House is facing a deluge of tit-for-tat expulsion resolutions.  — Copy  —  Tag.  You're it.  —  Embattled Republican Rep. Cory Mills is weighing an expulsion resolution against Rep. Nancy Mace, and he has already drafted the text, NOTUS has learned.
Nick Marsh / BBC:
The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency  —  Throughout US President Donald Trump's second term in office, traders have been betting millions of dollars just before he makes major announcements.  —  The BBC has examined trade volume data on several financial markets …
emptywheel:
The Person Playacting as President May Be Getting Addicted to Snuff Films  —  Even before WSJ posted this story about the guy legally occupying the position of President, I had gotten worried that Donald Trump is growing addicted to snuff films.  —  I had been planning on a post describing …
Discussion: Wonkette and Joe.My.God.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Second Coming?  —  We know who the Republican nominee will be in 2028 . . . if he wants it.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. 2028  —  We can already see the contours of 2028 on the Republican side.  The GOP nominee is likely to be one of five people.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto  —  It is not enough for the broligarchy to have untold wealth.  They also wanted political power.  Now they have that.  And they want to be esteemed as philosopher kings, while simultaneously shielded from criticism.  Well, that's a taller order.
Discussion: Techdirt, Reason, Wonkette and Futurism
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Cooperating witnesses in criminal probe of ex-CIA Director Brennan subpoenaed to testify before grand jury, sources say  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Former senior intelligence and FBI officials who are cooperating with the U.S. Justice Department's criminal probe into whether former CIA …
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Begin Refunding $166 Billion in Tariffs  —  The government will debut a system to repay importers two months after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs at the heart of the president's trade policy.  —  When President Trump unveiled his sprawling global tariffs last spring …
Bloomberg:
Trump Invokes Wartime Powers to Fund New Energy Projects  —  President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to provide federal funds for a wide range of energy projects, as his administration faces pressure to help curb rising oil and gas costs.  —  Trump on Monday signed five …
Brynn Tannehill / The Bulwark:
Ukraine's Second Miracle Year  —  The war isn't won, but for the first time in years, outright victory seems possible.  —  THE END OF 2024 LOOKED GRIM FOR UKRAINE: President Trump was promising no further aid, and Hungary under Viktor Orbán was vowing to block any further European Union financial support.
Paul Krugman:
The Harm from Hormuz  —  Why we should still fear a global slump from Trump's Iran debacle  —  Another week, another false all-clear.  —  The Strait of Hormuz remains closed.  It appears increasingly obvious that the 20 percent of world oil supply that normally flows through it to world markets …
Discussion: The Mahablog
Boone Ashworth / Wired:
Prego Has a Dinner-Conversation-Recording Device, Capisce?  —  The pasta-sauce company has partnered with the nonprofit StoryCorps on a device designed to record family conversations around the table and save them for all time.  —  Prego, the pasta sauce company, is getting into hardware …
Discussion: The Verge
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why a Democratic Senate, Once Unthinkable, Is a Real Possibility  —  Helped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.  —  At the start of the 2026 election cycle, the Senate looked far out of reach for the Democrats.
Andy Craig / The UnPopulist:
From Res Publica to the United States of Trump  —  This president's vulgar self-glorification is revolting to a self-governing people and must not stand  —  The cult of personality has always been central to Trumpism.  Now it is the official policy of the United States government.
Anna Liss-Roy / Washington Post:
House Ethics panel makes rare request for information on sexual misconduct  —  The rare move comes after recent scandals raised questions from lawmakers and others about how Congress handles investigations involving its members.  —  Summary  —  The House Ethics Committee …
NBC News:
3 warning signs for Republicans in our new poll: From the Politics Desk  —  Plus, Republicans weigh how big to go on their next party-line funding bill. … 3 warning signs for Republicans in our new poll … Here are three takeaways. … Those numbers have gotten steadily worse for him ever since.
Max Rego / The Hill:
Grassley undergoes procedure to remove gallstones  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) said Monday he underwent surgery to remove gallstones and will return to Capitol Hill as soon as possible.  —  Grassley, 92, wrote on the social platform X that he underwent the surgery “over the weekend in Iowa.”
NBC News:
FBI will look for connections to deaths and disappearances of scientists  —  Online speculation has grown over the seemingly unrelated deaths or disappearances since 2022 of at least 10 scientists and government workers who at some point may have worked with sensitive information.
Damien Cave / New York Times:
The Iran War Sent Shock Waves Through Asia That Are Likely to Spread  —  The Asia-Pacific was hit hard and quick by the war in Iran and its energy bottlenecks.  Scenes of crisis there indicate that problems are multiplying and spreading.  —  When the war in Iran started on Feb. 28 …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Navy warns US sailors to secure social media from Iran online threats  —  The Navy is advising sailors to secure their electronic devices, social media accounts and personal information as the U.S-Israeli war in Iran has increased online threats to service members.
 
 
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Jack Goldsmith / Executive Functions:
The NYT and the ‘Shadow Papers’
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Grace Hase / Mercury News:
California governor's race: Betty Yee ends her campaign amid low polling numbers
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Daniel C. Vock / Chicago Tribune:
Democrats know Trump probably won't be removed via the 25th Amendment. Here's why they're pushing it anyway.
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The pope's English fuels a Trump feud
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