Trump administration says its war in Iran has been ‘terminated’ before 60-day deadline  —  The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would allow the White House to avoid the need to seek congressional approval.

Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Has Just Unleashed  —  Now that the Supreme Court has gutted yet another piece of the Voting Rights Act, this one concerning redistricting, here's one thing we know for sure: Democrats will have to enter into a new era of procedural total war.

Poll: Trump's Iran war reaches Iraq- and Vietnam-era disapproval levels  —  A Post-ABC-Ipsos poll shows most Americans call the military action a mistake, even as Republicans remain strongly supportive.  Many Americans fear the conflict will lead to a recession.  —  Summary

Since Congress Let Obamacare Subsidies Expire, Millions Are Dropping Coverage  —  Americans can't afford the higher health insurance premiums that resulted from Congress's refusal to extend federal tax credits.  —  Millions of Americans appear to be dropping Obamacare coverage …

Trump's Reichstag fire presidency is immolating  —  The day after an alleged gunman tried to barge into the White House Correspondents Dinner, Todd Blanche — the nation's chief law enforcement official — appeared on national television to denounce that act of political violence.

‘Divided us with a smile’: GOP groaning over Mike Johnson reaches a fever pitch … This week's chaos came to a head late Wednesday, with multiple members of key Republican factions yelling and swearing at Johnson on the House floor and in closed-door meetings.

Platner-Mills ending in Maine leaves Democrats questioning Schumer strategy  —  A group of Senate Democrats are questioning Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) recruiting and broader political strategy heading into the 2026 midterm election after his prize recruit in Maine …

April 30, 2026  —  Today G. Elliott Morris of Strength in Numbers noted that Trump has hit a new low in overall job performance and in his handling of the economy, at -22.2 and -40.3, respectively.  Those numbers reflect the percentage of people who approve of his handling of an issue minus those who disapprove.

Pundits are wrong about the Democrats' “missing” voters  —  In individual-level polling data, two-thirds of Trump disapprovers who aren't backing Democrats on the generic ballot look like closeted Republicans, not swing voters waiting for a pivot on crime

Casey Means: Murkowski sank my nomination  —  The surgeon general nominee is a close ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … Kennedy also called out her opponents for a “lack of integrity” and “lack of courage” and said it was indicative of “the tribalism that is polarizing and destroying our country.”

Who Are You Gonna Believe, Trump or Your Lying Eyes?  —  The emperor's new clothes, gas prices edition … Republicans have an affordability problem.  During the 2024 campaign Donald Trump promised to reduce prices beginning on “Day One,” and promised specifically that he would cut energy prices in half.

Nebraska faces challenges as first state to impose Medicaid work requirements under GOP bill  —  Nebraska on Friday is set to become the first state to impose Medicaid work requirements under the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, racing ahead of the national deadline by eight months.

Missing State Senate candidate from western Oklahoma found dead: What we know  —  A candidate for State Senate has been found dead, his campaign said in a news release.  —  ERICK, Okla. —  An investigation is ongoing after a candidate running for state Senate was reported missing …

CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers' pay  —  Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels  —  CEO pay increased 20 times faster than worker pay around the world in 2025, according to a new analysis from Oxfam …

Data Centers: The Issue Uniting Liberals and Conservatives  —  Americans have soured on data centers, polls show, and the sentiment is profoundly bipartisan.  How that will change our politics?  —  The monthly meeting in Lyon Township, a small town in southeast Michigan, was packed on a recent Monday …

Exxon and Chevron defy Trump pressure to boost oil production  —  US supermajors stick to prewar strategies despite White House plea for more drilling to curb soaring petrol prices  —  ExxonMobil and Chevron have defied calls from the White House to increase oil production …

Cuban immigrant died in ICE custody in Georgia, notice to US lawmakers says  —  A Cuban immigrant died in U.S. immigration custody in Georgia in what authorities suspect was a suicide, U.S. officials said in a notice to lawmakers sent on Friday and reviewed by Reuters.

Top California Democrat urges change to ‘free-for-all’ primary to keep governor's mansion blue  —  Rusty Hicks concerned that Democrats could crowd each other out in ‘open’ system and hand victory to Republicans  —  The chair of the California Democratic party says he wants to get rid …

Iran Is Grasping for a Solution to an American Blockade It Can't Break  —  Siege reveals hole in Tehran's strategy of guerrilla warfare and controlling Strait of Hormuz  —  For almost five decades, Iran's Islamic government has survived financial pressure from the U.S. by selling oil to China.

Pentagon Makes Deals With A.I. Companies to Expand Classified Work  —  The agreements with six technology companies come amid the Defense Department's dispute with Anthropic.  —  The Pentagon announced on Friday that it had reached deals with some of the technology industry's biggest companies …

House Ethics Committee investigating allegations of sexual harassment against GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards  —  The House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations of sexual harassment against GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and the Profitable Business of Peace  —  When President Trump announced, last Friday, that Jared Kushner and Steven Witkoff, his special envoys for peace missions, would be returning to Pakistan over the weekend to resume peace talks with Iran …

Jeffrey Epstein's Possible Suicide Note Hidden From Public View … A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail has been kept secret for nearly seven years, locked up in a New York courthouse.  —  A cellmate said he discovered the note in July 2019 …

Trump Is the One Without the Cards at the Poker Table  —  President Trump often falls back on poker metaphors.  He told President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine that he had “no cards” when it came to standing up to Russia.  Trump told Iran's leaders that they had “no cards” when it came to standing up to him.

A long-standing Senate tradition is being quietly undermined  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted Trump's pleas to kill the filibuster, but Republicans circumvented it in trying to fund immigration enforcement agencies.  —  Summary  —  For months, Senate Majority Leader John Thune …