4:00 PM ET, May 5, 2026

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 May 5, 2026 
3:40 PM
Sister Toldjah / RedState:   Karen Bass' Latest Move to Thwart ICE in L.A. Prompts a Smackdown From the DOJ
3:35 PM
John Hudson / Washington Post:   Some Democrats press Trump to break silence on Israel's nuclear arsenal
3:35 PM
Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:   Pluralistic: The three armies fighting for the post-American world (05 May 2026)
3:30 PM
Nick Reisman / Politico:   Trump border czar threatens ICE surge if New York approves sanctuary measures
3:30 PM
Greg Sargent / New Republic:   Trump's Case Against Comey Is Imploding—and Handing Dems a New Weapon
3:00 PM
Mallory Wilson / The Hill:   Rubio to take questions as Leavitt replacement in White House briefing
2:55 PM
Christina Jewett / New York Times:   F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
2:35 PM
Carl Hulse / New York Times:   G.O.P. Proposes $1 Billion in Immigration Bill for Trump's Ballroom Project
2:00 PM
US Department of Justice:   Nashua Man Charged With Threatening the President
2:00 PM
Barak Ravid / Axios:   White House gave Iran private message before new Hormuz operation
1:50 PM
Sam Meredith / CNBC:   Maersk says ship passed through Strait of Hormuz under U.S. military protection
1:45 PM
Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:   “The Court Interred the Voting Rights Act Without the Dignity of a Funeral”
1:10 PM
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   A Conspiracy Theory We Can All Believe In
1:10 PM
Peter Wells / Financial Times:   SEC moves to scrap quarterly reporting requirement
1:05 PM
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:   Republicans Unveil $72 Billion Package For ICE, Trump's Ballroom
12:55 PM
Chris Cillizza / So What:   ‘Why is everybody so horny here?’  —  On the sex scandals roiling Capitol Hill
12:50 PM
Bloomberg:   A Probe of Trump Foes Upends Justice Department Hub in Miami
12:45 PM
Steve Vladeck / One First:   226. Two More Data Points for the Inconsistent Court
12:45 PM
Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:   DOJ Offers Lawyers $25,000 Signing Bonuses as Recruitment Lags
12:30 PM
New York Times:   The Safety Net Isn't Ready for Artificial Intelligence
12:10 PM
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:   Hegseth says ‘the ceasefire is not over’ after U.S., Iran exchange fire
11:40 AM
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:   Trump Administration Investigating Smith College Over Transgender Admissions
11:30 AM
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:   250+ Democrats urge Supreme Court to overturn abortion pill ruling
11:20 AM
Jordain Carney / Politico:   Trump ballroom project security funding included in $72B GOP enforcement bill
11:05 AM
Marc Novicoff / The Atlantic:   The House of Representatives Is Turning Into the Electoral College
11:05 AM
Catherine Lucey / Bloomberg:   Trump to Sign Memo Bringing Back Presidential Fitness Test Award
11:00 AM
Filip Timotija / The Hill:   Hegseth says ceasefire is not over, Project Freedom ‘churn’ was expected
10:44 AM
The Hill:   Watch live: Trump signs proclamation from White House
10:30 AM
Ellen Barry / New York Times:   Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants
10:15 AM
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:   President Donald Trump Returns To The Hugh Hewitt Show
10:05 AM
Joshua Keating / Vox:   Ukraine's fight against Russia is going better than you might think
10:05 AM
New York Times:   China's Big Bet on Wind Power Is Paying Off
10:00 AM
Josephine Walker / Axios:   Inside Trump's assault on public records
9:55 AM
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:   How Trump Turned His Ballroom into a Midterm Gift for Democrats
9:40 AM
Edward Luce / Financial Times:   The age of the American Pharaoh
9:25 AM
Igor Bobic / NOTUS:   Senate Republicans Seek $1 Billion for White House Ballroom Security
9:20 AM
Joe Lovinger / Bloomberg:   Ken Paxton Narrowly Leads John Cornyn in Bruising Texas GOP Race
9:15 AM
Eric Boehm / Reason:   Trump's New European Car Tariffs Demonstrate Why His ‘Deals’ Are Worthless
9:00 AM
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:   Inside the heated clash over the DHS ‘master plan’ for deportations
8:25 AM
Michael T. Nietzel / Washington Monthly:   Higher Ed's Affordability Problem Isn't Just the Price
8:00 AM
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:   How Democrats can avenge the demise of the VRA
7:35 AM
Prof Robert Pape / Escalation Trap:   The United States Just Made a Bet It Cannot Afford to Lose
7:25 AM
Paul Krugman:   Trump Is Losing a Second War
7:20 AM
Andrew Solender / Axios:   Infighting erupts as Democrats intervene in contested primaries
6:45 AM
Financial Times:   Vladimir Putin hunkers down for fear of assassination
5:50 AM
Politico:   We're about to find out whether Trump is kingmaker or lame duck
2:10 AM
New York Times:   Home on the Range No More: Trump Wants Bison Gone
2:00 AM
John Yoon / New York Times:   U.S. Military Strikes Boat in Caribbean, Killing 2
1:30 AM
New York Times:   Bystander Hit in Secret Service-Involved Shooting
1:30 AM
Dan Mangan / CNBC:   Secret Service officer arrested for indecent exposure in Miami after Trump golf event
 May 4, 2026 
11:05 PM
James LaPorta / CBS News:   2 U.S. Navy destroyers transit Strait of Hormuz after dodging Iranian onslaught
10:35 PM
Lauren Sommer / NPR:   Trump administration falls behind on wildfire prevention with risky fire season ahead
10:10 PM
New York Times:   Trump Tries to Downplay Economic Effects of the Iran War
9:45 PM
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:   Soil at D.C. Golf Course Where East Wing Debris Was Dumped Contains Toxic Metals
8:35 PM
Alexander Ward / Wall Street Journal:   Attacks on U.S. Warships in Strait Test Trump's Desire to End Iran War
8:15 PM
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:   Supreme Court clears path for Louisiana to gerrymander mid-election
8:05 PM
Politico:   The GOP's youth voter problem
7:30 PM
Washington Post:   Pirro will not appeal judge's quashing of Fed subpoenas
7:05 PM
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:   OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund ‘AI Literacy’ in Schools
6:20 PM
Kate Santaliz / Axios:   Scoop: Rep. Chuck Edwards singled out young female aides for special attention
6:10 PM
John Sexton / HotAir:   Queens' Synagogues, Homes Tagged with Swastikas
6:05 PM
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:   House sexual harassment payouts exceeded $300,000
6:00 PM
Ian Millhiser / Vox:   The Supreme Court gets thrown back into the abortion wars
5:35 PM
Owen Myers / The Guardian:   Rapper Kid Cudi fires MIA from tour after ‘offensive’ Republican rant
5:35 PM
Politico:   Trump privately raises objection to Senate housing bill
5:30 PM
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:   American Commentator Who Worked for Russian TV Challenges Biden-era Charges
5:20 PM
Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:   Samuel Alito's Callais Opinion Gutted More Than Just the Voting Rights Act
5:10 PM
New York Times:   Shipping Firms Left Guessing by Confusion in Strait of Hormuz
4:05 PM
Kyle Cheney / Politico:   Magistrate judge says alleged WHCD attacker being mistreated by DC jail
3:50 PM
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:   Iran attacks UAE; U.S. says it sank boats in Strait of Hormuz
3:30 PM
Adriel Bettelheim / Axios:   Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill
3:25 PM
Ryan Burke / Just Security:   Hegseth's Intellectual Purge is an Insult to His Officer Corps
3:20 PM
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:   Most Americans say Trump is mentally, physically unfit to serve effectively: Poll
3:10 PM
Emily Davies / Washington Post:   White House lawyers prep staff for dealing with a Democratic Congress
3:10 PM
Peter Slevin / New Yorker:   Barack Obama Considers His Role in the Age of Trump
2:55 PM
Torrence Banks / NOTUS:   Kristi Noem's Time at DHS Is Prompting Republicans to Reflect on Oversight
2:45 PM
Spencer Neale / The American Conservative:   Donald Trump Jr.: The Candidate No One Is Talking About
2:45 PM
Matthew Bartlett / MS NOW:   The GOP whispers about JD Vance are getting louder
2:40 PM
Politico:   Supreme Court restores abortion pill access — for now
2:40 PM
Miles Parks / NPR:   In many states, election-denying candidates are running to control voting
2:35 PM
Aaron Blake / CNN:   Trump keeps saying the quiet part out loud on changes to the 2026 election
2:35 PM
Bloomberg:   US and Iran Trade Fire in Gulf, Jolting Four-Week-Old Truce
2:30 PM
Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:   Elon Musk's Racist Screed-Storm
2:15 PM
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:   E.E.O.C. Investigating Discrimination Claim at The New York Times
2:10 PM
NPR:   Here's how medication abortion works with just one drug
2:05 PM
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:   Rudy Giuliani in critical condition, recovering from pneumonia, spokesman says
2:00 PM
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:   U.S. Warns China Over Iranian Oil as Sanctions Fight Intensifies
2:00 PM
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:   Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail
1:45 PM
Cody Butler / WCTV:   DeSantis signs new congressional map
1:45 PM
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:   Alito temporarily restores FDA rule allowing abortion pill mifepristone to be sent by mail
1:35 PM
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:   Judge on challenge to Trump golf course takeover: 'I'm no Amy Poehler'
1:10 PM
Christof Rühl / Financial Times:   The oil price crunch is looming
1:10 PM
Matthew Kupfer / Democracy Docket:   DeSantis signs gerrymandered Florida map into law
1:00 PM
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Judge orders release of contractor accused of sharing classified info with Wapo reporter
12:20 PM
Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:   GOP Senate candidate recruiting off-duty Detroit cops to intimidate voters
12:20 PM
Claire Woodcock / 404 Media:   How a University's Censorship Conference Got Censored
11:15 AM
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:   Supreme Court temporarily restores full access to abortion pill
11:00 AM
Maddy Varner / Wired:   DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian's Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts
10:50 AM
Theo Farrant / Euronews:   Children are drawing moustaches on their faces to fool online age checks - and it's working
10:45 AM
Andrew Howard / Politico:   Breaking down the redistricting arms race following the Supreme Court's VRA ruling
10:30 AM
Bloomberg:   US Allies Look to Europe to Build a Post-Trump Global Order
10:10 AM
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:   The Race to Be the Face of Manhattan
10:05 AM
Judd Legum / Popular Information:   ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 months
9:55 AM
Jared Gans / The Hill:   Democrats bullish on midterm election prospects 6 months out
9:55 AM
Financial Times:   US pullback on long-range missiles leaves Europe exposed
9:40 AM
Max Boot / Washington Post:   The Trump administration ramps up its lawlessness on the seas
9:35 AM
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:   Trump administration claims food aid fraud but critics say 'there's no evidence'
9:30 AM
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:   First Draft: Trump Is Only Pretending to ‘Fight’ Antisemitism
9:20 AM
Christa Dutton / NOTUS:   Indiana's Primaries Become a Test of Trump's Power
9:20 AM
Alex Thompson / Axios:   Scoop: Dems' foreign policy group prepping for '28
9:05 AM
Hannah Allam / ProPublica:   I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X.
8:45 AM
Jonathan Tamari / Bloomberg:   Five Key Questions Hanging Over the Midterms
8:30 AM
Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:   Why the U.S.-led Liberal World Order Is Only Mostly Dead
8:30 AM
Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:   SCOTUS's Brazen Power Grab Guts Voting Rights
8:25 AM
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   Late on Friday night, President Donald J. Trump took to social media. …
7:00 AM
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Republicans see GOP dysfunction as major liability ahead of midterms
7:00 AM
Jonathan Martin / Politico:   Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Fetterman
7:00 AM
Oriana González / NOTUS:   House Ethics Officials Investigated Rep. Jim Costa for Alleged Inappropriate Behavior With Interns
5:25 AM
Daniella Diaz / NOTUS:   Exclusive: House Democrats' Campaign Arm Expands ‘Red to Blue’ Program
5:00 AM
Scott Anderson / New York Times:   Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder
4:35 AM
The Economist:   Young men are souring on Donald Trump
12:20 AM
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:   Blanche Says Others Who Post ‘86 47’ Message Won't Be Charged Like Comey
 May 3, 2026 
10:00 PM
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:   Truth of Trump's Wild Sleepless Nights Exposed
9:35 PM
Wall Street Journal:   The Antiabortion Movement Is Turning on Trump
8:45 PM
Robert Tait / The Guardian:   ‘This is just disarray’: alarm inside Pentagon after Hegseth staff purges
8:00 PM
Lauren Egan / The Bulwark:   New Drama Inside the DNC
7:45 PM
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:   Rudy Giuliani Is in ‘Critical Condition’ in Florida Hospital
7:45 PM
Tobias Holcman / Jerusalem Post:   Trump says US to begin escorting ships out of Persian Gulf through Strait of Hormuz
7:30 PM
Jordan Freiman / CBS News:   Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in critical condition, spokesperson says
7:15 PM
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:   A Long, Strange Trip: How the G.O.P. Came to Embrace Psychedelic Drugs
5:30 PM
Betsy Klein / CNN:   Inside Spirit Airlines' failed ‘Hail Mary’ to the Trump administration
3:00 PM
Washington Post:   Trump hosts PGA Tour at Doral — and he's the big winner
2:35 PM
Minho Kim / New York Times:   Justice Dept. Prosecutor Says Inquiry Into Fed Chair Could Be Resurrected
2:00 PM
Daniel Miller / Politico:   Kamala Harris bought a Malibu home. Her neighbors think that means something.
1:25 PM
Matt Peterson / CNBC:   Pirro changes course in Fed investigation, move unlikely to satisfy Powell
1:15 PM
New York Times:   The Last Days of Butter Ridge
1:15 PM
Mike Brock / Notes from the Circus:   The Industry's Court in a Stolen Republic
1:10 PM
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:   Control of US House Hinges on Historically Low Number of Seats
1:10 PM
Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:   How a weaker dollar is quietly making life more expensive
1:00 PM
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:   Acting attorney general says indictment against James Comey goes beyond seashell photo
12:20 PM
africom.mil:   Search and Rescue Ongoing at African Lion 2026
11:30 AM
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:   Tillis calls Comey ‘biggest disappointment’ but stands against 8647 indictment
9:50 AM
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:   DOJ Enters a New, Even More Aggressive Phase
9:45 AM
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:   Why Jerome Powell Decided to Stay at the Fed
9:35 AM
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:   Trump's Big Medicaid Cuts Are About to Get Very Real
9:30 AM
Lucia Mackenzie / Politico:   US's Rubio to visit Italy after Trump's spats with Meloni, Pope Leo
9:25 AM
Ilya Shapiro / The Washington Free Beacon:   All Steak, No Sizzle: Samuel Alito Gets Down to Business
9:25 AM
Erika D. Smith / Bloomberg:   Ohio Might Not Be Lost to Democrats After All
9:00 AM
Kaye Wiggins / Financial Times:   US Department of Justice loses a quarter of its lawyers
8:45 AM
Carl Hulse / New York Times:   In Mississippi, a Democrat Challenges the Senator Who Blocked His Judgeship
8:30 AM
Katherine Long / Politico:   Poll: Job losses, China threats split GOP on Trump's AI agenda
8:15 AM
Richard Fausset / New York Times:   Behind Voting Rights Case, a Clash Over the Reality of Racism
8:10 AM
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:   Trump Faces the Complicated Reality of a Costly, Unpopular War in Iran
8:10 AM
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:   A California Dream? Some Democrats Fear Harris Picked the Wrong Race.
8:10 AM
Tim Balk / New York Times:   One Issue Uniting Democrats and Republicans? Worries About A.I.
4:15 AM
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:   With Iran, the U.S. Stands to Lose Its Reputation, Its Friends or Its Soul
4:15 AM
Jacob Dreyer / New York Times:   Trump Shouldn't Expect Much From His China Trip
 May 2, 2026 
10:30 PM
NPR:   Iran submits a 14-point response to a U.S. proposal to end the war
10:10 PM
Ashley Ahn / New York Times:   Trump Says He Is Reviewing Iran's Latest Offer but Doubts It Is Acceptable
9:30 PM
Patrick Harker / LinkedIn:   Jay Powell Held the Line
7:15 PM
Sarah Davis / The Hill:   Medicare portal database exposed Social Security numbers: Reports
7:10 PM
Politico:   Trump's Cuban American base is no longer guaranteeing him loyalty
7:10 PM
Politico:   ‘Six months to catch up’: What the shutdown cost DHS
6:35 PM
Jill Filipovic / New York Times:   It Just Got Harder to Get an Abortion for Every Woman in America
6:30 PM
Aaron Pellish / Politico:   Ohio Republicans fear former ICE official could cost them a battleground House seat
6:30 PM
Amanda Friedman / Politico:   The new surgeon general nominee has a MAHA problem
5:45 PM
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:   Supreme Court asked to pause ruling blocking telehealth and mail access to abortion pills
5:05 PM
Gregory Brew / New York Times:   America Will Pay Dearly for Its Energy Arrogance
4:25 PM
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:   How Germany May Have Misjudged Trump's Anger on Iran
3:10 PM
Brian Hamilton / The Hill:   Musk's ‘universal high income’ serves tech oligarchs more than workers
2:05 PM
Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica:   Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science
1:40 PM
Politico:   Data centers used to be a prize. States are having second thoughts.
1:30 PM
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:   Spirit Airlines shuts down after rescue talks with White House fall through
1:30 PM
Megan Messerly / Politico:   ‘The new soccer mom’: Both parties scramble for working class voters ahead of '28
1:25 PM
Dan Frosch / Wall Street Journal:   More Than Three Million People Have Lost Federal Food Aid
1:25 PM
Steff Danielle Thomas / The Hill:   Democrats erupt over abortion pill block: 'We won't stop fighting'
1:25 PM
Chris Isidore / CNN:   Spirit Airlines canceled all flights and is going out of business
12:50 PM
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:   Tucker Carlson Discusses Breaking With Trump, the Iran War and Antisemitism
12:35 PM
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:   Trump's D.C. Redesign Is a Betrayal of America's Founding Values
12:25 PM
Rick Rojas / New York Times:   Louisiana Governor Signs Law Blocking Ex-Prisoner From Taking Office
12:05 PM
MS NOW:   ‘We are already cooked’: Republicans brace for a midterm reckoning
12:05 PM
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:   Team Trump fears a Nancy Mace governorship
11:45 AM
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:   Trump returns to public events, delivering profane speech
11:40 AM
Daniel Sandford / BBC:   Small boat migrant guilty of attempting knife attack on Israeli embassy
11:40 AM
Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:   In court fights over policy, Trump officials rack up an extraordinary record of defiance
11:25 AM
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:   Ruby Red Iowa Backed Trump by 13 Points in 2024. Now It's a Battleground.
11:10 AM
Norman Eisen / The Contrarian:   15 Ways To Fight Callais
10:50 AM
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:   The Last Time We Reduced Troops in Europe, a War Broke Out
10:50 AM
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:   Today in Politics, Bulletin 361. 5/1/26
9:55 AM
Matt Spetalnick / Reuters:   Iran standoff could leave Trump worse off than before he went to war
9:05 AM
New York Times:   Who Will Stand Up to the Supreme Court Justices?
6:55 AM
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:   Trump is running out of options to contain gas price backlash
6:55 AM
Annie Karni / New York Times:   These G.O.P. Women Want Congress Members to Pay a Price for Abuse. Will It Work?
6:20 AM
Liz Crampton / Politico:   ‘An unmitigated s—t show fever dream’: Louisiana enters election chaos
6:20 AM
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:   Trump's Push for Electoral Retribution Heads to the Ballot Box
 May 1, 2026 
10:50 PM
Aria Bendix / NBC News:   Appeals court blocks access to abortion pills via telehealth and mail nationwide
10:25 PM
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:   N.I.H. Reinstates Employee Put on Leave After Criticizing Trump Research Cuts
10:05 PM
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:   Two more Southern states move toward adding Republican House seats
8:45 PM
Marc Caputo / Axios:   Scoop: U.S. blockade has cost Iran $4.8 billion, Pentagon says
8:20 PM
Axios:   Inside Democrats' sweeping 2028 redistricting plans
7:35 PM
Tierney Sneed / CNN:   Appeals court blocks FDA rule that allows women to obtain abortion drugs by mail
6:55 PM
Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:   FACT FOCUS: Why nearly 4.3 million people are no longer receiving food stamps
6:50 PM
NBC News:   Trump administration is pulling 5,000 troops from Germany
6:45 PM
New York Times:   Voters Sue Over Louisiana Governor's Move to Delay Primary
6:45 PM
Ron Lieber / New York Times:   Schwab Affiliate Halts Customer Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center
6:35 PM
Pam Belluck / New York Times:   Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Abortion Pill Access by Mail
6:05 PM
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:   Trump administration to cut 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany
5:50 PM
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:   Appeals court approves sweeping abortion pill restrictions, teeing up SCOTUS showdown
5:20 PM
Nate Krieger / Vox:   The Department of Holy War
5:15 PM
Mabinty Quarshie / Washington Examiner:   Trump says UFC ‘Claw’ cage construction to begin next week at White House
4:50 PM
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:   Billionaire Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker would not fully self-finance a 2028 run
4:35 PM
Allan Smith / NBC News:   Trump has lost control of the conspiracy theories
4:20 PM
News9.com:   Barry Christian, Oklahoma Senate candidate found dead
4:15 PM
Marcus Weisgerber / Wall Street Journal:   Trump's Qatari-Gifted Air Force One Will Keep Its Luxurious Royal Interior
3:30 PM
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   Brian Kemp rules out canceling primary, using new maps in 2026
2:40 PM
Megan Janetsky / Associated Press:   Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space
2:35 PM
Victor Davis Hanson / The Daily Signal:   Iran Is Losing This War, and the Global Balance of Power Is Shifting
2:25 PM
Megan Mineiro / New York Times:   As Iran War Reaches 60-Day Mark, Republicans in Congress Grow Impatient With Trump
1:45 PM
Jake Grumbach / Slate:   How Normie Pundits Paved the Way for the Supreme Court Voting Rights Disaster
1:40 PM
Julia Métraux / Mother Jones:   Trump's New Medicaid Work Requirements Are Here
1:30 PM
Tovia Smith / NPR:   The Onion's bid to take over Infowars moves to the Texas Supreme Court
1:25 PM
Bloomberg:   Trump Administration to Appeal Ruling on NYC Congestion Toll
1:20 PM
Willa Pope Robbins / Mediaite:   ‘Get Your F*cking Hand Out of My Face!’ Scott Jennings Loses It on Adam Mockler
1:10 PM
Abigail Williams / NBC News:   U.S. asks for help with opening Strait of Hormuz while Trump attacks allies
1:00 PM
New York Times:   Spirit Airlines Prepares to Shut Down
1:00 PM
Chicago Sun Times:   Chicago gas prices up again, reaching over $5 a gallon
12:35 PM
Joe Sommerlad / The Independent:   US national debt is now bigger than the economy for first time since World War II
12:05 PM
Julia Bonavita / Fox News:   Missing Republican state Senate candidate found dead in truck days after disappearance
11:55 AM
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:   Pope Leo picks formerly undocumented immigrant to lead West Virginia Catholics
11:35 AM
Sasha Abramsky / The Nation:   As Trump's Poll Numbers Fall, His Authoritarian Instincts Grow More Extreme
11:30 AM
Brian Beutler / Off Message:   Time For The DNC To Sue CBS News For $20 Billion
11:10 AM
Tess Bridgeman / Just Security:   At the 60-Day Mark, the Iran War is Triply Illegal
11:05 AM
Ted Hesson / Reuters:   Cuban immigrant died in ICE custody in Georgia, notice to US lawmakers says
11:05 AM
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   Today G. Elliott Morris of Strength in Numbers noted that Trump has hit a new low …
11:05 AM
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:   Ramble On: Crossing the Rubicon of Stupid
10:50 AM
Linda Kinstler / New York Times:   Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and the Profitable Business of Peace
10:40 AM
Addison Kliewer / KOCO:   Missing State Senate candidate from western Oklahoma found dead: What we know
10:40 AM
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:   Power, democracy, and clarity
10:30 AM
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:   CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers' pay
10:20 AM
Stephanie Findlay / Financial Times:   Exxon and Chevron defy Trump pressure to boost oil production
9:45 AM
Washington Examiner:   Spanberger's bad day in court
9:15 AM
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:   Trump's Reichstag fire presidency is immolating
9:10 AM
Portia Crowe / Reuters:   Al Qaeda-linked insurgents call on Malians to rise up, establish Sharia law
9:10 AM
Paul Krugman:   Who Are You Gonna Believe, Trump or Your Lying Eyes?
8:35 AM
Jonathan Tamari / Bloomberg:   GOP Steers Clear on Iran as War Hits Key 60-Day Milestone
8:30 AM
Benoit Faucon / Wall Street Journal:   Iran Is Grasping for a Solution to an American Blockade It Can't Break
8:15 AM
Ej Dickson / Wired:   MAGA Is Confused About Animal Farm
8:00 AM
New York Times:   Obamacare Enrollment Drops Sharply as Costs Rise
7:50 AM
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:   Republicans Want Tennessee's Last Democratic House District
7:50 AM
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:   ‘The Most Bipartisan Issue Since Beer’: Opposition to Data Centers
7:45 AM
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:   A long-standing Senate tradition is being quietly undermined
7:45 AM
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:   Voting Rights Ruling Could Fuel Era of Endless Redistricting Wars
7:40 AM
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:   A deadline for the Iran war is here. What does the War Powers Act say?
7:35 AM
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:   Nebraska faces challenges as first state to impose Medicaid work requirements under GOP bill
7:30 AM
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:   Pundits are wrong about the Democrats' “missing” voters
7:25 AM
Politico:   Schumer's primary slump
7:25 AM
Greg Sargent / New Republic:   Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Has Just Unleashed
6:50 AM
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Platner-Mills ending in Maine leaves Democrats questioning Schumer strategy
6:15 AM
Perry Stein / Washington Post:   The Comey indictment could be upended by this 2015 Supreme Court precedent
6:15 AM
Scott Dance / New York Times:   FEMA Is Reversing Job Cuts Made Under Kristi Noem
5:55 AM
Amanda Friedman / Politico:   Casey Means: Murkowski sank my nomination
5:50 AM
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   Trump Is the One Without the Cards at the Poker Table
5:40 AM
Politico:   Mike Johnson ekes out wins, but at a cost
 April 30, 2026 
11:20 PM
Laura Strickler / NBC News:   FEMA is welcoming back 15 whistleblowers placed on leave during Kristi Noem's tenure
11:05 PM
Zoe Hussain / New York Post:   Missing Republican Oklahoma Senate candidate, 54, found dead in rural area
10:50 PM
Charlotte Hazard / WKRC:   Sen. Rand Paul introduces constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship
10:00 PM
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:   Republicans Rush to Redraw Maps After Supreme Court Race Ruling
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Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:   ‘No Country for John Cornyn’: A Texas GOP Senator's Last Stand
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Erin Cox / Washington Post:   Speaker Johnson calls for redistricting Southern states before November
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:   Don't Underestimate the Fury of Democratic Voters
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Politico:   Trump's call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon
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Beth Mole / Ars Technica:   Trump nominates Fox News doctor to be the next surgeon general
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Annie Karni / New York Times:   Mills Exit Is a Blow to Schumer as Democrats Question His Strategy
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Tina Reed / Axios:   MAHA scores on farm bill but loses ally for surgeon general
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Minho Kim / New York Times:   Senate Bans Prediction Markets for Its Members and Staff
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Cameron Peters / Vox:   Trump's next redistricting targets
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:   Graham Platner's triumph, explained by a Maine reporter
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Scott Waldman / Politico:   Trump bets on quick Iran oil crunch. Experts see prolonged pain and rising costs.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:   Comey Indictment Shows Justice Dept. Got the Message From Bondi's Firing
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Fetterman on Platner after Mills exits Maine Senate race: ‘Republicans f—ing love him’
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:   Senate Moves Forward With 3 Wildly Unfit Nominees To Be Trump's U.S. Attorneys
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Wall Street Journal:   Trump Poised to Defy Congress on War Authorization
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Myah Ward / Politico:   Trump signs DHS legislation, ending record-breaking shutdown
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Eleanor Watson / CBS News:   Iran war's true cost closer to $50 billion, not $25 billion, U.S. officials say
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:   What Peak Gerrymandering Could Look Like Now
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New York Post:   Trump creates retirement accounts for those without 401(k)s
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:   House Passes Farm Bill After Republican Infighting
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:   Trump Withdraws Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General
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Margaret Manto / NOTUS:   Trump's New Surgeon General Nominee Is a Doctor and Vaccine Mandate Critic
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NBC News:   Senate bans members and staff from trading on prediction markets
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:   Congress passes 45-day extension of nation's spy powers
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   You Can Have Democratic Self-Government or the Corrupt Court — Not Both
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Megan Mineiro / New York Times:   Hegseth Says Iran Cease-Fire Stops Clock for Congressional Approval
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Victoria Albert / Wall Street Journal:   U.S. Senators Vote to Ban Themselves From Trading on Prediction Markets
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:   Trump Is the Favorite to Win the Nobel Peace Prize, According to Major UK Bookmaker
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Politico:   Trump removes tariffs on Scottish whisky after King Charles visit
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:   ‘Just go to Hell’: Ed Martin, Thom Tillis squabble amid Tillis' anti-Jan. 6 litmus test
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Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:   Trump DOJ Pursuing Separate Comey Probe for Classified Leaks
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CNN:   Congress votes to reopen key parts of DHS without ICE funding