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Trump administration reverses on paying for fentanyl detection strips
The Trump administration is no longer allowing federal funds to be used for purchasing or distributing test strips that can determine if street drugs have been mixed or cut with fentanyl or other contaminants, a reversal that comes amid the administration’s broader opposition to harm reduction practices. In an open letter to federal grantees, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration said it was ending…
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Senate Committee Presses Linda McMahon on Cuts to College Prep, Rural Schools
Updated April 29, 2026 A private meeting between the Senate education committee and Education Secretary Linda McMahon was canceled Wednesday after Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a Democrat, invited the press to listen in. “I was unwilling to accept the notion that the discussion of matters of this magnitude, that matter so much to Virginians, […]
The 74
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What polls show about Republicans, Democrats and violence
Polling suggests recent events have made the perception of violence and its political motivations more of a wash — even if more people tend to fault Republicans’ rhetoric.
CNN
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The US is issuing special new passports — with Trump's face in them
The State Department is releasing a limited number of commemorative passports for the US's 250th birthday featuring Trump's face on the inside cover.
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Watch live: DOJ holds press conference after second Comey indictment
The Justice Department is holding a press conference Tuesday afternoon. The Trump administration has brought a second indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. Comey was hit with two federal charges last September stemming from testimony he gave before the Senate in 2020. That hearing came as lawmakers probed investigations into President Trump’s 2016 campaign…
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Appeals court rejects Trump's mandatory ICE detention policy
A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's policy of making immigrants subject to mandatory ICE detention without bond, including those who have lived in the U.S. for years.
CBS News
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Democrat pushes Hot Foods Act: ‘Why stop at rotisserie chicken?’
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday pushed her Hot Foods Act for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients bill, which she has said would permit recipients to use SNAP to buy hot meals. On Monday, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) wrote on the social platform X, “feed our busy and hardworking families with real food,” alongside…
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Green card-seeking migrants may be denied for anti-American opinions
First Amendment rights advocates argue the Trump administration seeks to target migrants speaking up against policies
NewsNation
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James Comey indicted over seashell photo that officials say threatened Trump
The former FBI director posted a beach photo last year that shows shells in the shape of "8647," which Trump allies portrayed as a threat against the president.
NBC News
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FCC orders early reviews of Disney-owned ABC stations
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday ordered early license reviews of eight Disney-owned ABC stations in a major escalation of the Trump administration's
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Charlamagne blasts calls to tone down attacks on Trump after WHCA dinner shooting
Charlamagne Tha God on Monday denounced calls to tone down verbal attacks on President Trump following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. “The Breakfast Club” host blasted how when there are acts of political violence targeting the president or his allies, “people always say, ‘So, are we going to tone down the…
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Trump DOJ brings charges against James Comey a second time
A judge dismissed the former FBI director’s first indictment due to the illegal appointment of the prosecutor who secured it.
MS NOW
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War Hawks' 'Credibility' Obsession Makes America Less Credible
Trump is making the same mistakes Nixon did, doubling down on pointless threats to save face.
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Justice department indicts ex-FBI director James Comey over Instagram post showing seashells
Case centers on a photo prosecutors allege was a threat to Donald Trump, while Comey says he is ‘still innocent’
The Guardian
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Jury is deliberating in trial of alleged IS militant charged in deadly Kabul airport bombing
An alleged Islamic State militant falsely confessed to helping plan a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a defense lawyer told jurors Tuesday at the close of the man's trial in Virginia. The jury began deliberating after hearing attorneys' closing arguments in the federal trial of Mohammad Sharifullah, whose capture was heralded by President Donald Trump as he addressed a joint session of Congress last year. Approximately 160 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were killed in the attack on Aug. 26, 2021, when a lone suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device near an airport entry point known as Abbey Gate.
AP
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Former FBI director James Comey faces new indictment
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has secured a second indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. Last May, Comey posted a photo of seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers 86-47, which Trump — the 47th president — claimed at the time was a call for his assassination. “He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant. If you’re the…
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Pentagon asks Congress to codify ‘Department of War’ with $52 million price tag
The Pentagon has asked Congress to codify its “Department of War” renaming, saying it will cost nearly $52 million to complete and will not have a “significant impact” on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 defense budget request. The Defense Department said the “actual costs are being collected during implementation and will be available after” the current…
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Government watchdog to review DOJ's handling of the Epstein files
The Government Accountability Office, an independent and nonpartisan investigative watchdog for Congress, has opened a review into how the Justice Department has handled redactions from investigative documents relating to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
NBC News
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Florida Republican announces he will retire from House after term ends
Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection after his term ends, joining the dozens of Republicans who have chosen to step down from their roles amid congressional dysfunction. So far, 36 House Republicans — including Webster, the most recent — have announced they will leave their seats at the end of their term,…
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King Charles’ visit security beefed up days after Trump assassination attempt
King Charles is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress.
NewsNation
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Treasury directs banks to steer clear of China’s ‘teapot’ refineries
The Trump administration has already imposed sanctions on five of the facilities, which import and refine Iranian oil.
Semafor
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Opinion - Trump resumes attacks on press hours after correspondents’ dinner shooting
If unity only exists in moments of fear, and disappears the second the spotlight returns, then it’s not really unity at all.
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Trump eyes an ICE rebranding effort, mistaking a substantive problem for a PR mess
Whether the president understands this or not, giving ICE a “NICE” makeover won’t fix the agency’s systemic problems.
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Hilton, Steyer lead the pack in crowded California governor’s race: Poll
Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Tom Steyer are the leading candidates in the packed race to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), according to new polling released Monday. The CBS News poll surveyed likely California primary voters on their support for eight of the politicians running to lead California. Hilton received 16 percent of the…
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Republicans in Florida again block Ron DeSantis' push to regulate AI
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is emerging as a voice of AI skepticism in the Republican Party, but the state Legislature declined to take up his push for legislation.
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GOP-led Florida House tanks AI, medical freedom proposals pushed by DeSantis
The state House’s inaction, as the Senate teed up both medical freedom and AI legislation for later Tuesday, was quickly rebuked by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who labeled it as “typical political shenanigans.”
Politico
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Florida to consider new House map to give GOP potential 24-4 advantage
Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has a proposed a new congressional map to net Republicans up to four more seats.
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Federal agents again target Minnesota amid alleged fraud crackdown at daycares
Federal raids unfold in Twin Cities amid ongoing tensions between the Trump administration and Minnesota officials
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Republicans denounce political violence but can’t shake the events of Jan. 6
For Lindsey Graham and Karoline Leavitt to borrow the left’s script on conflict resolution reflects the latest in a series of failures of self-awareness.
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Trump jokes his mother had a crush on King Charles
President Trump joked Tuesday that his mother, Mary MacLeod, used to have a crush on young King Charles III. Trump, during his remarks on the White House’s South Lawn during the arrival ceremony of King Charles and Queen Camila, said his mother “loved the royal family and she loved the Queen.” “Any time the Queen…
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In Trump-like tone, government lawyers ask court to undo ruling halting work on White House ballroom
In an unusually biting court filing that mimicked the classic tone of President Donald Trump, the Justice Department asked a federal judge late Monday to undo a ruling that would have halted construction of a massive new White House ballroom.
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Texas Democrat Talarico leads senator Cornyn and AG Paxton in Senate race poll
TPOR poll of 1,018 likely voters puts Talarico ahead of John Cornyn by three percentage points and Ken Paxton by five
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Maurene Comey’s lawsuit over firing by Trump administration may proceed, judge rules
Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, may proceed with her lawsuit alleging the Trump administration fired her for political reasons, a judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman came over the Justice Department’s objection and found that Maurene Comey’s lawsuit belongs in federal…
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Appeals court rejects Trump administration mandatory detention policy
A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s policy of detaining almost all those it is seeking to deport, determining they must be given the chance to seek bond amid their pursuit to remain in the country. Figures of those being held in detention have swollen to historic levels under the Trump administration, with the…
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Trump allies fume over Obama’s post on shooting suspect’s motives
Allies of President Trump are upset over a post by former President Obama about the motives of the suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. On Sunday, Obama posted on the social platform X that “although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night’s shooting at the White House…
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McCabe: ‘Fascinating’ WHCA dinner shooting suspect ‘made no effort whatsoever’ to cover tracks
Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe on Tuesday said it was “fascinating” to him that the suspect accused of targeting Trump administration officials at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner over the weekend appeared to make “no effort whatsoever to cover his tracks.” Cole Allen, 31, was charged with attempting to assassinate President…
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Are Democrats winning elections but losing the narrative?
Democrats are winning races — and even redistricting battles — but some in the party worry they’re not yet winning the argument. Join The Hill’s Amie Parnes and Editor in Chief Ian Swanson for a discussion on Democrats’ messaging and political fallout from the shooting Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
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Talarico leads Cornyn, Paxton in Texas Senate race, new poll shows
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, is leading both of his potential Republican opponents in hypothetical head-to-head match-ups ahead of the general election, according to a new poll. In the Texas Public Opinion Research survey, conducted in mid-April, likely general election voters in the Lone Star State say they would back…
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How low can Trump’s polls go? Bush 2.0 might have the answer.
The current president and his Republican predecessor share a key similarity. And that means Democrats can learn from past mistakes.
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Republicans scramble to impose White House ballroom costs on American taxpayers
Republicans who hadn’t given the idea a moment’s thought are furiously arguing a ballroom is a vital national priority.
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Watch live: Trump, first lady welcome King Charles III, Queen Camilla
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcome King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House on Tuesday morning. Watch the welcome ceremony live here.
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Trump administration proposes rolling back gender identity protections in federal housing
A Trump administration proposal would end gender identity protections for people in federally funded housing and shelters. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed rule would remove references to “gender” and “gender identity” from agency regulations and replace them with “sex,” defined as a person’s biological classification as male or female. That would […]
Stateline
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Opinion - No man is an island — Trump is learning that lesson the hard way
If Trump fails again to seize the moment and bring the country together, it will raise serious doubts as to whose side he is on in the existential struggle between the authoritarians and the West.
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Polls, gas prices have Democrats up and GOP down on midterms
Democrats are growing increasingly optimistic and Republicans increasingly gloomy about the midterm election outlook, as polls move against President Trump and redistricting wars between the parties look like they won’t make a huge difference in the results. Against that backdrop, the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner on Saturday forced both parties…
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MAHA rallies against pesticides as Supreme Court weighs Bayer lawsuit
The MAHA movement backs Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Trump appointee, and has aligned with some environmental groups and lawmakers.
NewsNation
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John Hinckley Jr calls Trump press gala shooting at same hotel he shot Reagan ‘spooky’
Hinckley says ‘bad things keep happening’ at Washington Hilton and it was ‘not a secure place to hold big events’
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Trump says Iran wants Strait of Hormuz open
President Trump said Tuesday that Iran told the U.S. that it is collapsing and wants the Strait of Hormuz opened. “Iran has just informed us that they are in a ‘State of Collapse,’” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They want us to ‘Open the Hormuz Strait,’ as soon as possible, as they try to figure…
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Opinion - Americans think both Congress and the government suck
Americans have expressed increasing disapproval of the government, with only 10 percent approving of Congress and 17 percent trusting the government to do what is right, due to polarization, lack of checks and balances, and broken promises.
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Judges rule Pentagon can require reporter escorts during policy appeal
The Defense Department can demand reporters be escorted on Pentagon grounds while the Trump administration appeals a judge’s decision from earlier this month that compels the agency to restore access for journalists, an appeals court ruled Monday. The majority opinion on the ruling, made by a split, three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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The real reason so many House Republicans aren’t returning to Congress
Retirements from the House are the highest since 1992.
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