Bannon warns: “end of everything” if Trump supports gun controls  —  President Trump may say he's a defender of gun ownership rights, but with all the gun control pressure he'll be under after Las Vegas, how do we know he'll resist it — especially after the debt limit deal with Chuck Schumer …

Statement by Oxfam America President Abby Maxman regarding Puerto Rico Hurricane Response  —  In response to the US Government's continued failure to adequately respond, and ahead of President Trump's planned trip to Puerto Rico, Oxfam America President Abby Maxman said:

The GOP Tax Plan Is Already Hitting Speed Bumps  —  Corker questions whether GOP has fortitude for tax overhaul  —  Republicans split on whether tax plan can add to the deficit  —  The White House is showing “softness” on ending a $1.3 trillion federal tax deduction filers get for their state …

Mueller Tasks an Adviser With Getting Ahead of Pre-Emptive Pardons  —  Dreeben defended more than 100 U.S. cases to Supreme Court  —  Criminal law expert could bulletproof Mueller team's work  —  U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a distinctly modern problem.

Hundreds of White House emails sent to third Kushner family account  —  White House officials have begun examining emails associated with a third and previously unreported email account on Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's private domain, according to three people familiar with the matter.

E.P.A. Chief's Calendar: A Stream of Industry Meetings and Trips Home  —  WASHINGTON — For lunch on April 26, Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, dined with top executives from Southern Company, one of the nation's largest coal-burning electric utilities …

This Supreme Court Case Could Radically Reshape Politics  —  Keith Gaddie has “hung up his spurs.”  —  The election expert from the University of Oklahoma no longer helps state legislatures draw new district lines to maximize their partisan advantage.  —  He was still wearing those spurs …

Mattis says staying in Iran deal is in U.S. national security interest  —  Defense Secretary Mattis was asked Tuesday at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing whether he believes it is in America's “national security interest at this time to remain” in the Iran nuclear deal.

U.S. to expel 15 Cuban embassy staffers  —  The U.S. government has ordered 15 staff members from Cuba's embassy in Washington to leave the country, a State Department official said Tuesday, a step intended to bring diplomatic operations between the two nations into parity after the U.S. cut its staff in Havana last week.

Louvre Pulls Sculpture, Saying It Was Sexually Explicit  —  The Louvre has withdrawn a large installation by a Dutch art and design collective for being sexually explicit — right on the heels of the Guggenheim's decision to pull three controversial artworks from its upcoming China show.

Russians took a page from corporate America by using Facebook tool to ID and influence voters  —  A sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (Ben Margot/AP)  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages …