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 …

Trump says Puerto Rico officials should be ‘proud’ more haven't died like in Katrina  —  President Trump on Tuesday told Puerto Rico officials they should feel “very proud” they haven't lost thousands of lives like in “a real catastrophe like Katrina,” while adding that the devastated island territory …

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.

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 …

Supreme Court eyes partisan gerrymandering  —  The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with a case that has the potential to halt or even reverse an increasingly common phenomenon of American political life: Republicans' ability to tilt the political playing field in their favor through the tedious task of redrawing district lines.

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 …

Hedge fund billionaire flew top Mnuchin aide on private jet to Palm Beach  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's top aide flew on a hedge fund billionaire's private jet to Palm Beach several months ago, people familiar with the trip said, the latest example of senior Trump administration …

U.S. Expels 15 Cuban Diplomats From Embassy in Washington  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration expelled 15 Cuban diplomats from the embassy in Washington in an escalating response to mysterious illnesses afflicting American embassy personnel in Havana.

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.

Ryan asked White House to reconsider ousting Price  —  The speaker touted his longtime friend's experience in Congress during a phone call with chief of staff John Kelly.  —  Speaker Paul Ryan last week urged the White House to reconsider ousting Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price …