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CNN:
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, two sources familiar with the incident …
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New York Times:
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat  —  The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information …
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John Ullyot / Politico:
Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details ‘Month From Hell’ Inside the Agency  —  The total chaos at the Department of Defense is becoming a major distraction for the Trump administration, writes John Ullyot.  —  It's been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon.
Politico:
White House backs Hegseth, Leavitt says ‘entire Pentagon’ is resisting him  —  Hegseth “is doing phenomenal leading the Pentagon,” Leavitt said during a Monday “Fox & Friends” appearance.  —  President Donald Trump “stands strongly behind Pete Hegseth,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday morning …
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Turns Out It Wasn't Such a Great Idea to Put Pete Hegseth in Charge of the Military
Discussion: Reuters, Raw Story and The Independent
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Hegseth blames Signal group chat story on ‘disgruntled former employees’
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88  —  Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday.
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Latest Updates: Pope Francis Dies at 88  —  His groundbreaking pontificate worked to make the Catholic Church more inclusive.  Cardinals will now decide whether to continue his approach or restore more doctrinaire leadership.  —  Buenos Aires  —  Jerusalem  —  Havana  —  Washington
Devin Watkins / vaticannews.va:
Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88
Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Pope Francis' Last Act Was to Give JD Vance a Lesson About Migrants
Francis X. Rocca / Wall Street Journal:
Pope Francis, Advocate for Economic and Social Justice, Dies at 88
Molly Olmstead / Slate:
Pope Francis Changed a Lot About the Church. One Thing Cannot Be Reversed.
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
House Dems travel to El Salvador to secure Maryland man's return  —  More Democrats are making the trip abroad to raise awareness for what they call a “constitutional crisis” surrounding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation.  —  Four more Democratic lawmakers have landed in El Salvador …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Four House Dems travel to El Salvador despite GOP refusal
Caroline Kitchener / New York Times:
Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning … “We need to channel the MAHA spirit and really dive deep into infertility,” said Emma Waters, a policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, referring to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again campaign.Rebecca Kiger for The New York Times
Discussion: Raw Story
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Caroline Kitchener / New York Times:
Baby Bonuses, Fertility Planning: Trump Aides Assess Ideas to Boost Birthrate … “We need to channel the MAHA spirit and really dive deep into infertility,” said Emma Waters, a policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, referring to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again campaign.Rebecca Kiger for The New York Times
Discussion: National Review and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Trump to Meet Walmart, Target Executives as Tariff Angst Spreads  —  President Donald Trump is set to meet with major retailers at the White House to discuss the impact of sweeping tariffs on their businesses. … The discussion comes amid a 90-day pause in Trump's higher tariffs …
Discussion: Blaze Media
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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Gold surges to a record above $3,400 as Trump threatens Fed independence
Discussion: The Free Press and Financial Times
Split Ticket:
How Democrats Won Wisconsin In 2025: Turnout.  —  Democrats swelled with confidence after their victory in the State Supreme Court race in Trump-won Wisconsin.  It seemed that public opinion swung sharply against Donald Trump and the GOP despite Elon Musk's eight-figure investment in the state.
Larry David / New York Times:
My Dinner With Adolf  —  Imagine my surprise when in the spring of 1939 a letter arrived at my house inviting me to dinner at the Old Chancellery with the world's most reviled man, Adolf Hitler.  I had been a vocal critic of his on the radio from the beginning, pretty much predicting everything …
Anthony Clark / The Last Campaign:
Trump's Surgeon General Pick Distorted Key Parts of Her Résumé  —  Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, an urgent-care physician and former Fox News medical contributor 1 who is President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general of the United States, has over at least the last 15 years falsely represented …
Jack Goldsmith / Executive Functions:
Solicitor General John Sauer's Predicament  —  His incompatible duties to the president and the Supreme Court are coming to a head. … Yesterday Justice Alito published a fiery statement explaining his dissent from the Supreme Court's early Saturday morning order directing the U.S. government …
The Free Press:
Is Donald Trump Breaking the Law?  Seven Experts Weigh In.  —  Trump critics say we are in a constitutional crisis.  The White House says that's hysterical.  What do our top legal minds say?  —  The first 90 days of President Trump's second term have been marked by a series of aggressive legal maneuvers.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Reason
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Diplomats Are Freaking Out About Trump's Leaked Executive Order  —  STATE OF PANIC  —  One official said monkeys with a typewriter could have come up with a more logical plan for the State Department.  —  American diplomats spent the weekend panicking about a possible plan to radically reshape …
Washington Post:
The ‘5 things’ emails are going by the wayside as Musk readies his exit  —  After the DOGE leader demanded federal workers list accomplishments, agencies applied an inconsistent patchwork of policies.  —  When Elon Musk and President Donald Trump commanded all federal workers …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Polls aren't going to save us from Trump  —  Democrats are praying on polls too much.  They need to act instead.  —  About 50 percent of Americans now disapprove of President Donald Trump, compared with just 46 percent who approve of him, according to recent polls.
Discussion: New York Times and City Journal
Politico:
No Show Cuo  —  Andrew Cuomo is planning to do something this week he rarely does: speak at a New York City mayoral candidates forum.  —  He's expected Wednesday at The Black Agenda forum at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, organizers told Playbook.  But in a sign of his campaign's caginess …
Discussion: New York Post
Anil Oza / STAT:
NIH moving to ban all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts, document suggests  —  New rules appear to be next step in Trump assault on campus diversity programs and antisemitism  —  The National Institutes of Health appears to be preparing to prohibit the awarding …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers running out of options to pay for Trump's costly agenda  —  Republican leaders are rapidly running out of ways to pay for President Trump's agenda as GOP lawmakers shoot down various proposals to cut spending or increase revenues.  —  Without finding some new ideas …
Michelle Kaske / Bloomberg:
Trump Gives New York ‘One Last Chance’ to End Congestion Pricing  —  The Trump administration is threatening to stop future federal approvals for transportation projects in Manhattan and may withhold funding if New York City's congestion pricing program continues.
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Mulls LGBTQ Schoolbooks Amid Religious Rights Push  —  The US Supreme Court will consider Tuesday whether it violates the Constitution for public elementary schools to use books with LGBTQ themes without letting parents opt out, in one of three cases this term that further tests …
 
 
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Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
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Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Defends Hegseth Over 2nd Signal Chat on Strikes
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Supreme Court to hear Postal Service's appeal of Black landlord's bias suit
Discussion: Washington Examiner and USA Today
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At the first whiff of power, these Republicans betrayed the rule of law
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Minnesota effort to revive ban on young adults from carrying guns
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
RFK Jr. is wrong about autism
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
If Ukraine-Russia Negotiations Fail, Victory Remains an Option
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and CBS News
Ashley Mowreader / Inside Higher Ed:
What We've Learned So Far From Tracking Student Visa Data
Discussion: The Harvard Crimson and TechCrunch
Mark Olalde / ProPublica:
Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q2 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $26.65B, a new record but below $26.7B est.

Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
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