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16-05-2026 Vol 19

Month: April 2026

Judge rejects DOJ bid to unblock subpoenas targeting Fed’s Jerome Powell in biting opinion

A US district judge on Friday denied the Trump administration’s request to reconsider the legality of two subpoenas targeting the Federal Reserve, after he blocked them last month. A...

Eric Swalwell torched for ‘barely working’ in California governor’s race attack ad

Rep. Eric Swalwell's shoddy voting record — the worst of any active member of Congress last year — is the focus of a new, blistering attack ad by Tom...

ActBlue CEO may have ‘intentionally misled Congress’ about foreign donations to Dems: GOP

Leaders of the House Oversight, Judiciary and Administration Committees suspect ActBlue's CEO "intentionally misled Congress" during a more than two-year investigation. Leaders of the House Oversight, Judiciary and Administration...

NASA Artemis II flight day 3: Astronauts travel away from Earth, prepare for moon flyover

The four Artemis II astronauts were traveling away from Earth and toward the moon on Friday in NASA’s Orion spacecraft. On Thursday night, the crew of Orion’s Integrity capsule...

Trump briefed on downed US fighter jet in Iran

President Trump has been briefed on the downed U.S. fighter jet in Iran. President Trump has been briefed on the downed U.S. fighter jet in Iran.

US expelled Iranian diplomats last year, State Department official says

Several Iranian diplomats have been expelled from the US in the past six months, according to a State Department official. Several Iranian diplomats have been expelled from the US...

Trump says US could ‘easily’ take Strait of Hormuz, ‘make a fortune’ over oil exports

President Trump said Friday that the US could "easily" take the Strait of Hormuz and "make a fortune" if it assumed control over oil exports in the Persian Gulf....

What a little-noticed bond offering reveals about Harvard’s war with Trump

Th Ivy League university is planning to borrow $675 million amid lackluster returns. Th Ivy League university is planning to borrow $675 million amid lackluster returns.

Trump asks Congress to supersize military budget, slash domestic programs

The president’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for Republicans to use a partisan process for enacting billions for the Pentagon.

White House proposes 2027 budget with $1.5T for defense, $73B in spending cuts

The White House released its 2027 budget request to Congress on Friday — with a $1.5 trillion request for the Department of War, upping defense spending by $445 billion...