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New York Times PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Trump and Iran Face Off in Iran War Negotiations
As the United States and Iran make a second attempt at a deal, their negotiating styles are on a collision course.

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Washington Post PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Trump's statements on Iran increasingly contradict each other
The president has made conflicting comments on questions both large and small related to the war.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's Labor Secretary, Steps Down Amid Internal Investigation (New York Times Politics)

Drudge ReportApr 20, 2026
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BBC PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says
The PM tells the Commons that if he had known the peer failed security vetting he would not have been appointed.

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Yahoo PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Iran war accelerates America's breakup with the world


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Foreign PolicyApr 20, 2026
The World Is Paying the Price for America's War
Conflict with Iran hurts American wallets, but it's far more devastating for people in the global south.

Politics - U.S. SenateApr 20, 2026
Democratic Senators Fault Hegseth's Leadership on Iran
In a letter, the 11 senators questioned the defense secretary's decision to gut programs intended to protect civilians and said his orders endangered U.S. troops.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 20, 2026
US Justice Department demands 2024 Detroit-area ballots in latest move for local election records


Politics - U.S. HouseApr 20, 2026
House Ethics Panel Defends Handling of Sexual Misconduct Allegations
In urging victims to step forward, the secretive panel in charge of investigating charges of misconduct by members of Congress acknowledged limits that could allow offenses to go unaddressed.

Washington Post PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Supreme Court to review Catholic preschools' bid for LGBTQ exemption
The Colorado schools say they're being excluded from funding because of their denial of enrollment to children of LGBTQ parents, which the state deems discriminatory.

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Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded program (Yahoo Politics)

Yahoo PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Did Pope Leo find his voice in Africa? Or did the world finally hear him?


Washington Post PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Supreme Court justices turn children's books into big paydays
The trend is fueled by their status as political celebrities in a deeply divided country.

Washington Post PoliticsApr 20, 2026
KitKat, Gatorade or granola bars? What's banned under new SNAP rules is mixed.
Many GOP states are enacting soda and candy bans for food stamp purchases amid MAHA's healthy food efforts. Some retailers and SNAP users find the new rules complicated.

Drudge ReportApr 20, 2026
ANOTHER ONE: LABOR SECRETARY OUT...




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Democracy NowApr 20, 2026
"Gulf of Trust" Between Iran & U.S. as End of Ceasefire Nears, Peace Talks Uncertain
The Strait of Hormuz is closed to shipping traffic after Iran once again shut off access to the key waterway over the weekend in retaliation for the ongoing U.S. blockade on Iranian ports. This comes as the U.S. Navy intercepted and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Sea of Oman on Sunday. Iran said the seizure violated the ceasefire reached earlier this month. Despite the escalation, President Trump announced a U.S. delegation is heading to Pakistan for a new round of peace talks. Iran's Foreign Ministry says Tehran has "no plans" to participate.

There has been a "gradual escalation" in hostilities between the U.S. and Iran since the last round of talks in Islamabad, says Iranian American analyst Vali Nasr, professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Iran's leadership is "suspicious that President Trump was really using the talks in Pakistan as a cover for renewing war on Iran and that he was not serious about diplomacy."


New York Times PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Why a Democratic Senate, Once Unthinkable, Is a Real Possibility
Helped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.

BBC PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Reform pledges to review all asylum claims for past five years if it wins power
The current Labour government has already announced major crackdowns on immigration, including disrupting gangs.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Trump says energy chief 'wrong,' expects lower gas prices as soon as Iran war ends


New York Times PoliticsApr 20, 2026
Justices to Hear Case on Catholic Preschools That Reject Children of Gay Parents
Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with L.G.B.T.Q. children or parents sued to participate in a state-funded program.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 20, 2026
House GOP touts record fundraising haul in first three months of 2026


BBC PoliticsApr 19, 2026
Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal
The prime minister said he was "staggered" to find out last week that civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him.

Politics - U.S. HouseApr 19, 2026
Are Democrats Becoming a Party of Tax Cuts?
As Democrats try to find a way back to power in Washington, some see tax cuts as a quick and easy way to address affordability. The wonks are freaking out.

Washington Post PoliticsApr 19, 2026
DOJ demands Detroit-area 2024 ballots, escalating election scrutiny
DOJ official Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote that she is seeking ballots to investigate election law compliance. Democratic state officials call the request baseless.

BBC PoliticsApr 19, 2026
Starmer would have blocked Mandelson over vetting failure, ministers say
The prime minister says he only learned of security concerns around the ex-US ambassador earlier this week.

Politics - U.S. HouseApr 19, 2026
Democrats Eye a Broader Battlefield to Capture Congress in November
Weighed down by President Trump's approval ratings, some Republican incumbents are struggling to raise money while Democrats look for targets like a Tennessee seat south of Nashville.

Democracy NowApr 16, 2026
"Depths of Hell": Sudan Enters Fourth Year of Devastating Civil War Amid Growing Energy Crisis
Sudan marked four years since a bloody civil war began between its national army and the powerful Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. The RSF revolted against the Sudanese Armed Forces after a 2021 military coup left it with diminished political power. The coup itself upended the civilian-led democratic revolution that ousted Sudan's longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Both the RSF and SAF have been accused of major war crimes since the conflict began, reportedly carrying out ethnic cleansing, systemic sexual violence and starvation tactics on the country's civilian population.

"This war is not just fought on the bodies of civilians by happenstance. It's not incidental to the fighting. It is precisely the point. This war is a war of succession between those who want to inherit the military security state," says Sudanese political analyst Kholood Khair, "and they're doing so in large part not just by fighting each other, but also by diminishing as much as possible the revolutionary fervor and the calls for civilian democratic rule in Sudan." Khair adds that the burgeoning U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, separated from Sudan by the Arabian Peninsula and Red Sea, threatens to deepen the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, as supply chain disruptions make agricultural production even harder and opportunities for resource exploitation incentivize other countries to turn the conflict into even more of a "proxy war."


New York Times PoliticsApr 15, 2026
Labor Department Investigates Texts Sent Among Staff, Secretary and Her Family
Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer asked staff members to bring wine to her hotel room, and to keep in touch with her husband and father.

Yahoo PoliticsApr 15, 2026
Sexual abuse allegations are spurring calls for a broader reckoning in Congress


Yahoo PoliticsApr 14, 2026
In apparent flub, Energy Secretary Wright says US heading 'in the wrong direction'


Foreign PolicyApr 08, 2026
The Energy Crisis Won't End Right Away (Even if the Iran War Does)
Even if the cease-fire holds, it will take months to undo the damage.
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